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IHY-UN Basic Sciences Initiative Major thrust of IHY-UNBSSI Program is deployment of instrument arrays in developing countries Developed nations provide instruments Developing countries provide man-power & maintenance This has led to deployment of radio telescopes, GPS receivers, magnetometers, etc. in many countries In Africa, several arrays are in deployment stage primarily at Universities In Africa, another basic need is the cyber infra-structure necessary for acquiring and real-time dissemination of the data obtained from such instruments

Sponsors: NASA, NSF, EOARD, ICTP, AFRL, AFOSR, ONR, CAWSES & COSPAR IHY-Africa Workshop

Overview of Instrument Arrays Overview of Proposed Instrument Arrays

“The IHY-Africa Resolution on Cyber-infrastructure” The Preamble We, the 63 African scientists, representing 19 African countries, and 40 scientists from other nations participating in the International Heliophysical Year Workshop in Addis Ababa, 12-16 November 2007, Recognizing that modern information and communications technologies have revolutionized the conduct of research, education, and training in science and technology, as well as elsewhere, by providing rapid and effective means to - communicate among people, - discover, access, and share data and information, - participate in international, regional, and national scientific and educational efforts, - transmit observational data efficiently, Recommend that high priority be given to improving the cyber-infrastructure for Universities and other national science and technology institutions in Africa as a cost–effective and essential means of achieving national Millennium Development Goals.

eGY in IHY Advocating for improved cyber infrastructure in developing countries Support for IHY-Whole Heliosphere Interval Campaign - involves a large inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary scientific community Forging reasonable data sharing policies and incentives to satisfy all parties - restricted vs open data access, feedback to provider, science support Coordination between different disciplines e.g. GPS for water vapor, total electron content, positioning Securing data for the future - connections to existing data centers

Science comes from combining data from arrays of instruments Ionospheric mapping TEC Hole Enhanced Eq Anomaly SED Bulge Science comes from combining data from arrays of instruments From Foster et al.