New Feature: IQ Plotting/Reading

[carleyjmartin]

New Feature

Name: plot_iq

module: iq.py

package: plotting/io

Scope

What will the feature do? This feature is in two parts, there is some IQ reading in pydarnio which we can get through into the superdarn_io module, and then add some plotting features to be able to plot the IQ data. This feature has been requested by a PI.

What will the feature not do? Analysis or conversion of IQ data.

pyDARN Checklist

• [x] Does this fit within pyDARN's scope?
• [ ] Is this a minor change i.e., new small utility function?
• [x] Is this a major change i.e., new plotting function?
• [ ] Do you need help developing it?

Development help

Will likely need scientific help to test at the end.

• [ ] developer help with design and integration of code
• [x] scientific help with ensuring what you develop is scientifically correct/accurate
• [ ] project management to help organize what steps need to be taken to make this possible

User Interface

iq_data = SDarn_file.read_iq()
pydarn.IQ.plot_iq(iq_data, ...)

Extra Notes

Please provide any other details about this feature

• examples you may have seen that you will like to incorportate - data visuals
  • We use IQ plots on the website, so I can repurpose that python code to work here. Will update with diagram later, they're not accessible right now.

NOTE: Add documentation for this too!

[carleyjmartin]

As it turns out, time series of any of the scalar products in IQ files is already working in pyDARN :D

mport pydarn
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

iq_file = '/Users/carley/Desktop/20160113.1601.00.cly.iqdat'
iq_data = pydarn.SuperDARNRead(iq_file).read_iqdat()

print(iq_data[0].keys())

pydarn.RTP.plot_time_series(iq_data, beam_num = 7, parameter='mxpwr')
plt.show()