from .load import load
# This routine was originally in lanl/__init__.py.
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def mpa(
trange=["2004-10-31", "2004-11-01"],
probe="l1",
datatype="k0",
prefix="",
suffix="",
get_support_data=False,
varformat=None,
varnames=[],
downloadonly=False,
notplot=False,
no_update=False,
time_clip=False,
force_download=False,
):
"""
Load data from the LANL Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer (MPA)
Parameters
----------
trange : list of str, optional
Time range of interest 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'].
Defaults to ['2004-10-31', '2004-11-01'].
probe : str, optional
The probe to load data for. Defaults to 'a1'.
Valid probes (with gaps for some dates): 'l0', 'l1', 'l4', 'l7', 'l9', 'a1', 'a2'.
datatype : str, optional
The datatype. Defaults to 'k0'.
Valid datatypes: 'k0', 'h0'.
Data for 'h0' datatype is available only for the 'mpa' instrument and only for a few days in 1998.
prefix : str, optional
The tplot variable names will be given this prefix. By default, no prefix is added.
Defaults to ''.
suffix : str, optional
The tplot variable names will be given this suffix. Defaults to ''.
get_support_data : bool, optional
Data with an attribute "VAR_TYPE" with a value of "support_data" will be loaded into tplot.
By default, only loads in data with a "VAR_TYPE" attribute of "data". Defaults to False.
varformat : str, optional
The file variable formats to load into tplot. Wildcard character "*" is accepted.
By default, all variables are loaded in. Defaults to None.
varnames : list of str, optional
List of variable names to load. If not specified, all data variables are loaded. Defaults to [].
downloadonly : bool, optional
Set this flag to download the CDF files, but not load them into tplot variables. Defaults to False.
notplot : bool, optional
Return the data in hash tables instead of creating tplot variables. Defaults to False.
no_update : bool, optional
If set, only load data from your local cache. Defaults to False.
time_clip : bool, optional
Time clip the variables to exactly the range specified in the trange keyword. Defaults to False.
force_download : bool
Download file even if local version is more recent than server version. Defaults to False.
Returns
-------
list
List of tplot variables created.
"""
tvars = load(
instrument="mpa",
trange=trange,
datatype=datatype,
probe=probe,
prefix=prefix,
suffix=suffix,
get_support_data=get_support_data,
varformat=varformat,
varnames=varnames,
downloadonly=downloadonly,
notplot=notplot,
time_clip=time_clip,
no_update=no_update,
force_download=force_download
)
if tvars is None or notplot or downloadonly:
return tvars
return tvars