HR: 09:00h
AN: SM11A-03    [Abstracts]
TI: Tools for Rapid Browsing and Plotting of Multiple Datasets
AU: Shao-chiang, J
EM: julia.jen@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723
AU: * Vandegriff, J
EM: jon.vandegriff@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723
AU: Roberts, A
EM: aaron.roberts@nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 692, Greenbelt, MD 20771
AB: Simultaneous analysis of data from numerous sources requires the ability to quickly obtain an overview each dataset being examined. We describe the initial version of two tools for multi-dataset browsing and visualization. The first, called DataShop, enables basic plotting and visualization of the contents of any file in any of the common formats: CDF, HDF4, HDF5, netCDF, and FITS. The intent of DataShop is to function as an intelligent file viewer, similar to the way modern image viewing applications can open and display image files of any image format. The second tool, SP GIF Walk, is a browse tool for quickly scanning through existing plots. All space physics missions provide high quality survey plots online, and SP GIF Walk handles the tedious aspects of finding and stepping through each online repository. We will also discuss how these browsing/analysis tools can be integrated into the emerging Virtual Observatory (VO) environment being developed in the space physics community.
DE: 0525 Data management
DE: 0530 Data presentation and visualization
DE: 2799 General or miscellaneous
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005