http://europlanet-ri.eu

JRA3 / EMDAF Kick-Off-Meeting: Interactive Catalogue of Planetary

Models & DataAnalysis Tools (ICPM&DAT)

R. Stöckler1 (JRA3)

F. Topf1 (JRA4)

M.L. Khodachenko1 (Coordinator)

S. Miller2 (Co-Coordinator)

June, 16th, 17th, 18th 2009 – Graz, Austria1IWF-OeAW, Graz, Austria; 2UCL, London, UK

EC Grant agreement n° 228319

● Main Strategic Goal :

Creation of a distributed and coordinated RI,

based on the existing in Europe computational modelling and data analysis

centres, which will provide the scientific community with the dedicated

services in the fields of their computational & data analysis expertise.

● Objectives:

♦ To produce a step change in the infrastructure of European activities in planetary modeling and data analysis;

♦ To support European planetary space missions and ground-based observations with reliable models and data analysis tools;

♦ To support European Planetary Science modelling and data analysis with reliable algorithms and high-performance computing techniques;

♦ To bring together European computing and planetary science research groups into a distributed European infrastructure

JRA3: JRA3: Main GoalMain Goal

JRA3:JRA3: Main Goal Main Goal

● Structure of the activity: Tasks / Sub-divisions

Task#2:ICPM&DAT

Task#3:DNML

Task#4:DDAL

Task#5:HPC resourcesand standards

Task#1: Management of EMDAF (JRA3)Task#1 Coordination & Management

Task#2 Interactive Catalogue of Planetary Models & Data Analysis Tools

Task#3 Distributed Numerical

Modelling Laboratory

Task#4 Distributed Data Analysis Laboratory

Task#5 Enabling High Performance & Grid Computing Architec- tures, Codes Standardization

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Catalogues Existing Catalogues COST ACTION 724 [EU]COST ACTION 724 [EU]

● COST ACTION 724:http://ca724wg1.ts.astro.it/mod_data.php

The main objective is the development of the scientific basis for monitoring, modelling and predicting Space Weather.

Further information will be presented by Daniel Heynderickx

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Catalogues Existing Catalogues CCMC [US]CCMC [US]

● Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC):http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/models/models_at_glance.php

provides, to the international research community, access to modern space science simulations and supports the transition of modern space research models to space weather operations : through an automated request system for model runs through modern, online, visualization and analysis tools through standard data formats for simulation data downloads

tests and evaluates models: against standard metrics through event studies, and through real-time calculations in support of the needs of science users and space weather forecasters

supports Space Weather forecasters : through transitioning of research models to operations through model evaluations through the provisions of forecasting tools

(Self-Definition)

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Catalogues Existing Catalogues CCMC [US]CCMC [US]

● CCMC Model Categorisation:

Solar (∑5)

Heliosphere (∑5)

Magnetosphere (∑10) Global Magnetosphere (∑6)

Inner Magnetosphere (∑2)

Geomagnetic Field Models (∑2)

Ionospere/Thermosphere (∑7) Ionospere/Thermosphere (∑5)

Ionosphere Electrodynamics (∑1)

Atmosphere (∑1)

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Instant Run Real Time Run Source Codeon ftp

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JRA3:JRA3: Existing Catalogues Existing Catalogues CCMC [US]CCMC [US]

● CCMC Model Runs:

Runs on Request: is a free service open to any scientist interested in running a space weather model that resides at the CCMC. You have to register with name and email and are allowed to make up to 4 different submissions on the the same date.

Outputs of all runs are archived on the CCMC's data storage systems and are publicly accessible by means of CCMC tools.

Possibility of costumized runs via a « spezial request » manually treated by the CCMC staff, including extending run duration, creating a new simulation grid, modification of standard boundary conditions and minor code modifications.

CCMC staff is always available to answer questions regarding model results and their applicability to specific science problems. Furthermore, CCMC staff will assist users in the interpretation of simulation results if requested.

Instand Run: models are available for instant execution and results viewing through the online interface.

Real Time Run: periodically executed real time simulations and results viewed online.

● CCMC Widgets:They also provide 4 useful tools for analyzing, disseminating and displaying model data and simulation results.

The CCMC Kameleon software: a software suite to address the difficulty in analyzing and disseminating the varying output formats of space weather model data.

CCMC space weather on Google Earth: experimental Google Earth space weather service provides overlays to various real-time simulation results being generated at CCMC.

CCMC space weather widget: displays plots that are derived from real time space weather simulations that are executed at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. For Dashboard (Mac) or Yahoo Widget Engine (Pc).

Space Wethaer Awareness Widget(SWAN): displays images, plots, etc. of both observational data as well as model simulation data. Model simulation data is derived from real time simulations at the CCMC. (Mac OSX 10.4 or later)

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Catalogues Existing Catalogues CCMC [US]CCMC [US]

● Virtual Sun/Earth Observatory (VESO):Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is providing archives to some older data sets, which may still be useful to the science community.

http://vseo.space.swri.edu/

These include various items: TSS and UARS spacecraft DMSP probes NOAA's POES SEM data

Several instruments of: Dynamics Explorer (DE-1/DE-2) satellites the Geomagnetic Solar Indices approximately 30 years of IMP-8 data

All available via a AJAX catalogue and plot browser, datasets downloadable in ASCII CDF netCDF and XML

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Observatories Existing Observatories VSEO [US]VSEO [US]

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Observatories Existing Observatories VHO [US]VHO [US]

● Virtual Heliospheric Observatory (VHO):Official NASA Virtual Observatory provides:

http://vho.nasa.gov/

An online data query builder and a vast DB of empirical data including: ACE, Genesis, Geotail, HELIOS, IMP, Mars Global Surveyor , Neutron Monitors,

PIONEER, PROGNOZ, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, SOHO, STEREO, Ulysses, VOYAGER, Vega, Wind

SPASE Query Language (SPASEQL): is an effort within the HPDE to use the SPASE data model and associated terminology

to create a standardized communication language for HPDE Virtual Observatories. SPASEQL defines XML-based standards for query and response message construction such that the VxOs have a common basis for communication.

Some tools to: display spacecraft trajectories(SSC 4D Orbit Viewer (TIPSOD)),a cdf to SPACE converter and a Git source code repository.

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Observatories Existing Observatories VMO [US]VMO [US]

● Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory (VMO):Official NASA Virtual Observatory provides:

http://vmo.nasa.gov/

An online data query builder and a vast DB of spacecraft and ground station data: AMPTE, GEOS, Geotail, IMP, Interball Tail, POLAR, PROGNOZ, ST5, THEMIS, WIND,

and a lot of ground based magnetometer data.

SPASE Query Language (SPASEQL): is an effort within the HPDE to use the SPASE data model and associated terminology

to create a standardized communication language for HPDE Virtual Observatories. SPASEQL defines XML-based standards for query and response message construction such that the VxOs have a common basis for communication.

Some tools to: display spacecraft trajectories(SSC 4D Orbit Viewer (TIPSOD)),a cdf to SPACE converter and a Git source code repository.

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Tools Existing ToolsCSEM [US]CSEM [US]

● Center for Space Environment Modeling (CSEM):provide a working prototype of the NASA-funded Space Weather Modeling Framework SWMF which was developed to provide flexible “plug and play” type simulation capabilities serving the Sun-Earth modeling community.

http://butch.engin.umich.edu/swmf/

In its current form it links together nine models from the surface of the Sun to the upper atmosphere of the Earth:

1. SC – Solar Corona which includes the Eruptive Event Generator

2. IH – Inner Heliosphere

3. SP – Solar Energetic Particles

4. GM – Global Magnetosphere

5. IM – Inner Magnetosphere

6. PW – Polar Wind

7. RB – Radiation Belts

8. IE – Ionosphere Electrodynamics

9. UA – Upper Atmosphere

In the future the SWMF may be extended to include even more physics domains: Cometary Environment, Interstellar Neutrals, Outer Heliosphere, Plasmasphere, Planetary Satellites and Polar Wind. The SWMF implementation is based on the component technology and Object-Oriented Programming emulated in Fortran 90. The SWMF parallel communications are based on the MPI standard.

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Tools Existing Tools CISM [US]CISM [US]

● Center for integrated Space Weather Modelling (CISM):will integrate existing simulations of the four regions of space weather activity based on models already developed by Center members: a model of the solar corona (SAIC), a model of the solar wind developed at the University of Colorado, a Dartmouth model of the magnetosphere, and a model of the interaction between the magnetosphere and earth’s ionosphere (NCAR).

http://www.bu.edu/cism/

Maybe useful due to:

CISM_DX: (http://www.bu.edu/cism/cismdx/) is a community-developed suite of integrated data, models, and data and model explorers, for research and education. The data and model explorers are based on code written for OpenDX and Octave.

Providing some Publications, Presentations and Documents about space weather related topics.

● Ceintures de RAdiation de la TERRE (CRATERRE):The goal of the project is to develop new radiation belt models allowing a better description of the space environment (electron and proton) for mission specifications.

http://craterre.onecert.fr/home.html

Maybe useful for Task 3 and 4 due to:

ONERA-DESP-LIB: library to compute magnetic coordinates for any location in the Earth's environment for various magnetic field models and coordinate transformations.

IPSAT: Ionising Particle in Space Analysis Tool is a virtual observatory. A radiation belt data base has been developped and is being growing. Then a web interface to plot the data in many different ways and to compare them between different spacecraft on different orbits is provided.

JRA3:JRA3: Existing Tools Existing Tools CRATERRE [FR]CRATERRE [FR]

JRA3:JRA3: Summary Summary Features of our CatalogueFeatures of our Catalogue

● Possible Features:

Maybe:

An automated request system for simulation runs

Outputs of simulation runs are archived and publicly available

The possibility of costumized simulation runs

The staff is available to answer questions and conduct costumized runs

Periodically executed real time simulations and results viewed online

Model runs that are available for instant execution and results viewed through online interface

Some visualization and analysis tools able to access archived runs

JRA3:JRA3: Summary Summary Features of our CatalogueFeatures of our Catalogue

● Possible Features:

Maybe:

A copyright categorisation, quick outline of Can/Can‘t Do‘s

An intern evaluation process for incorporated models

A source code repository either only for development or also for public use

Standartizied communication language has to be adressed both for describing models (IOVA?) and accessing the archived simulation run data( SPACE QL?)

JRA3:JRA3: Community Community

JRA3 ICPM & DAT – Part 2 Questionnaire and Associates

JRA3:JRA3: Community Community QuestionnaireQuestionnaire

● JRA3 Questionnaire:We at IWF conducted a short circular email to many potentially interested people from former Europlanet Projects.

Short description of your model or tool and its generality, i.e. applicability in other topical areas (when providing one):

Generality (number between 1(specialised) and 5 (universal)):

Please indicate:

- Type of your code (e.g. 1-3D, MHD, Kinetic, Hybrid, Monte-Carlo, test-particle, Neural-network, etc.); - Computation algorithm in the background (e.g. Runge-Kutta, Lagrangian predictor-corrector, adaptive-grid, Fourier-transform, Wavelet, etc.); - Type of required computational resource (e.g. PC, Workstation, HPC Parallel-grid facility, etc.).

Name:

Telephone number:

Institute and address:

Application Area (please mark) JRA3 key areas

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Have available; Interested in providing?

(yes, no)

Interested in use and commenting?

(yes, no) Atmo-

sphere Magneto- sphere

Space Weather

Small Bodies

Exo-sphere

Other (please indicate)

Computational Models

Data Analysis Tools

JRA3:JRA3: Community Community AssociatesAssociates

● JRA3 Associates Matrix: The Goal is to establish a list of reliable providers and users of our catalogue and to

involve them as far as possible into the process of building it. We need them to:

Find out what modles and tools the partitipants are willing to provide. Find out what are the most wanted category groups and services. Find out what’s missing???

Snapshot of the Associates Matrix:

● JRA3 Associates Matrix – comp Models:

So far there are 39 responses of which 6 are computational model providers.

Provided comp models compared with stated user interests devided by category:

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● JRA3 Associates Matrix – Data Analysis Tools:

So far there are 39 responses of which 15 are data analysis tool providers.

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JRA3:JRA3: Community Community AssociatesAssociates

● JRA3 Associates Matrix:

The process of finding new Associates motivating them to paticipate and accumulate their feedback will be an ongoing task.

At some point in the future we should conduct a user requirment study to define the most needed services and model categories. So all the associates and participants will have invluence on the focus of this catalogue. This is importent in the view of commisioned work at sub contract basis for missing, when realy needed, supplementation.