;+ ;Purpose: ; Crib sheet demonstrating how to obtain particle distribution slices ; from MMS HPCA data using spd_slice2d. ; ; Run as script or copy-paste to command line. ; (examples containing loops cannot be copy-pasted to command line) ; ; ;Field-aligned coordinate descriptions: ; 'BV': The x axis is parallel to B field; the bulk velocity defines the x-y plane ; 'BE': The x axis is parallel to B field; the B x V(bulk) vector defines the x-y plane ; 'xy': (default) The x axis is along the coordinate's x axis and y is along the coordinate's y axis ; 'xz': The x axis is along the coordinate's x axis and y is along the coordinate's z axis ; 'yz': The x axis is along the coordinate's y axis and y is along the coordinate's z axis ; 'xvel': The x axis is along the coordinate's x axis; the x-y plane is defined by the bulk velocity ; 'perp': The x axis is the bulk velocity projected onto the plane normal to the B field; y is B x V(bulk) ; 'perp_xy': The coordinate's x & y axes are projected onto the plane normal to the B field ; 'perp_xz': The coordinate's x & z axes are projected onto the plane normal to the B field ; 'perp_yz': The coordinate's y & z axes are projected onto the plane normal to the B field ; ; ; ;$LastChangedBy: egrimes $ ;$LastChangedDate: 2018-11-08 15:13:05 -0800 (Thu, 08 Nov 2018) $ ;$LastChangedRevision: 26076 $ ;$URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_5_0/projects/mms/examples/advanced/mms_slice2d_hpca_crib.pro $ ;- ;=========================================================================== ; Basic ;=========================================================================== ;get single distribution ; -3d/2d interpolation show smooth contours ; -3d interpolates entire volume ; -2d interpolates projection of a subset of data near the slice plane ; -geometric interpolation is slow but shows bin boundaries ;--------------------------------------------- ; 3D interpolation (default) mms_part_slice2d, time='2016-10-16/17:40:00', probe=1, species='hplus', data_rate='brst', instrument='hpca' stop ; 2D interpolation mms_part_slice2d, /two, time='2016-10-16/17:40:00', probe=1, species='hplus', data_rate='brst', instrument='hpca' stop ; geometric interpolation mms_part_slice2d, /geo, time='2016-10-16/17:40:00', probe=1, species='hplus', data_rate='brst', instrument='hpca' stop ;average all data in specified time window ; - window (sec) starts at TIME mms_part_slice2d, /geo, window=20, time='2016-10-16/17:40:00', probe=1, species='hplus', data_rate='brst', instrument='hpca' stop ; - window centered on TIME mms_part_slice2d, /center_time, /geo, window=20, time='2016-10-16/17:40:00', probe=1, species='hplus', data_rate='brst', instrument='hpca' stop ;average specific number of distributions (uses N closest to specified time) mms_part_slice2d, /geo, samples=3, time='2016-10-16/17:40:00', probe=1, species='hplus', data_rate='brst', instrument='hpca' stop ;====================================================================== ; Field-aligned slices ;====================================================================== mms_part_slice2d, rotation='bv', samples=3, time='2016-10-16/17:40:00', probe=1, species='hplus', data_rate='brst', instrument='hpca' stop ;=========================================================================== ; Export time series ;=========================================================================== ;produce a plot of 20 seconds of data every 20 seconds for 2 minutes trange=['2017-09-10/09:32', '2017-09-10/09:34'] times = time_double(trange[0]) + 20 * findgen(7) window = 20 for i=0, n_elements(times)-1 do mms_part_slice2d, window=window, time=times[i], probe=1, species='hplus', data_rate='srvy', instrument='hpca', export='mms1_hplus_'+time_string(times[i],format=2) ;,/eps stop end