RDOCCPHT
Name
rdoccpht
Purpose
Read a Occultation Photometer data file.
Description
Category
File I/o
Calling Sequence
rdoccpht,file,time,counts,dt,comment
Inputs
file - String containing filename to read.
Optional Input Parameters
Keyword Input Parameters
Outputs
time - vector of UT time (decimal hours)
counts - vector of counts for each time
dt - Time spacing between points (seconds)
comment - string that identifies data (read from header)
Keyword Output Parameters
Common Blocks
Side Effects
Restrictions
Procedure
Data is stored in 512 byte block "records". The first record is a header
and contains the following:
0 - 79 Comment (ASCII string)
80 - 81 clock ticks/second (integer)
82 - 83 clock ticks/integration (integer)
84 - 87 tick # of first point (long)
88 - 91 tick # of last point (long)
92 - 95 total # of clock ticks (long)
96 - 99 total # of data points (long)
100 - 101 UT Hours of first tick (integer)
102 - 103 UT minutes (integer)
104 - 107 UT seconds (real)
108 - 511 Null padding
Modification History
95/1/25 - Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory