Quick-Start

Set Data Directory

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Pysat will maintain organization of data from various platforms. Upon the first

import pysat

pysat will remind you to set the top level directory that will hold the data,

pysat.utils.set_data_dir(path=path)

Note the directory path supplied must already exist or an error will be raised. To check the currently set data directory,

print(pysat.data_dir)

To check if pysat and required packages are working, instantiate one of the test instruments, and load a day of simulated data. Loading a day of data will ensure there is no problem with the underlying pandas installation.

inst = pysat.Instrument('pysat', 'testing')
inst.load(2009, 1)
print(inst.data)

To verify xarray is working

inst = pysat.Instrument('pysat', 'testing_xarray')
inst.load(2009, 1)
print(inst.data)

Note

pysat will not allow an Instrument to be instantiated without a data directory being specified.