Unique Science Needs: CAWSES-II and Virtual Observatories (Invited)

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Dec 2009

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH54A-03

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[1908] Informatics / Cyberinfrastructure, [1934] Informatics / International Collaboration, [1960] Informatics / Portals And User Interfaces, [1974] Informatics / Social Networks

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A focus on the interaction between Sun-Earth system elements in space research is not new. However, two recent events have pushed us within reach of a comprehensive attack on system-science frontiers. During the last solar cycle, we acquired the capability to observe simultaneously in regions from the Sun to the Earth, in the neighborhoods of other solar system planets and even at locations approaching the boundary between the heliosphere and interplanetary space. Simultaneity is critical because only under these conditions can interactions between components be observed and unraveled. Of equal importance is the implementation (still ongoing) of open data policies in the US and in other countries that has resulted in a worldwide flow of data served through the Internet directly and by Virtual Observatories. These open data sets and underlying cyber-infrastructure provide the framework around which a system science observatory can be fashioned and directed toward grand challenge investigations. This effort must be both interdisciplinary and international in scope. The development of just such a virtual environment is a major goal of the Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES) - II effort (covering 2009-2013) within SCOSTEP, which is a program of the International Council for Science (ICSU) representing 113 member nations and 29 international scientific unions. With the collaboration of ongoing programs in countries around the world, this virtual environment is envisioned as a means to combine worldwide capabilities inherent in virtual observatories and other types of cyber-infrastructure in ways that support and enable system science investigations, allow international and interdisciplinary communities to develop focused system-level science objectives, exchange information intuitively between discipline areas, share resources, educate students, advise policy makers, and reach out and inform a worldwide public of exciting new discoveries and their implications. This presentation focuses on the developing vision for virtual observatories as a major part of the infrastructure underlying a dynamic CAWSES-II virtual Sun-Earth system-science environment.

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