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# Directory Listing of Routines

# 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

## NOAA_LOAD_KP

[List of Routines]

    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: jwl $
    $LastChangedDate: 2025-04-28 17:54:46 -0700 (Mon, 28 Apr 2025) $
    $LastChangedRevision: 33279 $
    $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/trunk/general/missions/noaa/noaa_load_kp.pro $

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