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The '''Virtual Solar Observatory''' ('''VSO''') is a distributed access system for ] relevant scientific data<ref>https://docs.virtualsolar.org Virtualsolar.org. Retrieved 18-Dec-2024.</ref>. VSO allows users to query a distributed database to find solar images, spectra, and other data collected by observatories in space and around the globe, given particular query parameters such as date/time and particular image characteristics such as ], ], or the particular observatory that collected the data. The '''Virtual Solar Observatory''' ('''VSO''') is a distributed access system for ] relevant scientific data.<ref>https://docs.virtualsolar.org Virtualsolar.org. Retrieved 18-Dec-2024.</ref> VSO allows users to query a distributed database to find solar images, spectra, and other data collected by observatories in space and around the globe, given particular query parameters such as date/time and particular image characteristics such as ], ], or the particular observatory that collected the data.


VSO itself is not a data repository nor a database; rather, it is a lightweight interface layer that ties together a uniform query format and re-issues queries to the heterogeneous collection of data repositories associated with solar observatories around the globe. The returned data are regularized to provide access information in a standardized format. From the observatory perspective, VSO affords a convenient way to share data by registering a local data repository with the central system. From the user perspective, VSO simulates a single centralized data-retrieval system that allows users to query the world's solar-physics data repositories as if they were a single system. VSO itself is not a data repository nor a database; rather, it is a lightweight interface layer that ties together a uniform query format and re-issues queries to the heterogeneous collection of data repositories associated with solar observatories around the globe. The returned data are regularized to provide access information in a standardized format. From the observatory perspective, VSO affords a convenient way to share data by registering a local data repository with the central system. From the user perspective, VSO simulates a single centralized data-retrieval system that allows users to query the world's solar-physics data repositories as if they were a single system.


VSO has several interfaces. A web query page<ref>https://sdac.virtualsolar.org/cgi/search Virtual Solar Observatory query page. Accessed 18-Dec-2024.</ref> affords direct access, via tables of URLs, to data products with little up-front development. An http API exists, with client modules distributed in ] (via ]) and in ] (via ]), so that users can interface VSO queries to data-reduction pipelines or other tools on a procedural basis. VSO has several interfaces. A web query page<ref>https://sdac.virtualsolar.org/cgi/search Virtual Solar Observatory query page. Accessed 18-Dec-2024.</ref> affords direct access, via tables of URLs, to data products with little up-front development. An http API exists, with client modules distributed in ] (via ]) and in ] (via ]), so that users can interface VSO queries to data-reduction pipelines or other tools on a procedural basis.


VSO is a community-organized project that receives funding from several sources including ] and ]. It is relied upon throughout the ] research community as a convenient and reliable way to access solar data regardless of source observatory. VSO is a community-organized project that receives funding from several sources including ] and ]. It is relied upon throughout the ] research community as a convenient and reliable way to access solar data regardless of source observatory.

==See also==
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* ] – space telescopes used to observe the Sun
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Latest revision as of 12:04, 23 December 2024

The Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO) is a distributed access system for solar physics relevant scientific data. VSO allows users to query a distributed database to find solar images, spectra, and other data collected by observatories in space and around the globe, given particular query parameters such as date/time and particular image characteristics such as wavelength, spatial resolution, or the particular observatory that collected the data.

VSO itself is not a data repository nor a database; rather, it is a lightweight interface layer that ties together a uniform query format and re-issues queries to the heterogeneous collection of data repositories associated with solar observatories around the globe. The returned data are regularized to provide access information in a standardized format. From the observatory perspective, VSO affords a convenient way to share data by registering a local data repository with the central system. From the user perspective, VSO simulates a single centralized data-retrieval system that allows users to query the world's solar-physics data repositories as if they were a single system.

VSO has several interfaces. A web query page affords direct access, via tables of URLs, to data products with little up-front development. An http API exists, with client modules distributed in IDL (via Solarsoft) and in Python (via SunPy), so that users can interface VSO queries to data-reduction pipelines or other tools on a procedural basis.

VSO is a community-organized project that receives funding from several sources including NASA and NSF. It is relied upon throughout the heliophysics research community as a convenient and reliable way to access solar data regardless of source observatory.

See also

References

  1. https://docs.virtualsolar.org Virtualsolar.org. Retrieved 18-Dec-2024.
  2. https://sdac.virtualsolar.org/cgi/search Virtual Solar Observatory query page. Accessed 18-Dec-2024.
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