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AEN_NS_MODEL

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NAME:  
 aen_ns_model

PURPOSE:  This program is to find the AEN(Analytical Equatorial Neutral) sheet in the 
          magnetopause in different time and position

INPUT:
 time - string or double format
        double(s)  seconds since 1970
        string(s)  format:  YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss
 gsm_pos - position vector in GSM coordinates in re (pos[*,3])

OUTPUT: returns Z displacement of the neutral sheet above or below the XY plane in Re (zgsm of the NS)
        Value is positive if NS is above z=0 gsm plane, negative if below

KEYWORDS
    sc2NS - if set returns Z displacement from the spacecraft to the neutral sheet
            Value is positive if the NS is northward of the SC location, and negative if below
 
NOTES:

 References:
(1) AEN(Analytical Equatorial Neutral):
    Zhu, M. and R.-L. Xu, 1994, A continuous neutral sheet model and a normal
    curved coordinate system in the magnetotail,  Chinese J. Space Science,  14,
    (4)269, (in Chinese).
    Wang, Z.-D. and R.-L. Xu, Neutral Sheet Observed on ISEE Satellite, 
    Geophysical Research Letter, 21, (19)2087, 1994.
(2) Magnetopause model:
    Sibeck, D. G., R. E. Lopez, and E. C. Roelof, Solar wind control of the
    magnetopause shape, location, and motion, J. Grophys. Res., 96, 5489, 1991

HISTORY:

(See general/misc/neutral_sheet.pro)


APPEND_ARRAY

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PROCEDURE: append_array, a0, a1
PURPOSE:
   Append an array to another array.  Can also copy an array into a
   subset of another. It is equivalent to :    a0 = [a0,a1];  but it doesn't fail if a0 is undefined (or 0)
INPUT:
   a0:   Array to be enlarged.
   a1:   Array (or single value) to be appended to a0.
KEYWORDS:
   INDEX:  an input variable that will VASTLY improve performance when repeatedly appending a small array onto the end of a large array.
        When using this keyword, the array a0 is enlarged a little bit more than needed so that subsequent appends of a1 will be
        written into a0 instead of creating a new array each time.  The INDEX value represents the number of valid elements.
        If INDEX is a named variable then it will be auto incremented.
        If INDEX is not a named variable then the calling routine should set it using the NEW_INDEX output,
        After all appending is completed, make the call:
            append_array,a0,index=index
        to truncate to the proper size.
   NEW_INDEX:  Output, size of new array.  This can be used if index is NOT a named variable.  Don't use if INDEX is a NAMED variable
   FILLNAN:  Set this keyword to fill padded values with NANs.
   DONE: Equivalent to calling without the a1 argument.
CREATED BY:    Davin Larson
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LAST MODIFIED: @(#)append_array.pro    1.6 98/08/13

(See general/misc/append_array.pro)


ARRAY_CONCAT

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FUNCTION:
  array_concat

PURPOSE:
  Performs array concatenation in a way that handles an empty list.
  Simple code that gets duplicated everywhere.

Inputs:
  arg: The argument to be concatenated
  array: The array to which it should be concatenated, or nothing
  no_copy: Flag to effectively call array_concat( x, temporary(y) ), which 
           throws an exception in IDL versions without the null variable.  

Output:
  [ array , arg ]

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(See general/misc/array_concat.pro)


ARRAY_CONCAT_WRAPPER

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FUNCTION:
    array_concat_wrapper

PURPOSE:
     Wrapper for the array_concat function -- correctly handles 
     the case when the input array is an empty string

Inputs:
  arg: The argument to be concatenated
  array: The array to which it should be concatenated, or nothing
  
Output:
  array + arg

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(See general/misc/array_concat_wrapper.pro)


ARRAY_CONTAINS

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 PROCEDURE:
         array_contains

 PURPOSE:
         Boolean check for a value inside an array; returns 1 
           if str_to_check exists inside array_input

 INPUT:
         array_input: the array to be searched
         str_to_check: value to search for

 KEYWORDS:
         allow_wildcards: allow wild cards ([], *, ?) to be used in the input string
         
 EXAMPLE:
     IDL> print, array_contains(['hello', 'world'], 'hello')
         1
         
   Note that this also works on other types:
 
     IDL> print, array_contains([1, 4, 66], 66)
         1
     IDL> print, array_contains([1, 4, 66], 65)
         0
 HISTORY:
   created by egrimes@igpp
   
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(See general/misc/array_contains.pro)


ARRAY_CROSS

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 FUNCTION array_cross(l1,l2)
 Purpose:
    returns a 2*n array, where n = n_elements(l1)*n_elements(l2)
    each pair is a combination of l1 and l2
    the total list represents all possible pairings of l1 and l2

 Written by Patrick Cruce

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(See general/misc/array_cross.pro)


AVERAGE_STR

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FUNCTION:	average_str(data, res)
PURPOSE:
	Average data in res second time segments.
INPUTS:
	DATA:	array of structures.  One element of structure must be TIME.
	RES:	resolution in seconds.
KEYWORDS:
	NAN:	If set, treat the IEEE NAN value as missing data.
CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFIED:	%W% %E%

(See general/misc/average_str.pro)


AVSIG

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 NAME:
     avsig
 PURPOSE:
     Average and dispersion of an array, zeros can be not included,
     handles NaN values correctly
 CALLING SEQUENCE:
     xbar = Avsig(x, sigma = sigma, no_zeros = no_zeros, $
                sig_mean = sig_mean, dimension = dimension, $
                fractional = fractional, median = median, $
                _extra = _extra)
 INPUT:
     x = an array
 OUTPUT:
     xbar = mean, total(x)/n_elements(x)
 KEYWORDS:
     no_zeros= if set, strip out zeros
     get_sigma = if set, calculate the standard deviation
     sigma = standard deviation, sqrt(total((x-xbar)^2/(nx-1)))
     sig_mean = if set return sigma/sqrt(nx), the standard deviation of the
                mean of the array, 
     dimension = the dimension of the array to find the mean in,
                 passed into the total command, it must be a scalar.
     fractional = if set, the fractional error is passed out as sigma,
                  don't use this if zero is a valid value of xbar...
     median = if set, use the median instead of the mean for xbar, it
              is not recommended fo sigma calculations
 HISTORY:
     12-9-94, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
     2-13-95, jmm, added dimension keyword, switched from ok_zeros to no_zeros
     5-sep-1996, jmm, switched to double precision
     7-oct-2008, jmm, ignores NaN values, added median keyword

(See general/misc/tsub_average.pro)


BIN1D

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 Procedure: bin1d

 Purpose: 
Uses histogram to bin data according to array binarr. The elements in binarr
 that are in a specific bin correspond to elements in other arrays (like
 density, temperature etc) and the averages of those are computed within
 each bin. The arrays to be averaged within each bin are passed in
 arrs2bin(NXM) where N is the number of elements of the binarr and M is the
 number of quantities.

 Output: kinbin is K-array of elements (K=number of bins) containing
         number of points within each bin, bincenters a K-array with center
         of bins, averages is KXM array with averages (zero if no points)
         stdevs an KXM array with stdevs about the mean and medians is
         KXM array of medians within each bin

 If any of the keywords maxvarvec or minvarvec is set to a name
 then it is assumed that the first two
 elements of the array "arrs2bin" correspond to the X,Y coordinates of
 a "flow" field. The corresponding data in each cell will be rotated
 in a max/min variance direction. The maxvariance direction will
 be in 2D vector maxvarvec for each cell. The minvariance direction
 will be in 2D vector minvarvec for each cell. The vector norm is the
 variance in the max/min direction, i.e.,
 lambda_i=sqrt(maxvarvec(*,0)^2+maxvarvec(*,1)^2).

 if keyword flag4nodata is set, then points with no data are flags set equal
 to the value passed in, not zeros.

 Usage:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 bin1D,Ygse,[[Ni],[Ti],[Vx],[fx],[Qx],[Eylep]],-15.,15.,1.,kinbin,Ycntrs,avrg,std,med
 Niavg=avrg(*,0)&Tiavg=avrg(*,1)&Vxavg=avrg(*,2)&fxavg=avrg(*,3)&Qxavg=avrg(*,4)&Eylepavg=avrg(*,5)
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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(See general/misc/bin1d.pro)


BIN2D

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 Procedure: bin2d

 Purpose:
 A slightly simpler wrapper for vassilis's routine for 2-d binning
 NOTE: despite the fact that they are keywords either binsize or
 binnum must be set for the proceedure to function

 Inputs: 
     x: the x components for the bins. Should be
           an N length array.
     y:  the y components for the bins. Should be an 
           N length array.
     arrs2bin: the arrays to be binned should be an NxM
               sized array or an N sized array
               (Note: Interpolation to match the N component
                of input arrays is the responsibility of the 
                user.)

 Keywords:
     
     binsize: a number or a 2 element array.  If a single number
              it will be treated as size of the bins for the x dimension
              and the y dimension.  If it is a two element array, the
              first element will be the size of the bins on the x
              axis and the second element will be the size of the
              bins on the y axis.
              Warning: Either Binsize or binum must always be set.

     binum: a number of 2 element array.  If a single number it
             will be treated as the number of bins on for both
             axes.  If a 2 element array, the first element is 
             number of bins on the x-axis and the second element is
             the number of bins on the y-axis. (Note: The number of
             bins actually produced may vary by +- 1) Bins will be
             evenly spaced over xrange and yrange if provided, and 
             over the range of the data if not.

             Warning: Either Binsize or binum must always be set.

     xrange,yrange(optional): a 2 element array specifying the min
             and the max over which binning will occur for the
             respective axis(default: all data)

     flagnodata(optional): set this keyword to a flag to replace
             output values with if there is no data. (default: 0) 

     averages(output): outputs 2-d array in which the bin averages
                   are stored

     medians(output): outputs 2-d array in which the bin medians are stored

     stdevs(output): outputs 2-d array in which the bin stdevs are stored.

     binhistogram(output): a 2-d histogram of the number of elements
             used for constructing each cell

     xcenters,ycenters(output): 1-d array of the centers for the bins 
             on each axis.

     minvarvec,maxvarvec(output): Either of these are set arrs2bin
             will must have dimension M >= 2. The first 2 arrays
             of the M dimension(ie arrs2bin[*,0] and arrs2bin[*,1]
             will be treated as corresponding elements of an X,Y flow
             field. The maxvariance direction will be a 2D vector in
             maxvarvec for each cell. The minvariance direction
             will be a 2D vector in minvarvec for each cell. The 
             vector norm is the variance in the max/min direction, i.e., 
             lambda_i=sqrt(maxvarvec(*,0)^2+maxvarvec(*,1)^2).
 

 Notes and Warnings:
   1.  Interpolation to match the N component of input arrays is the 
       responsibility of the user.

   2.  The number of bins actually produced may vary by +- 1 from the
       number requested by binum

   3.  Either binsize or binum must always be set.

   4.  If both binsize and binum, binsize will take precedent.

  SEE ALSO: bin1d.pro,plotxyz.pro,crib_plotxyz.pro

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(See general/misc/bin2d.pro)


BOX_MEAN

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PROCEDURE:   box_mean
PURPOSE:
  Calculates the mean, median, and standard deviation of a 1-D array
  in a running boxcar.

USAGE:
  box_mean, var, result=dat

INPUTS:
       var:     Tplot structure or variable name/number.  Can also
                simply be an array of numbers.

OUTPUT:         If var is a tplot variable name/number, then the result
                is stored as a new tplot variable.  Otherwise, the 
                result is returned via keyword (see below).

KEYWORDS:
       WIDTH:   Boxcar half-width for calculating mean and sdev.
                Default = 20 points.  The boxcar is truncated at
                the beginning and end of the array.

       OUTLIER: Discard points more than this many standard deviations
                from the mean.  Default = 10.

       RESULT:  Named variable to hold the result.

 $LastChangedBy: dmitchell $
 $LastChangedDate: 2019-08-27 09:42:15 -0700 (Tue, 27 Aug 2019) $
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CREATED BY:    David L. Mitchell

(See general/misc/box_mean.pro)


BYTESCALE

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FUNCTION:  bytescale(array)
PURPOSE:   Takes an array or image and scales it to bytes
INPUT:     array of numeric values.
KEYWORDS:
   RANGE:  Two element vector specifying the range of array to be used.
        Defaults to the min and max values in the array.
   ZERO:   Forces range(0) to zero
   TOP:    Maximum byte value  (default is !d.table_size-2)
   BOTTOM: Minimum byte value  (default is 1)
   MIN_VALUE: autoranging ignores all numbers below this value
   MAX_VALUE: autoranging ignores all numbers above this value
   MISSING:  Byte value for missing data. (values outside of MIN_VALUE,
     MAX_VALUE range)  If the value is less than 0 then !p.background is used.
   LOG:    sets logrithmic scaling

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)bytescale.pro	1.22 02/04/17

(See general/misc/bytescale.pro)


CART_TO_SPHERE

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*****************************************************************************************

  FUNCTION :   cart_to_sphere.pro
  PURPOSE  :   Transforms from cartesian to spherical coordinates.

  CALLED BY: 
               xyz_to_polar.pro
               add_df2dp.pro
               add_df2d_to_ph.pro

  CALLS:       NA

  REQUIRES:    NA

  INPUT:
               X            :  N-Element array of cartesian X-component data points
               Y            :  N-Element array of cartesian Y-component data points
               Z            :  N-Element array of cartesian Z-component data points
               R            :  Named variable to return the radial magnitudes in 
                                 spherical coordinates
               THETA        :  Named variable to return the poloidal angles (deg)
               PHI          :  Named variable to return the azimuthal angles (deg)

  EXAMPLES:

  KEYWORDS:  
               PH_0_360     :  IF > 0, 0 <= PHI <= 360
                               IF = 0, -180 <= PHI <= 180
                               IF < 0, ***if negative, best guess phi range returned***
               PH_HIST      :  2-Element array of max and min values for PHI
                                 [e.g. IF PH_0_360 NOT set and PH_HIST=[-220,220] THEN
                                   if d(PHI)/dt is positive near 180, then
                                   PHI => PHI+360 when PHI passes the 180/-180 
                                   discontinuity until phi reaches 220.]
               CO_LATITUDE  :  If set, THETA returned between 0.0 and 180.0 degrees
               
               MIN_VALUE    :  Deprecated keyword, maintained for backwards compatibility
               MAX_VALUE    :  Deprecated keyword, maintained for backwards compatibility


   CREATED BY:  Davin Larson
    LAST MODIFIED:  06/21/2009   v1.1.0
    MODIFIED BY: Lynn B. Wilson III

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(See general/misc/cart_to_sphere.pro)


CDF_FILE_NAMES

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FUNCTION: cdf_file_names
PURPOSE:
   Returns an array of filenames within a timerange.
USAGE:
   files=cdf_file_names(FORMAT,trange=trange,/verbose)
INPUT:
   FORMAT is a string that will be interpreted as one of two things:
     CASE 1:  
        e.g.    FORMAT = '/home/wind/dat/wi/3dp/k0/????/wi_k0_3dp*.cdf'
        if FORMAT contains * or ? then filenames are returned that match that
        pattern and for which YYYYMMDD falls within the specified timerange.
        for example:  
        (UNIX only)
     CASE 2:
        e.g.    FORMAT = 'fa_k0_ees_files'
        The name of an indexfile that associates filenames with start and 
        end times. If his file is not found, then the environment variable 
        getenv('CDF_INDEX_DIR') is prepended and searched for.
        See "make_cdf_index" for information on producing this file.
     SPECIAL NOTE:
        If strupcase(FORMAT) is the name of an environment varible. Then
        the value of that environment variable is used instead.
KEYWORDS:
     TRANGE: 
        Two element array specifying the time range for which data files should
        be returned.  If not provided then "timerange" is called to provide
        the time range.  See also "timespan".
     NFILES:
        Named variable that returns the number of files found.
     VERBOSE:
        Set to print some useful info.
     FILEINFO:  OBSOLETE!
        Set to a named variable that will return a table of file info.
NOTES:
     UNIX only!

(See general/misc/cdf_file_names.pro)


CODE_FRAGMENT

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NAME:
 code_fragment
PURPOSE:
 takes a string, where input variables are defined as array_elements
 'qq' and creates a set of tplot commands using those data
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 code_fragment,  inp_string,  otp_string
HISTORY:
 13-jun-2007, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu

(See general/misc/tuserdef.pro)


COLORS_COM

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COMMON BLOCK  colors_com
WARNING!  Don't rely on this file to remain stable!
USE "get_colors" to get color information.
SEE ALSO:
  "get_colors","bytescale","loadct2"
CREATED BY: Davin Larson
File:      96/08/30
Version:   1.2
Last Mod:  colors_com.pro

(See general/misc/colors_com.pro)


CROSSP2

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FUNCTION:	crossp2(a,b)
INPUT:	
	a,b:	real(n,3)	vector arrays dimension (n,3) or (3)
PURPOSE:
	performs cross product on arrays
CREATED BY:
	J.McFadden	97-3-14
Modifications
	J.McFadden	05-2-7 changed first if to "if ndimen(a) eq 1 and ndimen(b) eq 1" 

(See general/misc/crossp2.pro)


CSVECTOR

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 Function: csvector


 Purpose:  This procedure implements the create,add, and read
           methods for a traditional computer science 
           data structure: the vector.The vector
           list of elements of any type and of any length.
            
           Advantages over array:
           1. store heterogenous elements of any type in a list.
           2. Lists can grow as large as memory and you don't
           need to know how big it will be in advance
           3. You don't need to worry about how the data is stored
           
           Disadvantages over array:
           1. You can't directly apply operations to the data
           structure
           2. You are forced to use abstraction


           Inputs: arg1:the meaning of the argument varies with syntax
                   arg2:the meaning of the argument varies with syntax

           Keywords: read(optional): set this if you want 
                                     to read an element
                     length(optional): set this if you want
                                       to read the length          
                     free(optional): set this if you want to free the
                                     vector's memory without
                                     creating a leak, it will return
                                     the number of elements free'd
         
           Outputs: a vector, the internal representation is
           abstracted, use the methods to access this data structure

           Syntax(each method is followed by examples): 

                   create:
                     v = csvector(some_element)
                     v = csvector(1)
                     v = csvector([1,2])
                     v = csvector({a:1,b:2})
                   add:
                     vector = csvector(some_element,vector) 
                     v = csvector(1,v)
                     v = csvector('a',v)
                     v = csvector([1,2],v)
                   read: 
                     element = csvector(element_index,vector,/read)
                     e = csvector(0,v,/read) ;first element
                     e = csvector(csvector(v,/L)-1,v,/r) ;last element 
                   length: 
                     length = csvector(vector,/length)
                     l = csvector(v,/l)
                     l = csvector(v,/length)
                   free:
                     num = csvector(vector,/free)
                     temp = csvector(v,/free)
                   


       NOTES: in the event of overflow during add the vector.a
       component will double in size

       Add/Create stores a copy of the element not the element itself
 
       If you want to do manual lengths and reads you can look
       at the code, but I would recommend against cause you are
       violating abstraction which means the internal representation
       could change and invalidate your code.

       This might be worth writing in O.O. idl as well

       To get type flexibility it uses a pointer for every object
       Thus if you aren't careful this function will eat your
       system memory for breakfast.  Use heap_gc to clean up if you 
       are running out of memory.
 

(See general/misc/csvector.pro)


DEN_FAIRFIELD_NS_MODEL

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NAME:  
 den_fairfield_ns_model

PURPOSE:
 This routine calculates the position along the zaxis at a specific
 x and y location. 

INPUT:
 time - string or double format
        double(s)  seconds since 1970
        string(s)  format:  YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss
 gsm_pos - position vector in GSM coordinates in re (pos[*,3])

OUTPUT: returns Z displacement of the neutral sheet above or below the XY plane in Re (zgsm of the NS) 
        Value is positive if NS is above z=0 gsm plane, negative if below
    
KEYWORDS
    sc2NS - if set returns Z displacement from the spacecraft to the neutral sheet 
            Value is positive if the NS is northward of the SC location, and negative if below
    
 
HISTORY:

(See general/misc/neutral_sheet.pro)


DEN_NS_MODEL

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NAME:  
 den_ns_model

PURPOSE:
 This program finds the DEN(Displaced Equatorial Neutral) sheet inside 
  the magnetopause in different tine and positions. The routine calculates 
  the position along the zaxis at a specific location. 

INPUT:
 time - string or double format
        double(s)  seconds since 1970
        string(s)  format:  YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss
 gsm_pos - position vector in GSM coordinates in re (pos[*,3])

OUTPUT: returns Z displacement of the neutral sheet above or below the XY plane in Re (zgsm of the NS) 
        Value is positive if NS is above z=0 gsm plane, negative if below
    
KEYWORDS
    sc2NS - if set returns Z displacement from the spacecraft to the neutral sheet 
            Value is positive if the NS is northward of the SC location, and negative if below
    
NOTES: 
References:
(1) DEN(Displaced Equatorial Neutral):
    Xu, R.-L., A Displaced Equatorial Neutral Sheet Surface Observed on ISEE-2
    Satellite,  J. Atmospheric and Terrestrial Phys., 58, 1085, 1991
(2) Magnetopause model:
    Sibeck, D. G., R. E. Lopez, and R. C. Roelof, Solar wind control of the
    magnetopause shape, location, and motion, J. Grophys. Res., 96, 5489, 1991
Original Authors of the FORTRAN source code:
Ronglan XU and Lei LI, Center for Space Sci. and Applied Res.,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 8701, Beijing 100080, China
E-mail: XURL@SUN.IHEP.AC.CN, XURL@SUN20.CSSAR.AC.CN

This source code was ported from the original FORTRAN source code into IDL
The original source code only calculated to 10.05 RE. In this IDL version
that restriction was increased to 25. 
 
HISTORY:

(See general/misc/neutral_sheet.pro)


DIMEN

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FUNCTION:   dimen(x)
PURPOSE:
  Returns the dimensions of an array as an array of integers.
INPUT:  matrix
RETURNS:  vector of dimensions of matrix.
   If the input is undefined then 0 is returned.
   if the input is a scaler then 1 is returned.

SEE ALSO:  "dimen", "data_type", "dimen1", "dimen2"

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)dimen.pro	1.6 96/12/16

(See general/misc/dimen.pro)


DIMEN1

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FUNCTION:   dimen1
INPUT:  matrix
RETURNS:  scaler int:  size of first dimension  (1 if dimension doesn't exist)

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION;	@(#)dimen1.pro	1.3 95/08/24

(See general/misc/dimen1.pro)


DIMEN2

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FUNCTION:   dimen2
INPUT:  matrix
RETURNS:  scaler int:  size of second dimension  (1 if dimension doesn't exist)

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION;	@(#)dimen2.pro	1.3 95/08/24

(See general/misc/dimen2.pro)


DIMEN_SHIFT

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FUNCTION:  dimen_shift(x,shift)
NAME:
  dimen_shift
PURPOSE:
  Rotate dimensions of a multidimensional array.
  This function is very similar to transpose but works on multi-dimensional
  arrays to shift the dimensions around.
  It has no effect on scalars and one dimensional arrays.
INPUT:
  x   multi-dimensional array of any type
  shift:  1 or -1  direction of shift.
CREATED BY: Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)dimen_shift.pro	1.4 98/07/09
 

(See general/misc/dimen_shift.pro)


DIVIDE_DATA

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PROCEDURE:	divide_data

PURPOSE:

  Divides successive channels of SST data by powers of 'factor', to

  separate the traces. Also, optionally, multiplies data by an overall factor,

  'conv_factor', to convert units.



INPUT:		in_name (string), the name of the input TPLOT variable
			structure.
               out_name (string), the name of the output TPLOT variable
			structure.

KEYWORDS:      factor (float), by which fluxes in successive channels are

               	divided.
		conv_factor (optional float), by which fluxes in all channels
			are multiplied.


CREATED BY:	Ted Freeman

FILE:  divide_data.pro

LAST MODIFIED:  @(#)divide_data.pro	1.2 99/09/01



NOTES:	  "LOAD_3DP_DATA" and "GET_SPEC" must be called first.

(See general/misc/divide_data.pro)


DPWRSPC

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NAME:
 dpwrspc
PURPOSE:
    Called with times time and data quantity, dpwrspc returns a dps
    spectrum at frequencies fdps. A Hanning window is applied to the
    input data, and its power is divided out of the returned
    spectrum. A straight line is subtracted from the data to reduce
    spurious power due to sawtooth behavior of a background. UNITS
    ARE (UNITS)^2 WHERE UNITS ARE THE UNITS OF time. fdps is in
    Hz. THUS THE OUTPUT REPRESENTS THE MEAN SQUARED AMPLITUDE OF THE
    SIGNAL AT EACH SPECIFIC FREQUENCY. THE TOTAL (SUM) POWER UNDER
    THE CURVE IS EQUAL TO THE MEAN (OVER TIME) POWER OF THE
    OSCILLATION IN TIME DOMAIN. NOTE: IF KEYWORD notperhz IS SET,
    THEN POWER IS IN UNITS OF NT^2 ELSE IT IS IN UNITS OF NT^2/HZ. 
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 dpwrspc, time, quantity, tdps, fdps, dps, nboxpoints = nboxpoints, $
          nshiftpoints = nshiftpoints, bin = bin, tbegin = tbegin,$
          tend = tend, noline = noline, nohanning = nohanning, $
          notperhz = notperhz
INPUT:
 time = the time array
 quantity = the function for which you want to obtain a power
            spectrum
OUTPUT:
 tps = the time array for the dynamic power spectrum, the center time
       of the interval used for the spectrum 
 fdps = the frequency array (units =1/time units)
 dps = the power spectrum, (units of quantity)^2/frequency_units
KEYWORDS:
 nboxpoints = the number of points to use for the hanning window, the
              default is 256
 nshiftpoints = this is the number of points to shift for each
                spectrum, the first spectrum will cover the range
                from 0 to nboxpoints, then next will cover the range
                from nshiftpoints to nshiftpoints+nboxpoints, etc..
                the default is 128.
 bin = a binsize for binning of the data along the frequency domain,
       the default is 3
 tbegin = a start time, the default is time[0] 
 tend = an end time, the default is time[n_elements(time)-1]
 noline = if set, no straight line is subtracted
 nohanning = if set, then no hanning window is applied to the input
 notperhz = if set, the output units are simply the square of the
            input units 
 noTmVariance = if set replaces output spectrum for any windows that
                have variable cadence with NaNs
 tm_sensitivity = If noTmVariance is set, this number controls
                         how much of a dt anomaly is accepted. The
                         program will flag a time resolution
                         discontinuity if the time resolution dt
                         changes by a value greater than
                         dt/dt_sensitivity; the default
                         is 100.0; i.e. If, for a given spectrum, if
                         there are points with abs(dt[i]-median(dt)
                         Gt median(dt)/100.0, then this will
                         be set to NaN. A larger value means
                         more sensitivity. If you want to flag round-off
                         errors then try a value of 1.0e8. 
 fail = if set to a named variable, returns 1 if an error occurs, 0 otherwise

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(See general/misc/dpwrspc.pro)


DYDT_SPIKE_TEST

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NAME:
 dydt_spike_test
PURPOSE:
 This function checks an array for spikes based on its time
 derivative. This is designed mostly for THEMIS GMAG spikes that
 persist over multiple data points, but should work on single data
 point spikes too.
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 flag = dydt_spike_test(t0, y0, dydt_lim = dydt_lim, $
                        sigma_y = sigma_y, nsig = nsig, $
                        no_degap = no_degap, pad=pad, $
                        degap_margin = degap_margin, $
                        degap_dt = degap_dt, _extra = _extra)
INPUT:
 t0 = a time array
 y0 = a data aray, same number of elements as t0
OUTPUT:
 flag = a bytarr(n_elements(t0)), set to 1 for spikes, 0 for ok data,
        note that NaN values are automatically set to 1
KEYWORDS:
 dydt_lim =  a value for the max. allowed derivative, the default is
             to calculate a limiting value from the uncertainty in
             the data. 
 sigma_y = if known, an estimate of the standard deviation in y0
           values. The default is to use sqrt(y), as if you have a
           photon count for data. If you do not know
           this uncertainty in Y, it might be a good idea to use
           dydt_lim.
 nsig = the number of uncertainties in dydt that will be used to
        obtain the limit value at each data point.
 pad = pad the spike flag on either side by this many data points.
 no_degap = By default, the program calls xdegap and xdeflag routines
            to deal with gaps in the data. Set this keyword to avoid
            this.
DEGAP KEYWORDS:
 nowarning = if set, suppresses warnings
 maxgap = the maximum gap size filled, in seconds
 degap_dt = a time_interval for the degap process, the default is to
            use the minimum of the time resolutions in the data,
            i.e., min(t0[1:*]-t0)
 degap_margin = a margin value for the degap call, the default is to
                use the minimum of the time resolutions in the data,
                i.e., min(t0[1:*]-t0)
                
HISTORY:
 7-apr-2008, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu

$LastChangedBy: jimm $
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(See general/misc/dydt_spike_test.pro)


ESCAPE_STRING

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function: escape_string

purpose: adds \ to escape a list of characters

inputs:
  s: The string to be escaped
  list=list: an array of characters to be escaped.  If not set, defaults to the regex set  ['[',']','{','}','\','^','$','.','|','?','*','+','(',')']
      
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 $LastChangedDate: 2013-06-11 21:39:46 -0700 (Tue, 11 Jun 2013) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 12513 $
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(See general/misc/escape_string.pro)


EULER_ANG_ROT_MATRIX

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FUNCTION:  euler_ang_rot_matrix,eulerang  [parameters=par]
PURPOSE:
  returns rotation matrix given the euler angles
  (This function may be used with the "fit" curve fitting procedure.)

KEYWORDS:
  PARAMETERS: a structure that contain the parameters that define the gaussians
     If this parameter is not a structure then it will be created.

Written by: Davin Larson

 $LastChangedBy: adrozdov $
 $LastChangedDate: 2018-01-10 17:03:26 -0800 (Wed, 10 Jan 2018) $
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(See general/misc/euler_ang_rot_matrix.pro)


EXTRACT_TAGS

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PROCEDURE:  extract_tags, newstruct, oldstruct
PURPOSE: takes the named tag elements from oldstruct and puts them into
   newstruct.  This procedure is very useful for creating a structure that
   can be passed onto the PLOT or OPLOT subroutines using the _EXTRA keyword.
   If no tag keywords are included then all tag elements of oldstruct are
   added to newstruct.  The mode keyword PRESERVE is used to prevent the
   overwritting of an existing keyword.
INPUTS:
  newstruct:  new structure to be created or added to.
  oldstruct:  old structure from which elements are extracted.
KEYWORDS:  Only one of the following should be given:;
 (TAG KEYWORDS)
  TAGS:  array of strings.  (tag names) to be taken from oldstruct and put in
      newstruct
  EXCEPT: array of strings.  Tag names not to be copied from old to new.
  OPLOT:  (flag)  If set, then TAGS is set to an array of valid keywords
     for the OPLOT subroutine.
  PLOT:   (flag)  If set, then TAGS is set to an array of valid keywords
     for the PLOT subroutine.
  CONTOUR: (flag) If set, then TAGS is set to an array of valid keywords
     for the CONTOUR procedure.   (might not be complete)
If no KEYWORDS are set then all elements of oldstruct are put into newstruct
  (MODE KEYWORDS)
  PRESERVE: (flag) Prevents the overwritting of an existing, non-null keyword.
     Adds tags to newstruct that were not already there, or if they were there
     and their values were either "" or 0.
CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
FILE:  extract_tags.pro
VERSION  1.21
LAST MODIFICATION: 02/04/17

(See general/misc/extract_tags.pro)


FAIRFIELD_NS_MODEL

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NAME:
 fairfield_NS_model

PURPOSE:
 This routine calculates the position along the zaxis at a specific
 x and y location. The Fairfield model is used to this calculation.

INPUT:
 time - string or double format
        double(s)  seconds since 1970
        string(s)  format:  YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss
 gsm_pos - position vector in GSM coordinates in re (pos[*,3])

OUTPUT: returns Z displacement of the neutral sheet above or below the XY plane in Re (zgsm of the NS) 
        Value is positive if NS is above z=0 gsm plane, negative if below
    
KEYWORDS
    sc2NS - if set returns Z displacement from the spacecraft to the neutral sheet 
            Value is positive if the NS is northward of the SC location, and negative if below
    
NOTES:
Reference:
 A statistical determination of the shape and position of the 
 geomagnetic neutral sheet,  Journal of Geophysical Research,
 Vol. 85, No A2, pages 775-780, February 1, 1980
 Author - D. Fairfield

HISTORY:

(See general/misc/neutral_sheet.pro)


FILE_ARCHIVE

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 NAME:
   FILE_ARCHIVE
 PURPOSE:
   Archives files by renaming them and optionally moving them to another directory.
   No action is taken if neither ARCHIVE_EXT or ARCHIVE_DIR is set.
 CALLING SEQUENCE:
   FILE_ARCHIVE,'old_file',archive_ext = '.arc'
 KEYWORDS:
   ARCHIVE_EXT = '.arc'
   ARCHIVE_DIR = 'archive_dir/'  ; name of subdirectory to move files into.
   VERBOSE
   DLEVEL
   MAX_ARCS = n  ; max number of archives to produce
 Author:
   Davin Larson  June 2013   
 $LastChangedBy: adrozdov $
 $LastChangedDate: 2018-01-10 17:03:26 -0800 (Wed, 10 Jan 2018) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 24506 $
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(See general/misc/file_archive.pro)


FILE_COPY2

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 Procedure: file_copy2

(See general/misc/file_copy2.pro)


FILE_DAILYNAMES

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  Procedure:  FILE_DAILYNAMES
  Author: Davin Larson

(See general/misc/file_dailynames.pro)


FILE_OPEN

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Procedure  FILE_OPEN,type,name
Purpose:  wrapper for  OPENW, OPENU, OPENR,  FILE_MKDIR
type must be one of:  'w', 'u', 'r',  'd'  (write, update, read, directory)
   This procedure performs the functions of creating/opening files and creating directories.
   It has several useful features which the regular procedures do not have:
  1)  Non-existant directories are created automatically (with optional mode setting)
  2)  If a non-existant file is opened for update, it is created with OPENW instead of producing an error.
  3)  Files (or directories) can be tested to see if they can be created before actually opening (or creating)
           them (use the TEST keyword). (The returned structure INFO will have the WRITE element set)

Example 1:   Creating a file for write access:
   FILE_OPEN,'w','/dir1/dir2/dir3/file.tmp',unit=u  ; Will create the director tree if it does not already exist.
Example 2:   Creating new directories with defined modes:
   FILE_OPEN,'d','/dir1/dir2/dir3', dir_mode="777 ,
     All newly created directories will have the given permissions  (Octal 777)
Example 3:
   FILE_OPEN,'w','/dir1/dir2/dir3/file.tmp',/test,info=info  ;This will test if the file
          can be created (with given file system permissions) without actually creating the file.
          The returned info stucture can potentially have info.exists eq to 0 and info.write eq 1
Example 4:

(See general/misc/file_open.pro)


FILE_RETRIEVE

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 FUNCTION: FILE_RETRIEVE
 Purpose:
  FILE_RETRIEVE provides a simple, transportable interface to retrieve data files.
  It will download files from a remote web server and copy them into a local (cache) directory 
  maintaining the original directory structure. It returns the list of local file names. 
  By default files are only downloaded if the remote file is more recent. 
  This routine is specifically designed to be used with the same file system that the web server is using to serve files.
  It can look for a MASTER_FILE that indicates the master files system is in use and it then bypasses the download process. 
  The file system can be a mix of directories that hold the original files being served as well as a copy of files from external servers.
  The routine correctly handles multiple users sharing (and writing to) the same directories.
  
  Works on LINUX, MAC, and Windows 
  
Usage:
 files = file_retrieve(pathnames, [keyword options])

Suggested usage:

First get a default structure that specifies where the files come from and where they will be stored locally
  source = file_retrieve(/default_structure,REMOTE_DATA_DIR='http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/data/',master_file='maven/.master')
  
   ; Retrieve a MAVEN mag 1 sec resolution file for 2014-11-18
  files = file_retrieve( 'maven/data/sci/mag/l2/sav/1sec/2014/11/mvn_mag_l2_pl_1sec_20141118.sav' ,_extra=source)  
  
    ; Retrieve an array of filenames within a time range:
  files = file_retrieve( 'maven/data/sci/mag/l2/sav/1sec/YYYY/MM/mvn_mag_l2_pl_1sec_YYYYMMDD.sav',trange=['2014-12-30','2015-1-3'] ,_extra=source)  

  
    ; Retrieve "globbed files from the SPDF:    
    ; A typical URL at SPDF is:  'http://spdf.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/wind/mfi/mfi_h0/2015/wi_h0_mfi_20151008_v03.cdf
        The source of these files is given by:
  source = file_retrieve(/default,  REMOTE_DATA_DIR='http://spdf.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/'  , LOCAL_DATA_DIR = root_data_dir()+'istp/'  )
    ; The path specifiation is given by:  
  pathname =      'wind/mfi/mfi_h0/YYYY/wi_h0_mfi_YYYYMMDD_v??.cdf'
  files = file_retrieve(pathname, trange=['2014-12-25','2015-1-4'],_extra=source,/last_version)
  
  Subsequent calls will be much faster since the files will have been downloaded.
  

Arguments:
    pathnames: String or string array with partial path to the remote file. 
               (will be appended to remote_data_dir)
    [newpathnames]: (optional) String or string array with partial path to file destination.
                   (Will be appended to local_data_dir)  (NOT RECOMMENDED TO USE THIS OPTION.

Keywords:
    REMOTE_DATA_DIR:  String defining remote data directory
                      Pathnames will be appended to this variable.
    LOCAL_DATA_DIR:  String or string array w/ local data directory(s)
                     If newpathnames is set it will be appended to this variable; if not, 
                     pathnames will be appended. 
    MASTER_FILE:     (file pathname)   if the file: LOCAL_DATA_DIR+MASTER_FILE exists then no download or contact with the server is made. (same effect as NO_SERVER - but evaluated at run time)
    NO_SERVER:       Set this keyword to prevent any contact with a remote server.
    
    TRANGE:       One or two element array indicating the time range of interest.  If set, then PATHNAMES will be expanded into an array of pathnames using the special character sequences to translate:
         YYYY, yy, MM, DD,  hh,  mm, ss, .f, DOY, DOW, TDIFF are special characters that will be substituted with the appropriate date/time field
         Be especially careful of extensions that begin with '.f' since these will be translated into a fractional second.
         See "time_string"  TFORMAT keyword for more info.
         
    LAST_VERSION:  If set, then only the last of multiple file versions is downloaded and returned. (used in conjuction with "globbed" pathnames and version numbers.)
    
    USER_PASS:   Username and password for secured systems;    USER_PASS='username:password'
    ARCHIVE_EXT:  string;   Set archiving extension. (i.e.:  ARCHIVE_EXT= '.arc'). to rename old files instead of deleting them. Prevents accidental file deletion.
    ARCHIVE_DIR:  string;   Set archiving subdirectory. (i.e.:  ARCHIVE_DIR = '.archive/')

    VALID_ONLY:  Set this keyword to return only existing files.

    PRESERVE_MTIME: if set, the local file will be given a modification time that is the same as the modification time of the remote server's file modification time.
       This keyword is ignored on (windows) machines that don't have touch installed. (No cygwin or GNU utils)  Default is 1

    VERBOSE:  Set Verbosity - 0 print almost nothing ,  2 is typical,  4 and above is for debugging.

    if_modified_since:    Set to 0 to force download
  user_agent:   String - User agent text to be sent to web server.
  file_mode:   permissions for new files.   Default is '666'o  ; 
  dir_mode:     permissions for newly created directories.  Default is '777'o  ;
  progobj:     Experimental option for a progress bar widget.  (please ignore for now)
  min_age_limit:   Files younger than this age (in seconds) are assumed current (avoids the need to recheck server)  Default is 300
  no_download:0   ,      $    ; similar to NO_SERVER keyword. Should still allow remote directory retrieval - but not files.
  no_update:0     ,      $    ; Set to 1 to prevent contact to server if local file already exists. (this is similar to no_clobber)
  
History: 
    2012-6-25:  local_data_dir and remote_data_dir accept array inputs 
                with the same # of elements as pathnames/newpathnames   -DO NOT USE this option!

$LastChangedBy: davin-mac $
$LastChangedDate: 2019-02-13 17:49:40 -0800 (Wed, 13 Feb 2019) $
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(See general/misc/file_retrieve.pro)


FILE_RETRIEVE_V

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Procedure: file_retrieve_v

Purpose:  Wrapper for file_retrieve that searches for highest
available version first, with no need to retrieve remote-index.

Keywords:

   relpathnames:  the list of relative pathnames that are being
   searched

   version_list(optional): if the user wants to override the default
   version priority list so this function prioritizes versions
   differently, a different version list can be passed in


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 $LastChangedDate: 2007-08-21 08:33:59 -0700 (Tue, 21 Aug 2007) $
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(See general/misc/file_retrieve_v.pro)


FILE_SOURCE_DIRNAME

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Function: file_source_dirname
Purpose:  Returns the directory path of the source file which calls this function.
   This is useful for determining the directory of associated data files.
Warning:  May not work for a precompile version of code.
Author:  D Larson  2008

(See general/misc/file_source_dirname.pro)


FILE_TOUCH

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 FILE_TOUCH
 Purpose:  Wrapper routine for the "touch" program that sets file modification and access times
 USAGE:
    file_touch,'foo',systime(1)-300,/mtime   ; sets mod time to 5 minutes ago
 keywords:
    MTIME    set only modification time(UTC)
    ATIME    set only access time(UTC)
    VERBOSE  sets VERBOSITY of messages (0: error messages only,  6: lots)
 Restrictions:
   #1 
   Shell executable "touch" must be in path on local operating system.  This is common on unix systems.
   Windows executable available from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/
   If the touch executable is not found then no action is taken.
   Test for executable occurs only once.

   #2 Behavior on Windows is currently untested, and may not be
   consistent with Linux.
    
   #3 This routine will not work with home directories(~/file_name will not work) on linux variants.  The /noshell option to spawn means that it won't expand home directories into full paths
  
   #4 Routine will not work for modification date 1970-01-01/00:00:00
 
   #5 Time should be a UTC time in seconds since 1970.
   Example:  file_touch,'foo',systime(1),/mtime

   #6 This routine primarily for file_http_copy routine.  It
   is not considered stable for general purpose use and the interface
   may change. 

$LastChangedBy: jimmpc1 $
$LastChangedDate: 2019-02-22 12:24:10 -0800 (Fri, 22 Feb 2019) $
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(See general/misc/file_touch.pro)


FIND_CONST_INTERVALS

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	Procedure: FIND_CONST_INTERVALS

	Purpose:  Find intervals within the input array where the data are constant to some tolerance,
		and return the begin and end indices into the original array for those intervals.

	Calling Sequence:
		x = [ 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1]
		ctol = 0.01
		find_const_intervals, x, nint=nint, ibeg=ibeg, iend=iend, ctol=ctol

	Arguements:
		X, ARRAY or any type; will be cast to FLOAT for comparison.
		NINT, LONG, number of intervals of constantcy found in X.
		IBEG, IEND, LONG[ nint], arrays of array indices to the begin and end of each constant interval.
		CTOL, FLOAT, tollerance for constancy of data; ABS(dX) lt CTOL for data to be "constant".

	Notes:
		None.

 $LastChangedBy: egrimes $
 $LastChangedDate: 2016-11-14 13:46:58 -0800 (Mon, 14 Nov 2016) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 22356 $
 $URL $

(See general/misc/find_const_intervals.pro)


FIND_NEAREST_NEIGHBOR

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 Name:
     find_nearest_neighbor
     
 Purpose:
     Uses binary search on a time series to find the array element closest to the target time
     
     Please consider using find_nearest neighbors 2 function as the faster version.
     Also, please consider nn function which provides the nearest index of the time.
     
 Input:
     time_series: monotonically increasing time series array (stored as doubles)
     target_time: time to search for in the time series (double)
     
 Keywords:
     quiet: suppress output of errors
     sort: sort the input array prior to searching
     allow_outside: if target_time is outside of target_series, this keyword 
         causes this routine to return the last/first element in the array
         (whichever is closer)
     
 Output:
     Returns the value in time_series nearest to the target_time (as a double) 
     Returns -1 if there's an error
 
 Examples:
     >> print, find_nearest_neighbor([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 4.6)
           5
           
     >> print, find_nearest_neighbor([5,4,3,7,8,2,4,6,7], 7.6, /sort)
           8

 See also:
     find_nearest_neighbor2, nn

 $LastChangedBy: adrozdov $
 $LastChangedDate: 2018-01-10 17:03:26 -0800 (Wed, 10 Jan 2018) $
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(See general/misc/find_nearest_neighbor.pro)


FIND_NEAREST_NEIGHBOR2

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 Name:
     find_nearest_neighbor2
     
 Purpose:
     Faster versin of find_nearest_neighbor. Use minimum to search in a time series to find the array element closest to the target time.
     nn function uses similar algorithm providing nearest index in time.
     
 Input:
     time_series: monotonically increasing time series array (stored as doubles)
     target_time: time to search for in the time series (double)
     
 Keywords:
     quiet: suppress output of errors
     sort: sort the input array prior to searching
     allow_outside: if target_time is outside of target_series, this keyword 
         causes this routine to return the last/first element in the array
         (whichever is closer)
     
 Output:
     Returns the value in time_series nearest to the target_time (as a double) 
     Returns -1 if there's an error
 
 Examples:
     >> print, find_nearest_neighbor2([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], 4.6)
           5
           
     >> print, find_nearest_neighbor2([5,4,3,7,8,2,4,6,7], 7.6, /sort)
           8
 See also:
   find_nearest_neighbor, nn

 $LastChangedBy: adrozdov $
 $LastChangedDate: 2018-01-10 17:03:26 -0800 (Wed, 10 Jan 2018) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 24506 $
 $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/find_nearest_neighbor2.pro $

(See general/misc/find_nearest_neighbor2.pro)


FIND_STR_ELEMENT

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 **** OBSOLETE!!! Please use "str_element"instead! ***

FUNCTION:  find_str_element
PURPOSE:  find an element within a structure
 Input:
   struct,  generic structure
   name,    string  (tag name)
 Purpose:
   Returns index of structure tag.
   Returns -1 if not found
   Returns -2 if struct is not a structure
KEYWORDS:
  If VALUE is set to a named variable then  the value of that element is
   returned in it.

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)find_str_element.pro	1.6 95/10/06

(See general/misc/find_str_element.pro)


FNAME_TO_TIME

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PROCEDURE:	fname_to_time, fname, time
PURPOSE:
	To translate the name of a standard WIND data file into the starting
	time of the data.
INPUT:
	fname: filename (string) to be translated
	time: variable in which to return time (double)

CREATED BY:	Peter Schroeder
LAST MODIFICATION:	%W% %E%

(See general/misc/fname_to_time.pro)


GENERIC_OBJECT__DEFINE

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  generic_object
  This basic object can be inherited by other objects and defines some basic functions and operations
 $LastChangedBy: davin-mac $
 $LastChangedDate: 2018-12-08 09:36:55 -0800 (Sat, 08 Dec 2018) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 26279 $
 $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/generic_object__define.pro $

 Written by Davin Larson October 2018

(See general/misc/generic_object__define.pro)


GET_COLORS

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FUNCTION:    get_colors
PURPOSE:   returns a structure containing color pixel values
INPUT:    none
KEYWORDS:
   NOCOLOR:  forces all colors to !d.table_size-1.

Written by: Davin Larson    96-01-31
FILE: get_colors.pro
VERSION:  1.2
LAST MODIFICATION: 99/04/07

(See general/misc/get_colors.pro)


GET_FILE_NAMES

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PROCEDURE:  get_file_names,  fnames
PURPOSE:  
   Gets an array of filenames within a time range
INPUT:
   fnames:  named variable in which the output array of filenames is placed.
KEYWORDS:
   TIME_RANGE: Two element vector (double or string) specifying the time range.
     If time range is not set, then "GET_TIMESPAN" will be called
     to get a time range.
   MASTERFILE: Use this keyword to pass in one of the following:
	1) Name of a masterfile that contains times and associated 
	     	filenames.  The file should have the format:
yyyy-mm-dd/hh:mm:ss   yyyy-mm-dd/hh:mm:ss   fullpathfilename
     		with one line for each file.
	     (Hint: for CDF files, the masterfile can be created using the 
	     UNIX program 'kpdfile' or the IDL procedure "MAKE_CDF_INDEX".)
	2) Full path/file names with wildcard characters to search for
		relevant files.  Input should be in the form:
		/path/xxx* for files of form /path/xxx_date.
	3) The name of a previously defined environment variable containing
		data in the form of 1 or 2 above.
   ROOT_DIR:   Optional root_directory of the masterfile.  This will properly
      manage operating system dependancies.

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
MODIFIED BY:	Peter Schroeder
VERSION:	1.26 00/10/04 get_file_names.pro
 

(See general/misc/get_file_names.pro)


GET_FILE_NAMES_IND

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PROCEDURE:  get_file_names_ind,  fnames
PURPOSE:  
   Gets an array of filenames within a masterfile within a time range
INPUT:
   fnames:  named variable in which the output array of filenames is placed.
KEYWORDS:
   TIME_RANGE: Two element vector (double or string) specifying the time range.
     If time range is not set, then "GET_TIMESPAN" will be called
     to get a time range.
   MASTERFILE: Name of a masterfile that contains times and associated 
     filenames.  The file should have the format:
yyyy-mm-dd/hh:mm:ss   yyyy-mm-dd/hh:mm:ss   fullpathfilename
     with one line for each file.
     (Hint: for CDF files, the masterfile can be created using the 
     UNIX program 'kpdfile' or the IDL procedure "MAKE_CDF_INDEX".)
   ROOT_DIR:   Optional root_directory of the masterfile.  This will properly
      manage operating system dependancies.
   NO_DUPLICATES:  (N;  integer)
      when set the first N characters of file names are compared and only
      the highest version is returned.

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
VERSION:	@(#)get_file_names_ind.pro	1.1 97/06/23
 

(See general/misc/get_file_names_ind.pro)


GET_RT_PATH

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NAME:
 get_rt_path
PURPOSE:
  gets the directory of the calling routine.  Used for reliably looking
  up resource paths across platform
CALLING SEQUENCE:
  get_rt_path,path
OUTPUT:
  path: the path of the routine that called get_rt_path

NOTES:
  This is a general version of specific routines like getctpath.
  Eventually those routines should be replaced with this one.

$LastChangedBy: pcruce $
$LastChangedDate: 2009-07-16 16:38:39 -0700 (Thu, 16 Jul 2009) $
$LastChangedRevision: 6439 $
$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/get_rt_path.pro $

(See general/misc/get_rt_path.pro)


GRAD

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Procedure: Grad

Purpose:  Calculates the gradient of a 2d or 3d grid in one of two ways.

  In 2d:
  Method1(default):
  gradientX = (grid[x+1,y] - grid[x,y] + grid[x+1,y+1] - grid[x,y+1]) / (2*dx)
  gradientY = (grid[x,y+1] - grid[x,y] + grid[x+1,y+1] - grid[x+1,y]) / (2*dy)
  
  Method2(leftright): 
  gradientX = (grid[x+1,y] - grid[x,y] + grid[x,y] - grid[x-1,y]) / (2*dx)
  gradientY = (grid[x,y+1] - grid[x,y] + grid[x,y] - grid[x,y-1]) / (2*dy)
  This method is actually equivalent to:
  gradientX = (grid[x+1,y] - grid[x-1,y]) / (2*dx)
  gradientY = (grid[x,y+1] - grid[x,y-1]) / (2*dy)
  
  In 3d: 
  Method1(default):
  gradientX = (grid[x+1,y,z] - grid[x,y,z] + grid[x+1,y+1,z] - grid[x,y+1,z] + 
               grid[x+1,y,z+1] - grid[x,y,z+1] + grid[x+1,y+1,z+1] - grid[x,y+1,z+1])
               / (4*dx)
  gradientY = (grid[x,y+1,z] - grid[x,y,z] + grid[x+1,y+1,z] - grid[x+1,y,z] + 
               grid[x,y+1,z+1] - grid[x,y,z+1] + grid[x+1,y+1,z+1] - grid[x+1,y,z+1])
               / (4*dy)
  gradientZ = (grid[x,y,z+1] - grid[x,y,z] + grid[x+1,y,z+1] - grid[x+1,y,z] + 
               grid[x,y+1,z+1] - grid[x,y+1,z] + grid[x+1,y+1,z+1] - grid[x+1,y+1,z])
               / (4*dz)
               
  Method2(leftright):
  gradientX = grid[x+1,y,z] - grid[x-1,y,z] / (2*dx)
  gradientY = grid[x,y+1,z] - grid[x,y-1,z] / (2*dy)
  gradientZ = grid[x,y,z+1] - grid[x,y,z-1] / (2*dz)
  
  Method1 will produce an output that is one element smaller in each dimension
  and whose element centers are offset by half the nominal spacing of the grid.
  
  Method2 will have the same centers and same number of elements as the original
  grid(if the original grid had regular spacing).
  
  
Example:

Inputs: grid: an NxM grid of points, if it contains NaNs the output may be 
             unpredictable.(or an NxMxP)
        x(optional):  An N length array specifying the positions of the grid points on the x-axis
             xc should be monotonic and should contain no NaNs.  If unset this routine will
             assume dx = 1.0
        y(optional):  An M length array specifying the positions of the grid points on the y-axis
             yc should be monotonic and should contain no NaNs. If unset this routine will
             assume dy = 1.0
        z:(optional) a P length array specifying the positions of the grid points on
             the z-axis.  zc should be monotonic and should contain no NaNs. If unset this routine will
             assume dz = 1.0
             
Keywords:
        grad:  The gradient is output through this keyword as an NxMx2 array
        of points.  grad[*,*,0] is the x gradient & grad[*,*,1] is the y gradient
        
        xout: The positions of the gradient outputs on the x axis are output through this 
        keyword as an N length array
        
        yout: The positions of the gradient outputs on the y axis are output through this
        keyword as an M length array
        
        xy:  The positions for each output point are passed out as pairs through this
        keyword. The output array will have dimensions N*Mx2,(N times M by 2)
        
        dxy: The gradient for each point is passed out as pairs through this
        keyword. The output array will have dimensions N*Mx2,(N times M by 2)
        
        leftright:  Set this keyword if you want to use the second method
        of gradient calculation.

 Notes:
 1. This procedure is not particularly tolerant of NaNs in the input, so
 you should remove them before passing them into this routine.
 
 2. The output may have slightly different centers/ dimensions as the input.
 This is will definitely be the case if the input array had irregular dimensions.
 
 3. xy,dxy are useful output format keywords for the plotxyvec routine
 While grad,xout, & yout may be easier for other tasks.

(See general/misc/grad.pro)


HEXPRINT

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hexprint
 :Description:
    Routine that will display hex values of an array of bytes, ints or longs.

 :Params:
    buffer - Either an array of (bytes, ints or longs) or a filename to open

 :Keywords:
    unit
    filename: Set this keyword to filename to dump the results
    decimal:  display in decimal instead of hex.
    start
    nbytes: Set to number of bytes to display. Default is one kilobyte.
    dlevel
    ncolumns

 :Author: davin  Jan 19, 2015

 $LastChangedBy: davin-mac $
 $LastChangedDate: 2018-05-13 16:15:11 -0700 (Sun, 13 May 2018) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 25212 $
 $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/hexprint.pro $

(See general/misc/hexprint.pro)


HIGH_PASS_FILTER

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NAME:
 high_pass_filter
PURPOSE:
 subtracts running average from a data array
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 y = high_pass_filter(array, time_array, no_time_interp=no_time_interp)
INPUT:
 array = a data array
 time_array = a time array (in units of seconds)
 dt = the averaging time (in seconds)
 no_time_interp = if set, do *not* interpolate the data to the
                  minimum time resolution. The default procedure is
                  to interpolate the data to a regularly spaced grid,
                  and then use ts_smooth to get the running
                  average. This alternative can be slow, but it may
                  save a lot of memory.                
 double = if set, do calculation in double precision
                  regardless of input type. (If input data is double
                  calculation is always done in double precision)
 interp_resolution = If time interpolation is being used, set this
                     option to control the number of seconds between
                     interpolated samples.  The default is to use
                     the value of the smallest separation between 
                     samples.  Any number higher than this will sacrifice
                     output resolution to save memory. (NOTE: This option
                     will not be applied if no interpolation is being
                     performed because either (1) no_time_interp is set or
                     (2) the sample rate of the data is constant)
                     
 interactive_warning = if keyword is set pops up a message box if there are memory problems and asks
                     the user if they would like to continue
 interactive_varname = set this to a string indicating the name of the quantity to be used in the warning message.
                     
 warning_result = assign a named variable to this keyword to determine the result of the computation
OUTPUT:
 y = the data array where at each point an average of the data for
 the previous dt has been subtracted.
HISTORY:
 14-jan-2008, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
 06-feb-2008, teq, teq@ssl.berkeley.edu
 13-mar-2008, jmm, added the default behavior using interpolation
 17-mar-2008, jmm, Gutted and rewritten to use smooth_in_time program
 23-apr-2008, pcruce, Added padding for no_time_interp option, added _extra keyword
 28-apr-2008, pcruce, Added interp_resolution option, added memory warning, 
                        mod to guarantee that precision of output is at least as 
                        large as precision of input
$LastChangedBy: adrozdov $
$LastChangedDate: 2018-01-10 17:03:26 -0800 (Wed, 10 Jan 2018) $
$LastChangedRevision: 24506 $
$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/high_pass_filter.pro $

(See general/misc/high_pass_filter.pro)


HISTBINS

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FUNCTION:
   H=histbins(R,XBINS)
Purpose:
   Returns the histogram (H) and bin locations (XBINS) for an array of numbers.
Examples:
   r = randomn(seed,10000)
   plot,psym=10, xbins, histbins(r,xbins)             ;Use all defaults.
   plot,psym=10, xbins, histbins(r,xbins ,/shift)     ;shift bin edges.
   plot,psym=10, xbins, histbins(r,xbins, binsize=.2)
   plot,psym=10, xbins, histbins(r,xbins, binsize=.2 ,/shift)
   plot,psym=10, xbins, histbins(r,xbins, range=[-10,10])
NOTE:
   XBINS is an output, not an input!
Keywords:  (All optional)  Defaults are based on the size and range of input.
   BINSIZE:  Size of bins.  (recommend double precision!)
   NBINS: force the output array to have this number of elements. (Use with RANGE)
   RANGE: Limits of histogram
   SHIFT :  Keyword that controls the location of bin edges.
      This has no effect if RANGE is defined.
   NORMALIZE: Set keyword to return a normalized histogram (probability distribution).
   REVERSE:  See REVERSE keyword for histogram
   RETBINS:  If set then an array of bins (same size as r) is returned instead.
   EXTEND_RANGE:   if set then the range is extended on either end,  (no effect if range is set)
See also: "average_hist", "histbins2d"

(See general/misc/histbins.pro)


HISTBINS2D

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Function:
 h = histbins2d(x,y,xval,yval)
Input:
   x, y, random variables to bin.
Output:
   h  number of events within bin
   xval, yval,  center locations of the bins.

(See general/misc/histbins2d.pro)


INTERP

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FUNCTION:   interp(y,x,u)
PURPOSE:
  Linearly Interpolates vectors with an irregular grid.
  INTERP is functionally the same as INTERPOL, however it is typically
  much faster for most applications.
USAGE:
  result = interp(y,x,u)
INPUTS:
       Y:      The input vector can be any type except string.

       X:      The absicissae values for Y.  This vector must have same # of
               elements as Y.  The values MUST be monotonically ascending
               or descending.

       U:      The absicissae values for the result.  The result will have
               the same number of elements as U.  U does not need to be
               monotonic.
KEYWORDS:
  NO_CHECK_MONOTONIC:   set this keyword to skip the check for monotonic data.
  INDEX:  Set to named variable to return the index of the closest x less than u.
      (same dimensons as u)
  NO_EXTRAPOLATE:  Set this keyword to prevent extrapolation.
  INTERP_THRESHOLD:  Set to minimum allowed gap size.

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson  4-30-96
FILE:  interp.pro
VERSION:  1.15
LAST MODIFICATION:  02/04/17

(See general/misc/interp.pro)


IS_NUMERIC

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Name: is_numeric

Purpose: determines if input string is a validly formatted number.  Does

Inputs: s:  the string to be checked

Outputs: 1: if it is validly formatted
         0: if it is not
         
Keywords: 
    sci_notation: add support for scientific notation (3*10^6)
    decimal: when set, only return 1 for decimal numeric values, such as 1.0, 0.000004, 
             returns 0 for scientific, exponential, engineering, etc. notations

Notes:  Does not consider numbers in complex notation or numbers with trailing type codes to be valid.

Examples:
   print,is_numeric('1')
   1
   print,is_numeric('1.23e45')
   1
   print,is_numeric('1.2c34')
   0
   print,is_numeric('1B')
   0
   print,is_numeric('-1.23d-3')
   1
   print,is_numeric('5e+4')
   1
   print,is_numeric('5.e2')
   1
   print,is_numeric('5.e3.2')
   0
   
   Examples using scientific notation:
   print,is_numeric('4*10^2', /sci)
   1
   print,is_numeric('4*10^-6', /sci)
   1
   print,is_numeric('4*10^(-12)', /sci)
   1
   print,is_numeric('12.3*10^2', /sci)
   1
   print,is_numeric('10^-2.2', /sci)
   1
   print,is_numeric('10.^-2.2', /sci)
   1
   print,is_numeric('12.3*10^', /sci)
   0
   print,is_numeric('12.3*', /sci)
   0
   
 $LastChangedBy: nikos $
 $LastChangedDate: 2014-05-13 09:46:59 -0700 (Tue, 13 May 2014) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 15109 $
 $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/is_numeric.pro $

(See general/misc/is_numeric.pro)


LOPEZ_NS_MODEL

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NAME:  
 lopez_NS_model

PURPOSE:
 This routine calculates the position along the zaxis at a specific
 x and y location. The Lopez model is used for this calculation. 

INPUT:
 time - string or double format
        double(s)  seconds since 1970
        string(s)  format:  YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss
 gsm_pos - position vector in GSM coordinates in re (pos[*,3])
 kp - kp index value
 mlt - magnetic local time in degrees (0=midnight)

OUTPUT: returns Z displacement of the neutral sheet above or below the XY plane in Re (zgsm of the NS)
        Value is positive if NS is above z=0 gsm plane, negative if below

KEYWORDS
    sc2NS - if set returns Z displacement from the spacecraft to the neutral sheet
            Value is positive if the NS is northward of the SC location, and negative if below

NOTES:
Reference:
 The position of the magnetotail neutral sheet in the near-Earth Region,
 Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 17, No 10, pages 1617-1620, 1990
 Author - Ramon E. Lopez

 The lopez model is best used for distances <8.8 RE

HISTORY:

(See general/misc/neutral_sheet.pro)


MAKEGIF

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PROCEDURE:  makegif, filename
NAME:
  makegif
PURPOSE:
  Creates a GIF file from the currently displayed image.
PARAMETERS:
  filename   filename of gif file to create.  Defaults to 'plot'. Note:
             extension '.gif' is added automatically
KEYWORDS:
  ct         Index of color table to load.  Note: will have global
             consequences!
  multiple   Write multiple gifs to a single file. Subsequent calls to
             makegif with same filename argument will append to the file.
             Use /close to close.
  close      close the gif file.  Useful when writing multiple gifs to
             a single file.  Does not write any image to the file.
  no_expose  Don't print index of current window.

Restrictions:
  Current device should have readable pixels (ie. 'x' or 'z')

Created by:  Davin Larson
FILE:  makegif.pro
VERSION:  1.11
LAST MODIFICATION:  02/11/06

(See general/misc/makegif.pro)


MAKEJPG

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PROCEDURE:  makejpg, filename
NAME:
  makejpg
PURPOSE:
  Creates a jpg file from the currently displayed image.
PARAMETERS:
  filename   filename of jpg file to create.  Defaults to 'plot'. Note:
             extension '.jpg' is added automatically
KEYWORDS:
  ct         Index of color table to load.  Note: will have global
             consequences!
  multiple   Does nothing.
  close      Does nothing.
  no_expose  Don't print index of current window.
  mkdir      If set, make the parent directory/directories of the
             file specified by filename.

Restrictions:
  Current device should have readable pixels (ie. 'x' or 'z')

Based almost entirely on makepng by davin larson 

$LastChangedBy: pcruce $
$LastChangedDate: 2009-11-18 14:36:51 -0800 (Wed, 18 Nov 2009) $
$LastChangedRevision: 6941 $
$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/makejpg.pro $

(See general/misc/makejpg.pro)


MAKEPNG

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PROCEDURE:  makepng, filename
NAME:
  makepng
PURPOSE:
  Creates a PNG file from the currently displayed image.
PARAMETERS:
  filename   filename of png file to create.  Defaults to 'plot'. Note:
             extension '.png' is added automatically
KEYWORDS:
  ct         Index of color table to load.  Note: will have global
             consequences!
  multiple   Does nothing.
  close      Does nothing.
  no_expose  Don't print index of current window.
  mkdir      If set, make the parent directory/directories of the
             file specified by filename.
  TIMETAG :  1 - Use current local time
          :  2 - Use current GMT
          :  >2  Use unix time
  WINDOW  :  window number

Restrictions:
  Current device should have readable pixels (ie. 'x' or 'z')

Created by:  Davin Larson
FILE:  makepng.pro
VERSION:  1.11
LAST MODIFICATION:  02/11/06

(See general/misc/makepng.pro)


MAKEPS.PRO

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NAME:
 makeps.pro
PURPOSE:

OBSOLETE: please use tprint or popen and pclose
 A simple function to reliably and consistently do postscript export
 Right now it will export whatever your last tplot command was(ie
 current plot)
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 makeps
 -or-
 makeps,'filename'
INPUT:
 a filename or nothing
OUTPUT:
 a postscript file to the specified location
 errors, grays out all buttons while processing

NOTES: Will append a .ps to your filename whether you like it or not
       TODO: add an argument to accept a list of variables


$LastChangedBy: pcruce $
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(See general/misc/makeps.pro)


MINMAX

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FUNCTION:   minmax,array
PURPOSE:  returns a two element array of min, max values
INPUT:  array
KEYWORDS:
  MAX_VALUE:  ignore all numbers greater than this value
  MIN_VALUE:  ignore all numbers less than this value
  POSITIVE:   forces MINVALUE to 0

CREATED BY:    Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:     @(#)minmax.pro	1.2 02/04/17

(See general/misc/minmax.pro)


MK_HTML_HELP2

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 NAME:
	MK_HTML_HELP2

 PURPOSE:
       Creates a html document from a list of IDL procedures.
	Given a list of IDL procedure files (.PRO), VMS text library 
       files (.TLB), or directories that contain such files, this procedure 
       generates a file in the HTML format that contains the documentation 
       for those routines that contain a DOC_LIBRARY style documentation 
       template.  The output file is compatible with World Wide Web browsers.
       This version is enhanced over the routine supplied by IDL, It will
       also cross reference, print the purpose, and add links to the source
       code.

 CATEGORY:
	Help, documentation.

 CALLING SEQUENCE:
	MK_HTML_HELP, Sources, Outfile

 INPUTS:
     Sources:  A string or string array containing the name(s) of the
		.pro or .tlb files (or the names of directories containing 
               such files) for which help is desired.  If a source file is 
               a VMS text library, it must include the .TLB file extension.  
               If a source file is an IDL procedure, it must include the .PRO
               file extension.  All other source files are assumed to be
               directories.  If not provided, searches down directory tree
		from current directory for files.

     Outfile:	The name of the output file which will be generated without
		HTML extension.

     If no inputs are given: All directories in the current directory tree
               are used with the exception of: directories named: 'obsolete'
               or 'SCCS.'  (UNIX only)

 KEYWORDS:
     TITLE:	If present, a string which supplies the name that
		should appear as the Document Title for the help.
     FILENAME: Alternative method of specifying Outfile (see above)
     VERBOSE:	Normally, MK_HTML_HELP does its work silently.
		Setting this keyword to a non-zero value causes the procedure
		to issue informational messages that indicate what it
		is currently doing. !QUIET must be 0 for these messages
               to appear.
     STRICT:   If this keyword is set to a non-zero value, MK_HTML_HELP will 
               adhere strictly to the HTML format by scanning the 
               the document headers for characters that are reserved in 
               HTML (",&,").  These are then converted to the appropriate 
               HTML syntax in the output file. By default, this keyword
               is set to zero (to allow for faster processing).
     CROSSLINK:If this keyword is set MK_HTML_HELP will create a cross
               reference between library files.
     CLTURBO:  If this keyword is set to a single character string, then the 
               cross reference procedure will only cross reference lines that
               contain the character given in CLTURBO.  This greatly increases
               the speed of the routine.  By default the double quote (") is 
               used
     PRINT_PURPOSE:  If this keyword is set then the first line after PURPOSE:
               is printed in the output file.
     MASTLIST:	If set, create master list only.  Do not create subdirectory
		file listings.

 COMMON BLOCKS:
	None.

 SIDE EFFECTS:
	A help file with the name given by the Outfile argument is
	created.

 RESTRICTIONS:
	The following rules must be followed in formatting the .pro
	files that are to be searched.
		(a) The first line of the documentation block contains
		    only the characters ";+", starting in column 1.
               (b) There must be a line which contains the string "NAME:",
                   which is immediately followed by a line containing the
                   name of the procedure or function being described in
                   that documentation block.  If this NAME field is not
                   present, the name of the source file will be used.
		(c) The last line of the documentation block contains
		    only the characters ";-", starting in column 1.
		(d) Every other line in the documentation block contains
		    a ";" in column 1.

       Note that a single .pro file can contain multiple procedures and/or
       functions, each with their own documentation blocks. If it is desired
       to have "invisible" routines in a file, i.e. routines which are only
       for internal use and should not appear in the help file, simply leave
       out the ";+" and ";-" lines in the documentation block for those
       routines.

	No reformatting of the documentation is done.

 MODIFICATION HISTORY:
       July 5, 1995, DD, RSI. Original version.
       July 13, 1995, Mark Rivers, University of Chicago. Added support for
               multiple source directories and multiple documentation
               headers per .pro file.
       July 17, 1995, DD, RSI. Added code to alphabetize the subjects;
               At the end of each description block in the HTML file,
               added a reference to the source .pro file.
       July 18, 1995, DD, RSI. Added STRICT keyword to handle angle brackets.
       July 19, 1995, DD, RSI. Updated STRICT to handle & and ".
               Changed calling sequence to accept .pro filenames, .tlb
               text librarie names, and/or directory names.
               Added code to set default subject to name of file if NAME
               field is not present in the doc header.
       September, 1995, D. Larson. SSL Berkeley. Added crosslink, print_purpose
               clturbo.
       October 4, 1995, D. Larson. SSL Berkeley. Added link to source file.
       October 3, 1996, F. Marcoline. SSL Berkeley.  Added Alphabet Jumpline.
       October 10, 1996, D. Larson. Added Listing by Directory.
       October 1, 2007, J. McTiernan, allow to work with more than 28
               directories, dropped obsolete /stream keywords from
               openw calls.
       
FILE:  mk_html_help2.pro
VERSION 1.26
LAST MODIFICATION: 99/04/22

(See general/misc/mk_html_help2.pro)


NDIMEN

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FUNCTION: ndimen
PURPOSE:
  Returns the number of dimensions in an array.
INPUT:  array
RETURNS number of dimensions  (0 for scalers,-1 for undefined)

SEE ALSO:  "dimen", "data_type"

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)ndimen.pro	1.6 97/03/10

(See general/misc/ndimen.pro)


NEAREST_NEIGHBOR

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Name: 
   nearest_neighbor
   
Purpose:
   Finding the nearest neighbors by interpolating the indices for two arrays. 
   NANs can be returned when gap/no_extrapolate are used.
   
Input:
   time_series: monotonically increasing time series array 
   target_time: monotonically increasing time to search for in the time series
   
Keywords:   
   gap: return NANs if time gap > gap (in seconds), see keyword 'interp_threshold' in "interp"
   no_extrapolate: Set this keyword to prevent extrapolation. See keyword 'no_extrapolate' in "interp"
   silent: No printing
 $LastChangedBy: xussui $
 $LastChangedDate: 2018-12-05 17:23:32 -0800 (Wed, 05 Dec 2018) $
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 $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/nearest_neighbor.pro $
 
CREATED BY:    Shaosui Xu  2018-08-15
FILE: nearest_neighbor.pro

(See general/misc/nearest_neighbor.pro)


NN

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NAME:                  nn
PURPOSE:               Find the index of the data point(s) nearest to the specified time(s)
                       You can use find_nearest_neighbor2 function to find the nearest time.

                       This routine can be inefficient when operating on large arrays.  In
                       such cases it is better, if possible, to divide the time arrays into
                       smaller segments and work on one segment at a time.
                       
CALLING SEQUENCE:      ind=nn(data,time)
INPUTS:                data:  a data structure, a tplot variable name/index,
                          or a time array
                       time:  (double) seconds from 1970-01-01, scalar or array
                              if not present, "ctime" is called to get time(s)
OPTIONAL INPUTS:       none
KEYWORD PARAMETERS:    x, y, & v:  set to named keywords to return the values
			of the x, y, & v arrays, if applicable

                       progress: If set, then report progress in increments of 1%.
                                 No effect when n_elements(time) lt 100.
			
OUTPUTS:               a long scalar index or long array of indicies
                       on failure, returns: -2 if bad inputs, 
                                            -1 if nearest neighbor not found
EXAMPLE:               ctime,times,npoints=2
                       inds=nn('Np',times)
                       get_data,'Np',data=dens & get_data,'Tp',data=temp
                       plot,dens.y(inds(0):inds(1)),temp(inds(0):inds(1))
LAST MODIFICATION:     @(#)nn.pro	1.8 02/04/17
CREATED BY:            Frank Marcoline
 
 See also:
   find_nearest_neighbor2, find_nearest_neighbor
 
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(See general/misc/nn.pro)


NN2

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FUNCTION:   nn2
PURPOSE:
  Returns the indices of the nearest neighbors in one time array to the
  times in a second array.  This routine is MUCH faster than nn.pro.
  Based on an idea by Shaosui Xu.

  If times outside the range of the first time array are present, 
  the index of the first or last element of the first time array
  will be taken as the nearest neighbor.  Use keyword MAXDT to ensure
  reasonable output.

USAGE:
  i = nn2(time1, time2)

INPUTS:
   time1:      Input time array, in any format accepted by time double.
               Must be monotonically increasing or decreasing.

   time2:      Another time array, in any format accepted by time_double,
               for which you want the indices of the nearest neighbors in
               time1.

OUTPUTS:
   i:          Indices of the nearest neighbors in time1 to the elements of
               time2.  Note that i indexes time1 and has the same number of
               elements as time2.

KEYWORDS:

   MAXDT:      Maximum time difference in seconds between an element of 
               time2 and its nearest neighbor in time1.  If exceeded, the
               corresponding index will be set to -1.

               Note: Later versions of IDL allow -1 as a valid array index,
               so you must filter the output of this routine before using
               it to index an array.

   VALID:      Remove all occurrences of -1 from array before returning.

   VINDEX:     Indicies of time2 with valid neighbors in time1.

 $LastChangedBy: dmitchell $
 $LastChangedDate: 2020-07-01 11:10:48 -0700 (Wed, 01 Jul 2020) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 28828 $
 $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/nn2.pro $

CREATED BY:	David L. Mitchell  2018-08-23
FILE:  nn2.pro

(See general/misc/nn2.pro)


OPLOT_ERR

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 PROCEDURE:
	oplot_err, x, low, high
 PURPOSE:
	Plot error bars over a previously drawn plot.

(See general/misc/oplot_err.pro)


PCLOSE

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PROCEDURE:   pclose
INPUT:  none
PURPOSE: Close postscript file opened with popen, and change device back to 
  default.
  If common block string 'printer_name' is set, then file is sent to that
  printer.
SEE ALSO: 	"print_options"
		"popen"

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)pclose.pro	1.10 99/02/18

(See general/misc/pclose.pro)


PLOT_POSITIONS

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FUNCTION:   plot_positions
PURPOSE:
  Procedure that will compute plot positions for multiple plots per page.
Created by Davin Larson

(See general/misc/plot_positions.pro)


PLOT_THE_EARTH

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 :PURPOSE:
    Create an Earth graphic.

