The Virtual Solar Observatory Version 1.2 available now

In keeping with our motto, "It's only ones and zeroes," click on the right-hand thumbnail, above, for a closer look at our new logo.

News

VSO 1.2

• time

  and:

• physical observable,

• instrument and data provider,

• spectral range, and

• "nicknames" for common types of data.

Note: In keeping with the virtual nature of the VSO, clicking on any of the VSO search links above can take you to any working, public instance of the VSO. All should work the same, however, and all have the same access to the metadata from all the current data services.

API

Presentations at the 2005 Spring AGU/SPD meeting

• Bogart et al., Building a Virtual Solar Observatory: Lessons Learned

• Davey et al., CME Population Distributions: Science Facilitated by the VSO

• Gurman et al., The Virtual Solar Observatory: Still in a Small Box

Data Model

VSO BoF sessions

VSO resources (other VSO sites, etc.)

• Useful links for reference on underlying VSO technologies

• The Stanford VSO site allows examination of the information in the VSO registry.

• The NSO VSO site contains the VSO white paper, other papers on the VSO concept, and conceptualizations of a possible user interface