Simple Madrigal Data Access

The simple madrigal data access link allows new users of Madrigal to print and plot data local Madrigal data easily. In order to make it easy to use, a number of Madrigal's capabilities are not available, including the ability to choose which parameters to print, the ability to display derived parameters, and the ability to filter data. Also, this interface just allows you to browse the local data on this Madrigal server. Use the Browse for Individual Madrigal Experiments interface to search all Madrigal sites for data.

The first step in using the Simple Madrigal data access interface is to choose the instrument you want to see data or plots from. This page will list all the instruments for which there is data on the local Madrigal server. You simply click on the instrument you are interested in.

Simple UI - choose instruments page

In the next screen you'll see all the dates for which there is data available for the instrument you selected. The most recent date will be listed first, with the days in reverse chronological order. You can choose multiple days if you wish.

After you have selected the days of interest, you then hit either "Print data" or "Plot data".

Simple UI - choose dates page

If you choose "Print data", the final page will allow you to select which coordinate system you want to print the data using. The choices are:

Geodetic
Az, El, Range
Geomagnetic (PACE)

Simple UI - print data page

A sample of printed data is given here. All the parameter names are hyperlinks, so you can click on any name to see its full definition.

Simple UI - print example page

If you choose "Plot data", the final page will allow you to either create a new plot, or to view a pre-existing plot created specifically for that experiment. To create a new plot, you'll choose the parameter to plot and the y-axis. The y axis may be:

Altitude
Range
Simple scatter plot

Note that for some data, such as geophysical parameters such as Kp, the only y axis that will be available will be simple scatter plot.

If there are existing plots already on the Madrigal database for this day, you can click on them under "view existing plots and descriptions".

Simple UI - plot data page