This application (*.jar) reads the standard AE 1-day plots found at the WDC-C2, http://swdcwww.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/aedir/ae1/quick.html .
AEgif2png.jar lists the plot AU and AK info to the system/java console and saves a white-bkg version of the black-bkg gif files.
Download the *.jar file: AEgif2png.jar
Download a sample plot file: RAE.050709.gif
The plots can be found in the subdirectories at this website: http://swdcwww.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/aedir/ae1/quick.html at the WDC-C2.