HR: 16:55h
AN: SH54C-04    [Abstracts]
TI: ViRBO, The Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory
AU: * Weigel, R S
EM: rweigel@gmu.edu
AF: George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States
AU: Kihn, E
EM: Eric.Kihn@noaa.gov
AF: National Geophysical Data Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Baker, D N
EM: baker@lasp.colorado.edu
AF: University of Colorado/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, 1234 Innovation Drive, Boulder, CO 80303, United States
AU: Friedel, R
EM: friedel@lanl.gov
AF: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Space and Atmospheric Sciences (ISR-1), Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States
AU: Green, J
EM: Janet.Green@noaa.gov
AF: Space Environment Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, United States
AU: Bourdarie, S
EM: Sebastien.Bourdarie@onecert.fr
AF: ONERA-Centre de Toulouse/DESP, BP 74025 2, Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse Cedex 4, 31055, France
AU: Faden, J
EM: faden@cottagesystems.com
AF: Cottage Systems, 840 S. Summit St., Iowa City, IA 52240, United States
AU: Zhizhin, M
EM: jjn@wdcb.ru
AF: Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Molodezhnaya, Moscow, 119296, Russian Federation
AB: The Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory (ViRBO) has synthesized a large collection of data and tools relevant to radiation belt science including instrument data, scientist-contributed model data, and analysis software. Instrument data from the SAMPEX, GOES, POES, LANL GEO, Polar, and GPS satellites are all available from a common interface. Scientist-contributed model data include that of the radiation belt content index, a geostationary plasma reanalysis time series, and a four-decade-long set of time series of key inputs to empirical magnetic field models. Data that were not previously publicly available or that have been made available at increased resolution include instrument data from HEO, CRRES, SCATHA, OV1-19, ICO, S3-3, and OV3-3. The ViRBO web portal uses applications in the VxOware software package to allow other virtual observatories to search its catalog and access its metadata and data. The VxOware code base also includes features for facilitating scientific communication such as the ability for users to receive updates when a data item has been changed or has been updated, a forum for hosting and archiving presentations from scientific meetings, and features that allow users to contribute data and comment on a data items.
UR: http://virbo.org
DE: 7899 General or miscellaneous
DE: 7999 General or miscellaneous
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting