This document discusses the IUGONET plug-in software UDAS for the TDAS data analysis system. UDAS provides load procedures for various ground-based observational upper atmospheric data from institutions participating in the IUGONET project. Products released so far include a metadata database containing over 1.68 million records and the UDAS data analysis software. Future plans include incorporating UDAS into TDAS and releasing an executable version that can run on IDL Virtual Machine environments without an IDL license. The goal of IUGONET and these products is to effectively distribute, analyze and promote comprehensive studies using upper atmospheric data from the past 50+ years.

1. UDAS: IUGONET plug-in
software of TDAS
Y.-M. Tanaka*1
, A. Shinbori*2
, T. Hori*3
, Y. Koyama*4
, H. Hayashi*2
, S. Abe*5
, M.
Kagitani*6
, M. Yoneda*6
, S. UeNo*7
, N. Kaneda*7
, D. Yoshida*8
, T. Kouno*9
, Y. Sato*1
,
A. Yatagai*2
, H. Tadokoro*10
, T. Motoba*11
, and IUGONET project team
- Space Physics Data Analysis Tools-
GEM Workshop 2012, Snowmass, 21 Jun. 2012
*1 National Institute of Polar Research
*2 Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University
*3 Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University
*4 Data Analysis Center for Geomagnetism and Space Magnetism, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
*5 International Center for Space Weather Science and Education, Kyushu University
*6 Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University
*7 Weather Information & Communications Service LTD
*8 Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo
*9 Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
*10 Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
*11 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
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2. The IUGONET project - Objectives
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The IUGONET project aims at building “e-infrastructure”
for researchers to effectively find, get, and analyze
various kinds of upper atmospheric data spread over
universities and institutes.
 To distribute ground-based observational data accumulated over
50 years since IGY (both digital and analogue data)
 To promote analyses of multi-disciplinary data, which will lead to
comprehensive studies of mechanisms of long-term variations in
the upper atmosphere
Planetary Plasma and
Atmospheric Research
Center
Tohoku University
Planetary Plasma and
Atmospheric Research
Center
Tohoku University
National Institute
of Polar Research
National Institute
of Polar Research
Solar Terrestrial
Environment Laboratory
Nagoya University
Solar Terrestrial
Environment Laboratory
Nagoya University
Space Environment
Research Center
Kyushu University
Space Environment
Research Center
Kyushu University
Research Institute for
Sustainable Humanosphere
Kyoto University
Research Institute for
Sustainable Humanosphere
Kyoto University
Kwasan and Hida
Observatories
Kyoto University
Kwasan and Hida
Observatories
Kyoto University
Data Analysis Center
for Geomagnetism and
Space Magnetism
Kyoto University
Data Analysis Center
for Geomagnetism and
Space Magnetism
Kyoto University
WDC for Geomagnetism
WDC for Cosmic Rays
WDC for Aurora
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3. Ground-based observations by IUGONET
institutions
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4. Main products by the IUGONET project
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http://www.iugonet.org/en/software.h
tml
http://search.iugonet.org/iugonet
We have already released the IUGONET metadata
database and the data analysis software.
1. Metadata database 2. Data analysis software
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5. IUGONET Metadata Database
spatial
coverage
search
time range
search
free word
search
http://search.iugonet.org/iugonet
＃ of metadata
registered
(as of April 2012)
1.68 million
(* including metadata of data files)
Metadata DB platform
DSpace - an open source software
to manage digital contents and
their metadata - with
customization depending on our
metadata
Metadata format
SPASE metadata model with some
modifications according to
