GICs code

This Python code is being developed in the framework of a DLR-SO-WWE project that aims at assessing the impact of space weather on the German power grid.

Author: Leonie Pick; DLR Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Leonie.Pick@dlr.de

1) Code structure

• binder.ipy: Top-level script from which individual pipeline scripts are being called. Run via IPython with %run binder.ipy
  • Get_Obs.py: Handles the acquisition and preprocessing of the geomagnetic observatory data using an object "x" from class "DatLib". Needs google sheet 'IAGA_obs.csv' exported from https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/iaga/vobs/
    • Module Obs.py: Class "DatLib" and associated methods (in ./callable/)
  • Get_SECS.py: Handles the spatial interpolation of the geomagnetic data using an object "y" from class "SECSLib". Based on the Matlab code provided as supplementary material to https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-26732-2_2
    • Module SECS.py: Class "SECSLib" and associated methods (in ./callable/)

2) Folders

The project folder is located on knnzfs01 at path = '/NZ_Projects/Iono-PDRV-NAV-NZ/Iono_WWE/SO_Projects/PROJECT_SW_on_Satellites/'

• CPath (code): Wherever you clone the GitLab project (your home directory)
• DPath (data): path+'80_Data'
• RPath (results): path+'20_Deliverables'

3) Dependencies

• Python (3.8.5)

• Numpy (1.19.1)

• Pandas (1.1.1)

• IPython (7.18.1)

• Matplotlib (3.3.1)

• Cartopy (0.18.0): Needs shape file 'gadm36_DEU_1.shp' from https://gadm.org/download_country_v3.html (in DPath/gadm36_DEU_shp/)

• Chaosmagpy (0.4): https://github.com/ancklo/ChaosMagPy; Needs model coefficients 'CHAOS-7.2.mat' from http://www.spacecenter.dk/files/magnetic-models/CHAOS-7/ (in DPath)

• gd2gc.py: Conversion from geodetic (ellipsoidal) to geocentric (spherical) coordinates and back (in ./callable/)