HR: 0800h
AN: SH51A-0247    [Abstracts]
TI: Relational data searching for magnetospheric data using the Virtual Magnetosheric Observatory
AU: * Merka, J
EM: jan.merka@nasa.gov
AF: GEST Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 320, Baltimore, MD 21228,
AU: * Merka, J
EM: jan.merka@nasa.gov
AF: Heliospheric Physics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Code 672, Greenbelt, MD 20771,
AU: Narock, T
EM: Thomas.W.Narock@nasa.gov
AF: GEST Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 320, Baltimore, MD 21228,
AU: Narock, T
EM: Thomas.W.Narock@nasa.gov
AF: Heliospheric Physics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Code 672, Greenbelt, MD 20771,
AU: Szabo, A
EM: adam.szabo@nasa.gov
AF: Heliospheric Physics Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Code 672, Greenbelt, MD 20771,
AB: The Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory (VMO) aims to provide a single unified search interface for magnetosperic data sets and already after only about a year of development it is sufficiently mature for scientific applications. The VMO is a multi-tiered environment composed of two peer observatories, one located at NASA/GSFC (VMO/G) and the other at UCLA (VMO/U), that divided up tasks in a complementary fashion similar to open source development methods. While the VMO/G is geared towards a relational search, the VMO/U is working on a Google-like word search. VMO/G co-develops the relational search with the Virtual Heliospheric Observatory (VHO) so users familiar with either of VMO or VHO query interfaces do not need to learn a new interface in order to work with the other VxO. This presentation will describe the VMO/G implementation of structured search and provide specific examples of scientific use cases demonstrating how the VMO enables new and faster research.
UR: http://vmo.nasa.gov
DE: 0525 Data management
DE: 0599 General or miscellaneous
DE: 2799 General or miscellaneous
DE: 7899 General or miscellaneous
DE: 7999 General or miscellaneous
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting