DATA COMMONS

Data Systems:

• Scientific Resource Access System (SRAS)

The SRAS is the prototype system for the Virtual Ionosphere Thermosphere Observatory (VITMO)

This area contains information that is of broad interest to conference participants focusing on key features in the Sun-Earth system in order to help place local or regional observations in the global context. These information resources are expected to include:

• shared data sets (i.e., corrected and propagated solar wind data, auroral images, etc.)
• data analysis & assimilative data products (i.e., AMIE outputs, global 3D assimilative ionosphere model, etc.)
• model outputs (global MHD, Ionosphere-atmosphere GCMs, global solar wind, etc.)
• timing lists
• links to virtual observatories
• data catalog containing links to participant's data sets
• relevant journal references

We will be filling up this area in the weeks leading up to the conference and even during the conference. These shared data products are an essential element of the follow-on virtual "extreme space weather" session aimed at continuing data analysis, theory and modeling.

Call for Conference Information

We are collecting the following information and data sets right now for the conference data commons area:

1. Magnetometer, radar and satellite observations as input for "data-rich" Assimilative Model of Ionospheric Electrodynamics (AMIE) runs for both the northern and southern hemisphere high latitude electrodynamics. Also request magnetometer data from subauroral and mid-latitude to allow an extension of the AMIE model coverage. Contact: Xia Cai (xcai@umich.edu)
2. References in the literature on large-scale auroral vortices, spiral structures and convection features to create a reference list for a focused tutorial and for conference participants to put conference topics into historical perspective. Contact: Tony Lui (anthony.lui@jhuapl.edu)
3. Others to follow.

Thanks for any help you can give.