HR: 11:30h
AN: SH42A-05    [Abstracts]
TI: The Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory
AU: * Fox, P
EM: pfox@ucar.edu
AF: HAO/NCAR, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 United States
AU: Middleton, D
EM: don@ucar.edu
AF: SCD/NCAR, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 United States
AU: Solomon, S
EM: stans@ucar.edu
AF: HAO/NCAR, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 United States
AU: McGuinness, D
EM: dlm@ksl.stanford.edu
AF: Knowledge Systems Laboratory Stanford University, 353 Serra Mall Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford, CA 94305-9020 United States
AB: The VSTO comprises a system of data, model, tool and material archives containing items from space- and ground-based instruments, individual and community modeling efforts, taken from NCAR, US universities and international sources, and from NSF- and NASA-funded groups. A key element of the VSTO is the allowance for an integrated data-mining and analysis capability that can be applied both across and within databases, i.e. across disciplines. The capabilities of a VSTO are intended to be available to a wider community of scientists, educators, and the public and thus is intended to be a natural conduit for education and public outreach in solar solar-terrestrial and space physics. This presentation will provide details on the current stage of development of VSTO including use-cases, user requirements, ontology development, project priorities, collaborations and current design and implementations.
DE: 2499 General or miscellaneous
DE: 2799 General or miscellaneous
DE: 7599 General or miscellaneous
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
DE: 9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly