pydst is a Python module containing tools to read Dst index files.
To install the module:
$ cd INSTALLDIR
$ pip install ARCHIVE
Each record has a fixed length of 120 bytes and it is composed by the following columns:
| Column | Format | Short description |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | A3 | Index name 'DST' |
| 4-5 | I2 | The last two digits of the year |
| 6-7 | I2 | Month |
| 8 | A1 | '*' for index |
| 9-10 | I2 | Date |
| 11-12 | A2 | All spaces or may be "RR" for quick look |
| 13 | A1 | 'X' (for index) |
| 14 | A1 | Version (0: quicklook, 1: provisional, 2: final, 3 and up: corrected final or may be space) |
| 15-16 | I2 | Top two digits of the year (19 or space for 19XX, 20 from 2000) |
| 17-20 | I4 | Base value, unit 100 nT |
| 21-116 | 24I4 | 24 hourly values, 4 digit number, unit 1 nT, value 9999 for the missing data. First data is |
for the first hour of the day, and Last data is for the last hour of the day.
117-120 | I4 | Daily mean value, unit 1 nT. Value 9999 for the missing data.