@article{Angelopoulos2019,
author={Angelopoulos, V. and Cruce, P. and Drozdov, A. and Grimes, E.W. and Hatzigeorgiu, N. and King, D.A. and Larson, D. and Lewis, J.W. and McTiernan, J.M. and Roberts, D.A. and Russell, C.L. and Hori, T. and Kasahara, Y. and Kumamoto, A. and Matsuoka, A. and Miyashita, Y. and Miyoshi, Y. and Shinohara, I. and Teramoto, M. and Faden, J.B. and Halford, A.J. and McCarthy, M. and Millan, R.M. and Sample, J.G. and Smith, D.M. and Woodger, L.A. and Masson, A. and Narock, A.A. and Asamura, K. and Chang, T.F. and Chiang, C.-Y. and Kazama, Y. and Keika, K. and Matsuda, S. and Segawa, T. and Seki, K. and Shoji, M. and Tam, S.W.Y. and Umemura, N. and Wang, B.-J. and Wang, S.-Y. and Redmon, R. and Rodriguez, J.V. and Singer, H.J. and Vandegriff, J. and Abe, S. and Nose, M. and Shinbori, A. and Tanaka, Y.-M. and UeNo, S. and Andersson, L. and Dunn, P. and Fowler, C. and Halekas, J.S. and Hara, T. and Harada, Y. and Lee, C.O. and Lillis, R. and Mitchell, D.L. and Argall, M.R. and Bromund, K. and Burch, J.L. and Cohen, I.J. and Galloy, M. and Giles, B. and Jaynes, A.N. and Le Contel, O. and Oka, M. and Phan, T.D. and Walsh, B.M. and Westlake, J. and Wilder, F.D. and Bale, S.D. and Livi, R. and Pulupa, M. and Whittlesey, P. and DeWolfe, A. and Harter, B. and Lucas, E. and Auster, U. and Bonnell, J.W. and Cully, C.M. and Donovan, E. and Ergun, R.E. and Frey, H.U. and Jackel, B. and Keiling, A. and Korth, H. and McFadden, J.P. and Nishimura, Y. and Plaschke, F. and Robert, P. and Turner, D.L. and Weygand, J.M. and Candey, R.M. and Johnson, R.C. and Kovalick, T. and Liu, M.H. and McGuire, R.E. and Breneman, A. and Kersten, K. and Schroeder, P.},
title={The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS)},
journal={Space Science Reviews},
year={2019},
volume={215},
number={1},
doi={10.1007/s11214-018-0576-4},
art_number={9},
url={https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85060462341&doi=10.1007%2fs11214-018-0576-4&partnerID=40&md5=94689511c0d44c1baab099e8285d5882},
abstract={With the advent of the Heliophysics/Geospace System Observatory (H/GSO), a complement of multi-spacecraft missions and ground-based observatories to study the space environment, data retrieval, analysis, and visualization of space physics data can be daunting. The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS), a grass-roots software development platform (www.spedas.org), is now officially supported by NASA Heliophysics as part of its data environment infrastructure. It serves more than a dozen space missions and ground observatories and can integrate the full complement of past and upcoming space physics missions with minimal resources, following clear, simple, and well-proven guidelines. Free, modular and configurable to the needs of individual missions, it works in both command-line (ideal for experienced users) and Graphical User Interface (GUI) mode (reducing the learning curve for first-time users). Both options have “crib-sheets,” user-command sequences in ASCII format that can facilitate record-and-repeat actions, especially for complex operations and plotting. Crib-sheets enhance scientific interactions, as users can move rapidly and accurately from exchanges of technical information on data processing to efficient discussions regarding data interpretation and science. SPEDAS can readily query and ingest all International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP)-compatible products from the Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), enabling access to a vast collection of historic and current mission data. The planned incorporation of Heliophysics Application Programmer’s Interface (HAPI) standards will facilitate data ingestion from distributed datasets that adhere to these standards. Although SPEDAS is currently Interactive Data Language (IDL)-based (and interfaces to Java-based tools such as Autoplot), efforts are under-way to expand it further to work with python (first as an interface tool and potentially even receiving an under-the-hood replacement). We review the SPEDAS development history, goals, and current implementation. We explain its “modes of use” with examples geared for users and outline its technical implementation and requirements with software developers in mind. We also describe SPEDAS personnel and software management, interfaces with other organizations, resources and support structure available to the community, and future development plans. © 2019, The Author(s).},
document_type={Review},
source={Scopus},
}