{"id":128,"date":"2019-07-12T01:10:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T01:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gonewithsolarwind.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2019-07-16T02:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T02:22:09","slug":"wg-activity-report-11-august-2012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gonewithsolarwind.com\/index.php\/wg-activity-report-11-august-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"WG Activity Report (11 August 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Following questions were posted for discussion by all members of the WG:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Synoptic data and data products: What kind of data and data \nproducts should be part of long-term synoptic programs? (For example, \nexisting programs take H-alpha, He10830 full disk images, some observe \nsun-as-a-star in various wavelengths etc. Should all these existing \nobservations continue \u201cforever\u201d or some may not be necessary (e.g., low \nspatial resolution full disk images in a redundant wavelength)? Should \nthe existing synoptic data sets be prioritized, and if so, what is the \nmost important set of synoptic data that should have the highest \npriority for continuation? Are there specific data that are missing in \nexisting synoptic programs? What kind of synoptic data products and \nindices are needed to fulfill the requirements of non-scientific \nend-users: commercial operators (space, telecoms, gas, electricity), \ndecision makers (cf. climate change) and the general public?<\/li>
  2. As long-term synoptic observations do not fit well in the current \nshort-term funding schemes and are thus cut from the main “classical” \nfunding sources (national and international), what are the best funding \nchannels and strategies to support synoptic programs? How and where can \nsolar synoptic programs be better integrated in thematic lists of global\n science funding policies (NSF, EU\/FP, etc.)? Could a much closer \ninternational collaboration\/coordination in building and operating \nintegrated synoptic programs be pursued to leverage funding from \nnational sources? What are the key arguments to use when promoting and \nadvocating long-term ground-based synoptic programs versus the \n“mainstream” (space missions, real-time space weather)?<\/li>
  3. Should this IAU working group serve as an expert board for \ndefining\/recommending ground-based synoptic data standards?  Should this\n IAU working group be involved (and at what level) in advocating for \nfunding to specific programs? (e.g. lobbying for IAU resolutions, \nlobbying national funding agencies, official support letters to \nindividual funding requests etc).<\/li>
  4. How can we improve the compatibility of synoptic data collected at \ndifferent times and different observatories? (cross-calibration, file \nformat, catalogs, etc.; past, current and future data). In particular, \nhow can we better interface with future global solar data portals (VSO, \nHELIO, etc.), e.g. in terms of metadata?<\/li>
  5. How can we bring ground-based data production to standards similar \nto those of space missions (continuity, uniformity)? How can we build \nbetter synergies between ground based synoptic observations and solar \nspace missions?<\/li>
  6. What is the best way to provide synoptic data to users? How do we \nensure the preservation and maintenance of digital data sets served by \ndifferent providers (national centers, universities etc). How can \ncurrent off-the-shelf technologies (internet\/web applications, image \nprocessing, data storage, etc.) help expanding the current synoptic \ncapabilities? Conversely, which new tailor-made technologies should be \ndeveloped specifically to meet the new requirements of synoptic \nobservations?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Following questions were posted for discussion by all members of the WG: Synoptic data and data products: What kind of data and data products should be part of long-term synoptic programs? (For example, existing programs take H-alpha, He10830 full disk images, some observe sun-as-a-star in various wavelengths etc. Should all these existing observations continue \u201cforever\u201d … <\/p>\n

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