pymsis.utils.download_f107_ap

pymsis.utils.download_f107_ap()

Download the latest ap and F10.7 values.

The file is downloaded into the installed package location, keeping the same filename as the data source: SW-All.csv. This routine can be called to update the data as well if you would like to use newer data since the last time you downloaded the file.

Notes

The default data provider is CelesTrak, which gets data from other sources and interpolates or predicts missing values to make data easier to work with. A warning is emitted when the interpolation or prediction occurs, but it is up to the user to verify the Ap and F10.7 data that is used is correct for their application. Use of this geomagnetic data should cite the references [1] [2].

References

[1]

CelesTrak. https://celestrak.org/SpaceData/

[2]

Matzka, J., Stolle, C., Yamazaki, Y., Bronkalla, O. and Morschhauser, A., 2021. The geomagnetic Kp index and derived indices of geomagnetic activity. Space Weather, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002641