Analysis tools for particle velocity distribution functions (VDFs).
Functions provided here are intended to be used as building blocks for mission-specific particle distribution tools. Mission-specific wrappers will generally be needed to load the particle data to be operated on, perform calibration, sanitization, and other preliminary steps.
- Generate pitch-angle distributions (PADs) from VDFs
- New PADs by averaging over multiple energy channels
- Generate directional flux spectra (omni-, parallel, antiparallel, and perpendicular directions) from PADs
- Energy/gyro-phase spectra
- Moments
- Extend to simulation data
- Validation and Benchmarks
- ISEE_3D: Visualization tool for three-dimensional plasma velocity distributions
- Bulk Flow Velocity Changing Software - Lynn B. Wilson
- SPEDAS Particle Tools Development Guide
- PySPEDAS
- mms.mms_part_getspec: Generate spectra and moments from 3D MMS particle data
- erg_analysis: Arase (ERG) Particle Tools
- pyrfu: Python package for working with Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission data