1. Munetoshi Tokuamru ISEE, Nagoya University
UCSD IPS Workshop
San Diego, December
IPS Common Data Format
Munetoshi Tokuamru
ISEE, Nagoya University

2. IPSCDF V1.0
IPSCDF was defined at Nagoya IPS workshop in 2013 (Version 0), and revised at Moleria IPS workshop in 2015 (Version 1.0).
V1.0: addition of the source size
ISEE IPSCDF V1.0 data
ftp://ftp.isee.Nagoya-u.ac.jp/pubvlist/STEL{YYYY}.dat
{YYYY} = Year in JST
Updated on a daily basis
Read-me file
ftp://ftp.isee.nagoya –u.ac.jp/ReadMe(IPSCDF.v.1.0).txt

3. ReadMe(IPSCDFv.1.0).txt X Limb (E or W) a1 (3 space)
FFF.FF P-point heliocentric distance (in solar radii) f6.2
(1 space)
+FF.F Heliographic p-point latitude (deg) f5.1
FFF.F PA of P-point (deg) counterclockwise from North f6.1
FFF.F Elong. angle of LOS (deg) f5.1
NNNNNN Solar wind speed (km/s) i6 (-999 if N/A)
NNNNNN Error estimate of speed (km/s) i6 (-999 if N/A)
FF.FFF g-value f6.3 (-999 if N/A)
FF.FFF Error estimate of g-value f6.3 (-999 if N/A)
3-St. CC Method a8
Solar wind speed (km/s) (N/A)
Error estimate of speed (km/s) (N/A)
1-St. PS Method a8
format(i4.4,i2.2,i2.2,1x,i2.2,':',i2.2,':',i2.2,1x,f4.1,1x,a4,1x,i4,1x,i2,1x,a8,1x,i4,1x,a9,1x,a9,3x,a1,3x,f6.2,1x,f5.1,1x,f6.1,1x,f5.1,1x,i6,1x,i6,1x,f6.3,1x,f6.3,1x,a8,1x,i6,1x,i6,1x,f6.3,1x,f6.3,1x,a8)
STEL(ISEE) IPS data (IPSCDF v.1.0)
Filename: STELYYYY.dat (YYYY= Year in JST)
1st line: Header
Date MidObsUT Dur. Site Freq BW Source Size RA-J2000 Dec-J2000 Limb Dist. Lat. PA Elong Vel. V-err g-value g-err Method Vel. V-err g-value g-err Method
2nd and subsequent lines: Data
YYMMDD Date in UT i4.4,i2.2,i2.2
(1 space)
HH:MM:SS Mid-Obs.Time in UT i2.2,':',i2.2,':',i2.2
MM.M Duration in min f4.1
STEL Site Code a4
Frequency in MHz i4
Bandwidth in MHz i2
XXXXXXXX Source name a8 (IAU or 3C catalog)
Source size in mas (N/A)
hh mm ss R.A. in J a9 (1x,i2.2,1x,i2.2,1x,i2.2)
+dd mm ss Decl. in J a9 (i3,1x,i2.2,1x,i2.2)
(3 space)

4. Old Format IPS Data VLIST{YY} since 1983 ftp://ftp. stelab. nagoya-u
Old Format IPS Data VLIST{YY} since 1983 ftp://ftp.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/pub/vlist
{YY} = last 2 digits of year
The header with 8 lines, followed by 1
SOURCE
Source Name
Max. 8 Characters （IAU or ３C catalog name） 2
YRMNDY
Observation Date
YYMMDD 3 UT
Time
HH.H（UT) 4
DIST
Distance
小数点以下２桁の実数（AU） 5
HLA
Heliocentric Lat.
3 digit integer （degree） 6
HLO
Heliocentric Lon. 7
GLA
Heliographic Lat. 8
GLO
Heliographic Lon. 9
CARR
Carrington Rot. 10 V
Speed
4 digit integer （in km/s） 11 ER
Estimation Error
4 digit integer （km/s）, if the error is not available, ER=-999 12
SC-INDX
IPS Strength
Real number with 3 effective digits （E10.3）
Obs. Condition
Coordinates of point-P
Observation Results
Note: VLIST_RT is updated on daily basis. ftp://ftp.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/pub/vlist/rt

5. Old Format IPS Data VLIST{YY} since 2010 ftp://ftp. stelab. nagoya-u
Old Format IPS Data VLIST{YY} since 2010 ftp://ftp.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/pub/vlist/
{YY} = last 2 digits of year
Coordinate of Radio Source
In B1950 and J2000
Added.
The same as VLIST except for g-value in 12th column instead of IPS strength

6. Old Format IPS Realtime Data ftp://ftp. stelab. nagoya-u. ac
Old Format IPS Realtime Data ftp://ftp.stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp/pub/vlist/rt/
Filename: nagoya.{yyyy} , yyyy=Year
Coordinate of Radio Source
In B1950 and J2000
This file is updated on daily basis.
With no header
The same as VLIST except for g-value in 12th column instead of IPS strength