Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs
Heliophysics model outputs are increasingly accessible, but typically are not usable by the majority of the community unless directly collaborating with the relevant model developers. Prohibitive factors include complex file output formats, cryptic metadata, unspecified and often customized coordina...
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| author | Rebecca Ringuette Rebecca Ringuette Darren De Zeeuw Darren De Zeeuw Lutz Rastaetter Asher Pembroke Oliver Gerland Katherine Garcia-Sage |
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| description | Heliophysics model outputs are increasingly accessible, but typically are not usable by the majority of the community unless directly collaborating with the relevant model developers. Prohibitive factors include complex file output formats, cryptic metadata, unspecified and often customized coordinate systems, and non-linear coordinate grids. Some pockets of progress exist, giving interfaces to various simulation outputs, but only for a small set of outputs and typically not with open-source, freely available packages. Additionally, the increasing array of tools built upon these sporadic interfaces are typically model-specific. We present Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough capabilities as the solution to the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs. Developed at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center, these flythrough capabilities are built in Python upon a network of model-agnostic interfaces developed in collaboration with model developers, providing interpolation results the community can trust. Kamodo’s flythrough capabilities present the user with a growing variety of flythrough tools based upon a rapidly expanding library of heliophysics model outputs in several domains, currently including a variety of Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere and global magnetosphere model outputs. Each capability is designed to be easily accessible via simplistic model-agnostic syntax, with the entire package freely available in the cloud on Github. Here, we describe the tools developed, include several sample applications for common science questions, demonstrate interoperability with selected packages, and summarize ongoing developments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5080725a46b74f2b884f683fcfe90a9b2022-12-22T02:51:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2022-12-01910.3389/fspas.2022.10059771005977Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputsRebecca Ringuette0Rebecca Ringuette1Darren De Zeeuw2Darren De Zeeuw3Lutz Rastaetter4Asher Pembroke5Oliver Gerland6Katherine Garcia-Sage7ADNET Systems Inc, Bethesda, MD, United StatesThe Community Coordinated Modeling Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesThe Community Coordinated Modeling Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesCatholic University of America, Washington, D.C., DC, United StatesThe Community Coordinated Modeling Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesEnsemble Government Services LLC, Hyattsville, MD, United StatesEnsemble Government Services LLC, Hyattsville, MD, United StatesThe Community Coordinated Modeling Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesHeliophysics model outputs are increasingly accessible, but typically are not usable by the majority of the community unless directly collaborating with the relevant model developers. Prohibitive factors include complex file output formats, cryptic metadata, unspecified and often customized coordinate systems, and non-linear coordinate grids. Some pockets of progress exist, giving interfaces to various simulation outputs, but only for a small set of outputs and typically not with open-source, freely available packages. Additionally, the increasing array of tools built upon these sporadic interfaces are typically model-specific. We present Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough capabilities as the solution to the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs. Developed at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center, these flythrough capabilities are built in Python upon a network of model-agnostic interfaces developed in collaboration with model developers, providing interpolation results the community can trust. Kamodo’s flythrough capabilities present the user with a growing variety of flythrough tools based upon a rapidly expanding library of heliophysics model outputs in several domains, currently including a variety of Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere and global magnetosphere model outputs. Each capability is designed to be easily accessible via simplistic model-agnostic syntax, with the entire package freely available in the cloud on Github. Here, we describe the tools developed, include several sample applications for common science questions, demonstrate interoperability with selected packages, and summarize ongoing developments.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.1005977/fulldataheliophysicspython (programming language)simulationmodel-data comparisonsensemble modeling |
| spellingShingle | Rebecca Ringuette Rebecca Ringuette Darren De Zeeuw Darren De Zeeuw Lutz Rastaetter Asher Pembroke Oliver Gerland Katherine Garcia-Sage Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences data heliophysics python (programming language) simulation model-data comparisons ensemble modeling |
| title | Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs |
| title_full | Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs |
| title_fullStr | Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs |
| title_short | Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs |
| title_sort | kamodo s model agnostic satellite flythrough lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs |
| topic | data heliophysics python (programming language) simulation model-data comparisons ensemble modeling |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.1005977/full |
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