VISTA data flow system survey access and curation: the WFCAM science archive

Nigel C. Hambly; Robert G. Mann; Ian Bond; Eckhard Sutorius; Michael Read; Peredur Williams; Andrew Lawrence; James P. Emerson

VISTA data flow system survey access and curation: the WFCAM science archive

Nigel C. Hambly, Robert G. Mann, Ian Bond, Eckhard Sutorius, Michael Read, Peredur Williams, Andrew Lawrence, James P. Emerson

School of Physics and Astronomy

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

VISTA Data Flow System (VDFS) survey data products are expected to reach of order one petabyte in volume. Fast and flexible user access to these data is pivotal for efficient science exploitation. In this paper, we describe the provision for survey products archive access and curation which is the final link in the data flow system from telescope to user. Science archive development at the Wide Field Astronomy Unit of the Institute for Astronomy within the University of Edinburgh is taking a phased approach. The first phase VDFS science archive is being implemented for WFCAM, a wide-field infrared imager that has similar output to, but at a lower data rate than the VISTA camera. We describe the WFCAM Science Archive, emphasising the design approach that is intended to lead to a scalable archive system that can handle the huge volume of VISTA data.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optimizing Scientific Return for Astronomy through Information Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the SPIE
Pages	423-431
Volume	5493
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2004

Access to Document

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004SPIE.5493..423H

Cite this

Hambly, N. C., Mann, R. G., Bond, I., Sutorius, E., Read, M., Williams, P., Lawrence, A., & Emerson, J. P. (2004). VISTA data flow system survey access and curation: the WFCAM science archive. In Optimizing Scientific Return for Astronomy through Information Technologies: Proceedings of the SPIE (Vol. 5493, pp. 423-431) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004SPIE.5493..423H

@inproceedings{2ab959d37d2c4c548642b48d7959be2f,

title = "VISTA data flow system survey access and curation: the WFCAM science archive",

abstract = "VISTA Data Flow System (VDFS) survey data products are expected to reach of order one petabyte in volume. Fast and flexible user access to these data is pivotal for efficient science exploitation. In this paper, we describe the provision for survey products archive access and curation which is the final link in the data flow system from telescope to user. Science archive development at the Wide Field Astronomy Unit of the Institute for Astronomy within the University of Edinburgh is taking a phased approach. The first phase VDFS science archive is being implemented for WFCAM, a wide-field infrared imager that has similar output to, but at a lower data rate than the VISTA camera. We describe the WFCAM Science Archive, emphasising the design approach that is intended to lead to a scalable archive system that can handle the huge volume of VISTA data.",

author = "Hambly, {Nigel C.} and Mann, {Robert G.} and Ian Bond and Eckhard Sutorius and Michael Read and Peredur Williams and Andrew Lawrence and Emerson, {James P.}",

year = "2004",

month = sep,

day = "1",

language = "English",

volume = "5493",

pages = "423--431",

booktitle = "Optimizing Scientific Return for Astronomy through Information Technologies",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - VISTA data flow system survey access and curation: the WFCAM science archive

AU - Hambly, Nigel C.

AU - Mann, Robert G.

AU - Bond, Ian

AU - Sutorius, Eckhard

AU - Read, Michael

AU - Williams, Peredur

AU - Lawrence, Andrew

AU - Emerson, James P.

PY - 2004/9/1

Y1 - 2004/9/1

N2 - VISTA Data Flow System (VDFS) survey data products are expected to reach of order one petabyte in volume. Fast and flexible user access to these data is pivotal for efficient science exploitation. In this paper, we describe the provision for survey products archive access and curation which is the final link in the data flow system from telescope to user. Science archive development at the Wide Field Astronomy Unit of the Institute for Astronomy within the University of Edinburgh is taking a phased approach. The first phase VDFS science archive is being implemented for WFCAM, a wide-field infrared imager that has similar output to, but at a lower data rate than the VISTA camera. We describe the WFCAM Science Archive, emphasising the design approach that is intended to lead to a scalable archive system that can handle the huge volume of VISTA data.

AB - VISTA Data Flow System (VDFS) survey data products are expected to reach of order one petabyte in volume. Fast and flexible user access to these data is pivotal for efficient science exploitation. In this paper, we describe the provision for survey products archive access and curation which is the final link in the data flow system from telescope to user. Science archive development at the Wide Field Astronomy Unit of the Institute for Astronomy within the University of Edinburgh is taking a phased approach. The first phase VDFS science archive is being implemented for WFCAM, a wide-field infrared imager that has similar output to, but at a lower data rate than the VISTA camera. We describe the WFCAM Science Archive, emphasising the design approach that is intended to lead to a scalable archive system that can handle the huge volume of VISTA data.

M3 - Conference contribution

VL - 5493

SP - 423

EP - 431

BT - Optimizing Scientific Return for Astronomy through Information Technologies

ER -

VISTA data flow system survey access and curation: the WFCAM science archive

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this