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empiricals - module with heliospheric empirical modulesΒΆ

Module with some useful empirical models (plasmapause, magnetopause, Lmax)

Authors: Steve Morley, Josef Koller Institution: Los Alamos National Laboratory Contact: smorley@lanl.gov

Copyright 2010 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.

getLmax(ticks[, model]) calculate a simple empirical model for Lmax - last closed drift-shell
getPlasmaPause(ticks[, model, LT, omnivals]) Plasmapause location model(s)
getMPstandoff(ticks) Calculates the Shue et al.
getDststar(ticks[, model]) Calculate the pressure-corrected Dst index, Dst*
getVampolaOrder(L) Empirical lookup of power for sin^n pitch angle model from Vampola (1996)
vampolaPA(omniflux, **kwargs) Pitch angle model of sin^n form