1. Update of the Swarm Data Visualisation Tool (VirES)
Swarm 6th DQW
26-29/09/2016
Surgeons' Hall Edinburgh

2. Virtual Workspaces for Earth Observation Scientists
Technology research into new ideas for access, selection and visualization of data from Earth Explorer Missions
Prototype presented 5th Swarm DQW
Swarm Pilot Service Operations started May (Living Planet Symposium)
Release of v1.1 of Service 6th Swarm DQW
ON SHOW

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Science Team
Matthias Förster
Monika Korte
Claudia Stolle
Nils Olsen
Stavros Kotsiaros
ESA Team
Industry Team
Gabriella Costa
Rune Floberghagen
Luca Mariani
Daniel Santillan
Martin Pačes
Mikael Toresen
Friendly Users
E. Doornbos, C. Beggan, A. Chulliat, N. Zehentner, .....

4. VirES Services Web Browser Application
Specialization on Visualization and Analysis of Magnetic data
On demand calculation of models and residuals
Possibility to filter and download based on set of parameters
Rendering of model results and field lines
Auxiliary Data (Kp- and Dst-Indices)

5. Update – Service version 1.1
Inclusion of Plasma Data
Inclusion of Bubble Index Data
Updates to Analytics Viewer functionality
Single Axis Zoom/Pan
Second y-Axis
Customization of filters
Other functional updates
Automatic calculation of model value range
Rendering of colorscale label on globe visualization

6. Challenges Handling data visualization of different datasets
Differences between dataset structures
Listing, selection and configuration (multiple satellites times multiple datasets)
Filtering and Download – Multitude of possibilities

7. Separation of satellite selection and product type in Layers Panel

8. Visualization of Magnetic and Plasma data on 3D globe using height offset

9. Visualization of Magnetic and Plasma data as scatterplot in Analytics View

10. Positive Bubble index detections directly shown in Timeslider

11. Download and filtering of composite product

12. Future Multiple releases planned for evolution of service
Current focus:
Increase of download limits (introduction of asynchronous processing)
Introduction of new data from Swarm mission
Statistical information on data
Isoline visualization of models

13. Invitation to participate
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Our goal is to make service accessible and useful, for that please let us know:
Features that would facilitate your work
Priorities you would like us to focus on
Possible shortcomings for your specific use case
Contact us
Daniel Santillan