XRSTimeSeries

class sunpy.timeseries.sources.XRSTimeSeries(data, meta=None, units=None, **kwargs)

Bases: GenericTimeSeries

GOES XRS Time Series.

Each GOES satellite there are two X-ray Sensors (XRS) which provide solar X ray fluxes for the wavelength bands of 0.5 to 4 Å (short channel) sand 1 to 8 Å (long channel). Most recent data is usually available one or two days late.

Data is available starting on 1981/01/01.

Examples

>>> import sunpy.timeseries
>>> import sunpy.data.sample  
>>> goes = sunpy.timeseries.TimeSeries(sunpy.data.sample.GOES_XRS_TIMESERIES)  
>>> goes.peek()   

References

• GOES Mission Homepage

• GOES XRS Homepage

• GOES XRS Guide

• NASCOM Data Archive

Notes

• https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/goes/fits/goes_fits_files_notes.txt

Attributes Summary

h5netcdf_version
observatory	Retrieves the goes satellite number by parsing the meta dictionary.

Methods Summary

is_datasource_for(**kwargs)	Determines if header corresponds to a GOES lightcurve TimeSeries.
peek([title])	Displays the GOES XRS light curve by calling plot.
plot([axes, columns])	Plots the GOES XRS light curve.

Attributes Documentation

h5netcdf_version = <Version('1.0.2')>

observatory

Retrieves the goes satellite number by parsing the meta dictionary.

Methods Documentation

classmethod is_datasource_for(**kwargs)

Determines if header corresponds to a GOES lightcurve TimeSeries.

peek(title='GOES X-ray flux', **kwargs)

Displays the GOES XRS light curve by calling plot.

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

Parameters:

• title (str, optional) – The title of the plot. Defaults to “GOES X-ray flux”.

• **kwargs (dict) – Additional plot keyword arguments that are handed to plot functions.

plot(axes=None, columns=['xrsa', 'xrsb'], **kwargs)

Plots the GOES XRS light curve.

Parameters:

• axes (matplotlib.axes.Axes, optional) – The axes on which to plot the TimeSeries. Defaults to current axes.

• columns (list of {‘xrsa’, ‘xrsb’}, optional) – The channels to display. Defaults to ["xrsa", "xrsb"].

• **kwargs (dict) – Additional plot keyword arguments that are handed to plot functions.

Returns:

Axes – The plot axes.