EA: MAGNETIC_LOCAL_TIME
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
648
Concept definition:
At a given <
LOCATION
>, the angle subtended at the geomagnetic axis between the geomagnetic midnight meridian and the meridian that passes through the given <
LOCATION
>, expressed as hours where 15 arc degrees is equivalent to 1 hour; magnetic local time. The geomagnetic meridian containing the sub-solar point defines geomagnetic local noon and the opposite meridian defines geomagnetic midnight.
Attribute value type:
REAL
Unit equivalence class label:
TIME
Reference type:
IR
Reference:
[
SEC
, "magnetic local time (MLT)"]
Supplemental references:
Group membership:
TIME
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