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Name	Description	Code	Docs	Site	Contact	Community	Documentation	Testing	Software Maturity	Python 3	License
HelioPy	A python library for heliospheric physics. Keywords: solar, heliosphere, general	https://github.com/heliopython/heliopy	http://docs.heliopy.org/en/stable/		David Stansby	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
PlasmaPy	A Python package for plasma physics Keywords: solar, magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, plasma_physics, heliosphere, general, laboratory, simulation, theory, instrumentation, data_analysis	https://github.com/PlasmaPy/plasmapy	https://docs.plasmapy.org/	https://www.plasmapy.org/	Nick Murphy	Good	Good	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
pysat	Management and analysis tool for satellite and radar data. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere, general	https://github.com/pysat/pysat	https://pysat.readthedocs.io		Russell Stoneback	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
SpacePy	Space science library for Python. Includes file I/O, time and coordinate conversions, common analysis techniques. Keywords: heliosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere, general, time, coordinates, data_container, plotting, ascii, cdf, csv, hdf5, local, data_access, data_analysis, reference_data, simulation	https://github.com/spacepy/spacepy	https://spacepy.github.io/		Steve Morley	Good	Good	Partially met	Good	Good	Good
SunPy	Python for Solar Physics Keywords: solar, general	https://github.com/sunpy/sunpy	http://docs.sunpy.org	http://www.sunpy.org	Stuart Mumford	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

HelioPy

A python library for heliospheric physics.
David Stansby

PlasmaPy

A Python package for plasma physics
Nick Murphy

pysat

Management and analysis tool for satellite and radar data.
Russell Stoneback

SpacePy

Space science library for Python. Includes file I/O, time and coordinate conversions, common analysis techniques.
Steve Morley

