Space Weather Web Portal Coordination Draft for Discussion

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Space Weather Web Portal Coordination (Draft for
Discussion)

• A. Glover, A. Belehaki

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Background

• SWENET portal user driven services built on the
  pilot project
• ESWWP centralised portal for output of COST 724
  catalogues, data and models
• Community support expressed for coordination of
  activities and clarification of scope of both
  activities
• Action set by SWWT Steering Board (Jan/07) to
  investigate potential collaboration

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Current Status

• See two previous presentations on SWENET and
  ESWWP by Pablo and Norma
• New COST action expected to receive final
  approval end June expected to build on content
  of ESWWP and provide service oriented input to
  SWENET
• ESA SSA progamme, if accepted by C/MIN 08,
  expected to build on the SWENET infrastructure
• Question how to organise?
• Brainstorming in early 2008 to draft an agreement
  between ESWWP and SWENET
• Provisional Title European Space Weather
  Resource Collaboration (ESWRC).

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Key areas for Agreement

• Interfaces
• Scope and terms of reference of sites
• At present the names are similar but scope quite
  complimentary
• SWENET Space Weather European (Service) Network
• ESWWP European Space Weather Web Portal
• Advisory role of Partners including ESA, SWWT
  COST MCs
• Management levels and responsibilities
• Responsibilities
• Scope of agreement ESWWP and SWENET only, or
  extend to broader European collaboration?

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Aim of Agreement

• This Agreement provides a framework for the
  collaboration between parties defining,
  developing and maintaining space weather science
  and applications resources of mutual interest and
  formalises the Collaborations scope and shared
  commitment to the development and maintainance of
  the resources, and to promoting and supporting
  its use.
• This Agreement of the signing parties formalises
  the mission of the collaboration, its membership
  and structure, the relationship with users, the
  commitment of resources, the review mechanisms
  and the process of renewal of this agreement.
• This Agreement describes the broad structure and
  mode of operation of the European Space Weather
  Resource Collaboration (ESWRC). Operational
  procedures are described in the ESWC
  Collaboration Regulations.
• This Agreement describes the good-faith
  intentions of the signing parties. It has no
  force in law (see also later section..)

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Membership

• The members of the ESWRC are the individuals,
  with the support of their institute, who perform
  the scientific and technical development and
  maintenance of the ESWWP and SWENET content (plus
  other resources?). Membership is renewed annually
  by individuals confirming their continued
  membership and their agreement to the current
  Collaboration Regulations.
• The Signing Parties to this agreement (Steering
  Committee members) are responsible for the
  contribution of resources. An individual
  collaborator with authority to represent
  her/himself can be a signing party.
• The ESWRC is always open to new membership (and
  the inclusion of new resources?). Applications
  will be evaluated by the Steering Committee.

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Independent Review Committee(re-constituted at
intervals of 3 years)

• Steering Committee
• Scientific technical
• planning
• Priority listings
• Approve new membership
• Manage w/plan
• Ensure resources
• Organise AC meetings
• Organise reviews

• Working Team
• (SWWT COST
• reps other)
• Community user inputs
• Recommend new content

Advisory Committee
Topical Groups.. Interface with Users
SWWT SB
New COST MC
Exchange and Collaboration with groups incl. ISES
other International partners
European Space Weather Resource Collaboration
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SWENET ESWWP Example Scenario
User inputs
ESWRC Committee
Development agreements with resource owners
Development into targeted services with user and
developer input
SWENET service network. Product Validation
online analysis tools
Resource Catalogues
Data Access online at ESWWP SWENET.
Model Access Analysis online at ESWWP (
remote?).
Model Access - Forecasting ESWWP (res.)
SWENET (apps). Forecast generated automatically
Forecast exchange of products e.g. indices