 :INPUT:
    X - position x
    Y - position y
    R - radius
    Direction - direction of the sun in RAD 
    LineColor - color of the line 
    FillColor - color of the background
    RenderNum - number of defined vertex in earth half view
   
    Example: default plot the earth
      PLOT_THE_EARTH, 0, 0, 1, 0, 'k', 'black', 16
      
 AUTHOR:
   Alexander Drozdov

 VERSION:
  $LastChangedBy: adrozdov $
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  $LastChangedRevision: 24214 $
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(See general/misc/plot_the_earth.pro)


POPEN

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PROCEDURE: popen, filename
PURPOSE:
  Change plot device to postscript.
INPUT:    optional;  if:
  string   :  string used as filename,  '.ps' extension is added automatically
  integer X:  filename set to 'plotX.ps'.  value of x is incremented by 1.
  none:       filename set to 'plot.ps'
KEYWORDS: See print_options for info.
  COPY:    pass COPY keyword to set_plot
  INTERP:  pass INTERP keyword to set_plot  (default is to have interp off)
  XSIZE:   postscript plot size in the x direction
  YSIZE:   postscript plot size in the y direction
  UNITS:   plot size units (inches or cm)
SEE ALSO:	"pclose",
		"print_options",
		"popen_com"
HISOTRY:
 4-apr-2008   cg, added optional keywords for postscript plot size
                  units for plot size variables
CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)popen.pro	1.21 98/06/23

(See general/misc/popen.pro)


POPEN_COM

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COMMON BLOCK:	popen_com
PURPOSE:	Common block for print routines

SEE ALSO:	"popen","pclose",
		"print_options"

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)popen_com.pro	1.10 97/12/05

(See general/misc/popen_com.pro)


PRINTDAT

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PROCEDURE: printdat,[x]
PURPOSE:
   Displays information and contents of a data variable. (Very similar to HELP procedure but much more verbose.)
   This routine is most useful for displaying contents of complex
   data structures.
   If printdat is called without arguments then information on all variables
   within the calling routine are displayed.
   POINTER occurences are recursively displayed as well. (only non-null pointers are listed)

Keywords:
   FULL     Set this keyword to display full variable output.
   NAMES = string:  Optional list of variables to display (Same as for HELP)
   WIDTH:   Width of screen (Default is 120).
   MAX:     Maximum number of array elements to print.  (default is 30)
   NSTRMAX  Maximum number of structure elements to print. (default is 3)
   NPTRMAX  Maximum number of pointer elements to print. (default is 5)
   OUTPUT=string :  named variable in which the output is dumped.
   VARNAME=string : [optional] name of variable to be displayed. (useful if input is an expression instead of a variable)
   RECURSEMAX = integer :  Maximum number of levels to dive into. (Useful for limiting the output for heavily nested structures or pointers)

Written by Davin Larson, May 1997.

 $LastChangedBy: davin-mac $
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(See general/misc/printdat.pro)


PRINT_OPTIONS

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PROCEDURE: print_options

PURPOSE:  controls postscript printing options

KEYWORDS:

  PORT:   print pages in portrait format (default)

  LAND:   print pages in landscape format

  BW:     Use black and white mode  (untested)

  COLOR:  Use Color postscript (default)

  XSIZE:  plot size dimension in the x direction

  YSIZE:  plot size dimension in the y direction

  UNITS:  plot size units (inches or cm)

FUTURE OPTIONS:

  Ecapsulated postscript format

  changing plotting area

HISOTRY:

 4-apr-2008   cg, added optional keywords for postscript

                  file size and file size units

SEE ALSO:	"popen","pclose"



CREATED BY:	Davin Larson

LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)print_options.pro	1.16 97/05/30

(See general/misc/print_options.pro)


PRINT_TINFO

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 Procedure:  print_tinfo
 
 Purpose:
             prints info on a tplot variable, including dimensions 
             and what each dimension represents
 
 Input:
             tplot_name: name of the tplot variable to print info on; also
             accepts tplot variable #
 
 Keywords:
             time:   show the first and last times in the variable
             help:   show the output of help, /structure, data 
                     and help, /structure, dlimits for the variable
 Note:
             This procedure assumes that there haven't been any modifications
             to the structure of the tplot variable; i.e., if you transpose the order
             of the indices in d.Y manually using get_data, store_data, 
             this routine will not know that (and will incorrectly report
             the 'data format')
             
 Example:  
             MMS> print_tinfo, 'mms1_hpca_hplus_phase_space_density'
                 *** Variable: mms1_hpca_hplus_phase_space_density
                 ** Structure <221f3690>, 4 tags, length=165121216, data length=165121212, refs=1:
                 X               DOUBLE    Array[20456]
                 Y               DOUBLE    Array[20456, 63, 16]
                 V1              DOUBLE    Array[16]
                 V2              FLOAT     Array[63]
                 Data format: [Epoch, mms1_hpca_ion_energy, mms1_hpca_polar_anode_number]
                 v1: mms1_hpca_polar_anode_number
                 v2: mms1_hpca_ion_energy
  

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(See general/misc/print_tinfo.pro)


PTRACE

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FUNCTION: PTRACE()
PURPOSE: Returns a string that provides the current program location.
KEYWORDS:
    OPTION:  The value of the option is retained in a common block
           OPTION=0  : returns null string
           OPTION=1  : returns highest level routine name.
           OPTION=2  : returns highest level routine name (indented).
           OPTION=3  : returns all levels

Usage: Generally useful for debugging code and following code execution.
Example:
  if keyword_set(verbose) then  print,ptrace(),'X=',x

Written:  Jan 2007,  D. Larson

(See general/misc/ptrace.pro)


PTR_EXTRACT

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NAME: ptr_extract
Function: ptrs = ptr_extract(p,EXCEPT=EXCEPT)
Purpose:
   Recursively searches the input (of any type) and returns an array of all
   pointers found.
   This is useful for freeing pointers contained within some complicated
   structure heirachy or pointer list.
   if no pointers are found then a scaler null pointer is returned.
   This routine ignores object pointers!
Keywords:
   EXCEPTPTRS = an array of pointers that should not be included in the output.
Created by Davin Larson. May 2002.

(See general/misc/ptr_extract.pro)


PUTWIN

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PROCEDURE:   putwin
PURPOSE:
  Creates a window and places it in a specified monitor, with
  offsets relative to the screen edges. This is a user-friendly
  version of WINDOW that is designed for a multiple monitor setup.

  This routine is hardware dependent and will not work properly until
  it is configured for your monitor(s) and their arrangement, which
  determine how IDL positions graphics windows.  See keyword CONFIG.

  If no configuration is defined, putwin behaves exactly like window.
  This allows the routine to be used in public code, where the user 
  may not know about or does not want to use its functionality.

USAGE:
  putwin [, wnum [, monitor]] [,KEYWORD=value, ...]

INPUTS:
       wnum:      Window number.  Can be an integer from 0 to 31.
                  Otherwise the next free widow number >= 32 is
                  used.

       monitor:   Monitor number.  Can also be set by keyword (see
                  below), but this method takes precedence.  Only the
                  second input will be interpreted as a monitor number.
                  If there's only one input, it's interpreted as the 
                  window number.

KEYWORDS:
       Accepts all keywords for WINDOW.  In addition, the following
       are defined:

       CONFIG:    Can take one of two forms: integer or integer array.

                  Integer (automatic configuration):

                     0 = disabled: putwin acts like window (default)
                     1 = automatic
                     2 = automatic with double-wide (5K) external
                         merged into a single logical monitor
                         (only guaranteed to work for the author)

                  Integer Array (user-defined configuration):

                     4 x N integer array for N monitors.  For each 
                     monitor, specify the coordinates of the lower
                     left corner (x0, y0) and the screen dimensions
                     (xdim, ydim):

                       cfg[0:3,i] = [x0, y0, xdim, ydim]

                  In either case, the configuration is defined and stored
                  in a common block, but no window is created.

       TBAR:      Title bar width in pixels.  Default = 22.

                  The standard WINDOW procedure does not account for
                  the window title bar width, so that widows placed
                  along the bottom of a monitor are clipped.  This
                  procedure fixes that issue.

                  Window positioning will not be precise unless this
                  is set properly.  IDL does not have access to this
                  piece of information, so you'll have to figure it
                  out.  This value is persistent for subsequent calls 
                  to putwin, so you only need to set it once.

       STAT:      Output the current monitor configuration and put a
                  small window in each monitor for 3 sec to identify
                  the monitor numbers.

       MONITOR:   Put window in this monitor.

                  See keyword CONFIG.  Default is 1 if there is at
                  least one external monitor and 0 otherwise.

       DX:        Horizontal offset from CORNER (pixels).
                  Replaces XPOS.  Default = 0.

       DY:        Vertical offset from CORNER (pixels).
                  Replaces YPOS.  Default = 0.

                  Note: XPOS and YPOS only work if CONFIG = 0.  They
                  refer to position on a rectangular "super monitor"
                  that encompasses all physical monitors.  This super
                  monitor will typically have regions that are out of
                  the bounds of the physical monitors, so windows can
                  be placed in regions that cannot be seen.

       CORNER:    DX and DY are measured from this corner:

                    0 = top left (default)
                    1 = top right
                    2 = bottom left
                    3 = bottom right

       NORM:      Measure DX and DY in normalized coordinates (0-1)
                  instead of pixels.

       XCENTER:   Center the window in X.

       YCENTER:   Center the window in Y.

       CENTER:    Center the window in both X and Y.

       SCALE:     Scale factor for setting the window size.  Only
                  applies when XSIZE and/or YSIZE are set explicitly 
                  (via keyword) or implictly (via swe_snap_layout).
                  Default = 1.

       NOFIT:     If the combination of XSIZE, YSIZE, SCALE, DX and
                  DY cause the window to extend beyond the monitor,
                  first DX and DY, then XSIZE and YSIZE are reduced
                  until the window does fit.  Set NOFIT to disable
                  this behavior and create the window as requested.

       XFULL:     Make the window full-screen in X.
                  (Ignore, XSIZE and DX.)

       YFULL:     Make the window full-screen in Y.
                  (Ignore, YSIZE and DY.)

       FULL:      If set, make a full-screen window in MONITOR.
                  (Ignore XSIZE, YSIZE, DX, DY.)

       ASPECT:    Aspect ratio: XSIZE/YSIZE.  If one dimension is
                  set with XSIZE, YSIZE, XFULL, or YFULL, this
                  keyword sets the other dimension.

       KEY:       A structure containing any of the above keywords
                  plus XSIZE and YSIZE:

                    {KEYWORD:value, KEYWORD:value, ...}

                  Keywords set using this mechanism take precedence.
                  All other keywords for WINDOW must be passed  
                  separately in the usual way.

 $LastChangedBy: dmitchell $
 $LastChangedDate: 2020-08-04 09:12:41 -0700 (Tue, 04 Aug 2020) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 28985 $
 $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/putwin.pro $

CREATED BY:	David L. Mitchell  2020-06-03

(See general/misc/putwin.pro)


PWRSPC

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NAME:
 pwrspc
PURPOSE:
    Called with times time and data quantity, PWRSPC returns a power
    spectrum power at frequencies freq. A Hanning window is applied to
    the input data, and its power is divided out of the returned
    spectrum. A straight line is subtracted from the data to
    reduce spurious power due to sawtooth behavior of a background.
    UNITS ARE (UNITS)^2 WHERE UNITS ARE THE UNITS OF quantity. freq
    is in 1/timeunits.
    THUS THE OUTPUT REPRESENTS THE MEAN SQUARED AMPLITUDE OF THE SIGNAL
       AT EACH SPECIFIC FREQUENCY. THE TOTAL (SUM) POWER UNDER THE CURVE IS
       EQUAL TO THE MEAN (OVER TIME) POWER OF THE OSCILLATION IN TIME DOMAIN.
    NOTE: IF KEYWORD notperhz IS SET, THEN POWER IS IN UNITS^2. If notset
           power is (as normal) in UNITS^2/Hz.
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 pwrspc, time, quantity, freq, power, noline = noline, $
         nohanning = nohanning, bin = bin, notperhz = notperhz
INPUT:
 time = the time array
 quantity = the function for which you want to obtain a power
            spectrum
OUTPUT:
 freq = the frequency array (units =1/time units)
 power = the power spectrum, (units of quantity)^2/frequency_units
KEYWORDS:
 noline = if set, no straight line is subtracted
 nohanning = if set, then no hanning window is applied to the input
 bin = a binsize for binning of the data, the default is 3
 notperhz = if set, the output units are simply the square of the
            input units 
 err_msg = named variable that contains any error message that might occur

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(See general/misc/pwrspc.pro)


READ_ASCII_CMDLINE

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 NAME:
   READ_ASCII_CMDLINE

 PURPOSE:
   Read data from an ASCII file into IDL.

 CATEGORY:
   Input/Output.

 CALLING SEQUENCE:
   data = READ_ASCII(file)

 INPUTS:
   file          - Name of file to read.

 INPUT KEYWORD PARAMETERS:
   record_start      - 1st sequential "record" (see DESCRIPTION) to read.
               Default = 0 (the first record of the file).
   num_records   - Number of records to read.
               Default = 0 = Read up to and including the last record.

   template      - ASCII file template (e.g., generated by function
               ASCII_TEMPLATE) describing attributes of the file
               to read.  Specific attributes contained in the
               template may be overridden by keywords below.
               Default = (see the keywords below).

   start_line    - Number of lines of header to skip.
               Default (if no template) = 0L. (NOTE: this keyword name
               has been changed from the IDL read_ascii routine. It was data_start.)
   delimiter     - Character that delimits fields.
               Default (if no template) = '' = use fields(*).loc.
   missing_value     - Value to replace any missing/invalid data.
               Default (if no template) = !VALUES.F_NAN.
   comment_symbol    - String identifying comments
               (from comment_symbol to the next end-of-line).
               Default (if no template) = '' = no comments.

    field_types  - An array of the field (column) IDL data type. This array can be
                   either a string array or a long array.  Example: ['string', 'double', 'double']
                   or [7,5,5].  Valid types are ['int', 'long', 'float', 'double', 'string', 
                   'structure'] or [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8]                    
    field_names  - An array of the names for each field or column. Default values are
                   Field01, Field02, Field03, ..... Fieldnn. 
    field_locations - An array of the start positions of each column. Default values are 
                   zero and the procedure will try to figure it out.  
    field_groups   - An array of fields that are common to a group.

    [Note:  The 'fields' keyword has not been implemented yet.]
   fields        - Descriptions of the data fields, formatted as
                           an array of structures containing the tags:
                              name  = name of the field (string)
                              type  = type of field as returned by SIZE (long)
                              loc   = offset from the beginning of line to
                                      the start of the field (long)
                              group = sequential group the field is in (int)
               Default (if no template) =
                              {name:'field', type:4L, loc:0L, group:0}.

   verbose       - If set, print runtime messages.
               Default = Do not print them.

 OUTPUT KEYWORD PARAMETERS:
   header        - The header read (string array of length
               data_start).  If no header, empty string returned.

   count         - The number of records read.

 OUTPUTS:
   The function returns an anonymous structure, where each field in
   the structure is a "field" of the data read (see DESCRIPTION).
   If no records are read, 0 is returned.

 COMMON BLOCKS:
   None.

 SIDE EFFECTS:
   None.

 RESTRICTIONS:
   See DESCRIPTION.

 DESCRIPTION:
   ASCII files handled by this routine consist of an optional header
   of a fixed number of lines, followed by columnar data.  Files may
   also contain comments, which exist between a user-specified comment
   string and the corresponding end-of-line.

   One or more rows of data constitute a "record."  Each data element
   within a record is considered to be in a different column, or "field."
   Adjacent fields may be "grouped" into multi-column fields.
   The data in one field must be of, or promotable to, a single
   type (e.g., FLOAT).

 EXAMPLES:
   ; Using default file attributes.
   data = READ_ASCII(file)

   ; Setting specific file attributes.
   data = READ_ASCII(file, START_LINE=10)

   ; Using a template to define file attributes.
   data = READ_ASCII(file, TEMPLATE=template)

   ; Using a template to define file attributes,
   ; and overriding some of those attributes.
   data = READ_ASCII(file, TEMPLATE=template, START_LINE=10)

   ; Using the ASCII_TEMPLATE GUI to generate a template in place.
   data = READ_ASCII(file, TEMPLATE=ASCII_TEMPLATE(file))

    [Note:  The 'fields' keyword has not been implemented yet.]
   ; An example defining fields by hand.
   fields = REPLICATE({name:'', type:0L, loc:0L, group:0}, 2, 3)
   num = N_ELEMENTS(fields)
   fields(*).name  = 'field' + STRTRIM(STRING(INDGEN(num) + 1), 2)
   fields(*).type  = REPLICATE(4L, num)
   fields(*).loc   = [0L,10L, 0L,15L, 0L,12L]
   fields(*).group = INDGEN(num)
   data = READ_ASCII(file, FIELDS=fields)

    [Note:  The 'fields' keyword has not been implemented yet.]
   ; Another example defining fields by hand.
   void = {sMyStructName, name:'', type:0L, loc:0L, group:0}
   fields = [ [ {sMyStructName, 'frog', (SIZE(''))(1),  0L, 0},   $
                {sMyStructName, 'bird', (SIZE(0 ))(1), 15L, 1} ], $
              [ {sMyStructName, 'fish', (SIZE(0.))(1),  0L, 2},   $
                {sMyStructName, 'bear', (SIZE(0D))(1), 15L, 3} ], $
              [ {sMyStructName, 'boar', (SIZE(0B))(1),  0L, 4},   $
                {sMyStructName, 'nerd', (SIZE(OL))(1), 15L, 5} ]  ]
   data = READ_ASCII(file, FIELDS=fields)

 DEVELOPMENT NOTES:

   - See ???,xxx in the code.

   - Error check input 'delimiter' to be a string (not a byte).

   - Implement the 'fields' keyword.

 MODIFICATION HISTORY:
   AL & RPM, 8/96 - Written.
   PCS, 3/99 - Deploy STRTOK and other new commands.  Gain some speed.
   CT, Aug 2003: Free up temp pointers if an error occurs.
   clrussell 10-01-12 - Added five keywords field_count, field_types, field_names, 
                        field_locations, field_groups. These keywords were added so 
                        the user could specify these mixed data types without having to 
                        use a template.

(See general/misc/read_ascii_cmdline.pro)


ROOT_DATA_DIR

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FUNCTION:  root_data_dir
PURPOSE:  Returns the root data directory used by numerous file retrieval procedures.
     By default it returns either:
          for unix:    '/disks/data/' if it exists,  '~/data/' otherwise
          for Windows: 'c:/data/' if it exists; else 'e:/data/' if it exists,  else 'c:/data/' regardless.

     These data sets can grow to very large size. These defaults are intended to allow multiple
     users to share a common data directory system.

     It is recommended that PC users create a separate partition (e:/data/) to store files so that
     disk backups do not have to include these large (easily replaced) files.

     On unix systems, it is recommended to create a common directory with global write permission
     that multiple users can share. This will reduce internet traffic and disk storage requirements for users
     that use common data files.

CHANGING THE DEFAULT:
     The default directory can be changed by creating an environment variable: 'ROOT_DATA_DIR'
     Example 1:
          setenv,'ROOT_DATA_DIR=/mydata/'
     Example 2:  A temporary directory:
          setenv,'ROOT_DATA_DIR=' + getenv('IDL_TMPDIR') + 'data/'     ;  trailing '/' IS required.
     If the value of the environment variable ROOT_DATA_DIR is a list of directories, then the first
     existing directory is returned.

     Notes:
     1)  The environment variable should be set prior to running initialization routines (put it in your IDL_STARTUP file)
     2)  The trailing '/' is required!    PC users should also use '/'   (not backslash: '\')
     3)  The total size of all files can grow immense and there is no need to back them up.
            We suggest placing them on a partition that is not backed up
     4)  File storage space can be shared with other users if a commonly accessible data directory is chosen.
     5)  Use a temporary directory if you do not want to permanently store these cached files.
     6)  The root data directory should be writable by all.

