Virtual European Solar & Planetary Access (VESPA): A Planetary Science Virtual Observatory Cornerstone

Authors

  • S. Erard LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Meudon
  • B. Cecconi LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Meudon
  • P. Le Sidaner DIO-VO/UMS2201 Observatoire de Paris/Université PSL/CNRS
  • C. Chauvin DIO-VO/UMS2201 Observatoire de Paris/Université PSL/CNRS
  • A. P. Rossi Jacobs University, Bremen
  • M. Minin Jacobs University, Bremen
  • T. Capria INAF/IAPS, Rome
  • S. Ivanovski INAF/IAPS, Rome
  • B. Schmitt Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG
  • V. Génot IRAP/UPS/CNRS, Toulouse
  • N. André IRAP/UPS/CNRS, Toulouse
  • C. Marmo GEOPS, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, U. Paris-Saclay
  • A. C. Vandaele BIRA-IASB, Brussels
  • L. Trompet BIRA-IASB, Brussels
  • M. Scherf OeAW, Graz
  • R. Hueso UPV/EHU, Bilbao
  • A. Määttänen LATMOS/IPSL, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, U. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Paris
  • B. Carry Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange; IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Univ. Lille
  • N. Achilleos University College London
  • J. Soucek Inst. of Atmospheric Physics/CAS, Prague
  • D. Pisa Inst. of Atmospheric Physics/CAS, Prague
  • K. Benson University College London
  • P. Fernique Observatoire de Strasbourg/UMR 7550
  • E. Millour LMD/IPSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, École Normale supérieure, Université PSL, École polytechnique, Paris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-022

Keywords:

Virtual Observatory, Solar System, GIS

Abstract

The Europlanet-2020 programme, which ended on Aug 31st, 2019, included an activity called VESPA (Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access), which focused on adapting Virtual Observatory (VO) techniques to handle Planetary Science data. This paper describes some aspects of VESPA at the end of this 4-years development phase and at the onset of the newly selected Europlanet-2024 programme starting in 2020. The main objectives of VESPA are to facilitate searches both in big archives and in small databases, to enable data analysis by providing simple data access and online visualization functions, and to allow research teams to publish derived data in an interoperable environment as easily as possible. VESPA encompasses a wide scope, including surfaces, atmospheres, magnetospheres and planetary plasmas, small bodies, heliophysics, exoplanets, and spectroscopy in solid phase. This system relies in particular on standards and tools developed for the Astronomy VO (IVOA) and extends them where required to handle specificities of Solar System studies. It also aims at making the VO compatible with tools and protocols developed in different contexts, for instance GIS for planetary surfaces, or time series tools for plasma-related measurements. An essential part of the activity is to publish a significant amount of high-quality data in this system, with a focus on derived products resulting from data analysis or simulations.

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Published

2020-05-11

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Vol. 19 (2020)

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Practice Papers

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