Dot products

pyspedas.tdotp(variable1, variable2, newname=None)

Routine to calculate the dot product of two tplot variables containing arrays of vectors and storing the results in a tplot variable

Parameters:

variable1 (str) – First tplot variable variable2: str

Second tplot variable

newname: str

Name of the output variable Default: None. If newname is not specified a new tplot variable will be created

with the name variable1_dot_variable2

Return type:

Name of the tplot variable