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; SORCE TIM Total Solar Irradiance
;
; ***SELECTION CRITERIA***
; data_set_name: SORCE Level 3 Total Solar Irradiance
; date_range: 20030225 to 20181120
; cadence: 24 hours
; version: 17
; number_of_data: 5748
; ***END SELECTION CRITERIA***
;
; ***DATA DEFINITIONS***, number = 15 [field name, type, format, (Col. #, description)]
; nominal_date_yyyymmdd R8 f12.3 (Column 1: Nominal Data Time, YYYYMMDD)
; nominal_date_jdn R8 f12.3 (Column 2: Nominal Data Time, Julian Day Number)
; avg_measurement_date_jdn R8 f15.6 (Column 3: Average Data Time, Julian Day Number)
; std_dev_measurement_date R4 f7.4 (Column 4: Stdev of Average Data Time, days, 1 sigma)
; tsi_1au R8 f10.4 (Column 5: Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) at 1-AU, W/m^2)
; instrument_accuracy_1au R4 e10.3 (Column 6: Instrument Accuracy in 1-AU TSI, W/m^2, 1 sigma)
; instrument_precision_1au R4 e10.3 (Column 7: Instrument Precision in TSI at 1-AU, W/m^2, 1 sigma)
; solar_standard_deviation_1au R4 e10.3 (Column 8: Solar Standard Deviation in 1-AU TSI, W/m^2, 1 sigma)
; measurement_uncertainty_1au R4 e10.3 (Column 9: Total Uncertainty in TSI at 1-AU, W/m^2, 1 sigma)
; tsi_true_earth R8 f10.4 (Column 10: Total Solar Irradiance at Earth distance, W/m^2)
; instrument_accuracy_true_earth R4 e10.3 (Column 11: Instrument Accuracy at Earth distance, W/m^2, 1 sigma)
; instrument_precision_true_earth R4 e10.3 (Column 12: Instrument Precision at Earth distance, W/m^2, 1 sigma)
; solar_standard_deviation_true_earth R4 e10.3 (Column 13: Solar Standard Deviation in TSI at Earth, W/m^2, 1 sigma)
; measurement_uncertainty_true_earth R4 e10.3 (Column 14: Total Uncertainty in TSI at Earth distance, W/m^2, 1 sigma)
; provisional_flag I2 i2 (Column 15: Provisional Flag, 1=provisional data, 0=final data)
; ***END DATA DEFINITIONS***
;
; ***FORTRAN FORMAT SPECIFIER***
; (f12.3,f12.3,f15.6,f7.4,f10.4,e10.3,e10.3,e10.3,e1 0.3,f10.4,e10.3,e10.3,e10.3,e10.3,i2)
; ***END FORTRAN FORMAT SPECIFIER***
;
20181120.500 2458443.000 2458442.960187 0.3617 1360.6791 6.070e-01 6.800e-03 4.512e-02 6.087e-01 1393.8021 6.218e-01 6.800e-03 2.189e-01 6.592e-01 0
Line 5 is the adjusted, PMOD version you are clinging to (Bolded), and Line 10 (Bold, underline) is the actual change in wm^2 we encounter because our orbit is not perfectly round. That is the data as we receive it (line 10) and as we adjust is (line 5.) The variation is in the 100wm^2 range. Follow the data.