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<div><div>The SPEDAS development team is pleased to announce the release
of SPEDAS 3.00! The software is available as a zip file containing the
IDL source code (which requires an IDL license to use), and also as
pre-compiled executable files for Windows, Linux, and Mac. The
executable version supports the subset of features available via the
SPEDAS Graphical User Interface, but requires no additional downloads or
IDL licenses.<br></div><div><br></div><b><font size="4">Where to get it</font></b><br><br></div><div>SPEDAS 3.00 can be downloaded from the SPEDAS web site:<br><br><a href="http://spedas.org/wiki/index.php?title=Downloads_and_Installation" target="_blank">http://spedas.org/wiki/index.p<wbr>hp?title=Downloads_and_Install<wbr>ation</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><b><font size="4">Installation notes</font></b><br><br></div><div>There
are a few platform-specific issues that may require additional steps
after installation on the Mac and Windows 10 platforms:<br><br></div><a href="http://spedas.org/wiki/index.php?title=Downloads_and_Installation#Troubleshooting_and_special_considerations" target="_blank">http://spedas.org/wiki/index.p<wbr>hp?title=Downloads_and_Install<wbr>ation#Troubleshooting_and_spec<wbr>ial_considerations</a><br><br><div><b><font size="4"><br>What's new?</font></b><br><br></div><div>SPEDAS 3.00 includes numerous bug fixes, efficiency enhancements, and new features:<br><br><br></div><div><b>New SECS (Spherical Elementary Currents System) plugin<br><br>
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A new plugin is available for the Spherical Elementary Currents System
(SECS). Two data types are available. The Equivalent Ionospheric
Currents (EICS) are the horizontal currents and SEC Amplitudes (SECA)
are the current amplitudes<b>. </b>Summary plots can be generated in the SPEDAS GUI by selecting Tools->Overview Plots->SECS Overview Plots.<b><br></b></div><div>Command line crib sheets <a href="http://secs_load_data_crib.pro" target="_blank">secs_load_data_crib.pro</a> and <a href="http://secs_mosaic_plot_crib.pro" target="_blank">secs_mosaic_plot_crib.pro</a> can be found in projects/secs/examples<br><br></div><div><b>New DSCOVR plugin<br><br></b></div><div>A
new plugin is available for loading and plotting data from the DSCOVR
mission. Summary plots can be generated in the SPEDAS GUI by selecting
Tools->Overview Plots->DSCOVR Overview Plots.<font size="2"> Command line crib sheets</font> <a href="http://dsc_crib.pro" target="_blank">dsc_crib.pro</a> and <a href="http://dsc_mission_compare_crib.pro" target="_blank">dsc_mission_compare_crib.pro</a> can be found in projects/dscovr/examples<br><br></div><div><b>New GEOTAIL plugin<br><br></b></div><div>A new plugin is available for loading GEOTAIL data. A command line crib sheet <a href="http://geotail_load_data_crib.pro" target="_blank">geotail_load_data_crib.pro</a> can be found in projects/geotail.<b><br></b></div><div><br>
Updates to <b>THEMIS</b>,<b> ERG </b>and <b>IUGONET</b> plugins<br>Updates to SPDF library to support HTTPS access to <b>CDAWeb</b><br>
<br></div><div><b>New features in MMS plugin</b><br><br>- Added mms_flipbookify for creating "flipbook" style series of images with 2D FPI/HPCA distribution slices. See <a href="http://mms_flipbook_crib.pro" target="_blank">mms_flipbook_crib.pro</a> in projects/mms/examples/advanced<br>
- Added crib sheet that shows how to send MMS FGM and FEEPS data to
Autoplot - mms_tplot2autoplot_crib (in projects/mms/examples/advanced<wbr>)<br>
- Updated FEEPS sun sector masks and active telescopes<br>
- Updated mms_part_getspec to allow adding B-field/spacecraft ram directions to angular spectra<br>
- Added initial overview plots to the SPEDAS GUI<br>
- Added ability to subtract FPI distribution errors from prior to distribution calculations<br>
- Added routine for creating MMS orbits plots (mms_orbit_plot)<br>
- Added load routine for L3 merged FGM/SCM data products<br>
<br></div><div><b>Experimental new features (work in progress):<br><br></b></div><div>Download via <b>HAPI</b> (Heliophysics Application Program Interface)<br></div><div>A command line crib sheet <a href="http://crib_hapi.pro" target="_blank">crib_hapi.pro</a> can be found in general/examples<br><br></div><div>Import/export data to <b>Autoplot</b><br></div><div>A
command line crib sheets crib_tplot2ap can be found in
general/spedas_tools/tplot2ap . See also: mms_tplot2autoplot_crib in
projects/mms/examples/advanced<br><br></div><div>Write CDFs from TPLOT variables with<b> tplot2cdf</b><br></div><div>The<b> tplot2cdf</b> tool can be used to create CDF files (including most ISTP required variable attributes) from tplot variables.<br>A command line crib sheet <a href="http://crib_tplot2cdf_basic.pro" target="_blank">crib_tplot2cdf_basic.pro</a> can be found in general/examples. See also: mms_tplot2cdf_crib in projects/mms/examples<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><b>Where to find more documentation<br><br></b></font></div><div><font size="4"><font size="2">See the SPEDAS wiki at <a href="http://spedas.org/wiki" target="_blank">http://spedas.org/wiki</a><br></font><b><br></b></font></div><div><font size="4"><b>Where to get help<br><br></b></font></div><div><font size="4"><font size="2">Please email questions, bug reports, help requests, and enhancement suggestions to <a href="mailto:SPEDAS_Science_Support@ssl.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">SPEDAS_Science_Support@ssl.ber<wbr>keley.edu</a></font><b><br><br></b></font></div><div><font size="4"><b>Acknowledgements<br><br></b></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">The
SPEDAS software development has been supported by NASA contracts <span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US"></span>NAS5-02099 (THEMIS mission), <font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">NNG17PZ01C</font></span></font>
(SPEDAS general development), and NNG04EB99C <span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US"></span>
(MMS sub-contract). We
would also like to thank the many software developers and SPEDAS users
who have supported the development effort by contributing code,
reporting problems, and suggesting enhancements.</font></span><b><br></b></font></div>
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