SunPy

Python for Solar Physics
Stuart Mumford

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Name	Description	Code	Docs	Site	Contact	Community	Documentation	Testing	Software Maturity	Python 3	License
AACGMV2	A Python wrapper for the AACGM-v2 C library Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/aburrell/aacgmv2	http://aacgmv2.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Angeline G. Burrell	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
ACEmag	Load and Plot ACE satelite magnetometer data Keywords: magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/ACE_magnetometer			Michael Hirsch
AFINO	A tool for finding oscillations in time series data Keywords:	https://github.com/aringlis/afino_release_version	https://afino-release-version.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Andrew Inglis	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Good	Good
aiapy	A Python package for analyzing data from SDO/AIA Keywords: solar, specific	https://gitlab.com/LMSAL_HUB/aia_hub/aiapy	https://aiapy.readthedocs.io		Will Barnes, Mark Cheung	Partially met	Good	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
aidapy	A Python package to provide machine learning and statistical methods to heliophysics data Keywords:	https://gitlab.com/aidaspace/aidapy	https://aidapy.readthedocs.io		Romain Dupuis, Jorge Amaya, Giovanni Lapenta	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Good	Good
apexpy	A Python wrapper for the Apex fortran library Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/aburrell/apexpy	http://apexpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Angeline G. Burrell	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
AstrometryAzEl	plate scale / calibrate star imagery to use multiple auroral/airglow cameras together Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/astrometry_azel			Michael Hirsch
Auroral Electrojet	Auroral Electrojet AE-index read and plot. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/AEindex			Michael Hirsch
CDFlib	Read / Write NASA CDF with pure Python + Numpy, no compiling Keywords: magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/MAVENSDC/cdflib			Bryan Harter, Michael Liu, David Stansby, Michael Hirsch
DASCutils	Digital All Sky Camera utilities, for camera at Poker Flat Research Range and elsewhere Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/dascasi			Michael Hirsch
Digital Meridian Spectrometer	UAF Digital Meridian Spectrometer-- load and plot Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/digital-meridian-spectrometer			Michael Hirsch
enlilviz	A Python toolkit for Enlil solar wind visualizations. Keywords: heliosphere, plotting, specific	https://github.com/SWxTREC/enlilviz	https://enlilviz.readthedocs.io/en/stable/		Greg Lucas	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good	Good
fiasco	A Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database. Keywords: solar, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/wtbarnes/fiasco	http://fiasco.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Will Barnes	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Partially met	Good	Good
fisspy	Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph (FISS) on the New Solar Telescope. Keywords: solar, specific	https://github.com/SNU-sunday/fisspy			Juhyeong Kang
geodata	Geophysics analysis of radar and optical systems. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/jswoboda/GeoDataPython			John Swoboda
geopack	Python version of geopack and Tsyganenko models Keywords: heliophysics, space physics, magnetospheric physics	https://github.com/tsssss/geopack	https://github.com/tsssss/geopack/blob/master/README.md		Sheng Tian	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good	Good
GEOrinex	Python RINEX 2/3 NAV/OBS reader with speed and simplicity, handling most RINEX formats. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/geospace-code/georinex			Michael Hirsch
GIMAmag	UAF Geophysical Institute magnetometer network data read and plot Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/gima-magnetometer			Michael Hirsch
GLOW	NCAR GLOW 0.981 aurora/airglow model IR-VIS-UV from Python Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/NCAR-GLOW			Michael Hirsch
GOESutils	Download and plot GOES satellite PNGs and high-resolution NetCDF4 by date/time Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, solar, magnetosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/GOESplot			Michael Hirsch
HAPI Client	Access time series data access from many sources Keywords: data_retrieval, line_plots, plotting, spectra	https://github.com/hapi-server/client-python	https://github.com/hapi-server/client-python/blob/master/README.rst	https://github.com/hapi-server/client-python	Bob Weigel	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
HWM-93	NASA Horizontal Wind Model HWM93 in Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/hwm93			Michael Hirsch
IGRF-13	International Geomagnetic Reference Field IGRF -- in Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/igrf			Michael Hirsch
IRI-2016	International Reference Ionosphere 2016 from Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/iri2016			Michael Hirsch
IRI-90	IRI90-international reference ionosphere in Python Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/iri90			Michael Hirsch
Kamodo	CCMC tool for access, interpolation, and visualization of space weather models and data Keywords: data_retrieval, plotting, spectra	https://github.com/nasa/Kamodo			Asher Pembroke
LOWTRAN	LOWTRAN atmospheric absorption extinction, scatter and irradiance model--in Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/lowtran			Michael Hirsch
MadrigalWeb	Access data from any Madrigal database. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://pypi.org/project/madrigalWeb		http://cedar.openmadrigal.org	Bill Rideout
Maidenhead	Python Maidenhead <--> WGS84 coordinate conversions, useful for crowdsourced observations Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/maidenhead			Michael Hirsch
MCALF	Accurately constraining velocity information from spectral imaging observations using machine learning techniques. Keywords: solar, machine_learning, spectra, plotting, line_plots, 2D_graphics, multidimensional, specific, fits, local, data_analysis	https://github.com/ConorMacBride/mcalf	https://mcalf.macbride.me/		Conor MacBride	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
MGSutils	Mars Global Surveyor radio occultation Keywords: planetary, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/mgs-radio			Michael Hirsch
MSISE-00	NRL MSISE-00 atmospheric model-- in Python and Matlab Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/msise00	https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/modelweb/models/nrlmsise00.php		Michael Hirsch
NDCube	A Python package for manipulating, inspecting and visualizing multi-dimensional contiguous and non-contiguous coordinate-aware data arrays Keywords: heliophysics, solar, astrophysics, n-dimensional, data, container objects, visualization, data manipulation	https://github.com/sunpy/ndcube	https://docs.sunpy.org/projects/ndcube/en/stable/		Dan Ryan	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
NEXRADutils	Download/Plot NEXRAD compositive reflectivity by date/time, for ionospheric perturbations Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/space-physics/NEXRADutils			Michael Hirsch
OCBpy	A Python module that converts between AACGM coordinates and an adjustable magnetic coordinate system based on the location of the polar cap Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/aburrell/ocbpy	http://ocbpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Angeline G. Burrell	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
OMMBV	Othogonal Multipole Magnetic Basis Vectors - Express vectors relative to a multipole magnetic field using an orthogonal curvi-linear basis. Keywords:	https://github.com/rstoneback/OMMBV			Russell Stoneback
POLAN	estimate true ionosphere height from ionosonde Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/POLAN			Michael Hirsch
PyDARN	A package for analyzing data from SuperDARN. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/SuperDARN/pydarn			Marina Schmidt
PyGemini	Python frontend for Gemini3D ionospheric kintic + fluid dynamics models Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/gemini3d/gemini3d			Michael Hirsch
pyglow	Upper atmosphere models and geophysical indices. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/timduly4/pyglow			Timothy Duly
PyMap3D	Python 3D coordinate conversions for geospace ecef enu eci and more Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/geospace-code/pymap3d			Michael Hirsch
pysatCDF	Python reader for NASA CDF, includes CDF libraries. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere, specific	https://github.com/rstoneback/pysatCDF			Russell Stoneback
pysatMagVect	Geomagnetic field line tracing, unit vectors, ion drift mapping, vector and coordinate transformations. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/rstoneback/pysatMagVect			Russell Stoneback
pySPEDAS	Tools for loading, analysis and plotting of data from various heliophysics missions and ground magnetometers Keywords: heliophysics, space physics, magnetospheric physics, data	https://github.com/spedas/pyspedas	https://github.com/spedas/pyspedas		Nick Hatzigeorgiu, Eric Grimes	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
python-magnetosphere	Python wrapper for cxform, coordinate transformation package Keywords: magnetosphere, specific	https://github.com/dpq/python-magnetosphere			David Parunakian
PyTplot	Based on IDL tplot, plots and manipulates time series data Keywords: solar, magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/MAVENSDC/pytplot			Bryan Harter
PyZenodo	Simple, clean pure Python 3 Zenodo API (upload, download data). Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, magnetosphere, solar, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/pyzenodo3			Michael Hirsch
ReesAurora	Rees/Sergienko module of excitation rates, relevant to auroral optical emissions Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/reesaurora			Michael Hirsch
sami2py	Run, read, and plot the SAMI2 ionospheric model. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/sami2py/sami2py	https://sami2py.readthedocs.io		Jeff Klenzing	Good	Good	Good	Partially met	Good	Good
Scanning Doppler Interferometer	Dowload & plot Scanning Doppler Interferometer data from PI Mark Conde's instruments. Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/scanning-doppler-interferometer			Michael Hirsch
ScienceDates	Date / time conversions used in the sciences. Keywords: solar, magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/geospace-code/sciencedates			Michael Hirsch
SpiceyPy	Pythonic wrapper for Spice. Keywords: solar, magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, general	https://github.com/AndrewAnnex/SpiceyPy	https://spiceypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/		Andrew M. Annex	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
THEMISasi	Read & Plot THEMIS ASI 256x256 "high resolution" GBO ground-based imager data Keywords: magnetosphere, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/themisasi			Michael Hirsch
TomograPy	Coronal tomographic reconstructions. Keywords: solar, specific	https://github.com/nbarbey/TomograPy		http://nbarbey.github.io/TomograPy/	Nicolas Barbey
viresclient	Access to ESA Swarm mission products Keywords: geospace, ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, data_retrieval, web_service, remote, data_access, specific	https://github.com/ESA-VirES/VirES-Python-Client/	https://viresclient.readthedocs.io/	https://vires.services/	EOX IT Services / Ashley Smith	Partially met	Good	Partially met	Good	Good	Good
WMM2015	World Magnetic Model 2015 from Python Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/WMM2015			Michael Hirsch
WMM2020	World Magnetic Model 2020 from Python Keywords: ionosphere_thermosphere_mesosphere, specific	https://github.com/space-physics/WMM2020			Michael Hirsch

