MMS Search Coil Magnetometer
SPEDAS provides command line and GUI access to the MMS search-coil magnetometer (SCM) data, as well as several tools for analyzing SCM data.
The SCM Data Products Guide can be found at:
https://lasp.colorado.edu/mms/sdc/public/datasets/fields/ (Science Data Products Guide vol2 SCM v11 20160301)
SCM Data
For more complete examples, see the SCM crib sheets located in the /mms/examples/ folder.
Examples
Srvy mode data
To load and plot the MMS4 SCM data on October 16, 2016:
MMS> mms_load_scm, datatype='scsrvy', trange=['2015-10-16', '2015-10-17'], probe=4
MMS> tplot, 'mms4_scm_acb_gse_scsrvy_srvy_l2'
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MMS4 SCM srvy-mode data on October 16, 2015
Burst mode data
To load and plot the burst mode data on October 16, 2015:
MMS> mms_load_scm, data_rate='brst', trange=['2015-10-16/13:00', '2015-10-16/13:10'], probe=4
MMS> tplot, 'mms4_scm_acb_gse_scb_brst_l2'
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MMS4 SCM brst-mode data from 13:00 to 13:10UT on October 16, 2015
