HR: 0800h
AN: IN31B-1147    [Abstracts]
TI: Deploying a Low Cost Virtual Observatory and Data Portal at a Small Liberal Arts College
AU: * Schechner, H
EM: h.schechner@isti.com
AF: Instrumental Software Technologies, Inc., 77 Van Dam Street, Suite 10, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 United States
AU: Weatherwax, A T
EM: aweatherwax@siena.edu
AF: Siena College, Department of Physics, Loudonville, NY 12866 United States
AB: Studies of the polar upper atmosphere fundamentally require international collaboration, and the Virtual Observatory (VO) paradigm is ideally suited to enable such coordinated efforts. However, even though VOs and distributed data systems (DDS) are critical in facilitating the sharing and interpretation of global geospace datasets, the design and implementation of a VO/DDS is often expensive and requires technical expertise beyond that of many smaller institutions. Currently, the Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research (ICESTAR) community is assessing various VO/DDS models, and we describe one such ongoing initiative that addresses the obstacles stated above by employing legacy code, open source software, and the ability to incorporate a variety of commonly used software packages (e.g., IDL, Matlab). This VO/DDS has visualization and data translation modules that allow users to examine and download data in a variety of formats. The requirements and protocols necessary to ensure successful data exchange, distribution and visualization between other VOs are further explored.
UR: http://siena.isti.com/
DE: 2407 Auroral ionosphere (2704)
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
DE: 9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005