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The SPEDAS development team is pleased to announce the release of
SPEDAS version 6.1! <br>
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<div dir="ltr">The most notable update in SPEDAS 6.1 is support for
an updated THEMIS FGM calibration file format, which is not
compatible with SPEDAS 6.0 and earlier. The new file format
provides better tracking of the variation of Bz offsets,
especially in recent THEMIS-E data.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">We encourage all SPEDAS users who are still using
older releases to upgrade to SPEDAS 6.1 (or a current nightly zip
file) as soon as possible. The installation instructions, source
code, IDL save files, and precompiled virtual machine executables
for Mac, Linux, and Windows are all available for download from
the SPEDAS web site:<br>
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<a
href="http://spedas.org/wiki/index.php?title=Downloads_and_Installation"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://spedas.org/wiki/index.php?title=Downloads_and_Installation</a><br>
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Please email questions, bug reports, help requests, and
enhancement suggestions to <a
href="mailto:SPEDAS_Science_Support@ssl.berkeley.edu"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">SPEDAS_Science_Support@ssl.berkeley.edu</a><br>
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The SPEDAS software development has been supported by NASA
contracts NAS5-02099 (THEMIS mission), NNG17PZ01C (SPEDAS general
development), and NNG04EB99C (MMS sub-contract). <br>
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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.<br>
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Here is a brief summary of some of the other changes since SPEDAS
6.0 was released in January 2024:<br>
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style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Core Function Improvements</span></b></p>
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style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Core function improvements
(time_double leap second handling) (March)</span></li>
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mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Core function improvements
(custom_tick_expression, interp) (May)</span></li>
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style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Core function improvements
(HDF reader merge, summary plot AE index) (June)</span></li>
</ul>
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mso-outline-level:3"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:
none">Plugin Enhancements</span></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Plugin enhancements
(THEMIS data types, OMNIweb data gaps) (March)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Plugin enhancements (MAVEN
SWE-SWI calibrations, TRANGE keywords) (May)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Plugin enhancements
(GOES-R plugin update, Kaguya SPICE kernels) (June)</span></li>
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style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">MMS plugin enhancements
(FEEPS sunlight contamination masking, mms_load_state bug
fix, spectrogram improvements) (February)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">MMS plugin enhancements
(FEEPS bad eye removal, load routine improvements) (March)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">MMS plugin enhancements
(SITL quick science parameter set, compatibility updates)
(April)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">MMS plugin enhancements
(SITL OBSSET update, status code improvements) (May)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">RBSP plugin enhancements
(rbsp_load_spice_predict.pro) (January)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">MAVEN plugin enhancements
(summary plots, L2 CDF generation) (January)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">OMNIweb plugin
enhancements (load routine with no_download,
use_local_file_first) (January)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">ELFIN plugin enhancements
(load routines for time range, multiple CDF versions)
(January)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">New mission support for
Magstar ground magnetometer data (February)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">MAVEN quick-look tool
update (February)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">MAVEN summary plots
improvements, BAZEL keyword for orbit plots (April)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">WIND plugin enhancements
(wi_waves_load, PSD_FLUX, PSD_SFU) (January)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">WIND plugin enhancements
(master CDF metadata utilization) (February)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">OMNIWeb load routine
improvements (code duplication removal) (April)</span></li>
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style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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none">Other Improvements</span></b></p>
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style="font-family:
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Leap second update for
time_ephemeris SPICE routine (January)</span></li>
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style="font-family:
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Improved color table
management (get_line_colors, crib sheet) (January)</span></li>
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style="font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Bug fix (tplot line color
handling) (April)</span></li>
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