hamsci_psws.goes.read_goes

hamsci_psws.goes.read_goes(sTime, eTime=None, sat_nr=15, data_dir='data_goes')[source]

Download GOES X-Ray Flux data from the NOAA FTP Site and return a dictionary containing the metadata and a dataframe.

Parameters

  • sTime (datetime.datetime) – Starting datetime for data.

  • eTime (Optional[datetime.datetime]) – Ending datetime for data. If None, eTime will be set to sTime + 1 day.

  • sat_nr (Optional[int]) – GOES Satellite number. Defaults to 15. A list of GOES satellites and their operational time periods is available at https://www.noaasis.noaa.gov/GOES/goes_overview.html.

Return type

Dictionary containing metadata, pandas dataframe with GOES data.

Notes

Data is downloaded from ftp://satdat.ngdc.noaa.gov/sem/goes/data/avg/2014/08/goes15/netcdf/

Currently, 1-m averaged x-ray spectrum in two bands (0.5-4.0 A and 1.0-8.0 A).

Example

goes_data = read_goes(datetime.datetime(2014,6,21))

written by N.A. Frissell, 6 Sept 2014