Auto-Correlation Function Plots

plot_acfs simply plots the Auto-Correlation Function (ACF) of the imaginary and real parts in the selected RAWACF file.

Basic code to plot ACFs from a RAWACF file would look like:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pydarn


file = "20180101.0000.01.rkn.rawacf"
sdarn_read = pydarn.SuperDARNRead(file)
rawacf_data = sdarn_read.read_rawacf()

pydarn.ACF.plot_acfs(rawacf_data)
plt.show()

You also have access to numerous plotting options:

Parameter	Action
beam_num=0	beam number to plot
gate_num=0	gate number to plot
parameter='acfd'	parameter to pick between acfd or xcfd plotting
scan_num=0	the scan number to plot
start_time=None	plot the closest beam scan to the given start time (overrides the scan number if set)
ax	matplotlib axes object
normalized=True	normalizes the parameter data with the associated power 0 value
real_color='red'	Real part of the parameter line color
imaginary_color='blue'	Imaginary part of the parameter line color
plot_blank=False	Determine if blanked lags should be plotted
blank_marker='o'	Choice of marker to indicate blanked lags are a dot (general python markers accepted)
legend=True	plot a legend
kwargs	arguments passed in matplotlib line_plot for real and imaginary plots

If blank lags are present in the data, it will look similar to the following:

import pydarn
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
from datetime import datetime

rawacf_file = '20140105.1200.03.cly.rawacf'
rawacf_data = pydarn.SuperDARNRead(rawacf_file).read_rawacf()
pydarn.ACF.plot_acfs(rawacf_data, beam_num=15, gate_num=16, start_time=datetime(2014, 1, 5, 13, 30))
plt.show()