The following character-separated value format is designed for exchange of geomagnetic data (samples and means) and the results of spike recognition.

The values are separated with semicolons.

Description of the data fields:

DATE TIME: indicates the date and time of the measurement, e.g.: '2011-11-11 12:08:00' for November 11, 2011, 12:08:00 UT.

v1_pre: Data value for the horizontal component (H) or North component(X), nT, depending on the the vector magnetometer sensor orientation.

v2_pre: Data value value for the declination (D, degrees or E, equivalent nT) or East component (Y, nT), depending on the the vector magnetometer sensor orientation

v3_pre: Data value value for the vertical component (Z), nT.

f_pre: Data value value for the total field (F), nT.

ORIENT: Vector magnetometer sensor orientation: XYZ or HDZ, or HEZ if declination is equivalent nT.

SP: VVVV, where V is a Value, V=1 if it belongs to SP events or 0 if not. Every V corresponds to a channel: v1_pre,v2_pre,V3_pre or f_pre, e.g.:

SP=1010 indicates that the v1_pre and v3_pre are from the SP-identified event while other 2 values are not. SP=0101 indicates that the v2_pre and f_pre are from the SP-identified event while other 2 values are not.