VESPA: Developing the Planetary Science Virtual Observatory in H2020

Stéphane Erard (1, 2) , Baptiste Cecconi (1, 2) , Pierre Le Sidaner (3, 4) , Maria Teresa Di Capria (5) , Angelo Pio Rossi (6) , Bernard Schmitt (7) , Nicolas André (8) , Ann Carine Vandaele (9) , Manuel Scherf (10) , Ricardo Hueso (11) , Anni Määttänen (12) , William Thuillot (13) , Nick Achilleos (14) , Chiara Marmo (15) , Ondřej Santolík (16) , Kevin Benson (17)

1 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
2 Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
3 OP - Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris
4 DIO - Direction Informatique de l'Observatoire
5 IAPS - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - INAF
6 Jacobs University = Constructor University [Bremen]
7 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
8 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
9 BIRA-IASB - Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy / Institut d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique
10 IWF - Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Fabrikbetrieb
11 Departamento de Fisica Aplicada [Bilbao]
12 PLANETO - LATMOS
13 IMCCE - Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides
14 UCL - University College of London [London]
15 IDES - Interactions et dynamique des environnements de surface
16 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics [Praha/Prague]
17 MSSL - Mullard Space Science Laboratory

In the frame of the Europlanet-RI program, a prototype Virtual Observatory dedicated to Planetary Science has been set up. Most of the activity was dedicated to the definition of standards to handle data in this field. The aim was to facilitate searches in big archives as well as sparse databases, to make on-line data access and visualization possible, and to allow small data providers to make their data available in an interoperable environment with minimum effort. This system makes intensive use of studies and developments led in Astronomy (IVOA), Solar Science (HELIO), and space archive services (IPDA). A general standard has been devised to handle the specific complexity of Planetary Science, e.g. in terms of measurement types and coordinate frames [1]. A procedure has been identified to install small data services, and several hands-on sessions have been organized already. A specific client (VESPA) has been developed at VO-Paris (http://vespa.obspm.fr), using a resolver for target names. Selected data can be sent to VO visualization tools such as TOPCAT or Aladin though the SAMP protocol. The Europlanet H2020 program started in Sept 2015 will provide support to new data services in Europe (30 to 50 expected), and focus on the improvement of the infrastructure. Future steps will include the development of a connection between the VO world and GIS tools, and integration of heliophysics, planetary plasma and reference spectroscopic data. The Europlanet H2020 project is funded by the European Commission under the H2020 Program, grant 654208. [1] Erard et al Astron & Comp 2014

Mots clés: PADC; PADC

Domaines: Instrumentation et méthodes pour l'astrophysique [astro-ph.IM]

Stéphane Erard, Baptiste Cecconi, Pierre Le Sidaner, Maria Teresa Di Capria, Angelo Pio Rossi, et al.. VESPA: Developing the Planetary Science Virtual Observatory in H2020. AGU Fall Meeting 2015, Dec 2015, San Francisco, United States. pp.IN33E-03. ⟨insu-01248550⟩