Speaker
Description
The Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC, https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov) has developed many tools to aid in the scientific analysis of space weather. These tools leverage the many numerical simulations hosted at the CCMC while pulling in relevant observational data. These tools provide both context and scientific investigation to better understand space weather. CCMC tools are used operationally by several groups for space weather predictions, by many scientists for analysis of past space weather activity, and also for mission planning for future missions (for example GDC).
Kamodo is an open source tool developed by the CCMC that leverages other Python in Heliophysics Community (PyHC) packages such as HAPI and SpacePy to bring in model output and observational data to create new visualizations and analysis. Kamodo can extract surfaces such as the bow shock and magnetopause locations from model runs to share with the SPDF Orbit Viewer or use in other analysis tools. Model output at satellite positions can be automatically extracted and compared with the observed values, automatically pulling satellite positions from SSCWeb and data from CDAWeb (HDRL/SPDF). Output from multiple ITM models can be extracted and compared to each other and to data.
This presentation will highlight Kamodo, but also mention other CCMC tools and how to use them. Most of these tools utilize a web interface for easy access, but some also offer offline use for a more powerful and customized experience.