EarthCube RCN: Towards Integration of Heliophysics Data, Modeling, and Analysis Tools

太阳物理学是地球空间科学的核心，因为太阳活动直接决定着地球空间环境和大气的状况。为了了解太阳上复杂的多尺度过程的物理机制和开发空间气象预报技术，至关重要的是开发一个共同的网络基础设施，以收集、访问、分析、共享和可视化来自地面和空间观测站以及来自数据驱动的数值模拟和建模的所有形式的数据，并利用先进的计算机科学技术开发其有效分析能力。该项目的主要目标是建立一个研究协调网络，促进太阳物理学和计算机科学家之间的新合作，从而产生想法和具体计划，以开发支持EarthCube倡议目标的构件。该RCN将积极鼓励各种社区成员的参与，并将提供一个有组织的虚拟结构，以促进科学转化开源知识合作。这种合作将提高RCN参与者运行的单个研究项目的科学回报。RCN的活动将由一个指导委员会监督，该委员会由来自该领域领先大学和研究中心的学术太阳能科学家和计算机科学家组成。指导委员会将组织由主要研究者（PI）团队成员领导的三个专题工作组，解决与以下方面相关的具体挑战：1）查找数据和发现知识，2）使用数据和跨学科数据，3）模拟和建模。指导委员会将组织专题工作组，其主要目标是建立和加强太阳物理学家与网络/计算机科学家之间的伙伴关系，促进新的合作，以取得更好的科学成果，发展和讨论新的想法，有效整合和分析空间和地面产生的现有和即将建立的大型数据库的方法和工具，天文台和超级计算机建模中心。区域协调网络各工作组将由参与者小组的成员领导，他们将组织虚拟研讨会，以及在该领域的一般性会议期间举行特别会议（例如美国地球物理联盟年会和太阳日光层和行星际环境会议）。此外，PI团队将组织由所有工作组参加的年度全体技术交流会议。RCN指导委员会将与EarthCube治理机构密切合作，并参加EarthCube年度会议。区域网络将积极吸收学生和青年研究人员参加其工作组，并促进和支持他们参加地球立方会议。项目成果将以定期项目报告、学术文章的形式发表，并在EarthCube会议和科学会议上发表。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Heliophysics is in the core of the Geospace science because the solar activity directly determines the conditions of the Earth space environment and atmosphere. For understanding the physical mechanisms of the complex multi-scale processes on the Sun and developing Space Weather forecasting techniques, it is critical to develop a common cyberinfrastructure to collect, access, analyze, share and visualize all forms of data from ground-based and space observatories, as well as from data-driven numerical simulations and modeling, and develop capabilities for their efficient analysis using advanced computer science techniques. The main goal of this project is to create a Research Coordination Network (RCN) that will foster new collaborations between heliophysics and computer scientists, which will result in ideas and concrete plans for developing building blocks supporting the goals of the EarthCube initiative. This RCN will actively encourage involvement of a diverse pool of community members and will provide an organized virtual structure that will promote a science transforming open source knowledge collaboration. This collaboration will enhance the science return from individual research projects run by the RCN participants. The activities of the RCN will be overseen by a steering committee composed of academic Heliophysicists and computer scientists from leading universities and research centers in the field. The steering committee will organize three topical working groups led by the members of the principal investigator (PI) team, which will address specific challenges related to: 1) Finding data and discovering knowledge, 2) Working with data and cross-disciplinary data, and 3) Simulations and modeling. The steering committee will organize topical working groups that will have as primary goals to build and strengthen the partnership between heliopyhsicists and cyber/computer scientists, foster new collaborations that will lead to better science outcomes, develop and discuss new ideas, methodologies and tools for efficient integration and analysis of the existing and upcoming large databases generated by space and ground-based observatories and supercomputer modeling centers. The RCN working groups will be led by the members of the PI Team, who will organize virtual seminars, as well as special sessions during general conferences in the field (such as the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union and the Solar Heliospheric and Interplanetary Environment conference). In addition, the PI team will organize annual plenary technical interchange meetings attended by all working groups. The RCN steering committee will closely work with the EarthCube Governance and participate in the annual EarthCube meetings. The RCN will actively involve students and young researchers in its working groups and promote and support their participations in the EarthCube meetings. The project outcomes will be published in regular project reports, scholarly articles, and presented at the EarthCube meetings and scientific conferences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.