AACGMV2

A Python wrapper for the AACGM-v2 C library
Angeline G. Burrell

ACEmag

Load and Plot ACE satelite magnetometer data
Michael Hirsch

AFINO

A tool for finding oscillations in time series data
Andrew Inglis

aiapy

A Python package for analyzing data from SDO/AIA
Will Barnes, Mark Cheung

aidapy

A Python package to provide machine learning and statistical methods to heliophysics data
Romain Dupuis, Jorge Amaya, Giovanni Lapenta

apexpy

A Python wrapper for the Apex fortran library
Angeline G. Burrell

AstrometryAzEl

plate scale / calibrate star imagery to use multiple auroral/airglow cameras together
Michael Hirsch

Auroral Electrojet

Auroral Electrojet AE-index read and plot.
Michael Hirsch

CDFlib

Read / Write NASA CDF with pure Python + Numpy, no compiling
Bryan Harter, Michael Liu, David Stansby, Michael Hirsch

DASCutils

Digital All Sky Camera utilities, for camera at Poker Flat Research Range and elsewhere
Michael Hirsch

Digital Meridian Spectrometer

UAF Digital Meridian Spectrometer-- load and plot
Michael Hirsch

enlilviz

A Python toolkit for Enlil solar wind visualizations.
Greg Lucas

fiasco

A Python interface to the CHIANTI atomic database.
Will Barnes

fisspy

Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph (FISS) on the New Solar Telescope.
Juhyeong Kang

geodata

Geophysics analysis of radar and optical systems.
John Swoboda

geopack

Python version of geopack and Tsyganenko models
Sheng Tian

GEOrinex

Python RINEX 2/3 NAV/OBS reader with speed and simplicity, handling most RINEX formats.
Michael Hirsch

