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The Heliophysics Data Environment TodayDriven by the nature of the research questions now most critical to further progress in heliophysics science, data-driven research has evolved from a model once centered on individual instrument Principal investigator groups and a circle of immediate collaborators into a more inclusive and open environment where data gathered ay great public cost must then be findable and useable throughout the broad national and international research community. In this paper and as an introduction to this special session, we will draw a picture of existing and evolving resources throughout the heliophyscs community, the capabilities and data now available to end users, and the relationships and complementarity of different elements in the environment today. We will cite the relative roles of mission and instrument data centers and resident archives, multi-mission data centers, and the growing importance of virtual discipline observatories and cross-cutting services including the evolution of a common data dictionary. We will briefly summarize our view of the most important challenges still faced by users and providers, and our vision in ow the efforts today can evolve into a more and more enabling data framework for the global research community to tap the widest range of existing missions and their data to address a full range of critical science questions from the scale of microphysics to the heliospheric system as a whole.
Document ID
20080037603
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Fung, Shing F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
McGuire, R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Roberts, D. A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
May 26, 2008
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Joint meeting of the American Astronautical Society/Science Programs Division, American Geophysical Union
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Country: United States
Start Date: May 26, 2008
End Date: May 30, 2008
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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