The AstroGrid project is tasked to develop VO infrastructure for all UK astronomers, together with tools and applications for astrophysicists. SSVO will make use of ...
G. Collaborators In addition to the core personnel and advisory group members described above, we will have a number of other Co Investigators, one for each collaborating ...
I.4. Terrestrial Atmosphere/Ionosphere/Magnetosphere datasets Cluster Description The ESA cornerstone mission, Cluster, is a unique multi spacecraft mission ...
I.2. Heliospheric/Interplanetary datasets Eiscat IPS Description Using multiple Eiscat receivers pointed close to the Sun, it is possible to measure the ...
I.3. Planetary Datasets Planetary Ionospheres Description High resolution imaging of planetary ionospheres using large aperture telescopes. The data set ...
4 Datasets In order to give an overview of the scope of the work being proposed this section identifies the principal data resources which will be integrated into ...
7 Deliverables 7.1 Background In this section, we list the deliverables which we plan to provide under the UKSSVO proposal. The deliverables are split into two classes ...
0 Executive Summary This proposal seeks support for a Grid computing project aimed at integrating many of the most important data sets used by PPARC's UK solar system ...
B. Financial Summary B1: Background In constructing our financial request, we have assumed (after discussion with members of the Grid Steering Committee) that it ...
K. Glossary and References ADAS: Atomic Data and Analysis Structure http://adas.phys.strath.ac.uk/ CCSDS: Consultative Committee for Space Data Standards ...
1 Introduction Solar system science is a broad, multi disciplinary area, involving the study of a complex three dimensional environment with interactions and phenomena ...
8 UKSSVO Management Plan 8.1 Scope The UK Solar System Virtual Observatory (UKSSVO) will comprise the body of standards and software developed by or for the participating ...
D. Milestones The project milestones are listed below. Brackets indicate the work package with which the milestone is associated (see Appendix A). Year 1 (April ...
J. Model Resources This annex provides details of the model resources which will be available through the SSVO. J.1 Solar Physics Significant work is being done by ...
5 Models In order for the SSVO to fulfill its potential in facilitating new science, there is a wide range of models that need to be made available, particularly ...
5.1 Introduction The UKSSVO proposal represents the first serious attempt to make the best of the current generation of solar system models available to the user in ...
5.2 Solar Physics Models A number of solar modelling efforts would be of value to the general solar community in the UK. Of particular value would be the availability ...
5.3 STP Empirical Models The use of models is fundamental to STP research. In particular, a few empirical models have become international standards, used freely ...
5.4 STP First Principles Models 5.4.1 Overview Sophisticated disciplines such as Solar Terrestrial Physics draw upon first principles computational models as key ...
Summarising the e mail discussion so far the suggestions are: UK Solar System ON the Virtual Observatory to suggest that we are part of a wider enterprise, ultimately ...
F. Personnel As set out in Section 2 of the proposal, this is a bid on behalf of the entire UK solar system physics community. The range of personnel who will work ...
H. Public Outreach The following is a short statement that can be used to describe the proposal for publicity purposes. The UK Solar System Virtual Observatory (UKSSVO ...
E. Risk Analysis The table below presents a simple risk analysis, organised by work package. For each work package the greatest risk factor is briefly described and ...
3. Scheme of the Virtual Observatory The things that must be covered in this section Data encapsulation (definition and implementation of general interface) CORE ...
3.? Data and Metadata standards One page The ISTP/IACG standards for CDF. The outputs of the SPASE consortium. The PDS standards FITS keywords WP : Metadata standards ...
3.3 Core Data Handling 3.3.1 Generic data object Data from any source will be encapsulated as a generic Solar System Data Object. This will contain a copy of, or ...
3.4 Data Access 3.4.1 General approach The diversity of types and formats of data in solar system science requires that a flexible approach is taken to enabling data ...
3.7 External Data Providers Much of the important data necessary for UK solar system scientists resides in archives outside the control of the UK community. Currently ...
3.5 Model Integration 3.5.1 Vision The UKSSVO proposal represents the first serious attempt to make the best of the current generation of solar system models available ...
3.7 External Data Providers Much of the important data necessary for UK solar system scientists resides in archives outside the control of the UK community. Currently ...
3 Scheme of the Virtual Observatory 3.1 Overview of the VO architecture Given the wide range of data types and formats in solar system science, providing a standardised ...
3.2 Data and metadata standards Most existing data resources in solar system science are self contained and have been developed independently using different underlying ...
3.6 User Interface Access to the facilities of the SSVO will be through a variety of interfaces, ranging from relatively simple web pages through to complex client ...
3.7 Visualisation 3.7.1 Vision At present, there is no unified visualisation software system for solar system physics. Although many plotting tools exist, these tend ...
2 Science Case 2.1 The challenge of diversity The UK has a vibrant solar system science community with a high international reputation that continues to ...
Measurements of interplanetary space are a unique resource for furthering many of the objectives of PPARC #8217;s solar system science strategy, such as links between ...
Energy flow within the solar system The energy flow within the solar system is a sub theme of the present and future impact of the sun on the solar system. To ...
2.1 Solar science case 2.1.1 Energy flow within the solar system The UK is ideally placed to study the energy flow from the Sun through the solar wind into Planetary ...
6 Tools This section describes the tools that the Virtual Observatory needs to provide in order to enable the best use to be made of the data and models that it makes ...
6.2 Generic Analysis Tools In order to qualify as a generic tool, the operation performed by the software would have to be applicable to more than one discipline ...
6 Tools 6.1 Introduction As well as providing users access to data and models, a key role of the UKSSVO will be to present users with a range of high level tools ...
6.3 Specialised Analysis Tools These can be best discussed in terms of subject area: Solar Physics : Along with the data, the user community needs access to basic ...
6.4 Visualisation Software At present, there is no unified visualisation software system for solar system physics. Although many plotting tools exist, these ...
WP310 : Generic Data Object Background : The development of the generic data object is what makes possible a unified approach to handling solar system science data ...
The next sets of work packages primarily comprise the work required at the host institutions for data resources, as opposed to the centrally provided expertise in ...
WP110 : Management Background : The process of managing the project, in line with the management plan, will require significant effort throughout its duration. ...
WP510 : Empirical Models Background : This work package relates to the empirical models defined in Section 5 and Appendix J. Many of these relatively simple models ...
WP210 : Metadata standards Background : The definition of the metadata standards for the SSVO is a key activity without which the ability to share data from the ...
WP600 : Tools review Background : Although some of the specialised toolkits needing to be assimilated into the Virtual Observatory are well defined (see Section ...
A. Work Packages The work packages for the project are shown in the following sections. For each work package there is a short description a list of the ...
UK Solar System Virtual Observatory This is the root page of the SSVO proposal to PPARC and contains the material used to generate the final PDF that was submitted ...
UK Solar System Virtual Observatory Welcome to the home of SSVO. This is a web based collaboration area, set up at the request of the SSVO steering group, for the ...
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