1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements iii
3. Contents v
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Space physics ontology for ESPAS 5
6. 3. ESPAS observation collections 11
7. 3.1 Fabry-Pérot interferometer and CMAT2 model 29
8. 3.2 Cluster and DEMETER satellite data in ESPAS 47
9. 3.3 Calibrated and corrected POES/MEPED energetic particle observations 57
10. 3.4 Ground and space based GNSS ionosphere monitoring data in ESPAS 71
11. 3.5. Ground base ionospheric radio sounding: Basic principles and application 79
12. 3.6 Ionospheric modeling results in ESPAS 91
13. 3.7. Ionospheric data assimilation in ESPAS 103
14. 3.8. Incoherent and coherent scatter radars 117
15. 4. ESPAS interoperability 127
16. 4.1 The ESPAS data model 129
17. 4.2 ESPAS Services 137
18. 5. ESPAS functionalities for the end-user 141
19. 5.1 How to access data through ESPAS 149
20. 6. Summary 163