1. SCIENCE OBSERVATORY DEVELOPMENT HISTORY OUTREACH
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2. 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

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

4. Overview of Instrument Arrays
Overview of Proposed Instrument Arrays

5. “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, 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.

6. 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

7. 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.