This routine is called by:
    wind_init
    istp_init
    stereo_init
    lanl_spa_load
    thm_config (through thm_init)


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(See general/misc/root_data_dir.pro)


SCPOT_OVERLAY

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NAME:
 scpot_overlay
PURPOSE:
 Overlays a spacecraft potential (or similar line function) over a
 spectrogram
CALLING SEQUENCE:
  cvar = scpot_overlay(pvar, svar)
INPUT:
 pvar = a tplot variable containing the spacecraft potential
 svar = a tplot variable containing a spectrogram
OUTPUT:
 cvar = a compound tplot variable name containing the combined spectrum
        variable with the SC pot overlaid.
KEYWORDS:
 sc_line_color = if set, use this color for SCPOT
 sc_line_thick = if set, use this line thickness for SCPOT
 sc_line_style = if set, use this line_style for SCPOT
 scale_scpot = if set, then scale the scpot to the max and min of the
              spectrogram y-range
 use_yrange = if set, scale using the yrange range for the
              spectrogram, if not set, use min and max of data.v.
 zero_line = if set, add a line for zero potential
 suffix = suffix for output variable
HISTORY:
 3-sep-2013, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
 29-jan-2016, jmm, must have lost the suffix keyword, replaced it.
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(See general/misc/scpot_overlay.pro)


SETBP

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PROCEDURE:  setbp, module
    This procedure will set BREAKPOINTS at all lines within a program module
    file that contain the string:  ";bp"
    A conditional break point is set with  ;bpif  condition statement

Input:  module (string)
Purpose:   This is a DEBUGGING tool that is used to set breakpoints.
Keywords:
    /FUNCTION  Set this keyword if module is a function.

 Author:  Davin Larson 2007

(See general/misc/setbp.pro)


SHARE_COLORS

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PROCEDURE:
  share_colors
PURPOSE:
  Procedure that allows multiple IDL sessions to share the same color table.
  The procedure should be called in each session before any 
  windows are created.
USAGE:
  Typically this procedure will be put in a startup routine. such as: 
  share_colors,first=f
  if f then loadct,39   

KEYWORDS:
  FIRST Named variable that will be set to 1 if this is the
      first session, and set to 0 otherwise.
SIDE EFFECTS:
  Creates a temporary file with the name 'idl_cmap:NAME' on the users home
  directory where NAME is the name of the display machine.
  This file is deleted upon exiting IDL.
  The procedure is only useful on UNIX for users with a common home directory.

(See general/misc/share_colors.pro)


SIMPLE_DESPIKE_1D

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 Simple 1d despike, hacked from SXI_despike
 CALLING SEQUENCE:
 result=simple_despike_1d(image)
 INPUTS:
 image	= 1-D image array (float or integer) to be cleaned
 OUTPUTS:
 result = Cleaned 1-D image array (float)
 KEYWORDS:
 spike_threshold = Median filter threshold for	good pixel map
 width = width of median filter in each direction, default is 3
         points
 use_nan = if set, instead of using the median value as a replacement
           for a spike, insert a NaN value
 jmm, 2013-02-12, testing SVN messaging
 jmm, 2013-02-12, testing SVN messaging, yet again
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(See general/misc/simple_despike_1d.pro)


SMOOTH_IN_TIME

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NAME:
 smooth_in_time
PURPOSE:
 Runs smooth for irregular grids, after regularising grid
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 ts = smooth_in_time(array, time_array, dt, /backward, /forward,
                  /double, /no_time_interp)
INPUT:
 array = a data array, can be 2-d (ntimes, n_something_else), the
         first index is smoothed or averaged.
 time_array = a time array (in units of seconds)
 dt = the averaging time (in seconds)
KEYWORDS:
 backward = if set, perform an average over the previous dt, the
            default is to average from t-dt/2 to t+dt/2
 forward = if set, perform an average over the next dt
 double = if set, do calculation in double precision
                  regardless of input type. (If input data is double
                  calculation is always done in double precision)
 no_time_interp = if set, do *not* interpolate the data to the
                  minimum time resolution. The default procedure is
                  to interpolate the data to a regularly spaced grid,
                  and then use ts_smooth to get the running
                  average. This alternative can be slow.
 smooth_nans = if set, replace Nan values in the input array with the
               average values calculated using the ts_smooth
               process. This has not been implemented for the
               no_time_interp option.
 true_t_integration = if set, subtract 1/2 of the end points of the
                      integration from each value, to obtain the
                      value for an integration over time of the
                      appropriate interval. This has not been
                      implemented for the no_time_interp option.
                      Ths is created for the high_pass_filter.
 interp_resolution = If time interpolation is being used, set this
                     option to control the number of seconds between
                     interpolated samples.  The default is to use
                     the value of the smallest separation between 
                     samples.  Any number higher than this will sacrifice
                     output resolution to save memory. (NOTE: This option
                     will not be applied if no interpolation is being
                     performed because either (1) no_time_interp is set or
                     (2) the sample rate of the data is constant)
 dtx_min_fraction = When interp_resolution is not set, the default is to use
                    the value of the smallest separation between 
                    samples, with the caveat that this value of smallest
                    separation has to occur relatively
                    frequently. Dtx_min_fraction is used to get an
                    effective value for the minimum of the input time
                    resolution. If a suspected minimum value occurs
                    less than dtx_min_fraction times the peak of a
                    histogram of time resolutions, it is
                    discarded. The default value is 0.10
 interactive_warning = if keyword is set pops up a message box if there are memory problems and asks
                     the user if they would like to continue
 interactive_varname = set this to a string indicating the name of the quantity to be used in the warning message.
 warning_result = assign a named variable to this keyword to determine the result of the computation              
 display_object = Object reference to be passed to dprint for output.
 
OUTPUT:
 ts = the data array smoothed or averaged


HISTORY:
 13-mar-2008, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu, hacked from
 high_pass_filter.pro and added ts_smooth as the default
 13-mar-2008, ts_smooth is way too slow, just uses smooth.pro now
 6-may-2008, jmm, added sort for input data for cases with
                  non-monotonic time_arrays
 23-apr-2008, pcruce, Added padding for no_time_interp option, added _extra keyword
 28-apr-2008, pcruce, Added interp_resolution option, added memory warning, 
                        mod to guarantee that precision of output is at least as 
                        large as precision of input
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(See general/misc/smooth_in_time.pro)


SM_NS_MODEL

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NAME:
 sm_ns_model

PURPOSE:
 This routine calculates the NS position along the zaxis at a specific x and y location. 

CALLING SEQUENCE:
 zNS=sm_ns_model(time, position)
 or
 dz2NS=sm_ns_model(time, position, /sc2ns)

INPUT:
 time - string or double format
        double(s)  seconds since 1970
        string(s)  format:  YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss
 gsm_pos - position vector in GSM coordinates in re (pos[*,3])

OUTPUT: returns Z displacement of the neutral sheet above or below the XY plane in Re (zgsm of the NS) 
        Value is positive if NS is above z=0 gsm plane, negative if below
    
KEYWORDS
    sc2NS - if set returns Z displacement from the spacecraft to the neutral sheet 
            Value is positive if the NS is northward of the SC location, and negative if below
    
    
NOTES:
    For the nominal mission, THEMIS used this model for the inner probes

HISTORY:

(See general/misc/neutral_sheet.pro)


SPACE_BAR

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  Procedure: space_bar
 
  Purpose: generates a horizontal bar stored in a tplot variable
           that is used to adjust the spacing between tplot variables
           in plots

  Arguments:
             n(positional,required): a double representing the height
             of the space bar

             newname(keyword,optional): the name you want the bar to
             have(default: 'space_bar')
      


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(See general/misc/space_bar.pro)


SPD_DEFAULT_LOCAL_DATA_DIR

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NAME:
 spd_default_local_data_dir

PURPOSE:
 Returns the default data directory for file downloads for varius projects.
 It is used for the GUI configuration settings.
 Simplified replacement for root_data_dir

CALLING SEQUENCE:
 spd_default_local_data_dir

INPUT:
 none

OUTPUT:
 (string) Directory in user's home path

HISTORY:

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(See general/misc/spd_default_local_data_dir.pro)


SSL_CHECK_VALID_NAME

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NAME:
 ssl_check_valid_name


PURPOSE:
 Checks a string or array input against another array to find matches.


CALLING SEQUENCE:
 ok_names = ssl_check_valid_name(names, valid_names)


INPUT:
 names:  String or string array to be checked
 valid_names:  String array specifying valid values


OUTPUT:
 return value: String array containing the subset set of input names determined
               to be valid.  A null string is returned if no matches are found.


KEYWORDS:
 include_all:  if set, include 'all' in the possible datanames
 ignore_case: if set converts all inputs 
 loose_interpretation:  if set, adds wild card '*'s to each end of
                        the input names
 no_warning:  if set, do not issue a warning if the input is invalid
 invalid: returns string array containing non-valid names or a
           null string returned if all match, if the TYPE keyword
           is set then a full error message will be returned
 type:  input string denoting what type of input is being check,
        will be used for error reporting 
        (e.g. 'data type', 'probe', ...)


HISTORY:
 22-jan-2007, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
 11-feb-2007, jmm, Added loose_interpretation keyword
 30-apr-2015,  af, Moved to general branch


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(See general/misc/ssl_check_valid_name.pro)


SSL_CORRELATE_TPLOT

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 NAME:
      ssl_correlate_tplot

 PURPOSE:
        Identified the amount of shift required to correlate two
        time series tplot variables and stores the result in a tplot
        variable. Only compares 1-d to 1-d data at a time So for example you
        can, compare the fge x and the fgl_x but can't do all three
        at a time. 


      Works by binning the timeseries data, then calculating the
      time shift required to maximally correlate each bin.  
      When too few points overlap bins are rejected.

 CATEGORY:
       THEMIS-SOC

 CALLING SEQUENCE:
      pro thm_correlate_tplot,var1_name, var1_y_dim, var2_name, var2_y_dim, store_name, correlation_floor = correlation_floor, point_number =  point_number, lag_step_number = lag_step_number, time_step_size = time_step_size, bin_size = bin_size

 INPUTS:
 
       var1_name: the tplot name of the first variable to be compared
       
       var1_y_dim: the numerical dimension of the first tplot y_var to look 
       at(from 0 to n-1)

       var2_name: the tplot name of the second variable to be
       compared

       var2_y_dim: the numerical dimension of the second tplot y_var
       to look at(from 0 to n-1)

       store_name: the name of a tplot variable in which to store the result
     
       correlation_floor: optional, if set filters all results where
       the correlation between functions is too poor(default:.9)

       point_number: optional, the minimum number of points of
       overlap necessary to try correlating a bin(default:200)

       lag_step_number: optional, checks plus or minus lag_steps * time steps
       to correlate the vectors (default:64)

       time_step_size: optional, the size of the time step to use when
       interpolating and correlating the vectors, in
       seconds(default:1/128 seconds)

       bin_size: optional, the size of each bin in seconds
       (default:60 seconds)
       

 OUTPUTS:
       
       stores the time and the shift values in the select tplot_var

 KEYWORDS:

 COMMENTS: This function will probably die horribly if time
  values are not monotonic.


 PROCEDURE:

 EXAMPLE:

 MODIFICATION HISTORY:
       Written by: Patrick Cruce(pcruce@gmail.com)
       2007-05-24        V1.0

;$LastChangedBy: lphilpott $
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 KNOWN BUGS:

(See general/misc/ssl_correlate_tplot.pro)


SSL_CORRELATION_SHIFT

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 NAME:
      ssl_correlation_shift

 PURPOSE:
      Calculates the shift required to correlate two tme series of
      data.  Does this by binning the timeseries data, then
      calculating the time shift required to maximally correlate each
      bin.  When too few points overlap bins are rejected.


 CATEGORY:
       THEMIS-SOC

 CALLING SEQUENCE:
       lag_time_series = thm_correlation_shift(var1_time_series,var2_time_series)

 INPUTS:
     
       var1_time_series: a 2xn matrix(column major) of n time/value pairs for var1

       var2_time_series: a 2xn matrix(column major) of n time/value pairs for var2

       n_pts: optional, the minimum number of points of overlap necessary to
       try correlating a bin

       lag_steps: optional, checks plus or minus lag_steps * time steps
       to correlate the vectors 

       time_step: optional, the size of the time step to use when
       interpolating and correlating the vectors

       bin_size: optional, the size of each bin in seconds
       

 OUTPUTS:
       
       an 3xn matrix(column major) of time/shift/correlation triplets  
       or -1L on failure,
       the output n is the number of bins constructed

 KEYWORDS:

 COMMENTS: This function will probably die horribly if time
  values are not monotonic.


 PROCEDURE:

 EXAMPLE:

 MODIFICATION HISTORY:
       Written by:       Jim Lewis
       2007-04-19        Initial version
       Updated by: Patrick Cruce(pcruce@gmail.com)
       2007-05-22        V2.0 

$LastChangedBy: lphilpott $
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(See general/misc/ssl_correlation_shift.pro)


SSL_SET_COMPLEMENT

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Purpose: Calculates the complement of l2 - l1
          (ie set difference)

Arguments: l1 subset,l2 superset
          

Notes: empty set is -1L
       all inputs must be empty set or arrays
       all outputs will be empty set or arrays
       Arrays must be of homogenous type

(See general/misc/ssl_set_complement.pro)


SSL_SET_INTERSECTION

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Purpose: Performs an intersection of two sets
Parameters: l1,l2 sets(arrays) for which the intersection is
calculated

Returns: -1L on empty set, otherwise intersection of the two sets

Notes: empty set is -1L
       Input arrays cannot contain repeated values
       all inputs must be empty set or arrays
       all outputs will be empty set or arrays
       Arrays must be of homogenous type

(See general/misc/ssl_set_intersection.pro)


SSL_SET_SYMBOL

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Procedure: ssl_set_symbol

Purpose: 
   1) Set the user defined plotting symbol to be used with psym=8, 
              or
   2) Return a graphics object of the specified symbol
         
Calling Sequence:
    ssl_set_symbol, index [,fill=fill] [,size=size] [,fail=fail]
                       [,object=object, [,obj_size=obj_size] [,color=color]]

Arguments:
  INDEX: Number of the symbol that is desired:
         1: Plus sign
         2: Star
         3: Circle
         4: Diamond
         5: Triangle
         6: Square
         7: X
        42: Lemniscate
  FILL: Flag to fill the symbol (solid)
  SIZE: Number specifying the size of the symbol (default=1.0)
        (not valid if used with OBJECT)
  OBJECT: If called this keyword will return an IDLgrSymbol object
          of the requested type
  OBJ_SIZE: Two element array specifying the returned graphics
            object's x and y size respecively.
  COLOR: The color of the returned graphics object; may be specified as an  
         index or as a three-element vector [red, green, blue].
  FAIL: This keword will contain a message if any errors are encountered 

Examples:
  Set to a filled circle:
  
    ssl_set_symbol, 3, /fill
    
  Set to an large, unfilled triangle:
  
    ssl_set_symbol, 5, size = 5
    
  Get IDLgrSymbol for a filled diamond:
  
    ssl_set_symbol, 4, obj=obj, /fill

Caveats:
 Non-fillable symbols such as Asterisks and Plus Signs will not
 return graphics objects if /fill is set.

Other: 
 This routine was primarily developed as a method of drawing 
 filled symbols; however, any number of custom symbols may be added 
 by specifying the x and y variables in the main case statment.

(See general/misc/ssl_set_symbol.pro)


SSL_SET_UNION

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FUNCTION ssl_set_union(set1,set2)

Purpose: returns the union of two sets


Notes: empty set is -1L
       all inputs must be empty set or arrays
       all outputs will be empty set or arrays
       Arrays must be of homogenous type

(See general/misc/ssl_set_union.pro)


SSL_TIME_CHECK

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PROCEDURE:     ssl_time_check.pro
PURPOSE:   prints information about gaps between timestamps in cdf files
INPUT:
   dir: The directory in which to search for cdfs
   out: the output directory for the limit files
   LIM: reassign the limit if you want it is a 2 element array
   MNEM: optional regex to filter timestamp mnems
KEYWORDS:
   none

COMMENTS: Will check all timestamps for all cdfs in the directory and
output a seperate file for each type of timestamp.
File format is:
timestamp1 timestamp2 gap_size record_number

currently it signals a gap if a gap is over 180 seconds or negative

EXAMPLE: ssl_time_check,'/','/dev/null'

CREATED BY:    Patrick Cruce (pcruce@gmail.com)

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(See general/misc/ssl_time_check.pro)


STRFILTER

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+
 spp_swp_spe_prod_apdat
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(See general/misc/strfilter.pro)


STRING_PARSER

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NAME:
       string_parser
PURPOSE:
       Parse strings into components
CALLING SEQUENCE:
       string_parser, inpx, parse_by, out, output_count
INPUT:
       inpx     strings to parse
       parse_by        character to parse by
OUTPUT:
       out     array of substrings
       output_count    number of substrings
HISTORY:
       Updated 22-April-1993 by Terry Slocum
       Fixed output_count bug, 28-mar-94, JMM
       Gave the ability to use a parse_by string of more than one
       character, jmm 13-jun-2007

(See general/misc/tuserdef.pro)


STRIPPATH

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 FUNCTION:
        STRIPPATH

 DESCRIPTION:

       Function that strips off any directory components from a full
       file path, and returns the file name and directory components
       seperately in the structure:
               {file_cmp_str,file_name:'file',dir_name:'dir'}
       This is only implemented for UNIX at this time.

 USAGE (SAMPLE CODE FRAGMENT):
 
   ; find file component of /usr/lib/sendmail.cf
       stripped_file = STRIPPATH('/usr/lib/sendmail.cf')
 
  The variable stripped_file would contain:

       stripped_file.file_name = 'sendmail.cf'
       stripped_file.dir_name  = '/usr/lib/'


 REVISION HISTORY:

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   $LastChangedDate: 2018-01-10 17:03:26 -0800 (Wed, 10 Jan 2018) $
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   $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/misc/strippath.pro $
       Originally written by Jonathan M. Loran,  University of 
       California at Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab.   Oct. '92
   Updated to use IDL 6.0 features for cross-platform usability.

(See general/misc/strippath.pro)


STRUCT_VALUE

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FUNCTION: struct_value(struc,name,default=default,index=index)
PURPOSE:  Returns the value of a structure element.
   Function equivalent to the procedure: "STR_ELEMENT"
   if "name" is an array then a new structure is returned with only the named values.
Author:  Davin Larson, 2006

(See general/misc/struct_value.pro)


STR_ELEMENT

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PROCEDURE:  str_element, struct,  tagname, value
PURPOSE:
 Find (or add) an element of a structure.

