README.md

Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST)

The routines in this module can be used to load data from the Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) mission.

Instruments

• Fluxgate Magnetometer (DCB)
• Search-coil Magnetometer (ACB)
• Electrostatic Analyzers (ESA)
• Time-of-flight Energy Angle Mass Spectrograph (TEAMS)

Examples

Get started by importing pyspedas and tplot; these are required to load and plot the data:

import pyspedas
from pytplot import tplot

Fluxgate Magnetometer (DCB)

dcb_vars = pyspedas.fast.dcb(trange=['1998-09-05', '1998-09-06'])

tplot('')

Search-coil Magnetometer (ACB)

acb_vars = pyspedas.fast.acb()

tplot('HF_E_SPEC')

Electrostatic Analyzers (ESA)

esa_vars = pyspedas.fast.esa(downloadonly=True)

Time-of-flight Energy Angle Mass Spectrograph (TEAMS)

teams_vars = pyspedas.fast.teams(trange=['1998-09-05', '1998-09-06'])

tplot(['H+', 'H+_low', 'H+_high'])