heliopython / heliopy

Python for heliospheric and planetary physics
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Inconsistencies in returned data #416

Closed abotiamnot closed 6 years ago

abotiamnot commented 6 years ago

There are some inconsistencies in the data, so we need to get them fixed!

For the last one, there are,

Epoch, Time_PB5, NUM_PTS, BF1, BRMSF1, BGSM, BRMSGSM, BGSE, BRMSGSE, DIST, PGSM, PGSE, SGSM, SGSE, DB_SC, TILTANG, RANGE_I, RANGE_O, SPC_MODE, MAG_MODE, Epoch3, Time3_PB5, NUM3_PTS, B3F1, B3RMSF1, B3GSM, G3RMSGSM, B3GSE, B3RMSGSE, Epoch1, Time1_PB5, NUM1_PTS, B1F1, B1RMSF1, B1GSM, B1RMSGSM, B1GSE, B1RMSGSE, DIST1, P1GSM, P1GSE, S1GSM, S1GSE, ZERO_I, SENS_I, AMPL_I, ORTH_I, PAYLD_I, FLAG_I, ZERO_O, SENS_O, AMPL_O, ORTH_O, PAYLD_O, FLAG_O, label_time, format_time, unit_time, label_bgsm, label_bgse, label_bgsmr, label_bgser, label_dbsc, label_pgsm, label_pgse, cartesian

The README file says,

The parameters picked up from the originally submitted CDF files for the 1-min ASCII files are:

year,month,day,hour,minute,second bxgse,bygse,bzgse,bygsm,bzgsm,btotal bxgsmrms,bygsmrms,bzgsmrms,btotalrms number-of-points pxgse,pygse,pzgse,pygsm,pzgsm (p = s/c position)

abotiamnot commented 6 years ago

Really confusing. I understand that the data with three dimensions are vector data, but still, I don't understand the other variables, like which single dimensional data is the 'btotal'. I think just adding the total magnetic field magnitude btotal (?) would be enough. I will take a look at it again, and hopefully, manage to understand this!

dstansby commented 6 years ago

I think mfi_h0 should return all the columns.