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Acar / Tsen: real-time format           
An extract of such file is given hereunder (note that the lines are not complete):

    261.1187500 2010  9 18  2 51  0  999.000000  999.000000  -999.9  98555.7 287.59 262.44 ...
        999.  009999.99  9999.99 999.99 999.99 0   0.00   0.00   0.00    0.00   0
    261.1190972 2010  9 18  2 51 30  999.000000  999.000000  -999.9  98557.7 287.29 262.35 ...
        999.  9999.99     9999.99 999.99 999.99 0  0.00   0.00   0.00    0.00   0

The files are column-oriented. The meaning of each column is.

1. decimal day (convention 1:0 = January 1st, current year, 00 UTC)
2. year
3. month
4. day of month
5. hour (UT)
6. minute
7. second
8. longitude (decimal degree, positive east of the Greenwich meridian)
9. latitude (decimal degree, positive in the Northern Hemisphere)
10. altitude (m)
11. pressure (Pa)
12. air temperature, first sensor (K)
13. air temperature, second sensor (K)
14. solar zenith angle (°)
15. zonal velocity of the wind (m/s)
16. meridional velocity of the wind (m/s)
17. corrected air temperature, first sensor (K)
18. corrected air temperature, second sensor (K)
19. GPS receiver mode (0: 0D, 1: 2D, 2: 3D)
20. Isba air temperature, first sensor (K)
21. Isba air temperature, second sensor (K)
22. zonal velocity provided directly by the GPS receiver (m/s)
23. meridional velocity provided directly by the GPS receiver (m/s)
24. Tsen error code (for information only, all observations have been checked)
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