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# Directory Listing of Routines

# projects/bas

- BAS_INIT
  Initializes system variables for bas. Currently the variable only contains information
- BAS_LOAD_DATA
- BAS_READ_DATA

# Routine Descriptions

## BAS_INIT

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    NAME:    bas_init_private

    PURPOSE:
       Initializes system variables for bas. Currently the variable only contains information
       on the basin local data directory. Lot's more features should be added. See thm_init
       for examples.

    NOTE:
       The system variable !bas is defined here, just like !THEMIS.
       The elements of this structure are explained below:

       !bas.LOCAL_DATA_DIR    This is the root location for all bas data files.
                      The bas software expects all data files to reside in specific subdirectories relative
                      to this root directory.;

       !bas.REMOTE_DATA_DIR   This is not implemented yet because there is no server at this point in time.
                      A URL will most likely be available after launch.

       *******
       WARNING: This version of bas_init uses the remote data dir in the PRIVATE AREA
       *******

    KEYWORDS:
       RESET:           Reset !bas to values in environment (or values in keywords).
       LOCAL_DATA_DIR:  use given value for local_data_dir, rather than environment. Only works on
                        initial call or reset.
       REMOTE_DATA_DIR: Not yet implemented.
       NO_COLOR_SETUP   do not set colors if already taken care of

    HISTORY:
     2015-04-10, moka, Created based on 'thm_init'

     $LastChangedBy: moka $
     $LastChangedDate: 2015-07-07 11:34:49 -0700 (Tue, 07 Jul 2015) $
     $LastChangedRevision: 18027 $
     $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/trunk/projects/basin/common/bas_init.pro $

(See projects/bas/bas_init.pro)

## BAS_LOAD_DATA

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     Procedure: bas_load_data

     Keywords:
                 sites:         list of sites user wants to load into tplot
                 trange:        time range of interest [starttime, endtime] with the format
                                ['YYYY-MM-DD','YYYY-MM-DD'] or to specify more or less than a day
                                ['YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss','YYYY-MM-DD/hh:mm:ss']
                 datatype:      type of bas data to be loaded (Is this needed?)
                 suffix:        String to append to the end of the loaded tplot variables
                 prefix:        String to append to the beginning of the loaded tplot variables
                 /downloadonly: Download the file but don't read it (not implemented yet)
                 /noupdate:     Don't download if file exists (not implemented, need to test when
                                two tvars are requested)
                 /nodownload:   Don't download - use only local files (not implemented)
                 verbose:       controls amount of error/information messages displayed
                 /valid_names:  get list of BAS sites

     EXAMPLE:
       bas_load_data, site='ssss', trange=['2021-01-03','2021-01-04']

     NOTE:
     - Need to add No Update and No clobber
     - Need to correctly handle time clip
     - Add all standard tplot options
     - If no files downloaded notify user

     $LastChangedBy: clrusell $
     $LastChangedDate: 2017-02-13 15:32:14 -0800 (Mon, 13 Feb 2017) $
     $LastChangedRevision: 22769 $
     $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/trunk/projects/bas/bas_load_data.pro $

(See projects/bas/bas_load_data.pro)

## BAS_READ_DATA

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     Procedure: bas_read_data

     Keywords:
                 filename:      full path name of the file
                 site:          name of the magnetometer station

     OUTPUT:
       bas_data : a structure in the standard tplot variable format
                  ( data = {x:time, y:[H,D,Z]}

     EXAMPLE:
        bas_data = bas_read_data(filename, site)

     $LastChangedBy: clrussell $
     $LastChangedDate: 2017-02-13 15:32:14 -0800 (Mon, 13 Feb 2017) $
     $LastChangedRevision: 22769 $
     $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/trunk/projects/bas/bas_load_data.pro $

(See projects/bas/bas_read_data.pro)