Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development

The map above shows current traffic flows and traffic patterns across GLORIAD - as measured in Chicago.  In the map, triangles show source of traffic; inverted trianges, destination. Sites connected by arcs are the heavist current consumers. Colors indicate network protocols and can be discovered by the listing of top users at the right. The small charts show traffic volume by application during the last two hours. Clicking on any of them takes you to a larger display.

Project: EGSO

Description: EGSO, the "European Grid of Solar Observations", is a Grid test-bed that will lay the foundations of a "virtual solar observatory". The project is funded under the Information Society Technologies (IST) thematic programme of the European Commission's Fifth Framework Programme (FP5). EGSO is working closely with the US VSO project funded by NASA, with two partners involved in both projects. Also, EGSO is a partner in GRIDSTART, an Accompanying Measure cluster including Grid projects funded by IST under FP5. EGSO addresses the problem of combining heterogeneous data from scattered archives of space- and ground-based observations into a single "virtual" dataset. The project will be of great benefit to the solar community, but it will also act as the interface to solar data for the Space Weather, Climate Physics and Astrophysics communities. Since many of the problems addressed by the EGSO application also exist in other fields, it will be possible to use the technology that the project develops on other Grid projects.

Participants: UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, US

Sponsors: EC's Information Society Technologies (IST) thematic programme of Framework 5

Countries Involved: UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, US

Tools: GT2, GT3 (planned)

Contact: info@egso.org