MMS Fluxgate Magnetometer
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