MMS Fluxgate Magnetometer

FGM Data quicklook plot in SPEDAS

SPEDAS provides command line and GUI access to the MMS FGM data.

For more information on the FGM instrument, see the Data Products Guide:

https://lasp.colorado.edu/mms/sdc/public/datasets/fields/ (FGM Data Products Guide 2016Apr20)

FGM Data

For more complete examples, see the FGM crib sheets located in the /projects/mms/examples/ folder.

Examples

Magnetometer Data

To load and plot MMS FGM data on February 15, 2016: <syntaxhighlight lang="idl"> MMS> mms_load_fgm, trange=['2016-02-15', '2016-02-16'], probe=1

MMS> tplot, 'mms1_fgm_b_gsm_srvy_l2_bvec'

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  MMS1 FGM survey data on February 15, 2016

Burst Data

To load and plot MMS Burst FGM data on October 15, 2015: <syntaxhighlight lang="idl"> MMS> mms_load_fgm, trange=['2015-10-15', '2015-10-16'], probe=1, data_rate='brst', level='l2'

MMS> tplot, 'mms1_fgm_b_gse_brst_l2_bvec'

MMS> tlimit, ['2015-10-15/6:45', '2015-10-15/7:20']

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  MMS1 FGM survey data on February 15, 2016