Science data visualization in planetary and heliospheric contexts with 3DView

Vincent Génot (1) , Laurent Beigbeder (2) , D. Popescu (2) , Nicolas Dufourg (3) , Michel Gangloff (1) , Myriam Bouchemit (1) , S. Caussarieu (2) , Jean-Philippe Toniutti (2) , Joelle Durand (3) , Ronan Modolo (4) , Nicolas André (1) , Baptiste Cecconi (5) , Christian Jacquey (1) , Fédéric Pitout (1) , Alexis Rouillard (1) , Rui Pinto (1) , Stéphane Erard (5) , Nathanael Jourdane (1) , Ludivine Leclercq (1, 6) , Sebastien Hess (7) , Maxim Khodachenko (8, 9) , Tarek Al-Ubaidi (8) , Manuel Scherf (8) , Elena Budnik (1)

1 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
2 GFI Informatique
3 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
4 HELIOS - LATMOS
5 LESIA (UMR_8109) - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
6 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales
7 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Toulouse]
8 IWF - Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences
9 SINP - D.V. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics

We present a 3D orbit viewer application capable of displaying science data. 3DView, a web tool designed by the French Plasma Physics Data Centre (CDPP) for the planetology and heliophysics community, has extended functionalities to render space physics data (observations and models alike) in their original 3D context. Time series, vectors, dynamic spectra, celestial body maps, magnetic field or flow lines, 2D cuts in simulation cubes, etc, are among the variety of data representation enabled by 3DView. The direct connection to several large databases, the use of VO standards and the possibility to upload user data makes 3DView a versatile tool able to cover a wide range of space physics contexts. The code is open source and the software is regularly used at Masters Degree level or summer school for pedagogical purposes. The present paper describes the general architecture and all major functionalities, and offers several science cases (simulation rendering, mission preparation, etc.) which can be easily replayed by the interested readers. Future developments are finally outlined.

Domains: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]

Vincent Génot, Laurent Beigbeder, D. Popescu, Nicolas Dufourg, Michel Gangloff, et al.. Science data visualization in planetary and heliospheric contexts with 3DView. Planetary and Space Science, 2018, 150, pp.111-130. ⟨10.1016/j.pss.2017.07.007⟩. ⟨insu-01566291⟩