MMS Energetic Ion Spectrometer
SPEDAS provides command line and GUI access to the MMS EIS data.
EIS Data
For more complete examples, see the EIS crib sheets located in the /mms/examples/ folder.
Examples
H+ Flux
To load and plot the MMS1 EIS H+ Flux for all channels on December 15, 2015:
MMS> trange=['2015-12-15', '2015-12-16']
MMS> mms_load_eis, probes=probe, trange=trange, datatype='extof', level='l1b'
MMS> tplot, '*_extof_proton_flux_omni_spin'
-
MMS1 EIS H+ Flux for all channels on December 15, 2015
He++ Flux
To load and plot the MMS1 EIS H+ Flux for all channels on December 15, 2015:
MMS> mms_load_eis, probes=probe, trange=['2015-12-15', '2015-12-16'], datatype='extof', level='l1b'
MMS> tplot, '*extof_alpha_flux_omni_spin'
-
MMS1 EIS H+ Flux for all channels on December 15, 2015
Electron Data
To load and plot the MMS1 electron (electronenergy) data on December 15, 2015:
mms_load_eis, probes=probe, trange=trange, datatype='electronenergy', level = level mms_eis_pad, probe=probe, species='electron', datatype='electronenergy', data_units='flux', level = level
- plot the electron spectra tplot, ['*_epd_eis_electronenergy_electron_flux_omni_spin', '*_epd_eis_electronenergy_*keV_electron_flux_omni_pad_spin']
-
MMS1 FEEPS electron omni spin data on February 15, 2016
Burst Data
To load and plot the MMS1 EIS electron data on March 7, 2016:
- load ExTOF and electron data
mms_load_eis, probes=probe, trange=trange, datatype='extof', level='l1b' mms_load_eis, probes=probe, trange=trange, datatype='electronenergy', level='l1b'
MMS> mms_load_eis, datatype='electron', trange=['2016-02-15', '2016-02-16'], probe=1, datarate='srvy'
MMS> tplot, 'mms1_epd_feeps_electron_intensity_omni_spin'
Quick Look Plots
To create EIS Quicklook Plots:
MMS> mms_load_eis_crib_qlplots