 Input:
   struct,  generic structure
   tagname,    string  (tag name)
 Output:
   value,  Named variable in which value of the structure element is returned.
 Purpose:
   Retrieves the value of a structure element.  This function will not produce
   an error if the tag and/or structure does not exist.
KEYWORDS:
  SUCCESS:  Named variable that will contain a 1 if the element was found
     or a 0 if not found.
  INDEX: a named variable in which the element index is returned.  The index
     will be -2 if struct is not a structure,  -1 if the tag is not found,
     and >= 0 if successful.
  ADD_REPLACE:  Set this keyword to add or replace a structure element.
  DELETE:   Set this keyword to delete the tagname.
  CLOSEST:  Set this keyword to allow near matchs (useful with _extra)
  VALUE: (obsolete) alternate method of returning value. (Will not work with recursion)
Notes:
  1. Value remains unchanged if the structure element does not exist.
  2. If tagname contains a '.' then the structure is recursively searched and
       index will be an array of indices.
  3. If struct is an array then results may be unpredictable.
  4. Elements may be inserted into embedded structures, by including the
       embedded structure name in the tagname string.(example below)

Examples:
    Does an element exist?
    str_element,my_str,'my_tag_name',SUCCESS=s
    What is an element's value?
    str_element,my_str,'my_tag_name',v
    Add an element
    str_element,my_str,'my_tag_name','value',/add
    Add an element to embedded structure:
    str_element,my_str,'my_substr_name.my_tag_name','value',/add

Modifications:
  5/7/97: Added recursive searching of structure hierarchy.  D. Larson
  2014-1-20 : Added mulidimensional elements for arrays of structures

CREATED BY:    Davin Larson
FILE:  str_element.pro
VERSION  1.10
LAST MODIFICATION: 01/10/08
 CREATED BY: Davin Larson
 $LastChangedBy: davin-mac $
 $LastChangedDate: 2019-05-16 13:25:00 -0700 (Thu, 16 May 2019) $
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(See general/misc/str_element.pro)


TAG_NAMES_R

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 FUNCTION:  TAG_NAMES_R(STRUCTURE, [TYPE=dt] )
 PURPOSE:  Very similar to the TAG_NAMES function but recursively
           obtains all structure names within imbedded structures as well.
 INPUT: STRUCTURE: A structure typically.
              If input is not a structure then a null string is returned
 KEYWORDS:
       TYPE=var; Named variable in which to return and array of data types.
 RETURNS:  Returns an array of strings

(See general/misc/tag_names_r.pro)


TCLIP

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NAME:
 tclip
PURPOSE:
 Wrapper for xclip.pro allowing input of tplot variable
 names. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Y values of the tplot variable are
 cliped using tclip, Not Time. TO clip the time range of a tplot
 variable, use the program TIME_CLIP.PRO.
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 tclip, varnames, amin, amax, _extra=_extra
INPUT:
 varnames = an array (or scalar) of tplot variable names
 amin, amax = the minumum and maximum values
KEYWORDS:
 flag = the value that clipped data are  set to, the default is
        -0.0/0.0 (NaN)
 newname = if set,give these names to the clipped data, the
                default is to append '_clip' to the input names and
                pass out the names in the newname variables,
                Unless /overwrite is set. This will not work for wild
                card input.
 overwrite = if set, write the new data back to the old tplot
             variables, do not set this with newname
 display_object = Object reference to be passed to dprint for output.
 interior_clip (optional): removes data inside the selected region instead of outside the selected region


HISTORY:
 2-feb-2007, jmm, jimm.ssl.berkeley.edu

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(See general/misc/tclip.pro)


TCS_IS_ARRAY

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 NAME:
      tcs_is_array

 PURPOSE:
  Helper function: tests if argument is array, 1L on success 0L on failure


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(See general/misc/tcs_is_array.pro)


TDEFLAG

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NAME:
 tdeflag
PURPOSE:
 wapper for xdeflag.pro allowing input of tplot variable names
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 tdeflag, varnames, method, newname = newname, $
          overwrite = overwrite, _extra = _extra
INPUT:
 varnames = an array (or scalar) of tplot variable names
 method = set to "remove_nan", this will remove any NaN (or infinite) values
             from the data (potentially returning shortened or empty arrays)
          set to "repeat", this will repeat the last good value.
          set to "linear", then linear interpolation is used, but for
          the edges, the closest value is used, there is no
          extrapolation
KEYWORDS:
 flag = all values greater than 0.98 times this value will be deflagged,
        the default is 6.8792e28, Nan's, Inf's are also deflagged
 maxgap = the maximum number of rows that can be filled? the default
           is n_elements(t)
 newname = if set, give these names to the deflagged data, the
                default is to append '_deflag' to the input names and
                pass out the names in the newname variables,
                Unless /overwrite is set
 overwrite = if set, write the new data back to the old tplot
             variables, do not set this with newname
 display_object = Object reference to be passed to dprint for output.

HISTORY:
 2-feb-2007, jmm, jimm.ssl.berkeley.edu

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(See general/misc/tdeflag.pro)


TDEGAP

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NAME:
 tdegap
PURPOSE:
 wrapper for xdegap.pro allowing input of tplot variable names
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 tdegap, varnames, dt=dt, margin=margin, maxgap=maxgap,$
         newname=newname, overwrite=overwrite
INPUT:
 varnames = an array (or scalar) of tplot variable names
KEYWORDS:
 dt = the nominal time resolution of the data that will be inserted,
      the default is to choose the median of the input time array
 margin = the margin used to determine if a gap is big enough, the
          default is 0.25 seconds
 maxgap = the maximum gap size that will be allowed to be filled, in
          units of dt. the default is to set this to the max number
          of data points
          (TDEGAP degaps anything that is greater than dt+margin 
          and less than maxgap*dt)
 newname = if set,give these names to the degapped data, the
                default is to append '_degap' to the input names and
                pass out the names in the newname variables,
                Unless /overwrite is set
 overwrite = if set, write the new data back to the old tplot
             variables, do not set this with newname
 (Keywords passed to XDEGAP:)
 nowarning = if set, suppresses warnings
 flag = A numeric user-specified value to use for flagging gaps.
   Defaults to a floating NaN.  If an array is entered, only the
   first element is considered.If a non-numeric datatype is entered,
   its value is ignored.
 onenanpergap = Fill gaps with only one NaN -> useful for conserving memory.
   Also, for reference concerning post-processing, the INTERPOL function
   propagates a single NaN just as it would many NaNs.  
 display_object = An object reference to be passed to dprint for output.
 output_message = Passes any messages generated up to the calling procedure as an array of strings
 
 
HISTORY:
 9-apr-2007, jmm, jimm.ssl.berkeley.edu
 10-oct-2008, jmm, Degaps v tags if necessary
 Added output_message keyword Feb-02-2011 prc
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(See general/misc/tdegap.pro)


TDESPIKE_AE

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       Name: TDESPIKE_AE

       Purpose:  This routine removes artificial spikes. Note that it is
                 ONLY meant to be used for the calculation of the
                 'THEMIS AE index' in the overview plots.

       Variable:  lower = lower cutoff of spikes to be removed
                  upper = upper cutoff of spikes to be removed

       Keywords:  none

       Example:   tdespike_AE, -2000.0, 1500.0

       Notes:     Written by Andreas Keiling, 29 August 2007

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(See general/misc/tdespike_ae.pro)


TDPWRSPC

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NAME:
 tdpwrspc
PURPOSE:
 wapper for dpwrspc.pro allowing input of a tplot variable name
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 tdpwrspc, varname, newname=newname,_extra=_extra
INPUT:
 varname = one tplot variable name
KEYWORDS:
 newname = if set,give this name to the new data, the
           default is to append '_dpwrspc' to the input name and
           pass out the name in the newname variable,
           Unless /overwrite is set. Note that if a multi-dimensional
           variable is passed in, the newname keyword is not used.
 overwrite = if set, write the new data back to the old tplot
             variable, do not set this with newname
             
 nboxpoints = the number of points to use for the hanning window, the
              default is the closest power of 2 less than the number of points divided by 32
 nshiftpoints = the number of points to shift the hanning window per-step, the default in nboxpoints/2
 
 bin = a binsize for binning of the data along the frequency domain, the default is 3
 tbegin = a start time, the default is time[0] 
 tend = an end time, the default is time[n_elements(time)-1]
 noline = if set, no straight line is subtracted
 nohanning = if set, then no hanning window is applied to the input
 notperhz = if set, the output units are simply the square of the
            input units 
HISTORY:
 27-mar-2007, jmm, jimm.ssl.berkeley.edu
 10-apr-2007, jmm, fixed 2 bugs wrt structure definition

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(See general/misc/tdpwrspc.pro)


THEMIS_NS_MODEL

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NAME:
 themis_NS_model

PURPOSE:
 This routine calculates the position along the zaxis at a specific
 x and y location. The themis model is used for this calculation.
 The themis model uses z-sm (converted from z-gsm) for the inner probes
 and the Hammond model for the outer probes.

INPUT:
 time - string or double format
        double(s)  seconds since 1970
        string(s)  format:  YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss
 gsm_pos - position vector in GSM coordinates in re (pos[*,3])

OUTPUT: returns Z displacement of the neutral sheet above or below the XY plane in Re (zgsm of the NS)
        Value is positive if NS is above z=0 gsm plane, negative if below

KEYWORDS
    sc2NS - if set returns Z displacement from the spacecraft to the neutral sheet
            Value is positive if the NS is northward of the SC location, and negative if below

NOTES;
 Reference:
 The themis model uses z-sm (converted from z-gsm) for the inner probes
 and the Hammond model (default) for the outer probes. The algorithm can be found
 in ssllib neutralsheet.pro.
 
HISTORY:

(See general/misc/neutral_sheet.pro)


THIGH_PASS_FILTER

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PROCEDURE: thigh_pass_filter, varname, dt, newname = newname
PURPOSE:
 Uses high_pass_filter to calculate a running average of the input data and
   store the data with the running average subtracted in an output tplot variable.
                   
INPUT:
 varname = variable passed to get_data, example - thg_mag_ccnv
 dt = the averaging time (in seconds)
KEYWORDS:
 newname: set output variable name
 no_time_interp:  Set to save memory by preventing interpolation of time
                  array when smoothing data before subtraction.
                  This option will probably be significantly slower.
 double:  Set so operation is performed at double precision
                  regardless of input type. (If input data is double
                  calculation is always done in double precision)
 interp_resolution = If time interpolation is being used, set this
                     option to control the number of seconds between
                     interpolated samples.  The default is to use
                     the value of the smallest separation between 
                     samples.  Any number higher than this will sacrifice
                     output resolution to save memory. (NOTE: This option
                     will not be applied if no interpolation is being
                     performed because either (1) no_time_interp is set or
                     (2) the sample rate of the data is constant)
 
 interactive_warning = pops up a message box if there are memory problems and asks
                     the user if they would like to continue                    
 warning_result = assign a named variable to this keyword to determine the result of the computation
 display_object = Object reference to be passed to dprint for output.
 
 
HISTORY:
 14-jan-2008, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
 06-feb-2008, teq, teq@ssl.berkeley.edu
 23-Apr-2009, pcruce, pcruce@igpp.ucla.edu, Added extra keyword support
 28-apr-2008, pcruce, Added interp_resolution option, added memory warning, 
                        mod to guarantee that precision of output is at least as 
                        large as precision of input
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(See general/misc/thigh_pass_filter.pro)


TIMEBOX_MEAN

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PROCEDURE:   timebox_mean
PURPOSE:
  Calculates the mean, median, and standard deviation of a 1-D array
  for the input time resolution.

USAGE:
  timebox_mean, var, resolution = resolution, result=dat

INPUTS:
       var:     Tplot-like data structure {x:unix time, y:data} 
                or variable name/number.

OUTPUT:         If var is a tplot variable name/number, then the result
                is stored as a new tplot variable.  Otherwise, the 
                result is returned via keyword (see below).

KEYWORDS:
       RESOLUTON: time resolution of average in seconds, the default
                  is one day. 86400.0 seconds

       OUTLIER: Discard points more than this many standard deviations
                from the mean.  Default = 10.

       RESULT:  Named variable to hold the result.
       TIME_RANGE: the input time range, the default is
                   to obtain the time range from the data
       TIME_BINS_IN: Use these bins for input, either a 2Xnbins array
                     or 1D array of Nbins+1, The 2Xnbins array option
                     allows for discontinuous binning.
HISTORY:
       Hacked from box_mean.pro, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.eud

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(See general/misc/timebox_mean.pro)


TIME_AVERAGE

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 Function: time_average

 Calculates a bin based average over time series data
 Uses a histogram internally so it should be pretty quick

 Arguments:
       time: the time array for the input timeseries
       data: the data array for the input timeseries
       newtime(optional): named variable in which to return the times
              for each bin upon which an average is calculated
       trange(optional): a time range over which the average is
       performed
       resolution(optional): the size of each bin in seconds
       ret_total(optional): named variable in which totals for each
       bin are returned
       ret_min(optional): named variable in which mins for each bin 
       are returned
       ret_med(optional): named variable in which medians for each
       bin are returned

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(See general/misc/time_average.pro)


TIME_CLIP

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Procedure: time_clip

Purpose: clips a tplot variable between a start time and an end time

Inputs:   tplot_var_name: the name of the variable to be clipped
       
          start_time: the start time for the clipping(double or string)

          end_time: the end time for the clipping(double or string)

Keywords:
          newname(optional): the name of the output tplot variable
                   otherwise it will be tplot_var_name+'_tclip'

          tvar(optional): set this keyword and start_time and
          end_time will be interpreted as the names of tplot variables
          The start and end times will then be taken from the first
          and last component of the tplot variables listed
          
          replace(optional): set this to replace the tplot variable,  rather than create
          a new one

          error(optional): set this to a named variable to return the
          error status of the function, it will return 0 for no error
          and 1 to signal an error.  This may be set to true even if
          the error was non fatal.  Also if you are using globbing
          to modify many tplot variables it will signal an error if 
          any of the variables failed

          interior_clip(optional): removes data inside the selected region instead of outside the selected region
          
          nan_replace(optional): instead of clipping replaces data with NaNs

          examples:
                 time_clip,'thb_fgs_gsm','2007-03-23/10:00:00','2007-03-23/12:00:00',newname='thb_fgs_gsm_10t12clip'
                 time_clip,'thb_peem_velocity','thb_fgs_gsm',thb_fgs_gsm',/tvar


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(See general/misc/time_clip.pro)


TIME_INTERVALS

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 FUNCTION: TIME_INTERVALS
 Purpose:
  TIME_INTERVALS will generate regular time intervals given a time range
     This routine was specifically designed to aid in producing file names based on time ranges
  KEYWORDS:
    TRANGE:  Time range - scaler or two element array. double, string or structure  (see time_double(), time_string, time_struct)
    
     Generated times will be LESS than or equal to TRANGE[0]  and less than TRANGE[1]   (may be scaler)
  
    RESOLUTION:    resolution in seconds
    MINUTE_RES:    Forces RESOLUTION to 60
    HOURLY_RES:    Forces RESOLUTION to 3600
    DAILY_RES:     Forces RESOLUTION to 3600*24L
    MONTHLY_RES:   resolution in months.
    YEARLY_RES:    resolution in years
    
    PHASE_SHIFT:   scaler between 0. and 1. - shifts the starting phase.
    
    TIMES:  named variable that will return the double precision array of values (same as output if tformat is not specified))
    
     array of times used to generate the output strings. (output if any of above resolutions and TRANGE is set)
       TIMES is an output if TRANGE is set and any of the resolutions are set.
       Otherwise is can be used as an input.
       
    TFORMAT:  (string) format the output and return as a string  (See TIME_STRING(t,TFORMAT=tformat))
    
  Examples:
  
  times = time_intervals(trange=['2014-12-28','2015-1-3'],/daily_res)
  
  filenames = time_intervals(tformat='data/YYYY/MM/example_yyMMDD_v??.dat',trange=['2015','2016'] ,daily_res=7,phase_shift=4/7.,times=t)  

  Generate weekly filenames that start on Mondays:
  tr =['2014-12-1','2015-1-31']
  filenames = time_intervals(trange=tr,daily=7,phase_shift=4/7.,times=t,tformat='file_yyMMDD')+time_intervals(tformat='_yyMMDD_v??.dat',times=t+3600d*24*7)

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(See general/misc/time_intervals.pro)


TIME_STAMP

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PROCEDURE:   time_stamp,charsize=charsize
PURPOSE:
     Prints a time stamp along the lower right edge of the current plot box
KEYWORDS:  
     CHARSIZE:  The character size to be used.  Default is !p.charsize/2.
     ON:        if set, then timestamping is turned on. (No other action taken)
     OFF:       if set, then timestamping is turned off. (Until turned ON)

(See general/misc/time_stamp.pro)


TIME_TICKS

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FUNCTION:  time_tk_str = time_ticks(timerange,offset)
NAME:
  time_ticks
PURPOSE:
  Returns a structure that can be used to create time ticks for a plot.
  See "timetick" for more info
INPUT:
  timerange: Two element vector specifying the time range of the plot
      this input can be obtained from: "time_double", "time_struct"
      or "time_string"
  offset: named variable in which offset time is placed.
KEYWORDS:
  NUM_LAB_MIN:   minimum number of labels for bottom axis.

OUTPUT:
  a structure that can be used with the _EXTRA keyword of the PLOT routine

See Also: "box", "tplot"

 NOTES:

     The returned time_tk_str has tags named so that it can be used
     with the special _EXTRA keyword in the call to PLOT or OPLOT.

     The offset value that is returned from timetick must be
     subtracted from the time-axis data values before plotting.
     This is to maintain resolution in the PLOT routines, which use
     single precision floating point internally.  Remember that if
     the CURSOR routine is used to read a cursor position from the
     plot, this offset will need to be added back to the time-axis
     value to get seconds since  1970-01-01/00:00:00.

NOTE:
  This routine is an enhanced version of the routine "timetick"
  See this routine for more info on usage

WARNING!:
  This routine does not yet work on very small time scales.

