pyValEIA 0.0.2

Validation tools for the Equatorial Ionization Anomally

Package for validating the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) within ionospheric models against in situ plasma density data and Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC).

Example

To compare Swarm and pyIRI:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

# Package modules
from SwarmPyIRI import PyIRI_NIMO_SWARM_plot

# Create new PyIRI files and compare to Swarm
# Set the directories for figures, EIA info files, and Swarm data
fig_dir='~/Plots/pyIRI_SWARM_offsets'
daily_dir='~/Type_Files/pyIRI_SWARM_offsets'
swarm_fdir = '~/swarm_data'

# Set the comparison day and time
stime1 = datetime(2020, 4, 15, 0, 0)

# Create new PyIRI files and compare to Swarm for a range of days (2)
for i in range(2):
    stime = stime1 + timedelta(days=i)
    print(stime)
    pdf_out = PyIRI_NIMO_SWARM_plot(stime, daily_dir, swarm_fdir, fig_on=True
        fig_save_dir=fig_dir, file_save_dir=daily_dir)

Notes

This package is under active development and will be published in an upcoming manuscript. When using the alpha version, we encourage you to contact one of the authors for guidance or to provide suggestions for code development.