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Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agusmsm33d..01b&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, abstract #SM33D-01
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0525 Data Management, 2199 General Or Miscellaneous, 2499 General Or Miscellaneous, 2799 General Or Miscellaneous, 7899 General Or Miscellaneous
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During the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958), member countries established geophysical observatories around the world. These nations were pursuing major IGY objectives - to collect geophysical data as widely as possible and to provide free access to these data for all scientists around the globe. By the beginning of the 21st century, we have achieved an unparalleled ability to acquire data and have attained a good understanding of traditional regions - the ionosphere, the magnetosphere, and other such "spheres". Much of the new and important science now is coming from the study of the boundaries between these regions and of coupling between geophysical domains. Thus, we need to make data available in a readily accessible form and in much greater quantities to a wider range of scientists than ever before. Several major international initiatives have been proposed to commemorate and to follow on from the original IGY. Scientific societies have promoted the establishment of a system of Virtual Observatories (VxOs). These initiatives have the potential of providing a forward impetus to advances in space science in this century similar to that provided by the IGY fifty years ago. The electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) program, for example, embraces all available and upcoming geophysical data (e.g., atmospheric, geomagnetic, ionospheric, magnetospheric, etc.) and will facilitate the deployment and integration of cross-disciplinary and international virtual geophysical observatories that are "deployed" in cyberspace. This concept implies a free access to all available data through the Internet and World Wide Web, taking advantage of existing networking infrastructure and software technologies (e.g., Internet, XML, Semantic Web, etc.). Such efforts can be smoothly incorporated into the planned International Years and will provide an international focus for a resolve to address the issues of data release, data discovery, and data preservation. In this talk we present a review and overview of the objectives and successes of the IGY and eGY programs and discuss the relationship of their goals with that of the Heliophysics Great Observatory.
Baker Daniel N.
Weigel Robert S.
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