VESPA, a planetary science virtual observatory corner stone

Stéphane Erard (1) , Baptiste Cecconi (1) , Pierre Le Sidaner (2) , Angelo Pio Rossi (3) , Maria Teresa Capria (4) , Bernard Schmitt (5) , Vincent Génot (6) , Nicolas André (6) , Ann Carine Vandaele (7) , Manuel Scherf (8) , Ricardo Hueso (9) , Anni Määttänen (10) , Benoit Carry (11) , Nicholas Achilleos (12) , Chiara Marmo (13) , Ondřej Santolík (14) , Kevin Benson (15) , Pierre Fernique (16)

1 LESIA (UMR_8109) - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
2 OP - Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris
3 Jacobs University = Constructor University [Bremen]
4 IASF-Roma - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Roma
5 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
6 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
7 BIRA-IASB - Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy / Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique
8 IWF - Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences
9 UPV/EHU - Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne]
10 PLANETO - LATMOS
11 ESAC - European Space Astronomy Centre
12 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London]
13 GEOPS - Géosciences Paris Sud
14 IAP - Institute of Atmospheric Physics [Prague]
15 MSSL - Mullard Space Science Laboratory
16 ObAS - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg

The Europlanet H2020 program started on 1/9/2015 for 4 years. It includes an activity to adapt Virtual Observatory (VO) techniques to Planetary Science data called VESPA. The objective is to facilitate searches in big archives as well as sparse databases, to provide simple data access and on-line visualization, and to allow small data providers to make their data available in an interoperable environment with minimum effort The VESPA system, based on a prototype developed in a previous program [1], has been hugely improved during the first two years of Europlanet H2020: the infrastructure has been upgraded to describe data in many fields more accurately; the main user search interface (http://vespa.obspm.fr) has been redesigned to provide more flexibility; alternative ways to access Planetary Science data services from VO tools have been implemented; VO tools are being improved to handle specificities of Solar System data, e.g. measurements in reflected light, coordinate systems, etc. Current steps include the development of a connection between the VO world and GIS tools, and integration of Heliophysics, planetary plasmas, and mineral spectroscopy data to support of the analysis of observations.Existing data services have been updated, and new ones have been designed. The global objective is already overstepped, with 34 services open and 20 more being finalized.A procedure to install data services has been documented, and hands-on sessions are organized twice a year at EGU and EPSC; this is intended to favour the installation of services by individual research teams, e.g. to distribute derived data related to a published study. In complement, regular discussions are held with big data providers, starting with space agencies (IPDA). Common projects with ESA and NASA’s PDS have been engaged, with the goal to connect PDS4 and EPN-TAP. In parallel, a Solar System Interest Group has just been started in IVOA; the goal is here to adapt existing astronomy standards to Planetary Science.

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Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]

Stéphane Erard, Baptiste Cecconi, Pierre Le Sidaner, Angelo Pio Rossi, Maria Teresa Capria, et al.. VESPA, a planetary science virtual observatory corner stone. COSPAR 2018, 42nd Committee on Space Research Scientific Assembly, Jul 2018, Pasadena, United States. ⟨insu-02420189⟩