Astronomy
Progress in astronomical research requires access to all the world's astronomical data, since insight comes from correlating data taken at different wavelengths and with different techniques, and comparison of the observational results with astrophysical simulations.
Problems in making this vision a reality include lack of sufficient bandwidth and the inhomogeneity of the data and the and the data access methods.
The International Virtual Observatory project, scheduled for completion in 2008, will produce 10 petabytes of data per year, yet the project relies on networks such as GLORIAD to solve the issue of bandwidth required to transmit enormous sums of data. GLORIAD will enable US astronomers to access IVO data resources in Russia and China and vice-versa. GLORIAD will enable real-time very long baseline interferometry between the Very Long Baseline Array in the U.S. and radio telescopes in the Netherlands, Russia, China, and Korea.
The International Square Kilometer Ray Consortium will rely on GLORIAD to provide network services for baseline interferometry between the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) with partner countries, and allow testing of the distributed SKA paradigm.
- KOREA: Korean Virtual Observatory Project
- The virtual observatory projects are being developed mainly at national levels at about 15 countries including Korea. Korean Virtual Observatory (KVO, http://kvo.kao.re.kr) was started from February 2003 by astronomers in Korea Astronomy Observatory and some universities.
