Useful links¶
A curated list of resources for working with heliospheric radio data. More can be added.¶
Python packages¶
The maintained loaders and tools you should reach for first.
- radiospectra. SunPy affiliated package for radio dynamic spectra. Supports search, download, reading and plotting for: e-CALLISTO, EOVSA, I-LOFAR (mode 357 BST), PSP/RFS, Solar Orbiter/RPW, RSTN (Learmonth and others), STEREO/SWAVES, Wind/WAVES, plus custom spectra (minimum required: time, frequency, and data arrays).
- maser-data (maser4py). Python package for reading low frequency radio data from many space missions. Returns xarray objects.
- pyspedas. Multi mission space physics data access. Good for retrieving PSP/RFS, Wind/WAVES, STEREO/WAVES and Solar Orbiter/RPW spectra consistently.
- Speasy. Format agnostic data retrieval from AMDA, CDPP, CDAWeb, SSCWeb.
- SciQLop. Interactive visualisation environment for space physics time series. GUI based with a Python API.
- sunpy-soar. Solar Orbiter Archive client for SunPy Fido.
- SolarViewer. Visualisation and download tool for Learmonth, RSTN, e-CALLISTO and related solar data.
Ground based instruments¶
LOFAR¶
- Solar KSP preview data: spaceweather.astron.nl/SolarKSP
- LOFAR Long Term Archive: lta.lofar.eu
- I-LOFAR data: data.lofar.ie
e-CALLISTO¶
- Main data archive: soleil.i4ds.ch/solarradio/data
- Daily quicklooks per station: soleil.i4ds.ch/solarradio/callistoQuicklooks
- UAH interactive dashboard with burst reports and statistics: astrodoncel.uah.es/dashboard
- Station selector and quicklooks: astrodoncel.uah.es/dashboard/stations
Nançay (NDA, ORFEE, NenuFAR)¶
- NDA real time data (CDF): realtime.obs-nancay.fr/dam
- NDA FITS archive: cdn.obs-nancay.fr/repository/nda
- Nançay radio spectrograph database (NDA, ORFEE): rsdb.obs-nancay.fr
- ORFEE quicklooks: secchirh.obspm.fr
- NDA documentation and DOI: maser-lira.obspm.fr
RSTN (Learmonth and other stations)¶
- Australian Bureau of Meteorology archive: downloads.sws.bom.gov.au/wdc/wdc_spec/data/learmonth
- World Data Centre Solar Radio Spectrograph: sws.bom.gov.au/World_Data_Centre/1/1
- SRS format description: sws.bom.gov.au/World_Data_Centre/2/8/8
OVSA / EOVSA / OVRO-LWA¶
- EOVSA data portal: ovsa.njit.edu/eovsadata
- OVRO-LWA data portal: ovsa.njit.edu/lwa
- OVSA realtime: ovsa.njit.edu/live
Space based instruments¶
Solar Orbiter / RPW¶
- L3 archive (Paris Observatory): rpw-lira.obspm.fr
- Solar Orbiter Archive: soar.esac.esa.int
Parker Solar Probe / FIELDS¶
- FIELDS data: fields.ssl.berkeley.edu/data
- PSP L3 (Berkeley): research.ssl.berkeley.edu/data/psp
- PSP RFS on SPDF (HFR): spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/psp/fields/l3/rfs_hfr
- PSP RFS on SPDF (LFR): spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/psp/fields/l3/rfs_lfr
STEREO / WAVES¶
- SWAVES resources page: stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov
- STEREO L3 on SPDF: spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/stereo/ahead/l3/waves
- CDPP STEREO/WAVES portal: cdpp-archive.cnes.fr (STEREO/WAVES)
Wind / WAVES¶
- Wind/WAVES on CDAWeb: cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/wind/waves
- Pre 2008 Wind data: themis.ssl.berkeley.edu/data/wind/wav
- CDPP Wind/WAVES portal: cdpp-archive.cnes.fr (Wind/WAVES)
Quicklook and event browsers¶
When you want to see what was happening on a given day before committing to a download.
- CROCS. Combined Radio Observations of CMEs and Shocks. Multi instrument quicklooks for major events.
- e-CALLISTO quicklooks. Daily, per station.
- UAH e-CALLISTO dashboard. Burst reports, statistics, cross matches.
- Solar KSP LOFAR previews.
- ORFEE quicklooks.
Community portals and broader resources¶
- CDAWeb. NASA Coordinated Data Analysis Web. Central archive for many space physics CDF datasets.
- SPDF. NASA Space Physics Data Facility.
- CDPP. French national space plasma data centre.
- IHDEA. International Heliophysics Data Environment Alliance.
- DASH. Distributed Archive for Solar and Heliospheric data.
- SunPy. Python ecosystem for solar physics.
Standards and metadata references¶
For instrument teams and data providers.
- FITS standard. The FITS 4.0 specification.
- CDF documentation. Use of CDF in space physics.
- ISTP metadata guidelines. Conventions for CDF metadata in space physics.
Workshop resources¶
- GitHub organisation: github.com/LC-radio-workshop