characteristics of the ground-
based observational data of the
upper atmosphere
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6. Magnetometer
• iug_load_gmag_nipr ; Syowa, Iceland geomagnetic data (NIPR)
• iug_load_gmag_serc ; MAGDAS geomagnetic data （ Kyushu ）
• iug_load_gmag_wdc ; AE, Dst, Sym, Asym induces, geomagnetic data （ WDC,
Kyoto ）
• iug_load_gmag_mm210 ; Alias of erg_load_gmag_mm210 (Nagoya)
Radar
• iug_load_blr_rish ; Boundary Layer Radar data （ RISH, Kyoto ）
• iug_load_ltr_rish ; L-band Lowe Troposphere Radar data （ RISH, Kyoto ）
• iug_load_ear ; Equatorial Atmosphere Radar data （ RISH, Kyoto ）
• iug_load_eiscat ; EISCAT radar data (NIPR; Nagoya)
• iug_load_mu ; Middle and Upper (MU) atmosphere radar data （ RISH,
Kyoto ）
• iug_load_meteor_rish ; Meteor wind radar data （ RISH, Kyoto ）
• iug_load_mf_rish ; MF radar data （ RISH, Kyoto ）
• iug_load_sdfit ; SuperDARN （ Nagoya; NIPR; NICT ）
• iug_load_wpr_rish ; Wind profiler radar (LQ7) from RISH （ RISH, Kyoto ）
Radio Telescope
• iug_load_iprt ; Iitate Planetary Radio Telescope data （ Tohoku ）
What is UDAS?
Load procedures included in UDAS v2.00.1Load procedures included in UDAS v2.00.1
The software has been developed in collaboration
with ERG Science Center.
UDAS (IUGOENT Data Analysis Software) is a plug-in software of TDAS
and includes the load procedures for the ground-based observational
data distributed by the IUGONET institutions.
We have more upper atmospheric data to be released in future.
(e.g., all-sky images, keogram, solar images, etc.)
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7. Examples of IUGONET data
Geomagnetic
field indices
Various
ionospheric
and
atmospheric
radars
Global
magnetometer
network data
SuperDARN radar at HOK
AE index
Wind Profiler at SGK
Equatorial Atmosphere Radar
Magnetometer at Syowa
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8. How to install UDAS
http://www.iugonet.org/en/software/install.html
0. If TDAS has not been
installed yet, download
TDAS and set it up.
1. Download UDAS from
the IUGONET website.
2. Unzip the downloaded
file.
3. Copy UDAS into any
directory you want.
4. Set IDL path to access
UDAS prior to TDAS.
The latest version is
v2.00.1 (for TDAS v7.00)
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9. GUI for the IUGONET Data
You can use GUI for loading the IUGONET
data.
Instrument Type
IUGONET Data tab
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10. Online tutorials for UDAS
Researchers can learn how to use UDAS
online at the IUGONET’s YouTube site.
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11. idl
iugonet load
gui
themistdas_7_1x
erg
tools
We are preparing to incorporate UDAS into TDAS and to release them from
the THEMIS website.
Incorporation of UDAS into TDAS
TDAS website
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On the other hand, new load procedures for the other IUGONET data will be still
released as a patch from the IUGONET website.

12. Development of TDAS on IDL-VM
Solar radio waves by IPRT
ftp://apollo.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/THEMIS/SCI/Soft/TDAS%20VM/
idlvm_tdas_7_00_b1.zip
We built the TDAS that can run on the environment of IDL Virtual Machine.
You can use the TDAS (with only GUI) without any IDL licenses.
The executable file has been released for public testing in the following website:
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13. Summary
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 The IUGONET project (http://www.iugonet.org) builds
metadata database and data analysis software (UDAS)
to promote effective use of upper atmospheric data
taken by various ground-based observations.
 The IUGONET products have been released.
 UDAS is a plug-in software of TDAS and provides the
load procedures for the various ground-based
observational data distributed by each institution in
the IUGONET project.
Metadata database :
Analysis software :
http://search.iugonet.org/iugonet/
http://www.iugonet.org/en/software.html
 In near future, UDAS will be packed into TDAS and
released from TDAS website. In addition, their
executable file that can run on IDL-VM will be released.

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