A Prototype for a Distributed Space Physics Data System
A Prototype for a Distributed Space Physics Data System
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1998-10-15
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Falkenberg, Charles
Goodrich, Chuck
Gallagher, James
Cornillon, Peter
Flierl, Glenn
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Abstract
The collaborative analysis of data within the Space Physics community is
hindered, in part, by the wide number of data formats and the wide
distribution of data archives. In an attempt to address these two problems we
have implemented a prototype which retrieves datasets, stored in different
data formats at several remote locations. Our prototype uses the Key
Parameter Visualization Tools (KPVT) and the Distributed Oceanographic Data
System (DODS) to view data from the ISEE1, ISEE2, and ISTP programs. Our goal
is to demonstrate the ability to access and use several types of remote data
and existing analysis tools.
The work described demonstrates the power of an expressive data model, like
the one in DODS, for converting and transmitting space physics data.
Furthermore, since the DODS system architecture (and associated data model)
was developed to meet oceanographic needs, the fact that it works well for use
within the space physics community suggests that the DODS approach will also
work well as a data distribution mechanism for the other earth science
sub-disciplines. Given the growing interest in interdisciplinary work in the
earth sciences the existence of a data model/system capable of spanning the
various sub-disciplines is significant.