# spacepy.ae9ap9.Ae9Data

class `spacepy.ae9ap9.``Ae9Data`(*args, **kwargs)

  Dictionary-like container for AE9/AP9/SPM data, derived from SpacePy’s datamodel

  To inspect the variables within this class, use the tree method. To export the data to a CDF, HDF5 or JSON-headed ASCII file use the relevant “to” method (toCDF, toHDF5, toJSONheadedASCII).

  `getLm`([alpha, model]) | Calculate McIlwain L for the imported AE9/AP9 run and add to object
  `plotOrbit`([timerange, coord_sys, landscape, …]) | Plot X-Y and X-Z projections of satellite orbit in requested coordinate system
  `plotSummary`([timerange, coord_sys, …]) | Generate summary plot of AE9/AP9/SPM data loaded
  `plotSpectrogram`([ecol, pvars]) | Plot a spectrogram of the flux along the requested orbit, as a function of Lm and time
  `setUnits`([per]) | Set units of energy and flux/fluence

  `getLm`(alpha=[90], model='T89')

    Calculate McIlwain L for the imported AE9/AP9 run and add to object

  `plotOrbit`(timerange=None, coord_sys=None, landscape=True, fig_target=None)

    Plot X-Y and X-Z projections of satellite orbit in requested coordinate system

  `plotSummary`(timerange=None, coord_sys=None, fig_target=None, spec=False, orbit_params=(False, True), **kwargs)

    Generate summary plot of AE9/AP9/SPM data loaded

    spec : if True, plot spectrogram instead of flux/fluence lineplot, requires ‘ecol’ keyword

  `plotSpectrogram`(ecol=0, pvars=None, **kwargs)

    Plot a spectrogram of the flux along the requested orbit, as a function of Lm and time

    Other Parameters
      zlim list

        2-element list with upper and lower bounds for color scale

      colorbar_label string

        text to appear next to colorbar (default is ‘Flux’ plus the units)

      ylabel string

        text to label y-axis (default is ‘Lm’ plus the field model name)

      title string

        text to appear above spectrogram (default is climatology model name, data type and energy)

      pvars list

        list of plotting variable names in order [Epoch-like (X axis), Flux-like (Z axis), Energy (Index var for Flux-like)]

      ylim list

        2-element list with upper and lower bounds for y axis

  `setUnits`(per=None)

    Set units of energy and flux/fluence

    If keyword ‘per’ is set to None, this method reports the units currently set. To set energy in MeV and flux/fluence in ‘per MeV’, set ‘per=MeV’. Valid options are ‘eV’, ‘keV’, ‘Mev’ and ‘GeV’.

    Other Parameters
      per string (optional)

        Energy units for both energy and flux/fluence