Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs
Kamodo’s model-agnostic satellite flythrough: Lowering the utilization barrier for heliophysics model outputs
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Kamodo 的模型不可知卫星飞行：降低太阳物理模型输出的利用障碍
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2022
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Katherine Garcia
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Rebecca Ringuette;D. D. De Zeeuw;L. Rastaetter;A. Pembroke;Oliver W. Gerland;Katherine Garcia
太阳物理学模型的输出越来越容易获得，但除非与相关模型开发人员直接合作，否则通常无法为大多数社区所用。禁止因素包括复杂的文件输出格式、神秘的元数据、未指定且通常自定义的坐标系以及非线性坐标网格。存在一些进展，为各种模拟输出提供接口，但仅用于一小部分输出，并且通常不使用开源，免费提供的软件包。此外，越来越多的工具建立在这些零星的接口通常是特定于模型。我们目前Kamodo的模型不可知卫星飞越能力的解决方案，利用障碍的太阳物理模型输出。在社区协调建模中心开发，这些飞行功能是在与模型开发人员合作开发的模型无关接口网络上用Python构建的，提供社区可以信任的插值结果。Kamodo的飞越能力为用户提供了越来越多的各种飞越工具，这些工具是以几个领域中迅速扩大的太阳物理学模型输出库为基础的，目前包括各种电离层-热层-中间层和全球磁层模型输出。每个功能都被设计成可以通过简单的模型无关语法轻松访问，整个包可以在Github上的云中免费获得。在这里，我们描述了开发的工具，包括常见科学问题的几个示例应用程序，演示了与选定包的互操作性，并总结了正在进行的开发。
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.