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson  Oct 1996
FILE:  time_ticks.pro
VERSION:  1.16
LAST MODIFICATION:  02/04/17

(See general/misc/time_ticks.pro)


TINTERPOL

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Function: tinterpol

Purpose:
Wrapper for tinterpol_mxn.  Performs interpolation on tplot variables.
Interpolates xv_tvar to match uz_tvar.  Can also interpolate with non-tvar types
and return non-tvar types. (Helpful for interpolating matrices and time-series vectors)

This function works on any n or nxm dimensional vectors. Interpolation always occurs along first dimension(time)

              
Arguments:
            xv_tvar = tplot variable to be interpolated, the y component
            can have any dimesions, can use globbing to interpolate
            many values at once
            uses x component for x abcissa values
            Can also pass in a struct with the same format as the 
            data component for a tplot variable:
            {x:time_array,y:data_array,v:optional_y_axis_abcissas}
            
            uz_tvar = tplot variable that V will be fit to
            uses x component for u abcissa values.  Can also
            pass in an array of time values rather than a tplot 
            variable.
            
            newname = output tplot variable name(optional) defaults to
            xv_tvar+'_interp'.  If you want vector output, use the keyword "out"
            
            suffix = a suffix other than interp you can use,
            particularily useful when using globbing
            
            overwrite=set this variable if you just want
            the original variable overwritten instead of using
            newname or suffix

            Use only newname or suffix or overwrite. If you combine
            them the naming behavior may be erratic

            /LINEAR = pass this argument to specify linear
            interpolation(this is the default behavior)
            
            /QUADRATIC = pass this argument to specify quadratic
            interpolation
            
            /SPLINE = pass this argument to specify spline
            interpolation
            
            /NEAREST_NEIGHBOR = pass this argument to specify repeat
            nearest neighbor 'interpolation' 
            
            /NO_EXTRAPOLATE = pass this argument to prevent
            extrapolation of data values in V passed it's start and
            end points
            
            /NAN_EXTRAPOLATE = pass this argument to extrapolate past
            the endpoints using NaNs as a fill value

            /REPEAT_EXTRAPOLATE = pass this argument to repeat nearest value past the endpoints

            ERROR(optional): named variable in which to return the error state
            of the computation.  1 = success 0 = failure

Outputs(optional):
   out:
     Returns output as a data struct. If this argument is present, no tplot variable will be created.
     Note that only one result can be returned through this keyword.(ie You can't use this keyword with tplot name-globbing)  

CALLING SEQUENCE;
           tinterpol,'tplot_var1','tplot_var2',newname='tplot_var_out'
           tinterpol,'tplot_var1','tplot_var2',/NO_EXTRAPOLATE
           tinterpol,'tplot_var1','tplot_var2',/SPLINE
           tinterpol,'tplot_var1','tplot_var2',out=out_data_struct ;doesn't create tplot variable, instead returns struct
           tinterpol,'tplot_var1',time_array ;This calling method doesn't require second tplot variable
           tinterpol,{x:time_array,y:data_array},'tplot_var2' ;This calling method doesn't require first tplot variable
           tinterpol,{x:time_array,y:data_array,v:y_scale_vals},time_array,out=out_data_struct ; You can mix and match calling types. This calling method doesn't use any tplot variables
         
Output: an N by D1 by D2 by ... array stored in an output tplot variabel

Notes: 
Uses a for loop over D1*D2*..., but I'm operating under the assumption that
D1*D2... << M (D1 * D2 *... is waaaay less than M)

It uses a little bit of modular arithmatic so this function is
generalized to any array dimensionality(IDL limits at 8)

Examples:
 if the input is an array of 3-d vectors(say 1,1,1 and 2,2,2) and we
 want 3 vectors out the output is 1,1,1 1.5 1.5 1.5 2,2,2
 if the input is an array of 3x3 matrices(say all ones and all twos) 
 and we want three matrices then output is all 1s all 1.5s all 2s 
 

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(See general/misc/tinterpol.pro)


TKM2RE

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Procedure: tKm2Re

Purpose: Converts a variable to RE or KM

Inputs: name: a string naming the tplot variable to be modified
              globbing may be used

Keywords:
          newname: set this keyword to a string to store the
                   output in(only works when globbing is not used)
          suffix:  set this keyword to a string indicating the
                   suffix to be appended to the input variable(s)
          /replace: set this option to replace the variable being modified
          /KM : converts to KM from RE rather than to RE from KM
 

  examples:
        tKm2Re,'thb_state_pos'
        tKm2Re,'thb_state_pos',/replace
        tKm2Re,'thb_state_pos',/KM
        tKm2Re,'thb_state_pos',newname='pos_in_re'
        tKm2Re,'th?_state_pos',suffix='_converted'

  NOTES: Uses conversion of 6371.2 KM/RE ;mean radius
         By default output will be called: input_name+'_RE'


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(See general/misc/tkm2re.pro)


TPLOT_NOISE_VARS

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NAME:
 tplot_noise_vars
PURPOSE:
 generate Nvars tplot variables, with random noise for testing 
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 tplot_names = tplot_noise_vars(nvars = nvars, time = time, $
               nchan = nchan, ncounts = ncounts)
INPUT:
 none explicit
OUTPUT:
 tplot_names = an array of tplot names: 'test_var_nnnnnn', starting
 just after the highest value i.e., if you just created variable 99,
 then the first new variable will be variable 100. use del_data if
 you want to recreate variables
KEYWORDS:
 nvars = number of variables, the default is 100, max is 999999L
 time = a time array, the default is systime()+indgen(60), one minute
        starting now. 
 nchan = number of channels in data, the default is 16
 ncounts = number of counts per channel, the output data is poisson
           distributed given the number of counts. The default is 1
           count per channel.
 nostore =  if set, don't create the variables, for testing
HISTORY:
 2017-08-24, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
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(See general/misc/tplot_noise_vars.pro)


TPWRSPC[2]

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NAME:
 tpwrspc
PURPOSE:
 wrapper for pwrspc.pro allowing input of a tplot variable name.
    A Hanning window is applied to
    the input data, and its power is divided out of the returned
    spectrum. A straight line is subtracted from the data to
    reduce spurius power due to sawtooth behavior of a background.
    UNITS ARE (UNITS)^2 WHERE UNITS ARE THE UNITS OF quantity. freq
    is in 1/timeunits.
    THUS THE OUTPUT REPRESENTS THE MEAN SQUARED AMPLITUDE OF THE SIGNAL
       AT EACH SPECIFIC FREQUENCY. THE TOTAL (SUM) POWER UNDER THE CURVE IS
       EQUAL TO THE MEAN (OVER TIME) POWER OF THE OSCILLATION IN TIME DOMAIN.

CALLING SEQUENCE:
 
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 tpwrspc, varnames, newname=newname,_extra=_extra
INPUT:
 varname = one tplot variable name
OUTPUTS:
 freq_out=freq_out(optional): output frequency abcissas, in a 1-d array
 power_out = power_out(optional) : output powers at frequency abcissas, in a 1-d array 

KEYWORDS:
 newname = if set,give this name to the new data, the
           default is to append '_pwrspc' to the input name and
           pass out the name in the newname variable,
           Unless /overwrite is set
 overwrite = if set, write the new data back to the old tplot
             variable, do not set this with newname
 noline = if set, no straight line is subtracted
 nohanning = if set, then no hanning window is applied to the input
 bin = a binsize for binning of the frequency data, the default is 3
 notperhz = if set, the output units are simply the square of the
            input units 
 err_msg = named variable that contains any error message that might occur 
 
 NOTES: 1. IF KEYWORD notperhz IS SET, THEN POWER IS IN UNITS^2. If notset
           power is (as normal) in UNITS^2/Hz.
        2. Inputs must be 1-dimensional.   For example, if you try to
            call this on a 3-d vector like fgs data, it will not work.
            call 'split_vec' first, to split the quantity into its components.        
      
 27-mar-2007, jmm, jimm.ssl.berkeley.edu
 
HISTORY:

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(See general/misc/tpwrspc.pro)


TRANGE_STR

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FUNCTION:   trange_str,t1,t2
INPUT:  t1,t2   doubles,   seconds since 1970
OUTPUT:  string  with the format:  'YYYY-MM-DD/HH:MM:SS - HH:MM:SS'

CREATED BY:	Davin Larson
LAST MODIFICATION:	@(#)trange_str.pro	1.10 97/12/22

(See general/misc/trange_str.pro)


TRES

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NAME:
tres
PURPOSE:
returns the time resolution of a tplot variable, defined as the
median value of the differences between time values from the data
points, e.g. median(d.x[1:*]-d.x). Also will return a measure of how
useful this value is, e.g. what fraction of the points are within 10%
of the median value. Can be used for multiple variables.
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 tres, tplot_var, delta_t, confidence = confidence, $
                           closeto_fraction = closeto_fraction
INPUT:
 tplot_var = a tplot variable name or number
OUTPUT:
 delta_t = the time resolution, a median value. If the data variable
           does not exist, or does not return a median, then the
           result is -1
KEYWORDS:
 confidence = the fraction of dt values that are close to (within
              a certain percentage) of the returned value. A bad
              value of this would make this not a good measure of the
              time resolution of the full sample, and you may want
              to work in batches.
 close_fraction = the fractional value that the values of time
                    interval sizes need to be close to the median
                    value to be called 'close'. E.g., values are
                    considered close to the median if the value is 
                    greater than 1-close_fraction and less than
                    1+close_fraction times the median. The default
                    is 0.01. 
 tplot_var_out = A set of tplot variable names, that correspond to
                 the values of delta_t and confidence level if there
                 are multiple tplot variables input as a globbed
                 string or array.
EXAMPLE:
 For THEMIS ESA data:
 
 timespan, '2010-11-26'
 thm_load_esa,probe='a',level='l2',datatype='*velocity*gsm'
 tres, 'tha_pe??_velocity_gsm', delta_t, confidence = c, $
       tplot_var_out = tplot_var_out
 For k = 0, n_elements(delta_t)-1 Do print, delta_t[k], c[k], '  ', tplot_var_out[k]
       97.020038     0.765714  tha_peif_velocity_gsm
       3.0318751     0.990622  tha_peef_velocity_gsm
       3.0318747     0.999575  tha_peir_velocity_gsm
       3.0318747     0.999647  tha_peer_velocity_gsm
       3.0318732     0.991525  tha_peib_velocity_gsm
       3.0318732     0.988764  tha_peeb_velocity_gsm

 For most of the datatypes the median value is ok, but the time
 resolution of the PEIF data varies for different modes, so this 
 is not a good resolution for that variable.

HISTORY:
 2018-11-26, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
 $LastChangedBy: jimm $
 $LastChangedDate: 2018-11-26 14:59:03 -0800 (Mon, 26 Nov 2018) $
 $LastChangedRevision: 26176 $
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(See general/misc/tres.pro)


TSMOOTH_IN_TIME

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PROCEDURE: tsmooth_in_time, varname, dt, newname = newname
PURPOSE:
 Calls smooth_in_time function on a plot variable
INPUT:
 varname = variable passed to get_data, example - thg_mag_ccnv
 dt = the averaging time (in seconds)
KEYWORDS:
 newname = set output variable name
 display_object = Object reference to be passed to dprint for output.

 
HISTORY:
 11-apr-2008, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu

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(See general/misc/tsmooth_in_time.pro)


TSUB_AVERAGE

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NAME:
 tsub_average
PURPOSE:
 Subtracts average or median values from the data in a tplot
 variable, returns a new variable, only one at a time for now
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 tsub_average, varname, out_name, new_name=new_name,median=median
INPUT:
 varname =  a tplot variable name
OUTPUT:
 out_name = variable name of the output tplot variable
KEYWORDS:
 new_name = can be used to input the new variable name, if not input
            the default is to add a '-d' to the input name (or '-m' for median
            subtraction) and the name is passed out in this variable
 display_object = Object reference to be passed to dprint for output.
 
HISTORY:
 18-jul-2007, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
 02-nov-2007, jmm, Fixed bug for variables with no data.
 06-may-2008, jmm, Fixed problem, by changing non-float and
                   non-double datatypes to floats
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(See general/misc/tsub_average.pro)


TVECTOT

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Procedure: tvectot(tplot vector total)

Purpose: Add or remove the magnitude of a vector to a tplot quantity

Inputs: name: a string naming the tplot variable to be modified,  may
use regex

Keywords: /remove: set this keyword to remove the magnitude from
                   vector
          newname: set this keyword to a string to store the(this
          option will not work properly if regex is used)
          output in a different variable instead of overwriting
          tot: set this keyword to a named variable to store
             the magnitude as an array or set it to a string to store
             the magnitude as a tplot variable(this option will not
             work properly if regex is used)


  examples:
        tvectot,'tha_fgs_dsl'
        tvectot,'tha_fgs_dsl',/remove
        tvectot,'tha_fg*_dsl'
        tvectot,'tha_fgs_dsl',newname='tha_fgs_dsl_mag'
        tvectot,'tha_fgs_dsl',tot=var
        tvectot,'tha_fgs_dsl',tot='mag_t_var'

$LastChangedBy: pcruce $
$LastChangedDate: 2012-01-27 11:23:20 -0800 (Fri, 27 Jan 2012) $
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(See general/misc/tvectot.pro)


UNDEFINED

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NAME:
 undefined
PURPOSE:
 Tests whether a variable is undefined
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 if ~undefined(var) then print,'Hooray!'

 INPUT:
  var:  A variable to be tested

OUTPUT:
 1 on success, 0 on fail
 
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 $LastChangedDate: 2008-07-28 11:53:49 -0700 (Mon, 28 Jul 2008) $
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(See general/misc/undefined.pro)


WI

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PROCEDURE:     wi, wnum

PURPOSE:   Switch or open windows.

INPUT:
   wnum - the window number.

CREATED BY:    REE, 95-10-23
completely rewritten by DEL 2006
FILE: wi.pro
VERSION: 1.6
LAST MODIFICATION: 97/06/03

(See general/misc/wi.pro)


XCLIP

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 xclip 
PURPOSE:
 Replaces with FLAGs the values of the array that are BEYOND
 the limits specified.
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 xclip, amin, amax, y, flag=flag, _extra=_extra
INPUT:
 amin, amax = the minumum and maximum values
 y = the input array
OUTPUT:
 y = set to flag for points less than amin or greater than amax
KEYWORDS:
 flag = the value that clipped data will be set to, the default is
           -0.0/0.0 (NaN)
 clip_adjacent = if set, then clip the vales adjacent to the bad
                 ones, as in tdespike_ae.pro
 interior_clip (optional): removes data inside the selected region instead of outside the selected region
 
HISTORY:
 2-feb-2007, jmm, jimm.ssl.berkeley.edu from Vassilis'
 clip_deflag.pro
 9-feb-2007, change big value to Nan
 9-oct-2007, added option to clip the points adjacent to the bad
             ones, as in tdespike_ae.pro 
 20-Oct-2007, Jmm, Added this comment to test commit comand
$LastChangedBy: nikos $
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(See general/misc/xclip.pro)


XDEFLAG

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 xdeflag 
PURPOSE:
 Replaces FLAGs in arrays with interpolated or other values
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 xdeflag, method, t, y, flag=flag, _extra=_extra
INPUT:
 method = set to "repeat", this will repeat the last good value.
          set to "linear", then linear interpolation is used, but for
          the edges, the closest value is used, there is no
          extrapolation
 t = time array, in any useable tplot format
 y = the input array, n_elements(t) by n
OUTPUT:
 y = either interpolated or repated, where the value is > 0.98*flag,
     or NaN
KEYWORDS:
 flag = all values greater than 0.98 times this value will be removed; 
        default is 6.879e28, NaNs and +/-Infinity are always removed
 maxgap = the maximum number of rows that can be filled? the default
           is n_elements(t)
 display_object = Object reference to be passed to dprint for output.

HISTORY:
 2-feb-2007, jmm, jimm.ssl.berkeley.edu from Vassilis' clip_deflag.pro

$LastChangedBy: pcruce $
$LastChangedDate: 2012-07-05 11:21:00 -0700 (Thu, 05 Jul 2012) $
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(See general/misc/xdeflag.pro)


XDEGAP

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NAME:
 xdegap
PURPOSE:
 Locates gaps in data, and fills in with NaN
 This subroutine accepts the time array (can be cline time) t and the
 multi-dimensional array yarr that matches with the time array.
 It outputs the same arrays but with a different number of rows
 depending on how many rows were added. It then figures out where to
 add rows by checking which time differences are greater than or equal to
 deltat plus a margin and adds an array of rows of equispaced times of
 size tstep=gap/(number_of_points_that_fit_with_minimum_cumulative_error).
 The same number of rows is added to yarr with values equal to
 FLAGs.
 NOTE: ARRAYS AND STRUCTURES THAT NEED DEGAPPING ARE REDEFINED TO BE
 LARGER THAN BEFORE. THUS THE TIME COLUMN THAT HAS BEEN DEGAPPED
 WILL NOT CORRESPOND TO THE ELEMENTS OF AN ARRAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN
 DEGAPPED. CAUTION: DEGAP ALL ARRAYS OR STRUCTURES YOU ARE GOING TO USE
 TOGETHER, I.E., WITH ONE DEGAP CALL.
 ADDITIONAL NOTE: To conserve memory, see the ONENANPERGAP keyword.
CALLING SEQUENCE:
 xdegap, dt, margin, ct, y, ct_out, y_out [,/nowarning] [,maxgap =
 <value>] [,iindices=<variable>] [,/onenanpergap] [,/twonanpergap]
INPUT:
 dt = the time interval for tests
 margin = the margin 
 ct = the input time array
 y = the input array, can be 1 or 2d (n_elements(ct), m)
OUTPUT:
 ct_out = the output time array, 
 y_out = the input time array
KEYWORDS:
 nowarning = if set, suppresses warnings
 maxgap = the maximum gap size filled, in seconds
 iindicies = the indices in the output arrays that contain the original data
 flag = A numeric user-specified value to use for flagging gaps.
   Defaults to a floating NaN.  If an array is entered, only the
   first element is considered.If a non-numeric datatype is entered,
   its value is ignored.
 onenanpergap = Fill gaps with only one NaN -> useful for conserving memory.
   Also, for reference concerning post-processing, the INTERPOL function
   propagates a single NaN just as it would many NaNs.
 twonanpergap = Fill gaps with only two NaNs, it turns out that
                onenanpergap does not work well with
                spectrograms. The exeption is if only one NAN fits in
                the gap given the input parameters, then only one is
                used.
 n_gaps = the number of gaps found
 gap_begin = the double-precision start times of the detected gaps.
 gap_end = the double-precision end times of the detected gaps.
 display_object = Object reference to be passed to dprint for output.
 output_message = Passes any messages generated up to the calling procedure as an array of strings


HISTORY:
 From Vassilis' degap.pro, 2-apr-2007, jmm, jimm@ssl.berkeley.edu
 bug fix for undefined variable, jmm, 24-jun-2007
 Switched maxgap to seconds, jmm, 26-oct-2007
 Added comment to test svn version 4_00, jmm, 28-apr-2008
 Added ONENANPERGAP kw, W.M.F., 5 May, 2009.
 Added GAP_BEGIN, GAP_END kwd's, 12 June, 2009.
 Added _extra keyword, 20-oct-2009, jmm
 Added output_message keyword Feb-02-2011 prc
 Added twonanpergap, jmm, 14-aug-2012
 Return inputs instead of -1 if no gaps found, added n_gaps keyword, af 2016-05-03

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NAME:

  fancompress

PURPOSE:
  Decimates polylines in an aesthetically pleasing fashion.

CALLING SEQUENCE:
  outidx = fancompress(inpts,err)

INPUT:
  inpts: N x 2 dimension array, where inpts[*,0] are the x components of the polyline and inpts[*,1] are the y components of the polyline
  err: The amount of error allowed before including a point 
 
Keywords:
  vector:  Will enable the vectorized fan compression algorithm.
  step:  Controls the number of steps to perform per loop, during vectorized implementation. 
         At the limit, where step = N, the vectorized version works like the iterative
         version. 
OUTPUT:
  An array of indexes into inpts.  Indices will range from 0 to N-1.  First and Last points are always included.

NOTES:
  1. Based almost entirely on the paper: 
  Fowell, Richard A. and McNeil, David D. , “Faster Plots by Fan Data-Compression,” 
  IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications, Vol. 9, No. 2,Mar. 1989, pp. 58-66.
  
  2. One modification from published algorithm, handles NaNs by always including the point
  before a group of NaNs, 1 NaN and the point after the NaNs.  This ensures that gaps will
  be drawn accurately.
  
  3. Algorithm is fairly slow, because it requires 1 pass over all data points.
  Optimizing this algorithm by divide and conquer, vectorization, or dlm may be
  a worthwhile use of time in the future. 

  4. Vectorized version is essentially a divide and conquer version of the Fowell & McNeil algorithm.  
  The idea being to split the array into sub-problems that can be addressed in parallel using IDL vector-ops.
  The fan-comparison operation at the core of the fan-compression algorithm takes 3-sequential points to work.
  So if step = 1, the algorithm will split the input array of length N in floor(N/3) segments; Making an independent
  decision on whether to keep the middle point of each segment, based upon the start and end points of each segment.
  If a point is removed, the 5-element fan vector at the start point is updated, and this will be applied in the subsequent test. 

  5. If step is higher an internal loop will perform the operation iteratively within-segments, but in parallel across segments.
  For example, If step is 3, N will be split into floor(N/5) segments(5-point segments). Operating on points 1-2-3 of the segment
  in the first iteration of the internal loop, points 1-3-4 or 2-3-4 on the second iteration and points 1-4-5,2-4-5,or 3-4-5 on the
  third iteration. Which sequence ends up being operated on depends on whether the point was accepted or rejected in the previous iteration.

  6. Vectorized(step=1) version generally achieves a speed up of 1000% at decrease in compression by ~10%.
     For example, if the iterative version creates a 1 Mb of output in 1 sec, this will create
     1.1 Mb of output in .1 sec.  Higher values of step, tend to decrease compression rates until step becomes large,
     then compression approaches the iterative solution

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