spacepy.ae9ap9.Ae9Data

class spacepy.ae9ap9.Ae9Data(*args, **kwargs)

Dictionary-like container for AE9/AP9/SPM data, derived from SpacePy’s datamodel

To inspect the variables within this class, use the tree method. To export the data to a CDF, HDF5 or JSON-headed ASCII file use the relevant “to” method (toCDF, toHDF5, toJSONheadedASCII).

getLm([alpha, model])	Calculate McIlwain L for the imported AE9/AP9 run and add to object
plotOrbit([timerange, coord_sys, landscape, ...])	Plot X-Y and X-Z projections of satellite orbit in requested coordinate system
plotSummary([timerange, coord_sys, ...])	Generate summary plot of AE9/AP9/SPM data loaded
plotSpectrogram([ecol, pvars])	Plot a spectrogram of the flux along the requested orbit, as a function of Lm and time
setUnits([per])	Set units of energy and flux/fluence

getLm(alpha=[90], model='T89')

Calculate McIlwain L for the imported AE9/AP9 run and add to object

plotOrbit(timerange=None, coord_sys=None, landscape=True, fig_target=None)

Plot X-Y and X-Z projections of satellite orbit in requested coordinate system

plotSummary(timerange=None, coord_sys=None, fig_target=None, spec=False, orbit_params=(False, True), **kwargs)

Generate summary plot of AE9/AP9/SPM data loaded

spec : if True, plot spectrogram instead of flux/fluence lineplot, requires ‘ecol’ keyword

plotSpectrogram(ecol=0, pvars=None, **kwargs)

Plot a spectrogram of the flux along the requested orbit, as a function of Lm and time

Other Parameters:

zlimlist

2-element list with upper and lower bounds for color scale

colorbar_labelstring

text to appear next to colorbar (default is ‘Flux’ plus the units)

ylabelstring

text to label y-axis (default is ‘Lm’ plus the field model name)

titlestring

text to appear above spectrogram (default is climatology model name, data type and energy)

pvarslist

list of plotting variable names in order [Epoch-like (X axis), Flux-like (Z axis), Energy (Index var for Flux-like)]

ylimlist

2-element list with upper and lower bounds for y axis

setUnits(per=None)

Set units of energy and flux/fluence

If keyword ‘per’ is set to None, this method reports the units currently set. To set energy in MeV and flux/fluence in ‘per MeV’, set ‘per=MeV’. Valid options are ‘eV’, ‘keV’, ‘Mev’ and ‘GeV’.

Other Parameters:

perstring (optional)

Energy units for both energy and flux/fluence