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general/missions/noaa

• NOAA_LOAD_KP
  Loads local Kp/Ap index data into tplot variables. If data doesn't exist locally, the code
  

Routine Descriptions

NAME:
    noaa_load_kp

PURPOSE:
    Loads local Kp/Ap index data into tplot variables. If data doesn't exist locally, the code
    downloads the data from the THEMIS mirror of NOAA STP's data

SYNTAX:
    noaa_load_kp, [, trange = trange]
                 
KEYWORDS:
    trange: time range to load
    kp_mirror: http server where mirrored Kp/Ap data lives
    remote_kp_dir: directory where the Kp/Ap data lives on the mirror server
    local_kp_dir: directory where data lives locally
    datatype: type of index to load, should be one of the following:
          'kp', 'ap', 'sol_rot_num', 'sol_rot_day', 'kp_sum', 'ap_mean', 
          'cp', 'c9', 'sunspot_number', 'solar_radio_flux', 'flux_qualifier'
    gfz: load data from:
           ftp://ftp.gfz-potsdam.de/pub/home/obs/kp-ap/wdc/
         instead of NOAA

HISTORY:
     egrimes, 3/20/2018: updated to use spd_download, and download the file from NOAA NGDC

$LastChangedBy: egrimes $
$LastChangedDate: 2020-01-29 11:49:55 -0800 (Wed, 29 Jan 2020) $
$LastChangedRevision: 28249 $
$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/missions/noaa/noaa_load_kp.pro $

(See general/missions/noaa/noaa_load_kp.pro)