GIMAmag

UAF Geophysical Institute magnetometer network data read and plot
Michael Hirsch

GLOW

NCAR GLOW 0.981 aurora/airglow model IR-VIS-UV from Python
Michael Hirsch

GOESutils

Download and plot GOES satellite PNGs and high-resolution NetCDF4 by date/time
Michael Hirsch

HAPI Client

Access time series data access from many sources
Bob Weigel

HWM-93

NASA Horizontal Wind Model HWM93 in Python and Matlab
Michael Hirsch

IGRF-13

International Geomagnetic Reference Field IGRF -- in Python and Matlab
Michael Hirsch

IRI-2016

International Reference Ionosphere 2016 from Python and Matlab
Michael Hirsch

IRI-90

IRI90-international reference ionosphere in Python
Michael Hirsch

Kamodo

CCMC tool for access, interpolation, and visualization of space weather models and data
Asher Pembroke

LOWTRAN

LOWTRAN atmospheric absorption extinction, scatter and irradiance model--in Python and Matlab
Michael Hirsch

MadrigalWeb

Access data from any Madrigal database.
Bill Rideout

Maidenhead

Python Maidenhead <--> WGS84 coordinate conversions, useful for crowdsourced observations
Michael Hirsch

MCALF

Accurately constraining velocity information from spectral imaging observations using machine learning techniques.
Conor MacBride

MGSutils

Mars Global Surveyor radio occultation
Michael Hirsch

MSISE-00

NRL MSISE-00 atmospheric model-- in Python and Matlab
Michael Hirsch

NDCube

A Python package for manipulating, inspecting and visualizing multi-dimensional contiguous and non-contiguous coordinate-aware data arrays
Dan Ryan

NEXRADutils

Download/Plot NEXRAD compositive reflectivity by date/time, for ionospheric perturbations
Michael Hirsch

OCBpy

A Python module that converts between AACGM coordinates and an adjustable magnetic coordinate system based on the location of the polar cap
Angeline G. Burrell

OMMBV

Othogonal Multipole Magnetic Basis Vectors - Express vectors relative to a multipole magnetic field using an orthogonal curvi-linear basis.
Russell Stoneback

POLAN

estimate true ionosphere height from ionosonde
Michael Hirsch

PyDARN

A package for analyzing data from SuperDARN.
Marina Schmidt

PyGemini

Python frontend for Gemini3D ionospheric kintic + fluid dynamics models
Michael Hirsch

pyglow

Upper atmosphere models and geophysical indices.
Timothy Duly

PyMap3D

Python 3D coordinate conversions for geospace ecef enu eci and more
Michael Hirsch

pysatCDF

Python reader for NASA CDF, includes CDF libraries.
Russell Stoneback

pysatMagVect

Geomagnetic field line tracing, unit vectors, ion drift mapping, vector and coordinate transformations.
Russell Stoneback

pySPEDAS

Tools for loading, analysis and plotting of data from various heliophysics missions and ground magnetometers
Nick Hatzigeorgiu, Eric Grimes

python-magnetosphere

Python wrapper for cxform, coordinate transformation package
David Parunakian

PyTplot

Based on IDL tplot, plots and manipulates time series data
Bryan Harter

PyZenodo

Simple, clean pure Python 3 Zenodo API (upload, download data).
Michael Hirsch

ReesAurora

Rees/Sergienko module of excitation rates, relevant to auroral optical emissions
Michael Hirsch

sami2py

Run, read, and plot the SAMI2 ionospheric model.
Jeff Klenzing

Scanning Doppler Interferometer

Dowload & plot Scanning Doppler Interferometer data from PI Mark Conde's instruments.
Michael Hirsch

ScienceDates

Date / time conversions used in the sciences.
Michael Hirsch

SpiceyPy

Pythonic wrapper for Spice.
Andrew M. Annex

THEMISasi

Read & Plot THEMIS ASI 256x256 "high resolution" GBO ground-based imager data
Michael Hirsch

TomograPy

Coronal tomographic reconstructions.
Nicolas Barbey

viresclient

Access to ESA Swarm mission products
EOX IT Services / Ashley Smith

WMM2015

World Magnetic Model 2015 from Python
Michael Hirsch

WMM2020

World Magnetic Model 2020 from Python
Michael Hirsch