HR: 0800h
AN: IN11B-0462    [Abstracts]
TI: Using Grid Technologies to Encourage Web Service Developement in Heliophysics Virtual Observatories
AU: * Narock, T
EM: Thomas.W.Narock@nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21228, United States
AU: Szabo, A
EM: Adam.Szabo@nasa.gov
AF: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliospheric Physics Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AB: The Heliophysics data environment is undergoing rapid expansion with the emergence of Virtual Observatories (VOs). These VOs allow transparent access to distributed data sets via a standard search interface. A key anticipated component of the data environment and VOs is the addition of web services to carry out additional data processing and visualization after a user has found data of interest with a VO. While VOs are reaching their prototype stages the emergence of services has been limited. We explore a novel approach to service developement and maintanance that uses Grid technologies. The system allows the community to easily turn processing code into a web service and grants them the use of spare processing power and storage space for service execution. Additionally, we emphasize the benefits afforded to the user community from the use of Grid technologies.
DE: 7899 General or miscellaneous
DE: 7999 General or miscellaneous
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting