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Appendix 9  Geometric Factor Study for the Deflected and Unscattered Electrons of HISCALE (Buckley MS Thesis)

 

A9.13  Appendix: Computer Programs

 

 
*			 PROGRAM I.5			    *
* *****************************************************************************
*                                   TIMER                                     *
* This timer is to obtian CPU time and only valid for KUPHSX VAX              *
*******************************************************************************
      FUNCTION TIMER()
      LOGICAL INIT
      DATA INIT/.TRUE./
      IF (INIT) THEN
        ICODE = LIB$INIT_TIMER()	! SET UP TIMING BLOCK
	IF (.NOT.ICODE) THEN	! ERROR ?
	  WRITE(6,2) 'LIB$INIT_TIMER',ICODE
2	  FORMAT(' ',A,' ERROR =',Z9.8)
	  RETURN
	END IF
	INIT = .FALSE.
      END IF
      ICODE = LIB$STAT_TIMER(2,ISEC,)
      IF (.NOT.ICODE) THEN		! ERROR ?
        WRITE(6,2) 'LIB$STAT_TIMER',ICODE
	RETURN
      END IF
      TIMER = FLOAT(ISEC)/100.0
      RETURN
      END
 

 

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Updated 8/8/19, Cameron Crane

QUICK FACTS

Manufacturer: ESA provided the Ulysses spacecraft, NASA provided the power supply, and various others provided its instruments.

Mission End Date: June 30, 2009

Destination: The inner heliosphere of the sun away from the ecliptic plane

Orbit:  Elliptical orbit transversing the polar regions of the sun outside of the ecliptic plane