HR: 0800h
AN: SH41A-05    [Abstracts]
TI: STEREO In-situ Data Analysis
AU: * Schroeder, P C
EM: peters@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California - Berkeley 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
AU: Luhmann, J G
EM: jgluhman@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California - Berkeley 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
AU: Davis, A J
EM: ad@srl.caltech.edu
AF: California Institute of Technology, MS 220-47, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States
AU: Russell, C T
EM: ctrussell@igpp.ucla.edu
AF: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
AB: STEREO's IMPACT (In-situ Measurements of Particles and CME Transients) investigation provides the first opportunity for long duration, detailed observations of 1 AU magnetic field structures, plasma and suprathermal electrons, and energetic particles at points bracketing Earth's heliospheric location. The PLASTIC instrument takes plasma ion composition measurements completing STEREO's comprehensive in-situ perspective. Stereoscopic/3D information from the STEREO SECCHI imagers and SWAVES radio experiment make it possible to use both multipoint and quadrature studies to connect interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (ICME) and solar wind structures to CMEs and coronal holes observed at the Sun. The uniqueness of the STEREO mission requires novel data analysis tools and techniques to take advantage of the mission's full scientific potential. An interactive browser with the ability to create publication-quality plots has been developed which integrates STEREO's in-situ data with data from a variety of other missions including WIND and ACE. Static summary plots and a key-parameter type data set with a related online browser provide alternative data access. Finally, an application program interface (API) is provided allowing users to create custom software that ties directly into STEREO's data set. The API allows for more advanced forms of data mining than currently available through most web-based data services. A variety of data access techniques and the development of cross- spacecraft data analysis tools allow the larger scientific community to combine STEREO's unique in-situ data with those of other missions, particularly the L1 missions, and, therefore, to maximize STEREO's scientific potential in gaining a greater understanding of the heliosphere.
DE: 2101 Coronal mass ejections (7513)
DE: 2114 Energetic particles (7514)
DE: 2164 Solar wind plasma
DE: 2194 Instruments and techniques
DE: 2199 General or miscellaneous
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly