HR: 11:25h
AN: ED32B-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Looking Forward to the electronic Geophysical Year
AU: Kamide, Y
EM: kamide@stelab.nagoya-u.ac.jp
AF: Solar Terrestrial Environ. Lab., Nagoya Univ. , Toyokawa, Aichi, 422 Japan
AU: * Baker, D N
EM: daniel.baker@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: LASP/Univ. of Colorado, 1234 Innovation Drive, Boulder, CO 80303-7814 United States
AU: Thompson, B
EM: Barbara.J.Thompson@nassa.gov
AF: NASA/GSFC, Code 682, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Barton, C
EM: Charles.Barton@ga.gov.au
AF: Geosciences Australia, POB 5414, Kingston, ACT 2604 Australia
AU: Kihn, E
EM: eric.a.kihn@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/NGDC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305 United States
AB: During the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958), member countries established many new capabilities pursuing the major IGY objectives of collecting geophysical data as widely as possible and providing free access to these data for all scientists around the globe. A key achievement of the IGY was the establishment of a worldwide system of data centers and physical observatories. The worldwide scientific community has now endorsed and is promoting an electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) initiative. The proposed eGY concept would both commemorate the 50th anniversary of the IGY in 2007-2008 and would provide a forward impetus to geophysics in the 21st century, similar to that provide by the IGY fifty years ago. The eGY concept advocates the establishment of a series of virtual geophysical observatories now being deployed in cyberspace. We discuss plans to aggregate measurements into a readily accessible database along with analysis, visualization, and display tools that will make information available and useful to the scientific community, to the user community, and to the general public. We are examining the possibilities for near-realtime acquisition of data and utilization of forecast tools in order to provide users with advanced space weather capabilities. This program will provide powerful tools for education and public outreach concerning the connected Sun-Earth System.
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 2704 Auroral phenomena (2407)
DE: 2776 Polar cap phenomena
DE: 2799 General or miscellaneous
DE: 1650 Solar variability
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting