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1. https www espas fp7 eu portal dataServiet requestiId SOSReq D 1428895745 amp userld annacharisi yahoo com amp xs v c Q Search his XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it The document tree is shown below lt swe DataArray xsi schemaLocation http www opengis net swe 2 0 http schemas opengis net sweCommon 2 0 swe xsd gt lt swe elementCount gt lt swe Count gt lt swe value gt 424 lt swe value gt lt swe Count gt lt swe elementCount gt lt swe elementType name tupleDefinition gt lt swe DataRecord gt lt swe field name phenomenonTime gt lt swe Time definition http www opengis net def property OGC 0 PhenomenonTime gt lt swe uom code ms gt lt swe label gt Epoch lt swe label gt lt swe description gt UTC Time lt swe description gt lt swe Time gt lt swe field gt lt swe field name foF2 gt lt swe Quantity definition http ontology espas fp7 eu observedProperty CriticalFrequency F2 Layer gt lt swe uom code MHz gt lt swe label gt foF2 lt swe label gt lt swe description gt F2 layer Critical Frequency lt swe description gt lt swe Quantity gt lt swe field gt lt swe DataRecord gt lt swe elementType gt lt swe encoding gt lt swe TextEncoding blockSeparator tokenSeparator gt lt swe encoding gt lt swe values gt 424 2006 05 10T19 15 00Z 5 7 2006 05 10T19 30 00Z 5 25
2. Assets Athens Digisonde Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Start New Search Search by observation collections Select Observation Collections on the right i Observation Collections that are not related to an observation are not displayed in this form For a complete listof all the Observation Collections registered in ESPAS you can visit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by Observation Collection v Region of Space P Start typing to select options Start typing to select options select All Deselect All Select All Deselect All v Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled v DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde lonosphere v Dimensionality 112 ESPAS User s Manual 6 The Results page is presented that lists the two Observation Collections that contain the observations that satisfy the query criteria Using the filters on the left you can refine the results presented on the right See also section 1 7 3 Results Location Results pages ESPAS BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections mpe Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC Sgr iar a Aii Observed Properties E layer Critical Frequency Fl layer Critical Frequency Time Feriod Assets Otserved Properties Observation Caliections Assets Athens Digisonde Observation Collections At
3. From date 2015 08 06 22 01 Subset start 00 00 1 January 2013 gt To date 2015 08 06 22 01 1 00 2 00 3 00 6 00 7 00 10 00 11 00 14 00 15 00 18 00 19 00 23 00 4 If you want to define also a subset of day click on the Subset start and Subset end fields and using the up and down arrows specify the start and end time UTC Search by time period Select a period of the observations Time period start t n UT Subset of day From date 2013 01 01 00 00 Subset start 10 00 2013 01 31 23 59 z Subset end 23 ESPAS User s Manual 5 When you have finished with the Time period selection your preferences are presented in the Current Selections area You have now the following options e continue your metadata query by clicking on any of the activated buttons at the right Assets Observed Properties Observation Collections e finish your query by clicking the Submit button or e start a new search by clicking the Start New Search link HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Time Periods 2013 01 01 00 00 2013 01 31 23 59 10 00 12 00 UTC a i Start New Search 24 ESPAS User s Manual 1 7 1 2 Assets 1 Within ESPAS an asset corresponds to an Instrument or a Model or a software package that was used to generate an observation In order to start a metadata search progressive search using as the first criterion the assets click Search from the
4. UOA Domain Academic Research Country Greece Intended use of ESPAS data Academ ic Commercial Comm ents Data Provider E heck if you are a data provider administrator 10 MY ACCOUNT My Personal Info My Dataset File Downloads My Data Values Downloads My Location Searches ESPAS User s Manual 1 3 Log in For user login you need to follow the steps described below 1 Click the LOG IN link in the top right menu bar ESPd5 SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS ae from a large number of data providers o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions ofthe near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors v O DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyrigh
5. Current Selections Observed Properties E ayer Critical Frequency Fl layer 2N Frequency Observed Properties E layer Critical Frequency Fl layer Critical Frequency F2 layer Critical Strt New Serd Frequency 33 ESPAS User s Manual 1 7 1 4 Observation Collections 1 In order to start a metadata search progressive search using as the first criterion the observation collections click Search from the main menu or click Search and Download at the home page and then click the Observation Collections button Within ESPAS an observation collection corresponds to any set of existing observations For more information please visit Support Glossary page CoPdi HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Search amp Download Progressive Search Spatial temporal Search Cao gos Time Period ssets Observed Properties Observation Collections Location Metadata search Construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or Metadata search The Spatial temporal Search models Observed Properties and Observation Collections visit our ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics allows you to select a restricted time period 30 Ontology pages for more information to search our metadata Start with any of these criteria by clicking one of days maximum and then search the ESPAS the buttons above and then continue with any other to filter further your
6. ESPAS provides the folk ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Search and Download Register ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS from alarge number of data providers 1 Metadata search b o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 e u school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors NEWS EV 5 PARTNERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programm e for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem onstr ation under grant agreement no 283676 2 The vocabularies browser is presented where you can navigate to all ESPAS supporting vocabularies by clicking the vocabularies presented in the left column The hierarchy of the terms is presented in the left column by nesting the children terms under the parent term like the windows e
7. Check if you are a data provider administrator 3 A message is presented that confirms your registration to the ESPAS system and an e mail has been sent to your email address with instructions on how to activate your account Thank you Anna Charisi for registering to the ESPAS system An e mail has been sent to your email address Follow the instructions to activate your account 4 Check your e mail An e mail from the sender support espas fp7 eu has been sent that has a link in order to activate your account Click on that link s Account Activation 3 support espas fp7 eu Today at 1 10 PM To annacharisi yahoo com Please follow this link https www espas fp7 eu portal my Account html email annacharisi y ahoo com amp activationid 5e8 133f4 b4dd 4e66 b73a 494314a005fS activate to activate your account Reply Reply All or Forward More ESPAS User s Manual 5 Your account has been activated and you are automatically logged in the ESPAS and redirected to the My Account My Personal Info page in case you want to edit your information Note the Hello name that is presented in the top right menu that confirms your logged in status Coda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Edit your information Name Anna Chansi E mail Address annachansi yahoo com Password Optional eesessees Confirm Password Optional ssssssss a Affiliation Organisation Name
8. Spherical Bounding Box Bounding Sphere Enter the sphere s radius Lower bound refers to the smaller and upper bound refers P to the larger values in a mathematical sense Radius km Enter the coordinates of the lower bound X km Y km Enter the coordinates of the sphere s center 3518 1280 X km Y km Enter the coordinates of the upper bound X km Y km Z km 3633 1694 4951 6 For the GEO Cartesian representation the bounding sphere is defined by the coordinates X Y Z in km of the sphere s center and the radius in km given in the appropriate text fields In the following example a bounding sphere with center the point with coordinates X 3518 Y 1280 Z 5154 and 100 Km radius is defined Select the location of the platforms ground based observatories and or satellites Coordinates in GEO Coordinates in GSE Select coordinates Cartesian Spherical Bounding Box Lower bound refers to the smaller and upper bound refers to the larger values in a mathematical sense Enter the coordinates of the lower bound X km Y km Enter the coordinates of the upper bound X km Y km 4 Bounding Sphere Enter the sphere s radius Radius km 100 Enter the coordinates of the sphere s center X km Y km 3518 1280 ESPAS User s Manual 7 For the GEO Spherical representation you can define a rectangular or a circular area The rectangular area is defined by the coordi
9. Start typing to select options Data Providers Individuals Organisations Platforms Projects s instruments ACE Magnetometer ace mag ACE SWEPAM ace swepam Alouette 1 Topside Sounder nasa alouette1 Alouette 2 Topside Sounder nasa alouette2 And ya Magnetometer ANDMagnetometer Athens Digisonde Athens Digisonde Bergen Magnetometer BERMagnetometer Bj rn ya Geomagnetic Observartory Magnetometer VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS Metadata ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESPAS Supporting Instruments Vocabularies Designations for the measuring instruments sensors which interact with the feature of interest in order to obtain an estimate of the observed property in an Observation ACE Magnetometer ACE SWEPAM Alouette 1 Topside Sounder Alouette 2 Topside Sounder And ya Magnetometer Athens Digisonde Bergen Magnetometer Bj rn ya Geomagnetic Observartory Magnetometer Castello Tesino Scalar Magnetometer Castello Tesino Vector Magnetometer CHAMP Languir Probe Domb s Geomagnetic Observartory Magnetometer D nna Magnetometer DTU Space fluxgate magnetometer 54 ESPAS User s Manual 4 Click on a specific instance either in the left column or the right side and detailed information is presented for this instance For this example click on the Athens Digisonde and detailed information Such as description instrument type etc is presented in the right side Note th
10. BELGIQUE CENTRUM BADAN KOSMICZNYCH SRC PAS Poland POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET TU UNIVERSITETET TROMSOE IT RB H U THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM U United Kingdom U 18 UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER ULEIC United Kingdom Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GFZ Germany GeoForschungsZentrum KONINKLIJKE STERRENWACHT VAN O Belgium BELGIE ae 21 DH CONSULTANCY BVBA Belgium CONSULTANCY LLC ILMATIETEEN LAITOS D 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 ESPAS User s Manual Summary This document is the User s Manual of ESPAS portal It presents a detailed description of the ESPAS portal and its functionalities with examples and screen shots for the regular user This manual is written and edited by Anna Charisi National Observatory of Athens loanna Tsagouri National Observatory of Athens Anna Belehaki National Observatory of Athens ESPAS User s Manual Contents Table of Contents Project Information ete goes xe coines we estesesceeie cxeneeeucses axe coees seecacsaeeecteseeeceetseeesmesseeae dese eeacteseeatesceeeeenestneaeee 2 BS CNV LA AAE E A E E A AE E A E A AA 3 CONTEN a a E E EE ee nee ee E EE ee ee ee 4 1 ESPAS OU AL crxo cca aud eoevacasacecnsepnee aE EEEE EERE TOE EEE EERE EAEE 6 RONO DAUE seee E E R E E E A T e Red Or U ET e E E E E E TOT EE E A EAE 8 To EOU ee E A E E E E E A E A E E 11 ToT FOGI rA SWO er E E E E EE 13 FASON OU
11. ESPAS User s Manual 2 The For Data Providers page is addressed to both the existing ESPAS Data Providers and the new ones wishing to participate in the ESPAS It presents all the relevant information of the required steps to be performed by a data provider in order a dataset to be registered in ESPAS portal Ce BSPd5 oo j Bal Edl OH SPabE HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES For Data Providers About ESPAS ESPAS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Basically all near Earth space environment data that is measurements of the upper atmosphere magnetosphere and solar wind environment are suitable for inclusion in ESPAS In order to include a dataset in ESPAS there is a number of steps that have to be followed A brief summary follows In order to set up a working ESPAS data system it is necessary to follow the more detailed documentation which can be found in the ESPAS project wiki Glossary In order to make a dataset accessible through ESPAS the data must be accessible in a file system or through an SQL database and ESPAS User s Manual metadata according to the ESPAS standard must be created The following steps outline the procedure Data Providers Status Describe your data The first important step is to describe the data according to the ESPAS data model This implies following the ESPAS Ontology which is the categorization of measurements and data used by ESPAS There must be ontology
12. The data values are presented in a new tab window of your browser in the XML format that corresponds to the SOS response in SWE format You can use the Save Page as of your browser to save this file locally on your computer File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help ESPAS My Acco x H https sos swe x https www espas fp7 eu portal dataServiet requestiId SOSReq D 470723883 amp userld annact Dyahoo com amp xslt v Q Search This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it The document tree is shown below lt swe DataArray xsi schemaLocation http www opengis net swe 2 0 http schemas opengis net sweCommon 2 0 swe xsd gt lt swe elementCount gt lt swe Count gt lt swe value gt 334 lt swe value gt lt swe Count gt lt swe elementCount gt lt swe elementType name tupleDefinition gt lt swe DataRecord gt lt swe field name phenomenonTime gt lt swe Time definition http www opengis net def property OGC 0 PhenomenonTime gt lt swe uom code ms gt lt swe label gt Epoch lt swe label gt lt swe description gt UTC Time lt swe description gt lt swe Time gt lt swe field gt lt swe field name foF2 gt lt swe Quantity definition http ontology espas fp7 eu observedProperty CriticalFrequency F2 Layer gt lt swe uom code MHz gt lt swe label gt foF2 lt swe label gt lt swe description gt F2 layer Critical Frequenc
13. This page is available using the Search menu main menu or by clicking the Search and Download button in the home page ESPAS BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Search amp Download Progressive Search Spatial temporal Searct Observed Properties Observation Collections Metadata search Construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or Metadata search The Spatial temporal Search models Observed Properties and Observation Collections visit our ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics allows you to select a restricted time period 30 Ontology pages for more information to search our metadata Start with any of these criteria by clicking one of days maximum and then search the ESPAS the buttons above and then continue with any other to filter further your results You can submit your query at metadata by platform ground based observatories any stage of the progressive search and or satellites location Click here to see a video tutorial Click here to see a video tutorial Data download You can download selected datafiles or values that are extracted from the data files you will be required to loginas a registered user Choose to save your results locally or plot them through the system NOTE for tl v 21 ESPAS User s Manual 1 7 1 1 Time Period 1 2 In order to start a metadata search progressive search using as the first
14. Vertical Extent minAlt maxAlt 0 5 0 116 ESPAS User s Manual 5 The location request has been submitted in the ESPAS portal and it is in a running status If you are not logged in the ESPAS portal you should wait until the Location Results page is presented If you visit another page you cannot return in this processing page and you will lose the location request However if you are logged in you can view the status of the location request by visiting the My Account gt My Location Searches page as it has been described in section 1 12 4 My Location Searches e Bods Nedi Cdl GH SPACE i HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Current Selections Time Period 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC Observing Platform Location GEO coordinates Horizontal Plane Rectangular area Lower left corner lat lon 30 10 Upper right corner lat lon 45 40 Vertical Extent minAlt maxAlt 0 500 Back Submit Start New Search Location Results Select Download dataset files or data values observed properties and go to My Account to monitor their progress Processing request 7 View the Location Results page See also section 1 7 3 Results Location Results pages 117 ESPAS User s Manual 3 Download of Data Files Examples The download of data files is a service that is available only from the Res
15. sounder and magnetometer as asset type then the assets of type sounder OR magnetometer is presented on the right A high level query could be represented as asset tyoe sounder OR asset type magnetometer But if also the DIAS project is selected at the project filter then the assets that are of type sounder OR magnetometer AND also belong to the DIAS project are presented A high level query could be represented as project DIAS AND asset type sounder OR asset type magnetometer CoPda BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections ihe aoe ae Tim Per bod ets Diered Properties Ooservation Colle cians Back Start Mew Search Search by assets Select Assets onthe right 1 tions eft Assets and their respective filter options that are not related to an observation are not displayed inthis form Fora complete list of all the Assets Instrument and Computations Platforms and Projects registered in ESPAS you can wisit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by Assets Asset Type Start typing to select options Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All Select All Deselect All 4 Instruments Alouette 1 Topside Sounder Alouette 2 Topside Sounder Andeya Magnetometer Athens Digis onde 4 Instrument types 4 In Situ Sensing Instrument Energetic Particle Detector Langmuir Probe Bergen Magnetometer Magne
16. 0 654780000000E 04 0 000000000000E 00 0 326959720482E 03 0 904904486132E 01 0 138999996707E 01 0 657500000000E 04 0 657500000000E 04 505527872995E 11 0 155107080484E 08 0 118977330365E 04 0 138999996707E 01 AF 4 AF 04 A 818554564482F 11 A 24765563R2140F AR A 1873A6105851F A4 A 399999996156F A2 430 x 270 pixels 11 5 kB 100 Plain Text y Tab Width 8 __Ln1 Coll 121 ESPAS User s Manual 4 Download of Data Values Examples The download of data values is a service that is available only from the Results Location Results page after the submission of a progressive or spatial temporal search request This service requires registration and log in the ESPAS portal Below an example of how to request and download data values from ESPAS portal is presented that is associated with the example presented in the section 2 1 Progressive Search The following steps apply to the Results page and are the same for both the progressive search Results and the spatial temporal search Location Results page 1 In the Results page click the Data values option from the Download drop down menu Coda BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC H Spy Observed Properties E layer Critical Frequency Fl layer Critical Frequency Ames Otserved Properties Observation Collections Assets Athen
17. 00 00Z 4 15 2006 05 12T01 15 00Z 3 8 2006 05 12T01 30 00Z 3 8 2006 05 12T01 45 00Z 3 8 2006 05 12T02 00 00Z 3 65 2006 05 12T02 15 00Z 3 6 2006 05 12T02 30 00Z 2 25 2006 05 12T02 45 00Z 3 4 2006 05 12T03 00 00Z 3 4 2006 05 12T03 15 00Z 3 55 2006 05 12T03 30 00Z 3 85 2006 05 12T03 45 00Z 4 1 2006 05 12T04 00 00Z 4 65 2006 05 12T04 15 00Z Bee ope t MAALLA A Bie JOO ef A AKO ae Sense aT aT ee aAA li AAZQAQALG Q QS QO A AA22QQG Q ASRA A Bie JOO ef A 97 ESPAS User s Manual 8 In order to view download the data values in the SOS SWE format click the SOS SWE XML option of the Get Data as drop down menu a Athens Digisonde foF2 2015 08 04 1 3 16 44 COMPLETED COMPLETED Processing of sos reg Refresh Status Expiration Date 2015 09 03 23 07 27 Resubmit Request B Get Data as fal Get Plot Data as View Search Results Ascii 505 Re sult ML jery Options SC S SWiE XML ons Athens Digisonde SAO files autos caled Time Periods 2006 05 10 19 00 00 2006 05 15 14 14 00 00 00 23 59 UTC se lected Observed Properties F2 layer Critical Frequency 9 The data values are presented in a new tab window of your browser in the XML format that corresponds to the SOS response in SWE format You can use the Save Page as of your browser to save this file locally on your computer Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help ESPAS My Acco x https sos swe x
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19. 12 4 for a description of the possible status values Note that you can view the location search results until the expiration date 2 Afterwards the request is expired and you don t have access to the location search results On the right 3 there are the buttons to name the location search if there is no available and view the location search results At the bottom 4 the query options of the request are presented In this example the query options of the request are Time Periods 2013 01 01 00 00 2013 01 02 00 00 00 00 23 59 UTC AND Observing Platform Location GEO coordinates Horizontal Plane Rectangular area Lower left corner lat lon 37 22 Upper right corner lat lon 39 24 Vertical Extent minAlt maxAlt 0 0 2015 08 04 11 23 40 COMPLETED 1 COMPLETED 2 Expiration Date 2015 09 03 03 00 00 Refresh Status Name your location search View Location Search Results Query Options Time Periods 2013 01 01 00 00 701 3 01 02 00 00 00 00 23 59 UTC Observing Platform Location GEO coordinates Horizontal Plane Rectangular area Lower left corner lat lon 37 22 Upper right corner lat lon 39 24 Vertical Extent minAlt maxAlt 0 0 4 Click on the View Location Search Results button to view the results from the location search query The Location Results page is presented that lists the observation collections that contain the observations satisfy
20. Averification code will be sent to you Once you have received the verification code you will be able to choose anew password for your account E mail Address annacharisi yahoo com The ESPAS Consortium Copynght 2012 This proje ct has re ceed funding from the European Union s Seve nth Frame work Programme for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 13 ESPAS User s Manual 3 A message is presented that confirms your password reset request and an e mail has been sent to you with instructions on how to reset your password Password reset request processed An e mail was sent to you with instructions on how to reset your password 4 Check your e mail An e mail from the sender support espas fp7 eu has been sent that has a link in order to reset your password Click on that link Reset Password Inbox x support espas fp7 eu 2 30 PM 0 minutes ago to me Please follow this link https www espas fp eu portal myAccount html resetToken S6e0e9b13edc39a30 de 615e91b10fe 73e1539e964a3aib1lad890aass2be1lae 382d0c520d3e916b4Td279e565 a8646 726a99a23ie1065fabb984da 7cO0a24d0b5d44529ee8bc 1la2bb0e08a6c8825b 7586aa33364097 7b3i1 reset to reset your password 5 In the reset password page give your new password twice in the appropriate fields and press Reset CoPda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Reset your password Ne
21. Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October o Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors v Q PARTNERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programm e for research te chnologi al de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 2 The Events page of the ESPAS project website will open in a new tab window e e 6 p d 6 Near Barc space daba infrastructure for e Science HOME OVERVIEW COMMUNITY NEWS amp EVENTS PUBLICATIONS Home gt News amp Events gt Events In this section News Events Calendar mo Events Meetings Ct Dy wees f All categories I hursday 10 November 2011 Friday 11 November 2011 SPAS Kick off meeting by member 30 January 2012 Tuesday 31 January 2012 SPAS 1st Technical Meeting by This email address is being protected fram spambots You JavaScript enabled to view it uesday 08 May 2012 08 May 2012 SPAS 2
22. ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Start Mew Search Search by observed properties Select Observed Properties on the right Filter wit Filter by Observed Properties a Phenomenon x x Start typing to select options Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All Select All Deselect All a Electron Density Ne i seid a Total Electron Content 1 a Total Vertical Electron Content l Electri j m a Magnetic Field B a anene ii a Magnetic eld NED Eastward Component a Charged Partide Magnetic Eastward NED Field Strength Variation dB y a Magnetic Held NED Northward Com ponent a E lon Magnetic Northward NED Field Strength Variation dBx m 4 Magnetic Feld Vertical Com ponent silerni Magnetic Vertical Field Strength Variation d Bz Minimum frequency of Reflections from Plasma Layer fmin v Qualifier Minimum frequency of ionospheric reflections in E region fminE Minimum frequency of ionospheric reflections in Es layer fminEs 3 The following example presents the use of the Phenomenon filter check also the Phenomenon vocabulary at the Browse ESPAS Space Physics Ontology page The filter presents in a hierarchical view all the phenomenon entries of the observed properties that are related with at least one observation Using the buttons Select All or Deselect All you can select or deselect all the options respectively In this example the W
23. Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This project has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 2 The Data Providers page of the ESPAS project website will open in a new tab window e t i p d T near earch space daba infrastructure for e science HOME OVERVIEW COMMUNITY NEWS amp EVENTS PUBLICATIONS Home gt Community gt Data Providers In this section Data Providers ESPAS will provide access to the following diverse databases and data collections listed in the table below Partners Data Providers Source Types of data Stakeholders Near Earth space data from ground based sensors and instruments Related Links lonosonde parameters ionograms European maps of crit
24. OGC 08 094r 1 Instructions Download the IDL code file Start an IDL session Call the IDL procedure SWEplot XMLfile where XMLfile is the fully qualified file name of the SWE XML file The code produces a PNG plot and a CSV dump file with the same base name as the XML file in the same directory Contact DHConsultancy at s kynet dot be Downloads IDL Code Sample demo file 69 ESPAS User s Manual 1 11 Support menu The support menu provides information to the user and the data provider regarding the ESPAS portal and its basic components the ESPAS Data Model and the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology It is highly suggested the users and Data Providers of ESPAS to read this material beforehand in order to understand the concepts and terms used in ESPAS portal and how these terms are used for the metadata searches This will facilitate their interaction with ESPAS portal and maximize their potentials to perform queries for observations that satisfy more complex criteria This material is accompanied by the Glossary page that gives the definitions for all the terms that are used in the ESPAS portal and the Contact page that offers a contact form with the ESPAS administrator 1 11 1 About ESPAS 1 In order to view information about ESPAS project click on the Support About ESPAS menu item CoPda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services
25. Search and Download ESPAS Data Mode observations collections filesor ESPAS Space Physics Ontology PAS from a large number of data provi Time Glossary o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties ESPAS User s Manual Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School wi Dctober Contact Us Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www 1 Metadata search by For Data Providers Data Providers Status ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions ofthe near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors NEWS EVENTS PARTNERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copynght 2012 This proje ct has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programm e for research technological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 70 ESPAS User s Manual 2 The About ESPAS page is presented that provides an overview of ESPAS project LOG IN REGISTER ESPAS Project Us e p T p d near earch space daba infrasbruchure for e scienge HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESFAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT IN THE SECTION About ESPAS ESPAS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Ont
26. Search by observation collections Select Observation Collections on the right Fitter with avail Observation Collections that are not related to an observation are not displayed in this form For a complete listof all the Observation Collections registered in ESPAS Clear you can visit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by Observation Collection Region of Space Start typing to select options Start typing to select options select All Deselect All Select All Deselect All Alouette 1 Electron Density Profiles Alouette 2 Electron Density Profiles a Earth Andenes Magnetometer Data Athens Digisonde 5A0 files autoscaled a Earth s Near Surface lonos phere Automatically Prospected IMAGE RPI Plasmagram Images Plasmasphere Therm osphere Earth s Magnetosphere Bergen Magnetometer Data Bjernaya Magnetometer Data CTS 1 minute X ZF variations DEMETER IAP Characteristics of Low Energy lons in Burst Mode DMT_N1_1139 DEMETER IAP Characteristics of Low Energy lons in Survey Mode DMT_N1_1140 DEMETER ISL Langmuir Probe Results Plasma Parameters in Burst Mode DMT_N1_1143 DEMETER ISL Langmuir Probe Results Plasma Parameters in Survey Mode DMT_N1_1144 Dimensional ity 3 The following example presents the use of the Region of Space filter check also the Feature Of Interest vocabulary in the Browse ESPAS Space Physics Ontology page The filter presents in a hierarchical view all the region
27. VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Search amp Download Progressive Search Spatial temporal Search FQ og Time Period ssets Observed Properties Location Metadata search Construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or Metadata search The Spatial temporal Search models Observed Properties and Observation Collections visit our ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics allows you to select a restricted time period 30 Ontology pages for more information to search our metadata Start with any of these criteria by clicking one of days maximum and then search the ESPAS the buttons above and then continue with any other to filter further your results You can submit your query at metadata by platform ground based observatories any stage of the progressive search and or satellites location Click here to see a video tutorial Click here to see a video tutorial Data download You can download selected datafiles or values that are extracted from the data files you will be required to login as a registered user Choose to save your results locally or plot them through the system NOTE for the location search and for the download of extracted data values a maximum of 30 days can be selected 2 In the Search by time period page choose the time period from 5 August 2011 00 00 to 9 August 2011 23 59 using the buttons on the right of the From date and To date fields see also sectio
28. Warsaw Poland The ESPAS Consortium is pleased to announce the ESPAS Training School which will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October 2015 The school addresses PhD Students and Young Sc ESPAS Project Granted Extension 18 Mar 2015 17 04 The ESPAS project has been granted a 7 month extension to 30th November 2015 ESPAS in Big Data from Space conference ESPAS User s Manual 1 6 Contact Us 1 If you want to contact ESPAS administrator click the Contact Us link in the top right menu bar e ESPdS Near earcH Space SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS 1 Metadata search by from alarge number of data providers o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in
29. X Mode Top Freq statficaton in the F region of ionosphere F2tayer Mode Critical Frequency fzF2 4 Click on the Measurand on the left to view all the options for this filter check also the Measurand vocabulary at the Browse ESPAS Space Physics Ontology page Clicking an option on the left the list of the observed properties is updated at the right to reflect the selections You can choose the options for the measurand according to your preferences Then select the observed properties you want to be included in your metadata query by clicking the check boxes Search by observed properties Select Observed Properties on the right Filter with Filter by Observed Properties Phenomenon Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All a Measurand Auroral particle E layer Critical Frequency foEa Start typing to select options Etayer Critical Frequency foE SelectAll eT E layer X Mode Critical Frequency fxE E layer Z mode Critical Frequency fZE a Frequency f Blanketing Frequency fb slayer Critical Frequency foEs Fidayer Critical Frequency foF1 nai F F24ayer Critical Frequency foF2 F24ayer X Mode Critical Frequency fxF2 2 layer Z Mode Critical Frequency fzF2 M Factor of F2 layer at 3000 km MiS000 F2 vl Critical Frequency f Frequency Band df Maximum Usable Frequency f Pi a es es ED Qualifier 32 ESPAS User s Manual 5 Click on the Qualifier on
30. any other to filter further your results This means that the available options that are presented in each step are filtered by the previous selections For example if the Athens Digisonde has been selected in the Assets page and then you click on the Observed Properties page only the observed properties that are related with the Athens Digisonde instrument will be available for selection You can submit your query at any stage of the progressive search Moreover the Assets Observed Properties and Observation Collections search pages are enriched with some extra filters presented in the left part of the pages that can be used to narrow down or facilitate your selection of the entities presented on the right The definition of each filter is available in Support Glossary section You can select one or more options from each filter and use one or more filters at the same time Note that the OR relationship is implied among the options of the same filter and an AND relationship is implied between the filters For example in the Assets search page there are the filters assets type platform type and project If one selects the sounder and magnetometer as asset type then the assets of tyoe sounder OR magnetometer are presented on the right A high level query could be represented as asset type sounder OR asset tyoe magnetometer But if also the DIAS project is selected in the project filter then the 20 ESPAS User s Manual
31. e CoPd Near earch space data infrastructure for e science ESPAS the near Earth space data infrastructure for e science User s Manual V2 1 28 July ESPAS portal Release Grant agreement no 283676 Combination of Collaborative Project and Coordination and Support Actions ESPAS is co funded by genes the European Commission 2 under the 7 Framework e intrastructure Programme CAPACITIES ESPAS User s Manual Project Information Project acronym ESPAS Project full title Near Earth Space Data Infrastructure for e Science Project coordinator Prof Mike Hapgood Project web site s http www espas fp7 eu Beneficiary short Country Project Project exit name entry month month 1 Coordinator SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES STFC United COUNCIL Kingdom NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN NKUA Greece UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION EISCAT DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT UND DLR Germany RAUMFAHRT EV ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E INGV ltaly VULCANOLOGIA WATERMANN JUERGEN FRIEDRICH JFWCONSULT France WILHELM CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE CNRS IPAG France SCIENTIFIQUE ATHENA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ATHENA RC Greece CENTER IN INFORMATION COMMUNICATION amp KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES Consortium Beneficiary Beneficiary name number OULUN YLIOPISTO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON United 1 Kingdom MET OFFICE M United 1 Kingdom CL O B INSTITUT D AERONOMIE SPATIALE DE IASB Belgium
32. entries for your types of instruments data and so on Additions to the ontology must be created if suitable entries are missing Contact Us Create XML entities according to the data mode The actual entries into the ESPAS system are accomplished by inserting valid XML files following the ESPAS standards into the system There are two kinds Static entries describing your institute sites instruments data processing and so on Individuals Organisations Platforms Projects Instruments Operations Computations Acquisitions Composite Processes and Observation Collections It is not necessary to explicitly create XML files since these entries can all be created through the ESPAS portal Observation entries These describe each measurement There are two ways of adding Observations O a Static entry containing information on start of measurements and intervals between measurements O dynamic observation entries one for each experiment e g one per Gay or one for each run in case of irregular operation These are harvested through the ESPAS Catalogue Service Wrapper ESPASvideo registrationTool v3 81 ESPAS User s Manual 1 11 7 Data Providers Status 1 In order to view information about the Data Providers status click on the Support Data Providers Status menu item e BSPd5 Near earth space daba infrastruchu SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT About ESPAS ESPAS provides th
33. entries of the ontology browser In this example click on the Electromagnetic Wave under the Phenomenon title and the information regarding this term are presented on the right Navigate in ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESPAS Metadata Navigate in the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology terms observed property phenomenon measurand etc Start typing to select options Pressure Dummy Deprecated Term Electron Drift Velocity Electron Flux Electron Temperature International Sunspot Number LOCATION Neutral Temperature 4 Phenomenon Activity Field Particle Photon 4 Wave 4 Electromagnetic Wave Plasma Wave Electric Field Component of EN Wave Magnetric Field Component of Wave ESP AS Supporting Electromagnetic Wave Vocabularies A form of energy transmitted and absorbed by charged particles that exhibits wave like behavior as it travels through space its electric and magnetic fields oscillate in phase perpendicular to each other perpendicular to direction of energy and wave propagation and with a fixed ratio of the electric to magnetic intensity IDEN TIFIER ht tr t 5 Similarly you can navigate through all the vocabularies of the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology by clicking the appropriate terms in the left column 60 ESPAS User s Manual 1 8 3 ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies Many of the properties of the concepts of the ESPAS Data Model use values from controlled vocabularies and are referred as Suppo
34. foF2 of the lonosphere above Athens at 1 1 2015 16 00 GMT The feature Ofinterest is the lonosphere the observedProperty is the foF2 the procedure process is the acquisition made by the Athens Digisonde mounted on NOA platform and the result is 5 2 MHz Following this approach the data which ESPAS data model is aimed at describing is always considered as observation results and the observation together with its properties provide relevant metadata Besides the main concept of Observation the other related concepts that are used in ESPAS data model are listed below while a high level overview of the relationships among them is presented at Figure 1 Observed Property Feature Of Interest e g Electron Density e g Ionosphere Project ww 32 About ESPAS CSrPAS Ua JUL ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Glossary ESPAS User s Manual For Data Providers Data Providers Status Contact Us ESPAS User s Manual The ESPAS metadata browser provides information for all the metadata that is registered in the ESPAS system grouped by the main concepts of the ESPAS Data Model Note that the metadata browser presents entities even if there are no observations related to them while in the search pages only the entities with related observations are presented For example suppose that an ESPAS Data Provider has registered the Instrument A in the ESPAS system but there are no observations related with this specific instrument in the
35. main menu or click Search and Download at the home page and then click the Assets button BoPds HOME BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Search amp Download Progressive Search Spatial temporal Search 2 Time Period ssets Observed Properties Observation Collections Location Metadata search Construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or Metadata search The Spatial temporal Search models Observed Properties and Observation Collections visit our ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics allows you to select a restricted time period 30 Ontology pages for more information to search our metadata Start with any of these criteria by clicking one of days maximum and then search the ESPAS the buttons above and then continue with any other to filter further your results You can submit your query at metadata by platform ground based observatories any stage of the progressive search and or satellites location Click here to see a video tutorial Click here to see a video tutorial Data download You can download selected datafiles or values that are extracted from the data files you will be required to loginas a registered user Choose to save your results locally or plot them through the system NOTE for the location search and for the download of extracted data values a maximum of 30 days can be selected 2 Inthe top part of the Search by as
36. of extracted parameters News Announcements The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October 2015 See http Awww es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in v situ and remote sensors PARTNERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 DATA PROVIDERS This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research technological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 G C Search HOME OVERVIEW ESPAS Platform Click here to access ESPAS platform ESPAS Training School The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw 19th to 23rd October 2015 http www espas fp7 eu school ESPAS Ontology The ESPAS ontology can be viewed here and is described here ESPAS Roadmap 1 November 2011 Start of the COMMUNITY near earch space daba infrastructure for e science NEWS amp EVENTS PUBLICATIONS Welcome to the EU FP7 ESPAS e Project ESPAS aims at building the e Infrastructure necessary to support the access to observations the modeling and prediction of the near Earth space environment extending from the Ea
37. of space entries of the observation collections that are related with at least one observation Using the buttons Select All or Deselect All you can select or deselect all the options respectively In this example the Ionosphere option has been selected from the Region of Space filter and on the right the corresponding observation collections are presented If you hover the mouse pointer over a specific observation collection a pop up window presents its description If you are happy with the list of observation collections 35 ESPAS User s Manual presented on the right select the ones you want to be included in your metadata query by clicking the check boxes Otherwise you can use the other filter Dimensionality Search by observation collections Select Observation Collections on the right Observation Collections that are not related to an observation are not k ilpiyed in this form For a complete list of all the Observation Collections registered in ESPAS you can visit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by v Region of Space Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All a Earth a F Earth s Near Surface W Ionosphere L Thermosphere L Earth s Magnetosphere v Dimensionality Observation Collection Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All E Alouette 1 Electron Density Profiles Alouette 2 Electron Density Profiles Andenes Magnetometer Data A
38. oldest first The name of the request is the name you have defined during the submission of the request see also section 4 Download of data values Inside the parenthesis the local time of the submission is presented You can sort the requests by submission date name or status by clicking on the appropriate option of the Sort by drop down menu 1 in ascending or descending order 2 Moreover you can use the search box filter 3 to search for requests with a specific name date or status CoPds HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT My Data Values Downloads My Personal Info My Dataset File View all the your data download requests date time stamped Click on each to view more detailed information query status es progress as well as asetof possible actions on the data plots etc My Data Values Downloads i raer oy Oecensre E 2 My Location Searches v Athens Digisonde May 2006 2015 08 04 14 35 36 COMPLETED v Athens Digisonde foF2 2015 08 04 13 16 44 v fof2 fmin h f2 201 5 08 04 1 1 34 45 94 ESPAS User s Manual 3 If you want to check the status of a download request or view more information about it click on the name of the specific request In the following example the information about the download request with name Athens Digisonde foF2 that was submitted on 2015 08 04 13 16 44 local time is presented The status of the reque
39. on the right Assets and their respective filter options that are not related to an observation are not displayed inthis form Fora complete list of all the Assets Instrument and Computations Platforms and Projects registered in ESPAS you can visit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by Assets v Asset Type yP Start typing to select options Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All Select All Deselect All a _ Instruments 4 _ Instrument types lonosonde Vertical lonosonde _ Model types Assimilative Model Autoscaled v Platform v Project v Athens Digisonde EISCAT Svalbard D ynasonde Gibilmanna AIS INGV lonosonde Rome AIS INGV lonosonde 4 _ Models ARTIST CCIR F peak model DSND Interpre IRI International Reference lonosphere SIRM SIRMUP 111 ESPAS User s Manual oF In the Search by observation collections page click on Select All button to select all the Observation Collections see also section 1 7 1 4 Observation Collections Note the Current Selections area that presents the current selection of the time period observed properties assets and observation collections Then click on the Submit button to finish your query GoPdo BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC i Observed Properties E layer Critical Frequency Fl layer Critical Frequency
40. onstration under grant agreement no 283676 1 Top right menu provides the links for the Login Sign Out Registration ESPAS project and Contact page 2 Main menu provides the links for the Search Browse ESPAS Policies Value Added Services Support and My Account pages the My Account page is available after login An overview of the ESPAS services A link to the main Search and Download page A link to the Manage Data Source page for the ESPAS Data Providers or a link to Support For Data Providers page for the simple users News and announcements area A brief description of the ESPAS portal Bottom menu provides links for the News Events Partners and Data Providers pages of ESPAS project website eS eS ESPAS User s Manual 1 2 Register user In order to register to ESPAS portal please follow the next steps 1 Click the REGISTER link in the top right menu bar e BSPd5 near earth space OME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS Titig from a large number of data providers o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announ
41. period 30 Ontology pages for more information to search our metadata Start with any of these criteria by clicking one of days maximum and then search the ESPAS the buttons above and then continue with any other to filter further your results You can submit your query at metadata by platform ground based observatories any stage of the progressive search and or satellites location Click here to see a video tutorial Click here to see a video tutorial Data download You can download selected datafiles or values that are extracted from the data files you will be required to loginas a registered user Choose to save your results locally or plot them through the system NOTE for the location search and for the download of extracted data values a maximum of 30 2 In the top part of the Search by observed properties page there is the Current Selections area see also the section 1 6 Search menu for more information where your selected criteria are presented Below this area in the right part A there is a list of all the observed properties in alphabetical order that are associated with observations You can scroll down this list and select the observed properties you want to include in your metadata query You can also use the Select All button or Deselect All to select and deselect all the options respectively If you hover the mouse pointer over a specific observed property a pop up window presents its description T
42. presented at the Results Location Results page Num ber of Observations 120 Download T wi Data Providers status Share your results Dataset files Observation Collectio Data values The Dataset Files Download page opens in a pop up window You may give a name to your download request If you leave it empty the default name will be the submission date time of the request You should tick the box I agree to all the Licences and click the Download bution in order to submit your download request See also section Download of Data Files for an example on how to perform a download of data files request e PSPd5 Dataset Files Download You can give a name to your download request If you leave it empty the default name will be the date of the request Request name foF2 for January 2009 Licences E agree to all the Licences EISCAT Rules of the Road E agree to the EISCAT Rules of the Road licence NOA s Terms of Reference In order to request for download of data values click the Data values option from the Download drop down menu You will be prompted to log in the ESPAS portal if you are not already logged in Note that the download always refers to the data from the Observation Collections currently presented at the Results Location Results page Num ber of Observations 120 Download wi Data Providers status Share your results Dataset files Observation Collect ofigeme
43. progressive search helps you to construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or models Observed Properties and Observation Collections You can start your query with any of these criteria by clicking one of the buttons in the Search amp Download page and then continue with any other to filter further your results You can submit your query at any stage of the progressive search Please refer also to section 1 7 1 Progressive Search for detailed information An example of a progressive search is presented in the following steps For this metadata search registration and log in the ESPAS portal is not required The underlying purpose is the investigation of the ionospheric variation over Athens in terms of observed critical frequencies during the geomagnetic storm event occurred between 5th and 9 August 2011 The suggested workflow for the search criteria for this progressive search is Time period Observed property Assets Observation Collections Submit Note that all the other permutations of the search criteria using the same options for each criterion will lead to the same results 108 ESPAS User s Manual 1 In order to start a metadata search progressive search using as the first criterion the time period click Search from the main menu or click Search and Download at the home page and then click the Time Period button CoPda HOME BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES
44. system In this case the Instrument A will be visible in the metadata browser under the Instruments category but this instrument won t be presented at the Search gt Assets page 1 In order to browse the ESPAS metadata click on the Browse gt ESPAS Metadata menu item CoPda SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the folk ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Search and Download Register 1 Metadata search by ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS O Tii from a large number of data providers o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http Awww es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors gt p NEVYS t PAR DAIA PRU VIVERS EVENTS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This project has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te c
45. that can be used to narrow down data searches to observations of specific physical content These vocabularies constitute the ESPAS space physics ontology that is the cornerstone of the data search functions specific to the ESPAS domain In order to simplify navigation through the wealth of ESPAS Space Physics vocabulary terms the ontology is organized in several hierarchies of terms connected to each other via a parent child relationship Understanding the ontology hierarchies is critical for efficient data search and discovery in ESPAS For more information on the ESPAS space physics ontology please visit the Support ESPAS Space Physics Ontology page CoPda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS Space Physics Ontology About ESPAS ESP AS Data Model Synopsis ESPAS Space Physics The ESPAS data portal manages a vocabulary of Space Physics keywords that can be used to narrow down data searches to Ontology observations of specific physical content Such content targeted search is provided by ESPAS in addition to the commonly practiced Glossary selection by time and location This documentis a user guide to the ESPAS data search capabilities based on the ESPAS Space Physics ESPAS User s Manual conce pts For Data Providers ESPAS Space Physics Ontology is the cornerstone of the data search functions that are specific to ESPAS domain Data Providers Introduction Data Model versus Domain Ontology S
46. the left to view all the options for this filter check also the Qualifier vocabulary at the Browse ESPAS Space Physics Ontology page Clicking an option at the left the list of the observed properties is updated at the right to reflect the selections You can choose the options for the qualifier according to your preferences Then select the observed properties you want to be included in your metadata query by clicking the check boxes Search by observed properties Clear Select Observed Properties on the right Filter wit Filter by Observed Properties Phenomenon Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All v Measurand Frequency Spread of E layer trace FE a Qualifier Frequency Spread of F layer trace FF Range Spread of E layer trace QE Start typing to select options Range Spread of F layer trace QF Select All Deselect All Vector Magnitude 2D Vector At Half Maximum Output At Maximum Output J Average Maximum 6 When you have finished with the Observed Properties selection your selected observed properties are presented in the Current Selections area You have now the following options e continue your metadata query by clicking on any of the activated buttons at the right Time Period Assets Observation Collections e finish your query by clicking the Submit button or e start anew search by clicking the Start New Search link BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT
47. to all users with no registration required 2 Download of data files The result of a metadata search is a list of the observation collections that contain the observations that satisfy the query criteria Then the user can proceed to download data files originating to the ESPAS data providers The data files are provided in the original format as defined by each ESPAS data provider Note that user registration and login to ESPAS portal is required for this service Download of data values extracted parameters The result of a metadata search is a list of the observation collections that contain the observations that satisfy the query criteria Then the user can request to download data values from specific observed properties as extracted from the data files A subset of the observed properties is available for download as extracted data values After a data value download request the user gets as a result a text file csv or XML format that contains the values of the selected observed properties At this stage the following service is also available to the user Plot of the data values After a data value download request the user can view or download a linear plot that presents the values of the selected observed properties versus time Note that user registration and login to ESPAS portal is required for these services A detailed description of the ESPAS Portal and instructions on how to use it are provided at the ESPAS User
48. to be included in your metadata query by clicking the check boxes Search by observation collections Select Observation Collections on the right Observation Collections that are not related to an decals are not iad in this form For a complete list of all the Observation Collections registered in ESPAS you can visit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by v Region of Space a Dimensionality Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All a F 1D a V 1D Profile 4 7 1D Altitude Profile W 1D Vertical Altitude Profile 4 F 2D 4 F 2D Cross Section MM ON Gaanmaeanatic Crace Cactinn Observation Collection Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All W Alouette 1 Electron Density Profiles 7 Alouette 2 Electron Density Profiles F Andenes Magnetometer Data V Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled Bergen Magnetometer Data Bj rn ya Magnetometer Data E Domb s Magnetometer Data Donna Magnetometer Data EISCAT lonosonde observations Hopen Magnetometer Data ISIS 1 Electron Density Profiles C ISIS 2 Electron Density Profiles Jackvik Magnetometer Data 36 ESPAS User s Manual 5 When you have finished with the selection of the observation collections your selections are presented in the Current Selections area You have now the following options e continue your metadata query by clicking on any of the activated buttons on the right Time Period
49. up window You can select any area to zoom e PSPd5 ESPAS Request foF2 values August 2011 2015 08 21 01 53 52 Select any areato zoom Data source National Observatory of Athens From 2011 08 05 00 00 until 2011 08 09 23 45 LOMHz 2MHz 5 Aug 12 00 6 Aug 12 00 7 Aug 12 00 8 Aug 12 00 9 Aug 12 00 10 Aug from ESPAS via Highcharts date 2015 08 20 10 You can save the plot locally on your computer by clicking the button at the top left corner and then selecting the preferable format e PSPd5 ESPAS Request foF2 values August 2011 2015 08 21 01 53 52 Select any areato zoom Data source National Observatory of Athens Print chart From 2011 08 05 00 00 until 2011 08 09 23 45 10MHz Download PNG image Download JPEG image Download PDF document Download SVG vector image T 2MHz 5 Aug 12 00 6 Aug 7 Aug 12 00 8 Aug 12 00 9 Aug 12 00 10 Aug from ESPAS via Highcharts date 2015 08 20 127
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53. 2015 08 21 03 31 26 COM PLETED Refresh Status Expiration Date 2015 09 25 04 23 19 Cancel Request Provider National Observatory of Athens COMPLETED View Search Results Query Options Assets Athens Digisonde Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Observed Properties E layer Critical Frequency Fl layer Critical Frequency F2 layer Critical Frequency Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 00 23 59 UTC 120 ESPAS User s Manual 8 You can save the file by choosing the option Save File or open the zip file by choosing the option Open with in your browser pop up window Open or extract the zip file to get the actual data files Inside the zip file there is a text file with name DownloadRequestReport txt that reports information regarding the download request The actual data files are inside the noa folder where noa is a short name for the National Observatory of Athens ESPAS Data Provider DownloadRequest 1255315161936095209 zip Archive Edit View Help J amp Open d Add Files h Extract Back Location DownloadRequestReport txt 2 objects 897 1 kB 9 Open or extract the noa folder The data files are included in this folder in a zip file Extract this file and you can get the actual data files In this example the downloaded data files consist of SAO fi
54. 20th June 2014 2015 08 10 23 58 09 PENDING Refresh Status Expiration Date 201 5 09 09 23 58 09 Cancel Request Provider National Observatory of Athens SUBMITTING Resubmit Request View Search Results Query Options Observation Collections DIAS Topside Electron Density Nowcasting Maps Time Periods 2014 06 20 00 00 00 2014 06 20 22 30 00 00 00 23 59 UTC 91 ESPAS User s Manual 6 In the following example a request that is running running status is presented You should wait until the status becomes Completed to get the data files You can refresh the status cancel the request or view the search results by clicking on the appropriate buttons presented on the right Whisper 1 Feb 2007 2015 08 10 01 29 27 RUNNING Proce Refresh Status Expiration Date 2015 09 09 01 29 27 Cancel Request Provider Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA LASB Resubmit Request SUBMITTING View Search Results Query Options Observation Collections WHISPER Electron Density Time Periods 2001 02 04 10 45 00 2001 02 10 23 59 00 00 00 23 59 UTC 92 ESPAS User s Manual 1 12 3 My Data Values Downloads The My Data Values Downloads page presents the history and detailed information of your download requests for data values Note that for each completed download request you will provided with the option to view download the data values in ASCII or XML format or to plot them These functi
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58. A message is presented that confirms that your email was successfully sent to the ESPAS administrator Email to administrator was successfully sent 19 ESPAS User s Manual 1 7 Search menu ESPAS portal provides metadata searches for observations based on the following search criteria e Time period the time period when the observations were acquired e Assets the instruments and models that were used for the generation of the observations e Observed properties the observed properties that were measured in the observations e Observation collections the collections that the observations belong to e Location the location of the platforms ground based observatories or satellites on which the instruments are mounted and used for the generation of the observations The metadata search is open to all users with no registration required In order to perform a query for observations ESPAS portal supports two types of searches the progressive search and the spatial temporal search 1 7 1 Progressive search The progressive search helps you to construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or models Observed Properties and Observation Collections please visit Support ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics Ontology for more explanation You can start your query with any of these criteria by clicking one of the buttons in the Search amp Download page and then continue with
59. Account menu is displayed only after you have logged in the ESPAS Portal 1 12 1 My Personal Information 1 If you want to edit your personal information e g password name click My Account My Personal Info from the main menu ESPAS SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download My Dataset File Downloads observations collections files or data My Data Values Downloads o Time from a large number of data providers My Location Searches o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observation Collections o Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details 1 Metadata search by ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 86 ESPAS User s Manual 2 Update your personal information name password organisation name domain country the intended use of ESPAS data comments and click Submit Note that the fields marked with an asterisk a
60. Assets Observed Properties e finish your query by clicking the Submit button or e start a new search by clicking the Start New Search link BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT sa be ce sa Per Current Selections a Observation Collections Alouette 1 Electron Density Profiles Electron Density Profiles Time Per bod Amet Oh earned Propa Tes Observe thon Colle dimms Observation Collections Alouette 1 Electron Density Profiles Alouette 2 Electron Density Profiles Andenes Magnetometer Data Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled Start New Search 37 ESPAS User s Manual 1 7 2 Spatial temporal Search The Spatial temporal Search performs a metadata search using as criteria the time period up to a maximum of 30 days and the location of the platform ground based observatories and or satellites on which the instruments are mounted and used for the generation of the observations The completion time of spatial temporal requests depends strongly on your preferences In case you are not logged in the portal you have to stay in the Search by time and location page to view the results Instead it is highly recommended to register and login to ESPAS portal in order to be notified via e mail when the requests are completed and to monitor them through My Account gt My Location Searches menu 1 7 2 1 Location 1 In order to perform a metadata search using as criteria the time and platform locati
61. DED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Select Download dataset files or data values observed properties and go to My Account to monitor their progress 5 Refine by v Project Num ber of Observations v Observation Collection Observation Collections 8 y Instrument 2 v Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscal ed v Region of Space x f Bp a ae F w DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde v Platform ago v DIAS SIRMUP nowcasting maps of foF2 v EISCAT lonosonde observations Dimensional ity Timeline wv IRI foF2 grids CCIR FE peak model v Dimensional ity Instance v IRI foF2 grids URSI F peak model w Validated Values of the lonospheric Characteristics Recorded at Gibilmanna from 1976 to 2009 45 ESPAS User s Manual i lf you wish to download data data files or data values from a subset of the resulting Observation Collections you should use the filters on the left to refine the results presented on the right to the desired ones This is an alternative way instead of submitting a new query In the following example clicking on the Instrument filter a list of the Instruments that are related with the resulting observations is given Results Select Download dataset files or data values observed properties and go to My Account to monitor their progress Refine by Project Number of Observations 120 Download all Data Providers status Share your results Observation Collection Observ
62. Home Page Contact Us e refresh the status You can refresh the status of a request that is in submitting pending or running status e cancel the request You can cancel a request that is in submitting pending or running status e resubmit the request You can resubmit a request that is in expired failed or canceled status e view search results You can view the search results of the request opens in a 88 ESPAS User s Manual new window 1 In order to view the history of your dataset file download requests click My Account gt My Dataset File Downloads from the main menu CoPda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT My Personal Info ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download My Dataset File Downloads observations collections files or data My Data Values Downloads 1 Metadata search by from a large number of data providers o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October o Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details My Location Searches ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Ear
63. New Search Upper right corner lat lon 39 25 Vertical Extent minAlt maxAlt 100 500 44 ESPAS User s Manual 1 7 3 Results Location Results Page After the submission of a progressive or spatial temporal search request the Results or Location Results page is presented respectively In the top part of the Results Location Results page there is the Current Selections area 1 where the user selected criteria that generated the results are presented On the right there is the Back button 2 that returns you in the previous selected criterion to refine your selection But note that in that case the results will be lost and you should resubmit your query If you wish to start a new search click the Start New Search link 3 below the Submit button The observations that satisfy the query criteria are presented in the Results Location Results page grouped by the Observation Collections they belong to So in the bottom part of the Results Location Results page a list of the Observation Collections that contain the observations that satisfy the user selected criteria is presented on the right 4 On the left there are several filters 5 that you can use to refine the search results If you click on the name of the filter e g Instrument a list of all the values related to the results Observation Collections presented on the right is given CoPdi ESPAS POLICIES VALUE AD
64. PAS space physics vocabularies by clicking on the vocabularies presented in the left column The hierarchy of the ontology terms is presented in the left column by nesting the children terms under the parent term like the windows explorer presents the folders and file structures By clicking on the name of a vocabulary in the left column its children terms are presented on the left and its definition on the right 58 ESPAS User s Manual BoPdo HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Navigate in ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESPAS Metadata ESPAS Space Physics Navigate in the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology terms observed property phenomenon measurand etc poe ESP AS Supporting Observed Property Vocabularies Start typing to select options Corresponds to a phenomenon associated with the feature of interest for 4 Observed Property Blanketing Frequency which the observation result provides an estimate of its value It is the object of the observation e g Temperature Electron Density It takes Collision Frequency values from the Observed Property controlled vocabulary Critical Fre quency Cutoff Frequency Electric Field Electromagnetic Wave Electron Density Electrostatic Wave Fre quency Spread of Echo Trace lon Composition lon Density lon Drift Velocity lon Flux lon Temperature Kappa Index of Particle Velocity 3 For example click on the Observ
65. RVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT ESPAS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Send an email to the system administrator All fields with an are required Name Anna Chansi Glossary E mail Address annachansk yahoo com Eas Cees seen For Data Providers Data Providers Status Subject Interest on participating in ESPAS as Data Provider Contact Us Message Dear SirMadam would like to inform me about the procedure that should follow in order to become an official ESPAS Data Provider am looking fonvard to hearing from you Anna Charai PART ERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESP AS Comot iun Copyright 2012 This project has received funding tram the Eurogesn Union s Seventh Fremewerk Programme for resar dh technological dvema and demonstration under grant agreement ma 28 3a76 3 A message is presented that confirms that your email was successfully sent to the ESPAS administrator Email to administrator was successfully sent 85 ESPAS User s Manual 1 12 My Account menu The My Account menu provides information regarding the user s personal information the dataset files download requests the data values download requests and location searches requests Moreover for the users that are registered as data providers in the ESPAS portal there are two extra options in this menu the register data provider and manage data source see Support For Data Providers for more information The My
66. SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS 6 Tine from a large number of data providers o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 6 The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 ESPAS SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS o Time from a large number of data providers o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observatio
67. User s Manual ESPAS is a data e infrastructure facilitating access to observations and model predictions of the near Earth space environment a region extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Through the ESPAS portal the user can have access toa large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors The user can perform LOGIN REGISTER ESPAS Project Contact Us near earch space daba infrashruchure for e sclence SUPPORT IN THES SECT WOW About ESPAS ESPAS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Ontology searches for observations using specific criteria e g time instrument and then s he can download data files or data values Glossary More precisely the ESPAS portal provides the following services to the user 1 Metadata search for observations that satisfy the following specific criteria O Time period the time period when the observations were acquired O Assets the Instruments and Models that were used for the generation of the observations Observed properties the observed properties that were measured in the observations Observation collections the collections that the observations belong to For Data Providers Data Providers Status Contact Us Location the location of the platforms ground based observatories or satellites on which the instruments are mounted and used for the generation of the observations The metadata search is open
68. WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to use copy and modify the Software subject to the following conditions The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software and the IRI Working Group should be acknowledge in scientific papers that make use of the Software and the scientific paper describing the specific version of the IRI model should be referenced NOA s Terms of Reference The data acquired from this service may be used freely for educational and non commercial academic research purposes by registered users only Redistribution of the data is subject to the same conditions of use A heavy investment of time effort expertise and funds continues to be made to produce collect quality control interpret and store the data and products available from this service It is important that the DIAS data suppliers and the service developers are appropriately acknowledged in scientific publications that involve analysis of data obtained from this service making reference to the following basic citations Belehaki et al Space Weather 4 512002 doi 10 1029 2006SW000270 2006 Belehaki et al JASTP 67 1092 1099 2005 Beleh
69. aki etal Acta Geophysica 55 3 doi 10 2478 s 11600 007 0010 x pp 398 409 2007 Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike This license lets others remix tweak and build upon your work non commercially as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms 65 ESPAS User s Manual 1 10 Value Added Services menu The Value Added Services menu provides information about the value added services that are provided by ESPAS portal These services currently include the TEC Time Series Plotter and the Plotting tool for OGC SWE data files 1 10 1 TEC Time Series Plotter The TEC Time Series Plotter Standalone tool provides a simple but functional user interface to extract time series data from global Total Electron Content TEC maps which are delivered to ESPAS via the SWACI service The developed service enables the user to do rapid analysis of the TEC based on selected locations and time ranges without knowing the data format of SWACI TEC maps in detail The outputs of this service are time series plots in PNG format as well as the time series data files JSON 1 In order to view information about the TEC Time Series Plotter tool click on the Value Added Services TEC Time Series Plotter menu item Coda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services Plotting tool for OGC SWE data files Register observat
70. al Observatory of Athens View Search Results Provider University College London COMPLETED Expiration Date 2015 09 14 01 32 09 Click here to download the files from University College London Query Options Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled UCL FPls Wind and Intensity Files Time Periods 2013 01 01 00 00 00 2013 01 02 23 10 00 00 00 23 59 UTC 90 ESPAS User s Manual 4 In the following example a request that has been canceled by the user is presented Canceled status You can resubmit the request or view the search results by clicking on the appropriate buttons presented on the right Whisper 1 Feb 20017 2015 08 10 01 29 27 Refresh Status Expiration Date 2015 09 09 01 29 27 Cancel Request Provider Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA IASB CANCELED Download request hasbeen canceled by Resubmit Request View Search Results Query Options Observation Collections WHISPER1 Electron Density Time Periods 2001 02 04 10 45 00 2001 02 10 23 59 00 00 00 23 59 UTC 5 In the following example a request that is in a pending state is presented pending status This happens for example when the download request is being processed You should wait until the status becomes Completed to get the data files You can refresh the status cancel the request or view the search results by clicking on the appropriate buttons presented on the right a Electron Density Maps
71. alue is the name of the data provider Afterwards the extracted data values of measured observed properties are presented in the order defined by the header line The data values are grouped by data provider and extracted parameter You can use the Save Page as of your browser to save this file locally on your computer Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help ESPAS My Acco x H https w scii_csv x hitps www espas fp7 eu portal dataServiet requestiId SOSReq D 470723883 amp use Phenomenon Time Provider Name foF2 http ontology espas fp7 eu unit MHz MHz 2011 08 05T00 00 090Z National Observatory of Athens 5 1 2011 08 05T00 15 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T00 30 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T00 45 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T01 00 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T01 15 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T01 30 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T01 45 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T02 00 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T02 15 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T02 30 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T02 45 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T03 00 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T03 15 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T03 30 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T03 45 00Z Nationa
72. assets is updated to reflect the selections You can choose the options for the platform according to your preferences Then select your assets of interest by clicking the check boxes on the right 27 ESPAS User s Manual Search by assets Select Assets on the right Fitter with availabk Asset and their respective filter options that are not related to an observation are not displayed inthis form Por a complete list of all the Assets Instrument and Computations Platforms and Projects registered in ESPAS you can visit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by Assets v Asset Type Start typing to select options a Platform Select All Deselect All Instruments see Ee Se E UCL FPI Svalbard Red and Green Lines Select All Deselect All Adventdalen Auroral anal AAS Alouette 1 Alouette 1 Adventdalen Auroral Station AAS a FP atthe Advenidalen Auroral Staton belonging to Alouette 2 Alouette 2 Unis was presentuntil dosing in 2007 We can do both 620nm and 557 7nm observations wih both instruments Attu ATU Castello Tesino Magnetic Observatory CTS Cluster Cluster 1 Pee de N ee ee TE Project 5 Click on the Project filter on the left to view all the options This filter defines the project that the instruments models are associated with check also the Project entries at the Browse ESPAS Metadata page By clicking an option on the left the list of assets appeared on the right is upd
73. assets that are of tyoe sounder OR magnetometer AND also belong to the DIAS project are presented A high level query could be represented as project DIAS AND asset tyoe sounder OR asset type magnetometer In the top part of each of the Search pages there is the Current Selections area where the current selected criteria by the user are presented For example the time period from 2013 01 01 00 00 to 2013 31 01 23 59 UTC and the Athens Digisonde has been selected so far in the picture below On the right there are the buttons 1 that link to the remaining search criteria in order to continue building your query The buttons for the criteria that have already been selected are deactivated Below these buttons there is the Back button that returns you in the previous selected criteria to refine your selection But note that in that case your selections for the current criterion will be lost You can submit your query anytime by clicking the Submit button If you want to start a new search click the Start New Search link below the Submit button HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Current Selections Time Periods 2013 01 01 00 00 2013 01 31 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC Assets Athens Digisonde Start New Search You can start a metadata query progressive search by selecting any of the criteria time period assets observed properties or observation collections in the Search amp Download page
74. at the links that are presented on the right will point you to the corresponding entries Navigate in ESPAS Navigate in data providers information accessible via ESPAS platforms projects instruments models collections etc Start typing to select options Data Providers Individuals Organisations Platforms Projects Instruments ACE Magneto meter ac e mag ACE SWEPAM ace swepam Alouette 1 Topside Sounder nasa alouette1 Alouette 2 Topside Sounder nasa alouette2 And ya Magnetometer ANDMagnetometer Athens Digisonde Athens Digisonde Bergen Magnetometer BERMagnetometer Bj rn ya Geomagnetic Observartory Magnetometer B NMagnetometer Athens Digisonde Athens Digisonde is an ionospheric station produced by Lowell Digisonde International capable of making measurements of the overhead ionosphere and provides real time on site processing and analysis to characterize radio signal propagation in support of communications or surveillance operations and enhance ionospheric research efforts Athens Digisonde is installed in Palaia Penteli 38 03 lat 23 52 lon Athens Digisonde data can be accessed through http www iono noa gr http www iono noa gr Instrument Version DPS4 Instrument Type Vertical lonos onde Responsible parties Anna Belehaki Point of contact National Observatory of Athens Holder Operational modes Drift lonogram This is similar to the Doppler lonogram in that h
75. ata elements of the generic science neutral nature that were required to adequately describe available data collections Key Elements of ESPAS Space Physics Ontology In order to simplify navigation through the wealth of ESPAS Space Physics vocabulary terms the ontology is organized in several hierarchies of keywords connected to each other via a broader narrower relationship Understanding the ontology hierarchies is critical for efficient data search and discovery in ESPAS For a detailed description of the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology click here 75 ESPAS User s Manual 1 11 4 Glossary 1 In order to view the ESPAS Glossary click on the Support Glossary menu item e BoP d5 Near earch Space daba infrastructure for e science SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT About ESPAS ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download ESPAS Data Model 1 Metadata search by observations collections filesor ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ijPAS o Time from alarge number of data provi Assets Instruments and Models Observed Properties 1 ESPAS User s Manual Observation Collections o Location 2 Download of Data Files News Data Providers Status 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School wi Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www For Data Providers Contact Us petober ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations mode
76. ated to reflect the selections You can choose the options for the project according to your preferences In the example below the DIAS project has been selected and at the right all the assets instruments and models that are associated with this project are presented Select your assets of interest by clicking the check boxes Search by assets Select Assets onthe right rit Assets and their respective filter options that are not related to an observation are not displayed inthis form Fora complete list of all the Assets Instrument and Computations Platforms and Projects registered in ESPAS you canvisit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by Assets Asset Type Platform a Project Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All CISL AD MOUSE CISL POS ee Electron Density Assimilative Mode ED AM electronic Space Weather upper atmosphere eSW ua i European Digital Upper Atmosphere Server DIAS Space Weather Application Center lonosphere SWACH Start typing to select options Select All Deselect All 4 instruments Athens Digisonde a Models ARTIST DIAS Ne30 Lockwood Formula SIRM SI RMP TaD Topside Sounders Model assisted by Digisonde 28 ESPAS User s Manual 6 When you have finished with the Assets selection your selected assets are presented at the Current Selections area You have now the following options e continue your metadata query by clicking on any of the act
77. ation Collections 8 a Instrument T w Athens Digisonde 540 files autoscaled Athens Digisonde 2 DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde EISCAT Tromse Oynaso nde 15 Gibilmanna AIS INGV lonos onde 1 DIAS SIRMUP nowcasting maps of foF2 Rome AISINGY lonosondel 1 w EISCAT lonosonde observations Region of Space IRI foF2 grids CCIR F peak model Platform w IRI foF2 grids URSI F peak model Model Validated Values of the lonospheric Characteristics Recorded at Gibilmanna from 1976 to 2009 Dimensionality Timeline w Validated Values of the lonospheric Characteristics Recorded at Rome from 1976 to 2009 Dimensional ity Instance 46 ESPAS User s Manual 2 You can click on a specific instance Athens Digisonde instrument in this example and the resulting Observation Collections are refined on the right Now if you request a download for data files or values only the data from the new set of Observation Collections presented on the right will be downloaded If you want to remove the filter click the X next to the filter to retrieve the previous list of results Results Select Download dataset files or data values observed properties and go to My Account to monitor their progress Refine by Project Number of Observations 2 Download wil Data Providers status f Share your results Observation Collection Observation Collections 2 a Instrument _ Athens Digi
78. ave option has been selected from the Phenomenon filter and all its siblings and on the right the observed properties that are of wave phenomenon are presented If you hover the mouse pointer over a specific observed property a pop up window presents its description If you are happy with the list of 31 ESPAS User s Manual observed properties presented on the right select the ones you want to be included in your metadata query by clicking the check boxes Otherwise you can use the other filters Measurand and or Qualifier Search by observed properties Select Observed Properties on the right Filter with available optio Filter by Observed Properties a Phenom enon Start typing to select options Start typing to select options select All Deselect All ik eee ganda Gagne sana AES select All Deselect All Auroral particle Elayer Critical Frequency foEa NeULral Particie 4 Photon Optical ao Wave Cyclotron Frequency foe E4layer Critical Frequency f oF E la yer X Mode Critical Frequency fE E layer mode Critical Frequency fZzE lt Hama ae EM wave Electric Field Strength E Sinan Sees Es layer Blanketing Frequency fbEs Electron Plasma Wave EsJayer Critical Frequency foEs Fl ayer Critical Frequency foF1 Measurand F2ayer Critical Freq y foF2 F2 layer X Mode Critica F2 layer Critical Frequency foF2 The ordinary wave offical frequency of the highest Qualifier F2 layer
79. be processed 11 If you wish to share your results with your colleagues click the Share your results button See section 1 7 31 Share your results for more information 50 ESPAS User s Manual 1 7 3 1 Share your results 1 If you wish to share your results with your colleagues click the Share your results button presented in the Results Location Results page Number of Observations 1270 Download T all Data Providers status i Share your results 2 The Share your results page opens in a pop up window You can copy the URL that is presented in the text box and paste it wherever you wish an email document etc The other person can view the results page of your request using this URL However one can proceed to download requests only if your colleague is registered and logged in the ESPAS portal e PSPdS Share your results https www espas fp eu portal search htimiresults TZsLY1cD Copy this URL to share your results 5I ESPAS User s Manual 1 8 Browse menu The Browse menu provides information regarding the ESPAS metadata the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology and the ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies 1 8 1 ESPAS Metadata ESPAS provides access to observations data of the Near Earth Space using relevant information metadata such as the assets instruments and models that generated the observation the observed properties that were measured during the observation etc All thi
80. cements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October o Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions ofthe near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors Q 9 PARTNERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seve nth Frame work Programme for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 ESPAS User s Manual 2 Provide the required information and click Register Note that the fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory ESPs HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Are you new to the ESPAS platform Register to participate to the ESPAS platform or gain access to the ESPAS data Name Anna Chansi E mail Address annacharsiiyahoo com Password sseseeee Confirm Password eeeesees a Affiliation Organisation Name National Observatory of Athens Domain Academic Research Country Greece Intended use of ESPAS data Academ ic C Commercial Comments Data Provider
81. cess to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This project has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Framework Programme for research technological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 2 The Partners page of the ESPAS project website will open in a new tab window C b J p d J near areh space daba infrastructure fo HOME OVERVIEW COMMUNITY NEWS amp EVENTS PUBLICATIONS y gt Partners North Atlantic Ocean Partners In this section Map Satellite prp Partners Iceland Related Links Spain Portugal aoe y Morocco Algeria Lit ne Westin Map data 2015 Google INEGI Terms of Use 106 ESPAS User s Manual 1 16 Data Providers 1 If you want to view the Data Providers of ESPAS project click on the DATA PROVIDERS link in the bottom menu bar of the Home page e BSPd5 near garek space daba infrastiructit SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register observations collections files or data your datain ESPAS 1 Metadata search by from a large number of data providers o Time o Assets Instruments and
82. check the status of a download request or view more information about it click on the name of a specific request In the following example the information about the download request with name Athens SAO files UCL FPIs that was submitted on 2015 08 10 01 32 26 local time is presented The status of the request is shown 1 which is completed in this example along with the expiration date 2 See also the section 1 12 2 for a description of the possible status values Then the download link 3 is provided one for each ESPAS Data Provider Click on the link s to download the data files Note that the download link s is valid until the expiration date 2 Afterwards the request is expired and you cannot download the data files You can resubmit the request to get the same data files On the right 4 there is the button to view the search results of the request At the bottom 5 the query options of the request are presented In this example the query options of the request are Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled UCL FPls Wind and Intensity Files AND Time Periods 2013 01 01 00 00 00 2013 01 02 23 10 00 00 00 23 59 UTC Athens SAO files UCL FPIs 2015 08 10 01 32 26 COMPLETED Refresh Status 2 Expiration Date 2015 09 14 01 34 30 Provider National Observatory of Athens COMPLETED Expiration Date 2015 09 14 01 34 30 Click here to download the files from Nation
83. criterion the time period click Search from the main menu or click Search and Download at the home page and then click the Time Period button BoPdo HOME BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Search amp Download Progressive Search Spatial temporal Search AAAA Time Period ssets Observed Properties Observation Collections Location Metadata search Construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or Metadata search The Spatial temporal Search models Observed Properties and Observation Collections visit our ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics allows you to select a restricted time period 30 Ontology pages for more information to search our metadata Start with any of these criteria by clicking one of days maximum and then search the ESPAS the buttons above and then continue with any other to filter further your results You can submit your query at metadata by platform ground based observatories any stage of the progressive search and or satellites location Click here to see a video tutorial Click here to see a video tutorial Data download You can download selected datafiles or values that are extracted from the data files you will be required to login as a registered user Choose to save your results locally or plot them through the system NOTE for the location search and for the download of extracted data values a maximum of 30 days can be
84. ct Us menu item or the Contact Us link in the top right menu bar e BoPd5 Near Garth SPaGe Uae IAs SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT About ESPAS 1 Metadata search by observations collections filesor ESPAS Space Physics Ontology from a large number of data provi Time Glossary Assets Instruments and Models Observed Properties ESPAS User s Manual o Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Data Providers Status For Data Providers 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School wi tober o Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See meee comets ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions ofthe near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 4 The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seve nth Frame work Programme for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 84 ESPAS User s Manual 2 Provide the required information and the message you want to send to ESPAS administrator and click Submit Note that the fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory Coda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SE
85. d Region of Space E P v DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Platform Model Dimensionality Timeline Dimensionality Instance 118 ESPAS User s Manual 2 You will be prompted to log in the ESPAS portal if you are not already logged in eo BSPd Login You must be a registered ESPAS user in order to download data If you are a registered user please proceed to login ESPAS Account E mail Address annacharisigyahoo com Password seeeseee 3 The Dataset Files Download page opens in a pop up window You may give a name to your download request If you leave it empty the default name will be the submission date time of the request Additionally a list of the licences of the ESPAS Data Providers that are related to the results is presented Clicking on each licence you can view the entire licence text According to ESPAS Policies see also section 1 9 ESPAS Policies on requesting data users are asked to agree to the data providers licences Therefore you should tick the box I agree to all the Licences and click the Download button in order to submit your download request for all the results However if you wish to agree with some of the Data Providers licenses then only the data from these Data Providers will be available for download to you e P50d5 Dataset Files Download You can give a name to your download request If you leave it empty the default name w
86. de foF2 201 5 06 04 13 16 44 COMP LETED Refresh Status Expiration Date 2015 09 03 23 07 27 Resubmit Request B Get Data as Gal Get Plot Data as View Search Results Ascii 505 Result XML SOS SWE XML lery Options dons Athens Digisonde SAO files autos cale d Time Periods 2006 05 10 19 00 00 2006 05 15 14 14 00 00 00 23 59 UTC Se lected Observed Properties F2 layer Critical Frequency 5 The data values marked by a timestamp are presented in a new tab window of your browser in ascii format as comma separated values The header line of the file is the description of the fields of the data values So the first value corresponds to the time stamp in UTC of the measured observed property while the second value is the name of the data provider Afterwards the extracted data values of measured observed properties are presented in the order defined by the header line The data values are grouped by data provider and extracted parameter You can use the Save Page as of your browser to save this file locally on your computer Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help IH https w scii_ csv x ESPAS My Acco x https www espas fp7 eu portal dataServiet requestid Phenomenon Time Provider Name foF2 http ontology espas fp7 eu unit MHz MHz 2006 05 10T19 15 00Z National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens Nationa
87. e a E EA 16 Poy ay Ao POOO aea E N E ee ee iby EELE slie a E e ener ee ne en eft E E eT N O ere eee ee ee 18 1 7 Search NSN geass eee uonee recess eezacctee rantie at veve reea verte geveegawia ne atissecgamesraaeses eopamevatnieanestes Peeves 20 1 7 1 Progressive search tec czcse cress cece pb sccceitsusactract auc deaeessetessoeuscuteisactenctaacseeeeasteuehsescmeeiasenstes 20 DP g lal UTI FS IO Clas E A E E asia E E A E erate ines 22 Wy L ASSE sa E A E EEA E EEEE 25 1 7 1 3 Observed Prope rtieS cece ccssccesssecesssseecessseeeeesseecsseeceesseecessseeceeeeeeeeseeeens 30 1 7 1 4 Observation Collections saset ocvceerciecsteeaanacataeacabesncna consent one eneareromiamuesenet 34 ha oes Pau TSMMOOL Al oe ENC Mla ssmccassunssesceorscstsaseavatsrananassianeiaennagensoeraianesaianavavsteiaadaapaaseaane 38 Di ee MY NOI scence ccs eee rcs seca ate age es oie enced pancetta S EE 38 1 7 3 Results Location Results Page sacacsccsececntedasecdessapecsactassesednesvontedaasedeteessessctanceveccesmasietes 45 brot onae your TOSUN eee EE ey EE as 51 RO BOWS MONU saroi E N E A E E TS 52 1 8 1 ESPAS Metadata 00cssesoonssoeeeressascoreccossonrscrssnnttocsesnocsassevaorncvsansetesvessensesvessers 52 1 8 2 ESPAS Space Physics Ontology serssseesseeseserereseerssrerererenrsrersoeerenesrsrsressorersnenrstsreso 57 1 8 3 ESPAS Supporting VOCAbDUIALIeS cece cccessscccesseeceesseeceesseeceesseeceessseceesseeeeenas 61 1 9 ESPAS Po
88. e following services Search and Download ESPAS Data Modei observations collections filesor t ESPAS Space Physics Ontology 1 Metadata search by from a large number of data provi o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties ESPAS User s Manual o Observation Collections o Location 2 Download of Data Files Data Providers Status 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training Schoolwi C ntact Us Ictober Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www Glossary For Data Providers ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions ofthe near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors v 9 NEWS AARTNERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 82 ESPAS User s Manual 2 The Data Providers Status page provides a list of all the ESPAS Data Providers and their status regarding their online availability online offline The green tick 3 implies that the Data Provider is online and ready to accept requests for download of data files and data values The red mark Q9 implie
89. e http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors v 2 9 PARTNERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copynght 2012 This project has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 12 ESPAS User s Manual 1 3 1 Forgot Password 1 In case you have forgotten your password then go to the Home page and click the LOG IN link in the top right menu bar At the Login page click the Forgot your password link CoPds HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Already an ESPAS user ESPAS Account E mail Address Password Forgot your password DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 2 Provide your e mail address and click Submit HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Please enter the email address for your account
90. e is to find the observations obtained from all available instruments in the middle to low latitudes over Europe during the geomagnetic storm event occurred between 5th and 9 August 2011 Regarding the location the requested area may be expressed by a rectangular area in 3D space defined by in GEO spherical coordinates e lower left corner the point with coordinates Latitude 30 degrees Longitude 10 degrees e upper right corner the point with coordinates Latitude 45 degrees Longitude 40 degrees e vertical extend from 0 to 500 km above the Earth surface 114 ESPAS User s Manual 1 In order to start a metadata search spatial temporal search click Search from the main menu or click Search and Download at the home page and then click the Location button CoPda BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Search amp Download n tir Progressive Search Spatial temporal Search t f Nit 4 iff Filter h with differ Time Period Observed Properties Location Metadata search Construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or Metadata search The Spatial temporal Search models Observed Properties and Observation Collections visit our ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics allows you to select a restricted time period 30 Ontology pages for more information to search our metadata Start with any of these criteria by clicking one of days maximum and then searc
91. e request is the name you define using the Name your location search button presented inside each request see next step Inside the parenthesis the local time of the submission is presented You can sort the requests by submission date name or status by clicking on the appropriate option of the Sort by drop down menu 1 in ascending or descending order 2 Moreover you can use the search box filter 3 to search for requests with a specific name date or status SP ds HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT My Location Searches My Personal Info My Dataset File Check out your location searches They have a time stamp of the request Just click on a location search to see its progress D ria information about it and a link to the results once itis completed My Data Values 3 1 Downloads Sort by Date Order by Descending v Location Search 1 2015 08 10 00 21 10 COMPLETED v 2015 08 09 23 45 26 2015 08 04 11 23 40 102 ESPAS User s Manual 3 If you want to check the status of a location search request or view more information about it click on the name of the specific request In the following example the information about the location search request that was submitted on 2015 08 04 11 23 40 local time is presented The status of the request is shown 1 which is completed in this example along with the expiration date 2 See also the section 1
92. e series data from global total electron content TEC maps which are delivered to ESPAS via the SWACI service The developed service enables the user to do rapid analysis of the TEC based on selected locations and time ranges without knowing the data format of SWACI TEC maps in detail The outputs of this service are time series plots PNG as well as the time series data files USON Instructions 1 Simply download the software package for your OS together with the demo data 2 Unpack both packages 3 Read the documentation 4 Start the executable and point to the unpacked demo data Contact Martin dot Kriegel at dir dot de Downloads TEC Time Series Plotter 1 0 for Linux 32bit TEC Time Series Plotter 1 0 for Linux 64bit TEC Time Series Plotter 1 0 for Windows 32bit TEC Time Series Plotter 1 0 for Windows 64bit Demo Data 67 ESPAS User s Manual 1 10 2 Plotting tool for OGC SWE data files The plotting tool for OGC SWE data files is an IDL code that can be used to plot a time series of a scalar variable contained in an XML file conforming to the OGC SWE Common Data Model Encoding Standard OGC 08 094r1 1 In order to view information about the plotting tool for OGC SWE data files click on the Value Added Services Plotting tool for OGC SWE data files menu item e CoPda SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT TEC Time Series Plotter ESPAS provides the following services Plot
93. e velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 2 The News page of the ESPAS project website will open in a new tab window e F i p d 6 Near earch space daba infrastructure for e Science HOME OVERVIEW COMMUNITY NEWS amp EVENTS PUBLICATIONS In this section News News Events ESPAS Training School second announcement z Meetings ESPAS Project Granted Extension ESPAS in Big Data from Space conference ESPAS Training School first announcement ESPAS CDAW during ESWW11 EISCAT_3D User Meeting in Uppsala Sweden ICRI 2014 ESPAS Release 2 in ESWW10 ESPAS presentations in the ESWW 10 Antwerp 18 22 November 2013 Tenth European Space Weather Week ESWW10 1 2 The ESFAS Comorturn Copyrigtt 2012 14 This project has roceived funding tom fhe European Urias Seveth Framework Programme for research technological deveopment and damonsta on unda gat agresmert no 253570 104 ESPAS User s Manual 1 14 Events 1 If you want to view News regarding ESPAS project click on the EVENTS link in the bottom menu bar of the Home page bpd ooo SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Search and Download Register observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS from a large number of data providers ESPAS provides the following services 1 Metadata search by o Time Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2
94. ed Property vocabulary in the left column then click the Critical Frequency O Mode Critical Frequency and choose the F2 layer Critical Frequency entry Information about this observed property e g description related concepts is presented in the right side Navigate in ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESPAS Metadata AS Space Physics Navigate in the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology terms observed property phenomenon measurand etc Intology ESP AS Supporting F2 layer Critical Frequency foF2 Vocabularies Start typing to select options The ordinary wave critical frequency of the highest stratification in the F 4 Observed Property region of ionosphere Blanketing Frequency alin identifier Collision Frequency Critical Frequency 1ttp ontolod 5 u observedProperty CriticalFre O Mode Critical Frequency Auroral particle E layer Critic Frequency E2 layer Critical Frequency Phenomenon s Electromagnetic Wave E layer Critical Frequency Meas urand s Critical Frequency f Es layer Critical Frequency F1 5 layer Critical Frequency Inte raction s F1 5 layer Critical Frequency Reflection Ri F1 layer Critical Frequency Propagation Mode F2 layer Critical Frequency Ordinary Wave O X Mode Critical Frequency Z Mode Critical Frequency Cutoff Frequency Electric Field Electromagnetic Wave 59 ESPAS User s Manual 4 Note that the links that are presented on the right will point you to the corresponding
95. en access to metadata and no user registration is required However the download of data files and data values requires the following e user registration and login to the ESPAS portal e user agreement to the data licenses as defined by each ESPAS Data Provider Actually the ESPAS system integrates policy server software which can enforce rules about which users can access which data sets and after what time period ESPAS Data Providers can use this to set fine grained enforced controls on access to their data However in practice ESPAS data providers have so far chosen to use Data Licences requiring only that users accept the licence terms before downloading data 1 In order to view information regarding the ESPAS policies click on the ESPAS Policies menu The ESPAS policies page will open to present the ESPAS policy regarding the access to metadata along with the data licenses of the ESPAS data providers CoPda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS Policies Access to Metadata Access to meta data is open with no registration required Access to Data Users must register to download data Data Policies set by Data Providers The ESPAS system integrates policy server software which can enforce rules about which users can access which data sets and after what time period Data Providers can use this to set fine grained enforced controls on access to their data In practice ESPAS data providers
96. epresentation x y z where the x axis is in the equatorial plane and intersects the prime meridian usually Greenwich The y axis is also in the equatorial plane it lies at right angles to the x axis and intersects the 90 degree meridian The z axis coincides with the polar axis and is positive toward the North Pole The origin is located at the center of the sphere or spheroid Geocentric GEO spherical also known as Spherical Earth Centred Earth Fixed ECEF in spherical representation lat lon alt where alt is the distance from the center of the Earth in km the mean Earth radius is 6371 km Geocentric Solar Ecliptic GSE Cartesian system having its origin at the center of the Earth the X axis pointing toward the center of the Sun the Z axis to the ecliptic north pole the Y axis completing the right handed system 40 ESPAS User s Manual For the GEO Cartesian representation you can define a bounding box or a bounding sphere The bounding box is defined by the coordinates X Y Z in km of the lower and upper bound given in the appropriate text fields In the following example a bounding box having as lower bound the point with coordinates X 3518 Y 1280 Z 5154 and as upper bound the point with coordinates X 3633 Y 1694 Z 4951 is defined Select the location of the platforms ground based observatories and or satellites Coordinates in GEO Coordinates in GSE Select coordinates Cartesian
97. ffline by clicking the Data Providers status button Number of Observations 120 amp Download T all Data Providers status Share your results 10 The Data Providers Status page opens in a pop up window that presents a list of the ESPAS Data Providers related with the results and their status online offline The green tick implies that the Data Provider is online and ready to accept requests for download of data files and data values The red mark G9 implies that the Data Provider is currently not available This means that the requests for dataset files will be processed as soon as the provider be comes available whereas requests for data values will not be processed The date of the last update of the status is also presented at the right column e P5Pd5 Data Providers Status Data Provider s Name 1 EISCAT EISCAT Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens a Data Provider is online andrea Status Last Update Date tt 2015 08 07 20 17 04 cal 2015 08 12 17 15 05 2015 08 08 11 16 00 2015 08 12 17 15 02 2015 08 08 11 16 10 2015 08 12 17 15 02 dy to accept requests Data Provider is currently not available Requests for dataset files will be processed as soon as the provider becomes available whereas requests for data values will hot
98. fresh the status You can refresh the status of a request that is in submitting pending or running status e resubmit the request You can resubmit a request that has expired or failed e view search results You can view the search results of the request opens in a new window 93 ESPAS User s Manual 1 In order to view the history of your data values download requests click My Account gt My Data Values Downloads from the main menu CoPda a SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT My Personal Info 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or data My Data Values Downloads from a large number of data providers Time My Location Searches o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 2 A list of all your download requests is presented in chronological order
99. h the ESPAS the buttons above and then continue with any other to filter further your results You can submit your query at metadata by platform ground based observatories any stage of the progressive search and or satellites location Click here to see a video tutorial Click here to see a video tutorial Data download You can download selected datafiles or values that are extracted from the data files you will be required to login as a registered user Choose to save your results locally or plot them through the system NOTE for the location search and for the download of extracted data values a maximum of 30 days can be selected 2 In the time period selection form specify a time period from 5 to 9 August 2011 using the From date and To date fields Leave the default values for the Subset start and Subset end fields Search by time and location Select a period of the observations Option specify the time of day Time period start to endin UTC Subset of day it From date 2011 08 05 00 00 Subset start 00 00 To date 2011 08 09 23 59 Subset end 23 59 115 ESPAS User s Manual 3 Regarding the platform location use the Coordinates in GEO tab and the Spherical option to specify a rectangular area with lower left corner the point with coordinates Latitude 30 degrees Longitude 10 degrees upper right corner the point with coordinates Latitude 45 degrees Longitude 40 degrees and ver
100. have so far chosen to use Data Licences requiring only that users accept the licence terms before downloading data Data Licences By Data Provider On requesting data users will be asked to agree to the data providers licences Below you can view alist of licences grouped by data provider v Belgian Institute for Space Ae ronomy BIRA IASB v EDAM v EISCAT v Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia v National Observatory of Athens v ULEIC 64 ESPAS User s Manual 2 In order to view the specific data license from a specific data provider click on the name of the data provider In the example below you can see the data licenses defined by the National Observatory of Athens NOA data provider Data Licences By Data Provider On requesting data users will be asked to agree to the data providers licences Below you can view a list of licences grouped by data provider v Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA IASB v EISCAT v Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia a National Observatory of Athens IRI s Terms of Reference Copyright c 2012 International Reference lonosphere THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE IRI AUTHORS OR THE IRI WORKING GROUP MEMBERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY
101. he Clear button clears all the selections including the filters In the left part B there are some filters Phenomenon Measurand Qualifier that you can use to narrow down or facilitate your selection of observed properties presented in the right part A hierarchical view of each filter is provided Note also that the selection of an option automatically selects all its siblings in the hierarchy You can manually select or deselect the options by clicking the appropriate check boxes The definition of each filter is available at Support ESPAS Space Physics Ontology page You can select one or more options from each filter and use one or more filters at the same time 30 ESPAS User s Manual Note that the OR relationship is implied among the options of the same filter and an AND relationship is implied between the filters If one selects the ion and electron as phenomenon then the observed properties with phenomenon ion OR electron are presented on the right A high level query could be represented as phenomenon ion OR phenomenon electron But if also the temperature is selected at the measurand filter then the observed properties with phenomenon ion OR electron AND measurand equal to temperature are presented A high level query could be represented as measurand temperature AND phenomenon ion OR phenomenon electron ESPs BROWSE
102. hens Digisonde 54 0 files autoscaled DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Back Start New Search Results Select Download dataset files or data values observed properties and go to My Account to monitor their progress Refine by Project Num ber of Observations 4 Download all Data Providers status i Share your results Observation Collection Observation Collections 2 Instrument Ene w Athens Digisonde 540 files autoscal ed Region of Space E P DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Platform Model Dimensional ity Timeline Dimensionality Instance 113 ESPAS User s Manual 2 2 Spatial temporal Search The spatial temporal search performs a metadata search using as criteria the time period 80 days maximum and the location of the platform ground based observatories and or satellites on which the instruments are mounted and used for the generation of the observations Please refer to chapter 1 7 2 Spatial temporal Search for detailed information An example of a spatial temporal search is presented in the following steps For this metadata search registration and log in the ESPAS portal is not required however it is highly recommended to register and login to ESPAS portal in order to be notified via e mail when the location requests are completed and to monitor them through My Account My Location Searches menu The purpose of this exampl
103. hnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 53 ESPAS User s Manual 2 The metadata browser is presented where you can navigate to all ESPAS metadata by clicking the main categories ESPAS Data Model concepts that are presented in the left column Clicking a specific instance on the left detailed information for this entity are presented on the right side Coda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES Navigate in ESPAS Navigate in data providers information accessible via ESPAS platforms projects instruments models collections etc Start typing to select options Data Providers Individuals Organisations Platforms Projects Instruments Operations Com putations Acquisitions Composite Processes Observation Collections VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS Metadata ESP AS Space Physics Ontology ESP AS Supporting Vocabularies 3 For example if you click on the Instruments in the left column a list of all the instruments registered in ESPAS is presented in the right side Note that the name that appears inside the parenthesis in all instances in the left column represents their localld a unique identifier for the ESPAS system and is mainly useful for the ESPAS Data Providers ESPAS HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES Navigate in ESPAS Navigate in data providers information accessible via ESPAS platforms projects instruments models collections etc
104. ical frequencies DIAS system a 8 Digisondes ESWUA database Usable frequencies for HF communications and ionograms European ionosondes Troms Gibiimanna Sodankyia Vertical sounding parameters and ionograms Warsaw Hornsund EISCAT incoherent scatter radars Electron density profiles and temperatures from EISCAT EISCAT dynasondes lonosonde parameters ionograms Malvern ISR database Electron density profiles GIRO databases lonograms skymaps and drift files from 50 Digisondes around the work SWACI database TEC GNSS parameters and European maps SuperDARN Convection maps INGV magnetometers Magnetic field data from three permanent geomagnetic observatories in Italy SGO magnetometer Magnetic field data from Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory Magnetic field data from Greenland Denmark and the South Atlantic DTU Space Magnetometer Network 107 ESPAS User s Manual 2 Metadata Search Examples ESPAS portal provides metadata searches for observations based on the following search criteria time period assets the instruments and models observed properties observation collections and platform location Please refer also to section 1 7 Search Menu for detailed information The metadata search is open to all users with no registration required In order to perform a query for observations ESPAS portal supports two types of searches the progressive search and the spatial temporal search 2 1 Progressive Search The
105. igher Doppler resolution is achieved by extending the integration period In addition to multiplexing frequencies the receive antennas are also multiplexed This provides a raw data file which records the relative phase of all Doppler lines of all echoes on the four antennas in the receiver array giving the angle of arrival of the individual echoes Scanning lonogram The system steps through frequencies according to the selected program transmitting and coherently integrating a full spectrum i e FFT Doppler integration a stream of N pulses Just prior to transmission ESPAS Metadata ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESP AS Supporting Vocabularies 5 As another example click on Observation Collections in the left column A list of all the observation collections registered in ESPAS are presented in the right side Navigate in ESPAS Navigate in data providers information accessible via ESPAS platforms projects instruments models collections etc Start typing to select options Data Providers Individuals Organisations Platforms Projects Instruments Operations Computations Acquisitions Composite Processes 4 Observation Collections Alouette 1 Electron Density Profiles nasa alouette1 Alouette 2 Electron Density Profiles nasa alouette2 Andenes Magnetometer Data ANDdata Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled Athens SAO Automatically Prospected IMAGE Observation Collections Corresponds to an
106. ill be the date of the request Request name Critical Frequencies August 2011 Licences E agree to all the Licences NODA s Terms of Reference E agree to the NOA s Terms of Reference licence 119 ESPAS User s Manual 6 A message is displayed informing you that your request is being processed You should visit the My Account My Dataset File Downloads page to monitor its progress You will be also informed by email upon the completion of the download request Close this window by clicking the X in the top right corner e PSPd Dataset Files Download Your request is being processed Please goto MyAccount to monitor its Progress 7 Visit the My Account My Dataset File Downloads page to monitor the progress of the download request If you want to check its status or view more information about it click on its name Critical Frequencies August 2011 see also section 1 12 2 My Dataset File Downloads Click on the link to download the data files ESPd5 HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT My Dataset File Downloads My Personal Info My Dataset File Check out your download requests They have a time stamp of the request Just click on a request to see its progress information a about it and alist of download URLs if itis completed My Data Values Downloads Sort by Date Orderby Descending m My Location Searches a Critical Frequencies August 2011
107. imum of 30 days can be selected 38 ESPAS User s Manual 2 In the top part of the Search by time and location page there is the Current Selections area 1 see also the section 1 6 Search menu for more information where the selected criteria are presented Below this area there is the time period selection form 2 where you can specify the time period of your interest and the platform location selection form 3 where you can specify the platform location CoPdi HOME BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Current Selections Start New Search Search by time and location Select a period ofthe observations Time period s nd in UT subset of day From date 201 O09 1051 Subset start O00 To date 20150809 1031 Subsetend 23 59 Select the location ofthe platforme ground based observatories and or satellites Coor dinates in GEO Coordinates in GSE Select coordinates o rtesian Spherical oF ounding Box Bounding Sphere Lower bound refers to the smaller and upper bound refers nadine nen to the lar ger values in a mathematical sense Radius km Enter the coordinates of the lower bound X kim kim Enter the coordinates of the spher e s center X kim kim Zikm Enter the coordinates of the upper bound X km kim 39 ESPAS User s Manual 3 In case you are not logged in a message is displayed that recommends you to register and login to ESPAS porta
108. inates of the upper right corner Latitude deg Longitude deg 39 oF 2 Vertical Extent mean Earth radius 6371 km Minimum distance beyond mean Earth radius km Maximum distance beyond mean Earth radius km 100 500 8 For the GEO Spherical representation the circular area is defined by the coordinates latitude longitude in degrees of the sphere s center and the radius km and the vertical extend given in the appropriate text fields The vertical extend should be described from the minimum distance beyond mean Earth radius km up to the maximum distance beyond mean Earth radius km The mean Earth radius is equal to 6371 km If you leave the vertical extend fields empty it is implied that the vertical 42 ESPAS User s Manual extend equals to 0 km which means that the circular area you have defined above lies on the Earth s surface In the following example a circular area with center the point with coordinates Latitude 36 degrees Longitude 20 degrees 100 km radius and vertical extend from 100 to 500 Km above the Earth surface is defined Select the location of the platforms ground based observatories and or satellites Coordinates in GEO Coordinates in GSE Select coordinates Cartesian Spherical Horizontal Plane RectangularArea Circular Area Enter the circular area s radius Lower left corner refers to the smaller and upper right corner refers to the larger values in a mathematical
109. ing of sos request has completed Refresh Status Expiration Date 2015 09 03 23 07 27 Resubmit Request B Get Data as Ea Get Plot Data as View Search Results Line ar plot Query Options Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SAO files autos cale d Time Periods 2006 05 10 19 00 00 2006 05 15 14 14 00 00 00 23 59 UTC selected Observed Properties F2 layer Critical Frequency 11 The plot of the downloaded data values open in a new pop up window You can select any area to Zoom e PSPd5 ESPAS Request Athens Digisonde foF2 2015 08 04 13 16 44 Select any areato zoom Data source National Observatory of Athens From 2006 05 10 19 15 until 2006 05 15 14 00 12MHz LOMHz 11 May 12 00 12 May 12 00 13 May 12 0 14 May 12 00 15 May 12 00 AS via Highcharts date 2015 08 10 n ESF 99 ESPAS User s Manual 12 You can save the plot locally on your computer by clicking the button at the top left corner and then selecting the preferable format e p5Pd5 ESPAS Request Athens Digisonde foF2 2015 08 04 13 16 44 Select any area to zoom Data source National Observatory of Athens Print chart From 2006 05 10 19 15 until 2006 05 15 14 00 12MHz Download PNG image Download JPEG image k Download POF document Download SVG vector image 11 May 12 00 12 May 12 00 13 May 12 00 14 May 12 00 15 May from ESPAS via Highcharts date 2015 08 10 100 ESPAS User s Manual 1 12 4 My Locat
110. ing the query criteria Please refer to section 1 13 Results Location Results page for a detailed description of all the options offered in the Location Results page 103 ESPAS User s Manual 1 13 News 1 If you want to view News regarding ESPAS project click on the NEWS link in the bottom menu bar of the Home page e BSPd5 near earth space daba SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS D Time from a large number of data providers o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 9 The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnologi al d
111. ion Searches The My Location Searches page presents the history and detailed information of your location search requests Note that for each completed location search request you will have access to the results until the expiration date Afterwards the request is expired and you cannot view the results For each location search request you can e view its status A request is characterized by its status which can have one of the following values 0 Submitting the request is being submitted to the ESPAS system You should wait until the status becomes Completed to view the results Running the request is running You should wait until the status becomes Completed to view the results Completed the request has been completed successfully You can view the results of the location search request until the expiration date Afterwards the request is expired and you cannot view the results Pending the request is in a pending state and an appropriate message is displayed You should wait until the status becomes Completed Expired the request has expired The results of the location search are not available any more Failed the request has failed and the reason of failure is reported Undefined The request is in undefined status You should contact the ESPAS administrator Home Page Contact Us e refresh the status You can refresh the status of a request that is in submitting pending or runni
112. ions collections files or data your data in ESPAS 1 Metadata search by from alarge number of data providers o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions ofthe near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors RTNERS 66 ESPAS User s Manual 2 A short description of the TEC Time Series Plotter tool is presented along with download links for different operating systems Linux Windows A documentation is provided with instructions on how to install and use this tool e BoPd5 near earch space daba infras HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICE SUPPORT TEC Time Series Plotter Standalone tool TEC Time Serie by Jens Berdermann and Martin Kriegel DLR Plotter Plotting tool for OGC This tool is a prototype of a value added service designed for the ESPAS project It provides a simple but functional user interface to SWE data files extract tim
113. is valid for a specific period of time as defined by each ESPAS Data Provider Afterwards the request is expired and you cannot download the data files For each download request you can e view its status A request is characterized by its status which can have one of the following values Submitting the request is being submitted to the ESPAS system You should wait until the status becomes Completed to get the data files Running the request is running You should wait until the status becomes Completed to get the data files Completed the request has been completed successfully The status report provides you with a link to download the data files This link is valid for a specific period of time as defined by each ESPAS data provider that is also included in the status report Afterwards the request is expired and you cannot download the data files Pending the request is in a pending state and an appropriate message is displayed You should wait until the status becomes Completed Expired the request has expired The url to download the data files is not available any more You can resubmit the request to ask for the files again Canceled the request has been canceled by the user You can resubmit the request Failed the request has failed and the reason of failure is reported You can resubmit the request Undefined The request is in undefined status You should contact the ESPAS administrator
114. ivated buttons at the right Time Period Observed Properties Observation Collections e finish your query by clicking the Submit button or e start a new search by clicking the Start New Search link BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Assets Alouette 1 Topside Sounder Alouette 2 Topside awn by Assets Alouette 1 Topside Sounder Alouette 8 2 Topside Sounder Athens Digisonde Rome AIS INGV lonosonde neat Resear 29 ESPAS User s Manual 1 7 1 3 Observed Properties 1 In order to start a metadata search progressive search using as the first criterion the observed properties click Search from the main menu or click Search and Download at the home page and then click the Observed Properties button For more information on the observed property specifications please visit Support ESPAS Data Model page and Support ESPAS Space Physics Ontology CoPdd HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Search amp Download Progressive Search Spatial temporal Search a i iN Time Period ssets Observed Properties Observation Collections Location Metadata search Construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or Metadata search The Spatial temporal Search models Observed Properties and Observation Collections visit our ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics allows you to select a restricted time
115. l 10 For the GSE coordinate system the bounding sphere is defined by the coordinates X Y Z in km of the sphere s center and the radius km given in the appropriate text fields In the following example a bounding sphere with center the point with coordinates X 362508 Y 11345 Z 47620 and 1000 Km radius is defined Select the location of the platforms ground based observatories and or satellites Coordinates in GEO Coordinates in GSE Bounding Box Bounding Sphere Enter the sphere s radius Lower bound refers to the smaller and upper bound refers to P the larger values in a mathematical sense Radius km Enter the coordinates ofthe lower bound 1000 X km Y km Enter the coordinates of the sphere s center X km Y km 362508 11345 Enter the coordinates ofthe upper bound X km Y km 11 When you have finished with the time period and platform location selection your selected time period and platform location are presented in the Current Selections area You have now the following options e finish your query by clicking the Submit button or e start a new search by clicking the Start New Search link HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Current Selections Back Submit Time Period 2014 01 01 00 00 2014 01 10 23 59 10 00 12 00 UTC Observing Platform Location GEO coordinates Horizontal Plane Rectangular area Lower left corner lat lon 36 20 Start
116. l Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T05 30 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T05 45 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T06 00 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T06 15 00Z National Observatory of Athens 2011 08 05T06 30 00Z National Observatory of Athens 6 525 125 ESPAS User s Manual 7 Regarding the XML format of the data values there are two options available the SOS Result and the SOS SWE format In order to view download the data values in the SOS Result format click the SOS Result XML option of the Get Data as drop down menu The data values are presented in a new tab window of your browser in the XML format that corresponds to the SOS response You can use the Save Page as of your browser to save this file locally on your computer Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help ESPAS My Acco x P https response x https www espas fp7 eu portal dataServiet requestid This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it The document tree is shown below lt sos GetResultResponse xsi schemaLocation http www opengis net sos 2 0 http schemas opengis net sos 2 0 sos xsd gt lt sos resultValues gt 2011 08 05T00 00
117. l Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens National Observatory of Athens 3 2006 05 11T02 00 00Z National Observatory of Athens 3 ulus OW hNWWOHYOCONNNNW WNN N ss s UT Use U oe vs vs we vs NN Di uw 25 5 oS aa 25 sS oD 5 eu 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ad 4 4 4 4 4 sau 3 Pr 3 ee ee oe 96 ESPAS User s Manual 6 Regarding the XML format of the data values there are two option available the SOS Result and the SOS SWE format In order to view download the data values in the SOS Result format click the SOS Result XML option of the Get Data as drop down menu a Athens Digisonde foF2 201 5 08 04 13 16 44 COMP LETE D COMPLETED P
118. l in order to be notified via e mail when the location requests are completed and to monitor them through My Account My Location Searches menu Search by time and location Not logged in Location queries are off line and may take a long time to complete This would 4 In the time period selection form there are the From date To date fields A to define your time period of interest in UTC timezone Note that a maximum of 30 days can be selected Moreover you can specify the subset of day in UTC B this will apply for all days in the selected time period by using the fields Subset start and Subset end So you can specify a time period e g from 1 to 10 January 2014 but also a subset of day e g from 10 00 to 12 00 UTC This selection will match the observations that were acquired between 10 00 and 12 00 in UTC for the days from 1 to 10 January 2014 If you don t want to define any subset of day leave the default values 00 00 to 23 59 for these fields Search by time and location Select a period of the observations Time period Subset of day From date 2014 01 01 00 00 Subset start 0 00 Todate 2014 01 10 23 59 Subset end 5 Regarding the platform location you can specify an area of interest in one of the following coordinates systems Geocentric GEO coordinate system in two representations Geocentric GEO Cartesian also known as Cartesian Earth Centred Earth Fixed ECEF in Cartesian r
119. led documentation of the ESPAS space physics ontology e BoPd5 near earch Space daba infrasorucbure fOr e scienci HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES IN THIS SECTION ESPAS Space Physics Ontology About ESPAS ESP AS Data Model Synopsis The ESPAS data portal manages a vocabulary of Space Physics keywords that can be used to narrow down data searches to observations of specific physical content Such content targeted search is provided by ESPAS in addition to the commonly practiced Glossary selection by time and location This documentis a user guide to the ESPAS data search capabilities based on the ESPAS Space Physics concepts ESPAS User s Manual For Data Providers ESPAS Space Physics Ontology is the cornerstone of the data search functions that are specific to ESPAS domain Data Providers Introduction Data Model versus Domain Ontology Status Concepts of Data Model and Ontology are used interchangeably in the eScience community In ESPAS we draw a distinction between Contact Us Data Model ISO controlled organization of data elements and their relationships in a generic science neutral manner Domain Ontology a vocabulary controlled structured set of physical concepts and relationships specific to a particular domain of science In order to describe the domain ontology concepts custom data elements not in the ISO 91000 standard had to be introduced Additionally ESPAS Data Model includes new custom d
120. les images and text files f plots Archive Edit View Help File Edit View Search Tools Documents Help 0O 6 Open O AddFiles Extract H Open O Save s Undo gt j Athens foF2Data_20110805 txt x DIAS f plots foF2 at Athens for 2011 08 05 Back gt Location m Name AT138 2011222001500 SAO ae DATE Hour foF2 fmin foF2 SIRM 2011 08 05 00 00 5 1 i 4 a AT138_2011222003000 SAO 2011 08 05 00 15 4 i 4 4 4 4 W AT138_2011222004500 SAO Boye 2011 08 05 00 30 z 2011 08 05 00 45 Gi Athens foF2_20110805 png 2011 08 05 61 00 3 9 1 ar Wi Athens_foF2_20110806 png AT138 2011222004500 SAO cache fr Wjrb5d gedit E Athens_foF2_20110807 png File Edit View Search Tools Documents Help lj Athens_foF2_20110808 png E Athens_foF2_20110809 png Athens_foF2Data_20110805 txt amp JAT138_2011222004500 SA0 x ABC 5 177 43 20 8 38 0 38 3838 0 0 0 60 0 8 8 0O ee 126 2 66 8 6 68 6 o 56 56 566 6 8 6 8 6 86 Athens foF2Data_20110807 txt 1 100 53 500 38 000 23 500 1 000 395 objects 1 9 MB 1 object selected 4 DPS 4 105 AT138 ARTIST 1103 NH 4 21 r S JE 8 7 ry 6 4 0 Open D Save amp Undo 8 66 660608 668686 86 6 8 6 6 6 6 68 8 68 6 6 6 6 6 0 8 FF201122208100045000380386201000005016000000501100501000090205120000810150001 H 4 4509999 000 3 217 14 317 2 6009999 000 2 6009999 0009999 000 5 000 272 5009999 0009999 0009999 000 110 00
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122. litate your selection of observation collections presented in the right part A hierarchical view of each filter is provided Note also that the selection of an option automatically selects all its siblings in the hierarchy You can manually select or deselect the options by clicking the appropriate check boxes The definition of each filter is available in Support Glossary page You can select one or more options from each filter and use one or more filters at the same time Note that the OR relationship is implied among the options of the same filter and an 34 ESPAS User s Manual AND relationship is implied between the filters If one selects the ionosphere and thermosphere as region of space then the observation collections with region of space ionosphere OR thermosphere are presented on the right A high level query could be represented as region of space ionosphere OR region of space thermosphere But if also the 1D profile is selected at the dimensionality filter then the observation collections with region of space ionosphere OR thermosphere AND dimensionality equal to 1D profile are presented A high level query could be represented as dimensionality 1D_ profile AND region of space ionosphere OR region of space thermosphere e CoPda BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections ay Start Mew Search
123. load Your request is being processed Please go to MyAccount to monitor its progress 124 ESPAS User s Manual 9 6 Visit the My Account My Dataset File Downloads page to monitor the progress of the download request If you want to check its status or view more information about it click on its name foF2 values August 2011 see also section 1 12 3 My Data Values Downloads foF2 values August 2011 2015 08 21 01 53 52 COMPLETED COMPLETED p Refresh Status Expiration Date 2015 09 20 01 53 52 Resubmit Re quest B Get Data as fafa Get Plot Data as View Search Results Query Options Assets Athens Digisonde Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Observed Properties E layer Critical Frequency Fl layer Critical Fre quency F2 layer Critical Frequency Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 00 23 59 UTC selected Observed Properties F2 layer Critical Frequency In order to view download the data values in Ascii format click the Ascii option of the Get Data as drop down menu The data values marked by a timestamp are presented in a new tab window of your browser in ascii format as comma separated values The header line of the file is the description of the fields of the data values So the first value corresponds to the time stamp in UTC of the measured observed property while the second v
124. ls and predictions ofthe near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors PARTNERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seve nth Frame work Programme for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 76 ESPAS User s Manual 2 The Glossary page provides a list of terms and their definition that are used in the ESPAS portal LOGIN REGISTER SPAS Project Co js e T 6 p d 6 near earch space daba infrastructure for e science HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT IN THIS SECTION Glossary About ESPAS ESP AS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Corresponds to the process component that interacts with the feature of interest sampling Ontology feature to provide a result It involves the use of an Instrument which is mounted on a Platform that may have an Operation for satellites aircrafts ESPAS User s Manual Corresponds to an Instrument or a numerical Model or other software that was used to generate the observation For Data Providers For vector properties it describes which of the three components is provided in the data only in Data Providers those cases when observation does not specify the
125. n 1 7 1 1 Time period Leave the default values for the Subset of day Note the Current Selections area that presents the current selection of the time period Then click on the Observed Properties button 1 to continue your query BoPdo HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC Start New Search Search by time period Select a period of the observations Optio Time period start to end in UTC Subset of day ii From date 2011 08 05 00 00 Subset start 00 00 Todate 2011 08 09 23 59 zi Subsetend 23 59 109 ESPAS User s Manual 3 In the Search by observed properties page choose the following observed properties F1 layer critical frequency F2 layer critical frequency and E layer critical frequency by clicking the appropriate check boxes see also section 1 7 1 3 Observed properties Note the Current Selections area that presents the current selection of the time period and observed properties Then click on the Assets button 1 to continue your query CoP ds BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC i l Observed Properties E layer Critical Freque nicy Fi la yer Critical Frequency am Tim Per bod A meis Oteened Properties Observation Collections Start Mew Search Sea
126. n Collections o Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors This proje ct has re ceived funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programm e for research technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 283676 The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 16 ESPAS User s Manual 1 5 ESPAS Project 1 If you want more information about the ESPAS Project click the ESPAS Project link in the top right menu bar e BoPd5 near earcH space data infrastiructur BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Search and Download Register your data in ESPAS ESPAS provides the following services observations collections files or data 1 Metadata search by from a large number of data providers o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files 3 Download of extracted parameters Plots
127. nates latitude longitude in degrees of the lower left and upper right corner and the vertical extend given in the appropriate text fields The vertical extend should be described from the minimum distance beyond mean Earth radius km up to the maximum distance beyond mean Earth radius km The mean Earth radius is equal to 6371 km If you leave the vertical extend fields empty it is implied that the vertical extend equals to 0 km which means that the rectangular area you have defined lies on the Earth s surface In the following example a rectangular area with lower left corner the point with coordinates Latitude 36 degrees Longitude 20 degrees upper right corner the point with coordinates Latitude 39 degrees Longitude 25 degrees and vertical extend from 100 to 500 Km above the Earth surface is defined Select the location of the platforms ground based observatories and or satellites Coordinates in GEO Coordinates in GSE Select coordinates Cartesian Spherical 1 Horizontal Plane RectangularArea Circular Area Enter the circular area s radius Lower left corner refers to the smaller and upper right corner refers to the larger values in a mathematical sense a 5 Radius km e g 30 deg lt 60 deg but 60 deg lt 30 deg Enter the coordinates of the lower left corner Enter the coordinates of the circular area s center Latitude deg Longitude deg ag 20 Latitude de g Longitude deg Enter the coord
128. nd engineers wish to access many different datasets Thus there was a clear need for a system that helps scientists to locate the datasets that they need and then to download those data This is the core of the problem that ESPAS has addressed The immediate aim was to provide a single point access to a large number of data repositories covering different aspects of the near Earth environment These repositories are very heterogeneous including data from both ground and space based sensors and using a wide variety of measurement techniques g in situ and remote sensed measurements This heterogeneity was important as it provided the challenge needed to develop a truly flexible system So the ESPAS Consortium has had to address a number of detailed objectives How can the infrastructure integrate heterogeneous data from multiple providers To do this we have established a data model that allows us to capture a wide range of metadata about all these data and to do so ina consistent manner It is the breadth and consistency of the metadata that enables us to build a powerful tool for locating data For this reason we regard the data model as a key outcome of ESPAS Who can access the data To build confidence among data providers the infrastructure regulates access to the data so that users are made aware of policies on the use of the data and that where restrictions on access exist ESPAS can apply them How to find the data The infrastruc
129. nd Technical Meeting by This email address is being protected fram spambots You JavaScript enabled to view it lednesday 09 May 2012 Friday 11 May 2012 09 May 2012 SPAS Plenary meeting by Technical Manager yy 04 June 2012 Saturday 09 June 2012 04 June 2012 U School on Space Weather fundamental plasma processes by This email address is ing protected fram spambots You need JavaScript enabled to view it ednesday 18 July 2012 18 July 2012 eleconference with the Steering Committee by This email address is being protected ram spambots You need JavaScript enabled to view it 105 ESPAS User s Manual 1 15 Partners 1 If you want to view the Partners of ESPAS project click on the PARTNERS link in the bottom menu bar of the Home page CoPd SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS provides the following services 1 Metadata search by o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files 3 Download of extracted parameters Plots of extracted parameters Neal arch ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Search and Download Register observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS from alarge number of data providers News Announcements The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating ac
130. ng status e name the location search You can provide a name to the location search if there is no available e rename the location search You can rename the location search e View the location search results You can view the location search results of the request opens in a new window 101 ESPAS User s Manual 1 In order to view the history of your location searches requests click My Account My Location Searches from the main menu SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT My Personal Info 1 Metadata search by DESENAS collections files or os My Data Values Downloads o Time from a large number of data providers a aaa o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See httpv www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 2 A list of all your location search requests is presented in chronological order oldest first The name of th
131. nts and Models that were used for the generation of the observations Observed properties the observed properties that were measured in the observations Observation collections the collections that the observations belong to Location the location of the platforms ground based observatories or satellites on which the instruments are mounted and used for the generation of the observations The metadata search is open to all users with no registration required o Data access The result of a metadata search is a list of the observation collections that contain the observations that satisfy the query criteria The user has access to the data through the options described below Note that user registration and login to ESPAS portal is required for this service O O Download of data files provided by the ESPAS data providers Download of data values A subset of the observed properties is available for download as extracted data values After a data value download request the user gets as a result a text file in Ascii or XML format that contains the values of the selected observed properties o Plot of the data values After a data value download request the user can view or download the plot that presents the values of the selected observed properties All the data and metadata available through the ESPAS portal are provided by the ESPAS Data Providers The ESPAS Data Providers are special users of the ESPAS portal that have s
132. ology About ESPAS The ESPAS project is building an e Infrastructure that will help scientists and engineers to locate observational data from ground based and space borne sensors and from models that can advance studies of the near Earth space environment and its adverse impact on advanced technologies This is a very diverse environment extending from the upper atmosphere out into the magnetosphere and beyond into that part of the solar wind that is flowing past the Earth and that is often depositing significant amounts of energy and momentum into the magnetosphere This environment has many different components including a both the neutral and ionised parts of the upper atmosphere the thermosphere and ionosphere respectively which extend upwards to around Glossary ESFAS User s Manual For Data Providers 1000 km altitude b the tenuous extension of the ionosphere out to altitudes of 20000 km the plasmasphere c the regions of high energy particles that surround the Earth the radiation belts and d the origins and properties of the hot plasma flowing from the Sun to the Earth the solar wind This diversity creates a tension that ESPAS has sought to resolve Status Contact Us Data Providers a Data are spread around many institutes each specialising in a particular measurement or model but b The modern focus on inter disciplinary studies e g coupling between different components means that individual scientists a
133. ome added functionalities comparing to the simple user of ESPAS e g register ESPAS User s Manual data This manual presents a description of the ESPAS portal and its functionalities with examples and screen shots for the regular user 1 1 Home page The home page of the ESPAS Portal is presented below and consists of the following areas 2 SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS 1 Metadata search by from alarge number of data providers o Time Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors The ESPAS Consortium Copynght 2012 This proje ct has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem
134. on click Search from the main menu or click Search and Download at the home page and then click the Location button under the Spatial temporal search header BoPdo HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Search amp Download Progressive Search Spatial temporal Search gogo Time Period ssets Observed Properties Observation Collections Location Metadata search Construct a metadata search using criteria from Time Period Assets instruments and or Metadata search The Spatial temporal Search models Observed Properties and Observation Collections visit our ESPAS Data Model and ESPAS Space Physics allows you to select a restricted time period 30 Ontology pages for more information to search our metadata Start with any of these criteria by clicking one of days maximum and then search the ESPAS the buttons above and then continue with any other to filter further your results You can submit your query at metadata by platform ground based observatories any stage of the progressive search and or satellites location Click here to see a video tutorial Click here to see a video tutorial Data download You can download selected datafiles or values that are extracted from the data files you will be required to login as a registered user Choose to save your results locally or plot them through the system NOTE for the location search and for the download of extracted data values a max
135. onalities are valid for a specific period of time as defined by each ESPAS data provider Afterwards the request is expired and you cannot view download plot the data values For each download request you can e view its status A request is characterized by its status which can have one of the following values Submitting the request is being submitted to the ESPAS system You should wait until the status becomes Completed to get the data values Running the request is running You should wait until the status becomes Completed to get the data values Completed the request has been completed successfully You are provided with the option to view download the data values in ASCII or XML format or to plot them These functionalities are valid for a specific period of time as defined by each ESPAS data provider Afterwards the request is expired and you cannot view download plot the data values Pending the request is in a pending state and an appropriate message is displayed You should wait until the status becomes Completed Expired the request has expired The url to download the data files is not available any more You can resubmit the request to get the files again Failed the request has failed and the reason of failure is presented You can resubmit the request Unknown The request is in unknown status You may contact the ESPAS administrator Home Page Contact Us for more information e re
136. ort ESPAS User s Manual menu item CoPda SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT About ESPAS ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download spas Data Model 1 Metadata search by observations collections filesor ESPAS Space Physics Ontology SPAS ue from a large number of data provi Glossary Assets Instruments and Models Observed Properties SPAS User s Manual o Observation Collections o Location 2 Download of Data Files News Data Providers Status 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School wi Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www For Data Providers Contact Us petober ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions ofthe near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors ws VENTS PARTNERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programm e for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 78 ESPAS User s Manual 2 The ESPAS User s Manual page provides information about the ESPAS User s Manual CoP ds HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES ESPAS
137. parent term 57 ESPAS User s Manual 1 In order to browse the ESPAS space physics ontology click on the Browse ESPAS Space Physics Ontology menu item ESPAS SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS Metadata ESPAS provides the fo Alla A A Search and Download Register 1 Metadata search by ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS Time from a large number of data providers o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 2 Sr ARTNERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 2 The ontology browser is presented where you can navigate to all ES
138. r 1998 an ESPAS User s Manual observation is an act that results in the estimation of the value of a feature property using a designated procedure such as a sensor instrument algorithm or process chain An observation is associated with a discrete time instant or period through which a number For Data Providers term or other symbol is assigned to a phenomenon The result of an observation is an estimate of the value of a property of some Data Providers feature so the details of the observation are metadata concerning the value of the feature property Status EXAMPLE Measuring the act of the observation the F24ayer Critical Frequency foF2 of the lonosphere above Athens at 1 1 2015 Contact Us 16 00 GMT The feature Ofinterest is the lonosphere the observedProperty is the foF2 the procedure process is the acquisition made by the Athens Digisonde mounted on NOA platform and the result is 5 2 MHz Following this approach the data which ESPAS data model is aimed at describing is always considered as observation results and the observation together with its properties provide relevant metadata Besides the main concept of Observation the other related concepts that are used in ESPAS data model are listed below while a high level overview of the relationships among them is presented at Figure 1 73 ESPAS User s Manual 1 11 3 ESPAS Space Physics Ontology 1 In order to view information about ESPAS Space Physics Ontology click on
139. rch by observed properties Select Observed Properties onthe right 1 Filter by Observed Properties a Phenomenon Start typing to select options Start typing to select options select All Deselect All Select All Deselect All x Elayer Critical Frequency foe E layer peak height zmE a Feld Magnetic Field E ayer X Mode Critical Frequency fxE E layer mode Critical Frequency fZzE 4 Particle Electron Flux Fe 4 Charged Particle j slayer Blanketing Frequency fbEs layer Critical Frequency foEs layer Type Type Es ayer Critical Frequency foF1 l k height zm F1 Measurand ayer peak height zmF1 ayer Critical Frequency foF2 2 layer half density height zhalfNim w Qualifier 2 layer peak height zm F2 110 ESPAS User s Manual 4 In the Search by assets page choose the following asset Athens Digisonde by clicking the appropriate check box see also section 1 7 1 2 Assets Note the Current Selections area that presents the current selection of the time period observed properties and assets Then click on the Observation Collections button 1 to continue your query EoPdo BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC Observed Properties E layer Critical Frequency Fl ayer Critical Frequency Assets Athens Digisonde Start New Search Search by assets Select Assets
140. re mandatory If you wish to become an ESPAS data provider you have first to contact the ESPAS administrator via the Contact Us page and then to check the box Check if you are a data provider administrator upon registration The ESPAS administrator will review your request and upgrade your user status to become a data provider As a data provider you can register metadata in the ESPAS portal ESPs HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Edit your information My Personal Info Name Anna Chansi My Dataset File Downloads My Data Values Downloads E mail Address annacharskyahoo com My Location Password Optional Trrititty ad Searches Confirm Password Optional a Affiliation Organisation Name UOA Domain Academic Research Country Greece Intended use of ESPAS data Academ ic Commercial Data Provider Check if you are a data provider administrator 3 A message is presented that confirms that your personal information has been updated successfully Success Your information was updated successfully 87 ESPAS User s Manual 1 12 2 My Dataset File Downloads The My Dataset File Downloads page presents the history and detailed information of your download requests for dataset files Note that for each completed download request you will be provided with a link to download the data files This download link
141. results You can submit your query at metadata by platform ground based observatories any stage of the progressive search and or satellites location Click here to see a video tutorial Click here to see a video tutorial Data download You can download selected datafiles or values that are extracted from the data files you will be required to loginas a registered user Choose to save your results locally or plot them through the system NOTE for the location search and for the download of extracted data values a maximum of 30 days can be selectec 2 In the top part of the Search by observation collections page there is the Current Selections area see also the section 1 6 Search menu for more information where your selected criteria are presented Below this area in the right part A there is a list of all the observation collections in alphabetical order that are associated with at least one observation You can scroll down this list and select the observation collections you want to include in your metadata query You can also use the Select All button or Deselect All to select and deselect all the options respectively If you hover the mouse pointer over a specific observation collection a pop up window presents its description The Clear button clears all the selections including the filters In the left part B there are some filters Region of Space Dimensionality that you can use to narrow down or faci
142. rocessin g of sos request has completed Refresh Status Expiration Date 2015 09 03 23 07 27 Resubmit Request B Get Data as a Get Plot Data as View Search Results AS cli SOS Result XML ery Options S05 SWE AML ry OPE dons Athens Digisonde SAO files autos caled Time Periods 2006 05 10 19 00 00 2006 05 15 14 14 00 00 00 23 59 UTC selected Observed Properties F2 layer Critical Frequency 7 The data values are presented in a new tab window of your browser in the XML format that corresponds to the SOS response You can use the Save Page as of your browser to save this file locally on your computer Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help i https response x ESPAS My Acco x https www espas fp7 eu portal dataServiet requestiId SOSReqID 1428895745 amp userld annacharisi yahoo com amp xs 7 a Search This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it The document tree is shown below lt sos GetResultResponse xsi schemaLocation http www opengis net sos 2 0 http schemas opengis net sos 2 0 sos xsd gt lt sos resultValues gt 2006 05 10T19 15 00Z 5 7 2006 05 10T19 30 00Z 5 25 2006 05 10T19 45 00Z 5 35 2006 05 10T20 00 00Z 5 4 2006 05 10T20 15 00Z 5 3 2006 05 10T20 30 00Z 5 2 2006 05 10T20 45 00Z 5 2 2006 05 10T21 00 00Z 5 2 2006 05 10T21 15 00Z 5 25 2006 05 10T21 30 00Z 4 9 2006 05 10T21 45 00Z 4 95 2006 05 10T
143. roviders that are related to the results is presented Clicking on each licence you can view the entire licence text According to ESPAS Policies see also section 1 9 ESPAS Policies on requesting data users are asked to agree to the data providers licences Therefore you should tick the box I agree to all the Licences and click the Download button in order to submit your download request for all the results However if you wish to agree with some of the Data Providers licenses then only the data from these Data Providers will be available for download to you 123 ESPAS User s Manual e p5pd5 Data Values Download select which observed properties to download Title Elayer Critical Frequency Fi layer Critical Frequency x F2 layer Critical Frequency Give a name to your download request Otherwise it will default to the request date Request name foF2 values August 2011 Licences E agree to all the Licences NWOA s Terms of Reference E agree to the NOA s Terms of Reference licence Download 4 A message is displayed informing you that your request is being processed You should visit the My Account My Data Values Downloads page to monitor its progress see also section 1 12 3 My Data Values Downloads You will be also informed by email upon the completion of the download request Close this window by clicking the X in the top right corner e p5Pd5 Data Values Down
144. rs 48 ESPAS User s Manual 7 The Data Values Download page opens in a pop up window You can select from the list presented which observed properties you wish to download by clicking on the appropriate check boxes You may give a name to your download request If you leave it empty the default name will be the submission date time of the request You should tick the box I agree to all the Licences and click the Download button in order to submit your download request See also section Download of Data Values for an example on how to perform a download of data values request e 5Pd5 Data Values Download Select which observed properties to download Title EJ F2 layer Critical Frequency Give a name to your download request Otherwise it will default to the request date Request name foF2 values for January 2009 Licences Eq agree to all the Licences EISCAT Rules of the Road Ej agree to the EISCAT Rules of the Road licence NOA s Terms of Reference 8 If the selected time period exceeds the 30 days a message is presented which prompts you to refine your request by selecting a smaller time period by making a new query e p5pd9 Data Values Download You can download a maximum of 30 days of data Refine your request by selecting a smaller time period 49 ESPAS User s Manual 9 Before you proceed for a download request you can check the data providers status online o
145. rth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts ESPAS interface will provide access to more than 40 data repositories containing heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensed developed for the needs of different users To achieve this main goal the following detailed objectives are addressed e The infrastructure must integrate heterogeneous data from multiple providers To do so it must establish policies on identification access availability quality sharing and re use of the data or metadata of the participating content providers The infrastructure must enable data access across multiple data sources each one focused on a specific research topic Since the search results are related to datasets and their descriptions metadata it is essential that they are delivered in a scientist friendly manner To facilitate the search a number of workflows data flows will be employed within the core ESPAS system The infrastructure will provide value added services to explore mine events identification and visualize the integrated metadata e The infrastructure will be used as a test bed for setting up the 17 Lae Latest News ESPAS Training School second announcement 08 Jun 2015 11 36 a ERS ESPAS Training school EY Near Earth Space Data Infrastructure for e Science http J www espas fp7 eu school 19th 23th October Monday Friday 2015 Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences
146. rting vocabularies The terms in these vocabularies are connected to each other via parent child relationships optional as in the case of the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology The definition of each controlled vocabulary is given in the Glossary section Browse Glossary of the ESPAS portal ESPd5 HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Glossary About ESPAS ESP AS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Acquisition Corresponds to the process component that interacts with the feature of interest sampling Ontology feature to provide a result It involves the use of an Instrument which is mounted on a Platform that may have an Operation for satellites aircrafts Asset Corresponds to an Instrument or a numerical Model or other software that was used to generate a the observation For Data Providers Component For vector properties it describes which of the three components is provided in the data only in Data Providers those cases when observation does not specify the vector property in full Typical components Status are X Y Z The Component has to be accompanied by a suitable description of the Coordinate Contact Us Reference System Crs It takes values from the Component controlled vocabulary Composite Observed Property Describes the group of simple observed properties whose values are estimated in the course of an observation It takes values from the Composite Observed Property controlled vocabular
147. s nasa alouette1 Alouette 2 Electron Density Profiles nasa alouette2 Andenes Magnetometer Data ANDdata Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled Athens SAO Automatically Prospected IMAGE Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled This collection contains the SAO text files produced by Athens Digisonde 38 03 degrees N 23 52 degrees W Each SAO file contains the autoscaled characteristics for one ionogram including the echo traces h f echo amplitudes frequency and range spread and most of the importnat ionospheric characteristics together with the electron density profile where available SAO stands for Standard Archiving Output format A description of the SAO format versions 4 2 and 4 3 can be found at http ulcar uml edu digis onde html Query project http resources espas fp7 eu project noa DIAS 1 AND process http resources espas fp7 eu compositePr s noa athDig artist 1 AND observedPropert y http tology espas fp7 eu compositeObservedProperty noa sao Responsible parties Anna Belehaki Point of contact National Observatory of Athens Data Provider SPAS Metadata ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies 7 Similarly you can browse all the ESPAS metadata by navigating through the entries in the left column 56 ESPAS User s Manual 1 8 2 ESPAS Space Physics Ontology The ESPAS data portal manages a set of vocabularies of Space Physics keywords
148. s Digisonde Observation Collections Athens Digisonde 54 0 files autoscaled DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde ee Praeger Back Start New Search Results Select Download dataset files or data values observed properties and go to My Account to monitor their progress Refine by Project Number of Observations 4 Download T ai Data Providers status i Share your results Dataset files w Observation Collection Observation Collect aT Instrument _ w Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled v Region of 5 eee v DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Platform Model Dimensional ity Timeline Dimensional ity Instance 122 ESPAS User s Manual 2 You will be prompted to log in the ESPAS portal if you are not already logged in Co BSPd5 Login You must be a registered ESPAS user in order to download data If you are a registered user please proceed to login ESPAS Account E mail Address annacharisi yahoo com Password sseeseeee 3 The Data Values Download page opens in a pop up window You can choose the observed properties you wish to download In this example the F2 layer Critical Frequency is chosen by clicking on the appropriate checkbox You may give a name to your download request If you leave it empty the default name will be the submission date time of the request Additionally a list of the licences of the ESPAS Data P
149. s Manual Click here for the PDF version 79 ESPAS User s Manual 1 11 6 For Data Providers 1 In order to view the information for the data providers click on the Support For Data Providers menu item Coda SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or oTa from a large number of data provi o Assets Instruments and Models Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School wi o Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www near earch space daba infrasiry SUPPORT About ESPAS ESPAS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Glossary ESPAS User s Manual For Data Providers Data Providers Status Contact Us petober ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors Q v 9 The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This project has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 80
150. s form For a complete list of all the Assets Instrument and Computations Platforms and Projects registered in ESPAS you can visit the Browse gt Metadata section Filter by Assets Asset Type l Start typing to select options Start typing to select options SelectAll Deselect All Select All Deselect All 4 Instruments a Radar Alouette 1 Topside Sounder Incoherent Scatter Radar Alouette 2 Topside Sounder a F Sounder Atheps Digisonde 4 lonosonde EISCAT Athens Digisonde abe Athens Digsonde is an ionospheric staon produced by Vertical bonosonde EISCAT Lowell Digisonde Injernatonal capable of making a measurements of ihe overhead ionosphere and provides a Passive Remote Sensing Instrument Gibil ma reaime on site processing and analysis io characterize radio signal propagafion in support of communications or a Interferometer ISIS 1 Ti surveillance operatons and enhance ionospheric research effors Athens Digisonde is installed in P alaia ISIS 2 Ti Pentel 38 00 lat 23 52 lon Athens Digisonde data can be accessed though hiipcl wana ono oa gr Radio Plasma mager Rome AlS INGY lonosonde Platform Project 4 Click on the Platform on the left to view all the options for this filter which defines the platform type where the instruments are mounted on check also the Platform type vocabulary at the Browse ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies page By clicking an option on the left the list of
151. s information that characterizes an observation e g when the observation took place what it was measured by which instrument etc is called metadata and is organised according to the ESPAS Data Model For more information on the ESPAS Data Model please visit the Support ESPAS Data Model page CoPda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES ESPAS Data Model The ESPAS data model is built entirely on ISO 19100 series geographic information standards particularly the ISO 19156 Observations and Measurements O amp M standard This standardisation facilitates interoperability with other information systems and provides freedom to mix and match information system components without compromising overall success ISO 19101 2002 The general structure of the ESPAS data model gives a central place to the concept of observation According to Fowler 1998 an observation is an act that results in the estimation of the value of a feature property using a designated procedure such as a sensor instrument algorithm or process chain An observation is associated with a discrete time instant or period through which a number term or other symbol is assigned to a phenomenon The result of an observation is an estimate of the value of a property of some feature so the details of the observation are metadata concerning the value of the feature property EXAMPLE Measuring the act of the observation the F2 layer Critical Frequency
152. s that the Data Provider is currently not available This means that the requests for dataset files see section 3 Download of Data Files Examples will be processed as soon as the provider becomes available whereas requests for data values see section 4 Download of Data Values Examples will not be processed The date of the last update of the status is also presented at the right column Coda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES Data Providers Status View a list of all the ESFAS Data Providers and their status online offline Data Provider s Name ADP Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy BIRA IASB Bla Bla Bla Bla Demo Account Demo Account DH Consultancy DLR DLR DTU Space DTU Space EDAM EDAM EISCAT Status t w t w t w t t w t w t w t w EISCAT 83 Last Update Date 2015 08 06 02 00 13 2015 08 06 02 00 01 2015 08 05 12 45 24 2015 08 06 02 00 15 2015 08 03 16 15 10 2015 08 06 02 00 00 2015 08 06 02 00 13 2015 08 05 17 00 32 2015 08 06 02 00 12 2015 08 06 01 45 11 2015 08 06 02 00 01 2015 08 05 17 00 42 2015 08 06 02 00 12 2015 08 02 02 47 01 2015 08 06 02 00 13 About ESPAS ESPAS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Glossary ESPAS User s Manual For Data Providers Data Providers 5 tatus Contact Us ESPAS User s Manual 1 11 8 Contact Us 1 In order to contact ESPAS administrator click on the Support Conta
153. selected In the top part of the Search by time period page there is the Current Selections area see the section 1 6 Search menu for more information where your selected criteria are presented Below this area there are the From date To date fields A to define your time period of interest in UTC timezone Moreover you can specify the subset of day in UTC B this will apply for all days in the selected time period by using the fields Subset start and Subset end So you can specify a time period e g from 1 to 10 January 2014 but also a subset of day e g from 10 00 to 12 00 UTC This selection will return the observations that were acquired between 10 00 and 12 00 in UTC for the days from 1 to 10 January 2014 If you don t want to define any subset of day leave the default values 00 00 to 23 59 for these fields 22 ESPAS User s Manual CoPda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Back Start New Search Search by time period Select a period of the observations Time period start t UT Subset of day From date 2015 08 06 22 01 Subset start 00 00 To date 2015 08 06 22 01 Subs et end 23 59 3 Using the buttons on the right of the From date and To date fields you can select the dates and times by using the supportive pop up windows Search by time period Select a period of the observations Opt Time period start to T Subset of day
154. sense e g 30 Radius km deg lt 60 deg but 60 deg lt 30 deg 100 Enter the coordinates of the lower left corner Enter the coordinates of the circular area s center Latitude deg Longitude deg Latitude deg Longitude deg 36 20 Enter the coordinates of the upper right corner Latitude deg Longitude deg 2 Vertical Extent mean Earth radius 6371 km Minimum distance beyond mean Earth radius km Maximum distance beyond mean Earth radius km 100 500 9 For the GSE coordinate system you can define a bounding box or a bounding sphere The bounding box is defined by the coordinates X Y Z in km of the lower and upper bound given in the appropriate text fields In the following example a bounding box having as lower bound the point with coordinates X 362508 Y 11345 Z 47620 and as upper bound the point with coordinates X 531932 Y 31149 Z 68602 is defined Select the location of the platforms ground based observatories and or satellites Coordinates in GEO Coordinates in GSE Bounding Box Bounding Sphere Enter the sphere s radius Lower bound refers to the smaller and upper bound refers to P the larger values in a mathematical sense Radius km Enter the coordinates ofthe lower bound X km Y km Enter the coordinates of the sphere s center 362508 11345 X km Y km Enter the coordinates of the upper bound X km Y km 531932 31149 43 ESPAS User s Manua
155. sets page there is the Current Selections area see the section 1 6 Search menu for more information where your selected criteria are presented Below this area in the right part A there is a list of all the assets in alphabetical order that are associated with observations grouped as Instruments and Models You can scroll down this list and select the assets you want to include in your metadata query You can also use the Select All button or Deselect Al to select and deselect all the options respectively If you hover the mouse pointer over a specific instrument a pop up window presents its description The Clear button clears all the selections including the filters In the left part B there are some filters Instrument type Platform Project that you can use to narrow down or facilitate your selection of assets presented in the right part A hierarchical view of each filter is provided Note also that the selection of an option automatically selects all its siblings in the hierarchy You can manually select or deselect the options by clicking the appropriate check boxes The definition of each filter is available at Support Glossary section You can select one or more options from each filter and use one or more filters at the same time 25 ESPAS User s Manual Note that the OR relationship is implied among the options of the same filter and an AND relationship is implied between the filters If one selects the
156. side Navigate in ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies Navigate in the ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies terms component licence status crs etc Start typing to select options Geocentric spherical also known as Spherical Earth Centred Earth Fixed Component Compressed Representation 4 Coordinate Reference System CRS Corrected GeoMagnetic t IDEN TIFIER ittp Geocentric Cartesian Ge ocentric Equatorial Inertial system for epoch 1950 cartesian Ge ocentric Equatorial Inertial system for epoch 1950 spherical Geocentric Equatorial Inertial system for epoch 2000 cartesian Ge ocentric Equatorial Inertial system for epoch 2000 spherical Geocentric Solar Ecliptic Ge ocentric Solar Equatorial Geocentric Solar Magnetos pheric Ge ocentric Spherical Geographic East North Up Cartesian P ee ie RP th eee ee Geocentric Spherical GEO spherical ECEF in spherical representation lat lon alt where alt is the distance from the Earth center in km the mean Earth radius is 6371 2 km ESP AS Metadata ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESP AS Su pporting Vocabularies 4 Similarly you can navigate through all the ESPAS supporting vocabularies by clicking the appropriate terms in the left column 63 ESPAS User s Manual 1 9 ESPAS Policies menu The ESPAS Policies menu provides information regarding the ESPAS policies and the data licenses defined by each ESPAS Data Provider ESPAS provides op
157. situ and remote sensors Q Q PARTNERS DATA PROVIDERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This project has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research technological de velopment and dem onstr ation under grant agreement no 283676 18 ESPAS User s Manual 2 Provide the required information and the message you want to send to ESPAS administrator and click Submit Note that the fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory e CoPda HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESFAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT IN THIS SE Contact Us About ESPAS ESPAS Data Model ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Send an email to the system administrator All fields with an are required Name Anna Charisi Glossary ESPAS User s Manual For Data Providers E mail Address annachansk yahoo com Data Providers Subject Interest on participating in ESPAS as Data Provider tatus Contact Us Message Dear SirMadam would like to inform me about the procedure that should follow in onder to become an official ESPAS Data Provider lam looking forward to hearing from you Anna Charis EVENTS PART N ERS DATA PROVIDERS The SPAS Cansarthum Copyright 20172 This project has received funding tram the European Union s Seventh Framework Prog amme for research tecdinalagical development and demonstration under grant agreement mo 2E3576 3
158. sonde SAO files autoscal ed W Athens Digisonde 2 w DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Region of Space Platform Model Dimensional ity Timeline Dimensional ity Instance 3 If you click on the name of a specific Observation Collection on the right the description of this collection is presented as shown below Num ber of Observations 120 ail Data Providers status I Share your results Observation Collections 8 A Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled This collection contains the SAO text files produced by Athens Digs onde 38 03 degrees N 23 52 degrees W Each SAO file contains the autos caled characteristics for one jonogram including the echo traces hf echo amplitudes frequency and range spread and most of the importnat ionospheric characteristics together with the electron density profile where available SAO stands for Standard Archiving Output format A description of the SAO format versions 4 2 and 4 3 can be found at http ukar omlLedu digsonde htm page lof 1 Date Productis 2008 12 73 15 15 00 2000 02 18 16 00 00 Athens SAC file texct s sao 47 ESPAS User s Manual 4 In order to request for download of dataset files click the Dataset files option from the Download drop down menu You will be prompted to log in the ESPAS portal if you are not already logged in Note that the download always refers to the data from the Observation Collections currently
159. st is shown 1 which is completed in this example along with the expiration date 2 See also the section 1 12 3 for a description of the possible status values Then there is the Get Data as drop down menu 3 that provides access to the data values ascii and xml format and also the Get Plot Data as drop down menu 4 that provides a plot of the data values Note that these menus are valid until the expiration date 2 Afterwards the request is expired and you cannot view download plot the data values You can resubmit the request to get the data values On the right 5 there is the button to view the search results of the request At the bottom 6 the query options of the request are presented In this example the query options of the request are Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled AND Time Periods 2006 05 10 19 00 00 2006 05 15 14 14 00 00 00 23 59 UTC AND Selected Observed Properties F2 layer Critical Frequency a Athens Digisonde foF2 2015 08 04 1 3 16 44 COMPLETED COMPLETED Refresh Status Query Options Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SAO files autos cale d Time Periods 2006 05 10 19 00 00 2006 05 15 14 14 00 00 00 23 59 UTC selected Observed Properties F2 layer Critical Frequency 95 ESPAS User s Manual 4 In order to view download the data values in Ascii format click the Ascii option of the Get Data as drop down menu a Athens Digis on
160. t 2012 This project has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programm e for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem onstr ation under grant agreement no 283676 e eSPdS Gal CalGH SPALE dd HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Already an ESPAS user ESPAS Account E mail Address annacharisi yahoo com Password TETT Login Forgot your password PARTNERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This project has re cewed funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem onstr ation under grant agreement no 283676 11 ESPAS User s Manual 3 You are redirected to the Home page Note the Hello name that is presented in the top right menu that confirms your logged in status e i i Pd i Near earth space daba infrastructure SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download Register observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS 1 Metadata search by from a large number of data providers o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties o Observation Collections Location J Reverted of Date Fle News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 Se
161. tatus Concepts of Data Model and Ontology are used interchangeably in the eScience community In ESPAS we draw a distinction between Contact Us Data Model ISO controlled organization of data elements and their relationships in a generic science neutral manner Domain Ontology a vocabulary controlled structured set of physical concepts and relationships specific to a particular domain of science In order to describe the domain ontology concepts custom data elements not in the ISO 91000 standard had to be introduced Additionally ESPAS Data Model includes new custom data elements of the generic science neutral nature that were required to adequately describe available data collections Key Elements of ESPAS Space Physics Ontology In order to simplify navigation through the wealth of ESPAS Space Physics vocabulary terms the ontology is organized in several hierarchies of keywords connected to each other via a broader narrower relationship Understanding the ontology hierarchies is critical for efficient data search and discovery in ESPAS For a detailed description of the ESPAS Space Physics Ontology click here The ESPAS Space Physics Ontology browser provides information for all the vocabularies that constitute the ontology presenting all the terms that exist in each vocabulary along with their description The hierarchy of the ontology terms is presented in the left column by nesting the children terms under the
162. th s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors PARTNERS The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 Vv This proje ct has re ceive d funding from the European Union s Seve nth Frame work Programme for research technological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agreement no 283676 12 ESPAS User s Manual 2 The ESPAS Data Model page provides a general overview of the ESPAS Data Model with a figure that outlines the relationships among the major data model concepts A link is provided at the end of this page for the detailed documentation of the ESPAS Data Model for an in depth description e BSPd5 near earo space data infrastructure for e science HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES support IN THIS SECTION About ESPAS ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESPAS Data Model The ESPAS data model is built entirely on ISO 19100 series geographic information standards particularly the ISO 19156 Observations and Measurements O amp M standard This standardisation facilitates interoperability with other information systems and provides freedom to mix and match information system com ponents without compromising overall success ISO 19101 2002 Glossary The general structure of the ESPAS data model gives a central place to the concept of observation According to Fowle
163. th s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 2 A list of all your download requests is presented in chronological order oldest first The name of the request is the name you have defined during the submission of the request see also section 3 Download of data files Inside the parenthesis the local time of the submission is presented You can sort the requests by submission date name or status by clicking on the appropriate option of the Sort by drop down menu 1 in ascending or descending order 2 Moreover you can use the search box filter 3 to search for requests with a specific name date or status ESPAS HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT My Dataset File Downloads My Personal Info My Dataset File Check out your download requests They have a time stamp of the request Just click on a request to see its progress information eas ownloads about it and a list of download URLs if it is completed My Data Values 3 1 2 Downloads Sort by Date Order by Descending My Location Searches v Electron Density Maps 20th June 2014 2015 08 10 23 58 09 COMPLETED v Athens SAO files UCL FPIs 2015 08 10 01 32 26 v Whisper 1 Feb 2001 2015 08 10 01 29 27 v 2015 08 04 10 54 39 89 ESPAS User s Manual 3 If you want to
164. the Support gt ESPAS Space Physics Ontology menu item ESPAS SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES ESPAS provides the following services Search and Download 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or q mee from a large number of data provi Assets Instruments and Models Observed Properties o Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School wi Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www hear earth space daba SUPPORT About ESPAS ESPAS Data Model Glossary ESPAS User s Manual For Data Providers Data Providers Status Contact Us pctober ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors gt 9 The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This project has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnological de velopment and dem onstration under grant agre ement no 283676 74 ESPAS User s Manual 2 Ihe ESPAS Space Physics Ontology page provides a general overview of the ontology that has been developed for ESPAS A link is provided at the end of this page for the detai
165. thens Digisonde SAO files anosa L Bergen Magnetometer Data Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled Bj rn ya Magnetometer Data This collection contains the SAO text files produced by Athens Digisonde 38 03 degrees N 23 52 degrees W E DEMETER IAP Characteristics of Low Eng Each SAO file contains the autoscaled characteristics for one ionogram including the echo traces h f echo E DEMETER IAP Characteristics of Low Eng amplitudes frequency and range spread and most of the importnat ionospheric characteristics together with the E DEMETER ISL Langmuir Probe Results f electron density profile where available SAO stands for Standard Archiving Output format A description of the SAO DMT_N1_1143 format versions 4 2 and 4 3 can be found at http ulcar uml edu digis onde html DEMETER ISL Langmuir Probe Results F onc ASAT SS DMT_N1_1144 E DIAS Bottomside Electron Density Nowcasting Maps C DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Click on the Dimensionality on the left to view all the options for this filter check also the Dimensionality vocabulary in the Browse ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies page Clicking an option on the left the list of the observation collections appeared on the right is updated to reflect the selections You can choose the options for the dimensionality according to your preferences Then select the observation collections you want
166. tical extend from 0 to 500 Km above the Earth surface Select the location of the platforms ground based observatories and or satellites Coordinates in GEO Coordinates in GSE Select coordinates Cartesian Spherical 1 Horizontal Plane RectangularArea Circular Area l Enter the circular area s radius Lower left corner refers to the smaller and upper right corner refers to the larger values in a mathematical sense e g 30 Radius km deg lt 60 deg but 60 deg lt 30 deg Enter the coordinates of the lower left corner Enter the coordinates of the circular area s center Latitude deg Longitude deg 30 10 Latitude deg Longitude deg Enter the coordinates ofthe upper right corner Latitude deg Longitude deg 45 40 2 Vertical Extent mean Earth radius 6371 km Minimum distance beyond mean Earth radius km Maximum distance beyond mean Earth radius km 0 500 4 The Current Selections area presents the current selection of the time period and observing platform location Click on the Submit button to finish your query ESPd5 HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Current Selections nee Back Submit Time Period 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC Observing Platform Location GEO coordinates Horizontal Plane Rectangular area Lower left corner lat lon 30 10 Start New Search Upper right corner lat lon 45 40
167. ting tool for OGC SWE data files Register observations collections files or data your data in ESPAS 1 Metadata search by from a large number of data providers o Time o Assets Instruments and Models o Observed Properties Observation Collections Location 2 Download of Data Files News Announcements 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School will be held in Warsaw from 19th to 23rd October Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www es pas fp7 eu school for further details ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Earth s atmosphere up to the outer radiation belts Access to a large number of repositories with heterogeneous data from ground and space in situ and remote sensors 68 ESPAS User s Manual 2 A short description of the plotting tool for OGC SWE data files is presented along with a download link Instructions are provided on how to use this tool e t i Pd i Near earth space catia infrastructure HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Plotting tool for OGC SWE data files TEC Time Series by Daniel Heynderickx DH Consultancy BVBA Leuven Belgium Plotter Plotting tool for OGC This IDL code can be used to plot atime series of ascalar variable contained in an XML file conforming to the OGC SWE Common Data SWE data files Model Encoding Standard
168. tometer Bjerneya Geomagnetic Observartory Mag netom eter Resonance Relaxation Sounder Castello Tesino Scalar Magnetometer Castello Tesino Vector Magnetometer v Platform Dombas Geomagnetic Observartory Magnetometer Denna Magnetometer DTU Space fluxgate magnetometer EISCAT Kiruna Receiver Project 26 ESPAS User s Manual 3 The following example presents the use of the Asset Type filter which defines the type of the asset instrument or model according to the corresponding controlled vocabulary check also the Instrument and Computation type at the Browse ESPAS Space Physics Ontology page The filter presents in a hierarchical view all the assets types that are related with at least one observation Using the buttons Select All or Deselect All you can select or deselect all the options respectively In this example the Sounder option including all the children has been selected from the Asset Type filter and on the right only the Assets instruments in this case that are of type Sounder lonosonde or Vertical lonosonde are presented If you are happy with the list of assets presented on the right select the ones you want to be included in your metadata query by clicking the check boxes Otherwise you can use the other filters Platform and or Project Search by assets Select Assets on the right rit ilab i Assets and their respectie filter options that are mot related to an observation are not displayed inthi
169. ture must make it straightforward for users to locate data using criteria that are suited to the user s scientific objectives which we may term a scientist friendly approach To facilitate such searches a number of workflows have been developed for use within the ESPAS portal Have we tested ESPAS The infrastructure is being tested through the application of several test and science cases designed to serve the needs of the wide interdisciplinary users 71 ESPAS User s Manual 1 11 2 ESPAS Data Model 1 In order to view information about ESPAS Data Model click on the Support ESPAS Data Model menu item CoPda SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES ESPAS provides the following services Search and Downloa 1 Metadata search by observations collections files or ae from a large number of data provi o Assets Instruments and Models Observed Properties o Observation Collections o Location 2 Download of Data Files News 3 Download of extracted parameters The ESPAS Training School wi Plots of extracted parameters 2015 See http www Near Garth SPACE abd INITA SUPPORT About ESPAS ESPAS Space Physics Ontology Glossary ESPAS User s Manual For Data Providers Data Providers Status Contact Us sdruchuri PAS Dctober ESPAS is a data infrastructure facilitating access to observations models and predictions of the near Earth space environment extending from the Ear
170. ults Location Results page after the submission of a progressive or spatial temporal search request This service requires registration and log in the ESPAS portal Below an example of how to request and download data files from ESPAS portal is presented that is associated with the example presented in the section 2 1 Progressive Search The following steps apply to the Results page and are the same for both the progressive search Results and the spatial temporal search Location Results page 1 In the Results page click the Dataset files option from the Download drop down menu ESPs BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Current Selections Time Periods 2011 08 05 00 00 2011 08 09 23 59 00 00 23 59 UTC of Observed Properties E layer Critical Frequency Fl layer Critical Frequency ime Period Ames Oinerved Properties Qtservation Collections Assets Athens Digisonde Observation Collections Athens Digisonde SA0 files autoscaled DIAS daily f plots of fmin foF2 from Athens Digisonde Pegon Back Start Mew Search Results Select Download dataset files or data values observed properties and go to My Account to monitor their progress Refine by Project Number of Observations 4 Download 7 wai Data Providers status i Share your results Observation Collection Observation Collect Data values nstrument ie w Athens Digisonde 540 files autoscal e
171. vector property in full Typical components Status are X Y Z The Component has to be accompanied by a suitable description of the Coordinate Contact Us Reference System Crs It takes values from the Component controlled vocabulary Composite Observed Property Describes the group of simple observed properties whose values are estimatedin the course of an observation It takes values from the Composite Observed Property controlled vocabulary Composite Process Represents the process that consists of more than one components of type Acquisition or Com putation Compressed Representation Describes the formalism of compressed representation of voluminous or complex 3D 2D and 1D data Typical examples are spherical harmonics for 2D maps on the sphere truncated Fourier transforms harmonics for diurnal time series Empirical Orthogonal Functions EOF It takes values from the Compressed Representation controlled vocabulary Computation Corresponds to the process component that involves only numerical computation no Instrument is involved as in the case of Models e g EDAM SIRMUP or specific softwares e g ARTIST for the autoscaling of the ionograms Computation Type Describes the type of the Computation process e g Mathematical model software It takes values from the Computation Type controlled vocabulary i ESPAS User s Manual 1 11 5 ESPAS User s Manual 1 In order to view the ESPAS User s Manual click on the Supp
172. w Password eeeeeees Confirm New Password TETT The ESPAS Consortium Copyright 2012 This proje ct has re cewe d funding from the European Union s Seventh Frame work Programme for research te chnologic al de velopment and dem onstr ation under grant agreement no 283676 14 ESPAS User s Manual 6 Your password has been reset and you are automatically logged in the ESPAS and redirected to the My Account My personal info page in case you want to edit your information Note the Hello name that is presented in the top right menu that confirms your logged in status ESPs HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT MY ACCOUNT Edit your information My Personal Info Name Anna Charnsi My Dataset File Downloads E mail Address annacharsk yahoo com My Data Values Downloads My Location Password Optional ETTTTET Be rches Confirm Password Optional eseseses a Affiliation Organisation Name UOA Domain Academic Research Country Greece Intended use of ESFAS data Academ ic Commercial Comments Data Provider Check if you are a data provider administrator 15 ESPAS User s Manual 1 4 Sign Out 1 To log out from the ESPAS portal provided that you have already logged in click the Sign Out link in the top right menu bar The Sign Out link is available to all pages of ESPAS Portal ESPAS SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED
173. xplorer presents the folders and file structures By clicking on the name of a vocabulary in the left column its children terms are presented on the left and its definition on the right e e5SPdS edl Cal GH SPACE l HOME SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT Navigate in ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies ENS O ESPAS Space Physics Navigate in the ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies terms component licence status crs etc Ontology ESPAS Supporting Taegan agoe me gene aag Coordinate Reference System CRS ar a Corresponds to the Coordinate Reference Systems e g GSE GSM used to Component Compressed Representation describe a vector Component observed property definition the location of a Platform and the geographic extent of an Observation It takes values from 4 Coordinate Reference System the Crs controlled vocabulary CRS Corrected GeoMagnetic Geocentric Cartesian Ge ocentric Equatorial Inertial system for epoch 1950 cartesian Geocentric Equatorial Inertial system for epoch 1950 spherical Ge ocentric Equatorial Inertial system for epoch 2000 cartesian Ge ocentric Equatorial Inertial system for epoch 2000 spherical Ge ocentric Solar Ecliptic 62 ESPAS User s Manual 3 For example click on the Coordinate Reference System CRS vocabulary in the left column then click the Geocentric Spherical term The description of this term is presented in the right
174. y Composite Process Represents the process that consists of more than one components of type Acquisition or Com putation Compressed Representation Describes the formalism of compressed representation of voluminous or complex 3D 2D and 1D data Typical examples are spherical harmonics for 2D maps on the sphere truncated Fourier transforms harmonics for diurnal time series Empirical Orthogonal Functions EOF It takes values from the Compressed Representation controlled vocabulary Computation Corresponds to the process component that involves only numerical computation no Instrument is involved as in the case of Models e g EDAM SIRMUP or specific softwares e g ARTIST for the autoscaling of the ionograms Computation Type Describes the type of the Computation process e g Mathematical model software It takes values from the Computation Type controlled vocabulary The ESPAS supporting vocabularies page provides information for all these vocabularies presenting all the terms that exist in each vocabulary along with their description The hierarchy of the ontology terms is presented in the left column by nesting the children terms under the parent term 1 In order to browse the ESPAS supporting vocabularies click on the Browse ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies menu item 61 ESPAS User s Manual e BSPd5 near earth space dal SEARCH BROWSE ESPAS POLICIES VALUE ADDED SERVICES SUPPORT ESPAS Metadata
175. y lt swe description gt lt swe Quantity gt lt swe field gt lt swe DataRecord gt lt swe elementType gt lt swe encoding gt lt swe TextEncoding blockSeparator tokenSeparator gt lt swe encoding gt lt swe values gt 334 2011 08 05T00 00 00Z 5 1 2011 08 05T00 15 00Z 4 65 2011 08 05T00 30 00Z 4 725 2011 08 05T00 45 00Z 4 5 2011 08 05T01 00 00Z 3 875 2011 08 05T01 15 00Z 4 4 2011 08 05T01 30 00Z 4 4 2011 08 05T01 45 00Z 4 475 2011 08 05T02 00 00Z 4 425 2011 08 05T02 15 00Z 4 825 2011 08 05T02 30 00Z 4 65 2011 08 05T02 45 00Z 4 425 2011 08 05T03 00 00Z 4 475 2011 08 05T03 15 00Z 4 55 2011 08 05T03 30 00Z 4 75 2011 08 05T03 45 00Z 4 8 2011 08 05T04 00 00Z 4 875 2011 08 05T04 15 00Z 5 025 2011 08 05T04 30 00Z 5 025 2011 08 05T04 45 00Z 5 275 2011 08 05T05 00 00Z 5 775 2011 08 05T05 30 00Z 6 075 2011 08 05T05 45 00Z 6 425 2011 08 05T06 00 00Z 8 825 2011 08 05T06 15 00Z 7 475 2011 08 05T06 30 00Z 6 525 2011 08 05T06 45 00Z 7 025 2011 08 05T07 00 00Z 7 163 2011 08 05T07 15 00Z 7 178 2011 08 05T07 30 00Z 6 913 2011 08 05T08 00 00Z 7 475 2011 08 05T08 15 00Z 6 275 2011 08 05T08 30 00Z 6 75 2011 08 05T08 45 00Z 6 55 2011 08 05T09 00 00Z 6 7 2011 08 05T09 15 00Z 126 ESPAS User s Manual 9 In order to view a plot of the data values click the Linear plot option of the Get Plot Data as drop down menu The plot of the downloaded data values open in a new pop
176. y set of existing observations The organisation of observations into collections is based on specific criteria e g common observed property common instrument common process An observation may be aggregated in more than one observation collections Alouette 1 Electron Density Profiles Alouette 2 Electron Density Profiles Andenes Magnetometer Data Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled Automatically Pros pected IMAGE RPI Plasmagram Images Bergen Magnetometer Data Bj rn ya Magnetometer Data CHAM P AI 3 NRT CHAMP Topside lonosphere Plasmasphere Reconstruction CTS 1 minute XYZF variations DEMETER IAP Characteristics of Low Energy lons in Burst Mode DMT_N1_1 139 DEMETER IAP Characteristics of Low Energy lons in Survey Mode DMT_N1_1 140 DEMETER ISL Langmuir Probe Results Plasma Parameters in Burst Mode DMT_N1_1143 55 ESPAS Metadata ESPAS Space Physics Ontology ESPAS Supporting Vocabularies ESPAS User s Manual 6 Click on the Athens Digisonde SAO files autoscaled collection and detailed information is presented in the right side Navigate in ESPAS Navigate in data providers information accessible via ESPAS platforms projects instruments models collections etc Start typing to select options Data Providers Individuals Organisations Platforms Projects Operations Computations Acquisitions Composite Processes 4 Observation Collections Alouette 1 Electron Density Profile

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