Performing Science Research with the Virtual ITM Observatory

The Virtual ITM Observatory (VITMO) is a system that integrates data providers and other virtual observatories together to give the appearance of a seamless system. This seamless appearance allows the user to create a virtual observing system dedicated to the individual's research interests. VITMO has reached operational status with additional capabilities and datasets being rolled out over time. The design of the Virtual ITM Observatory (VITMO) was developed out of a series of use cases for ITM science data analysis. To enhance the capability of the scientist in studying the ITM region and its response to energetic inputs as a system, the need existed for an ability to approach problems using coordinated observations. This provided the basis for developing tools to identify coordinated observations, geophysics condition based searches, and an ability to provide these capabilities across multiple data sets. This talk will focus on examples of how these capabilities allow the scientist to perform "what-if" based searches of data for analysis along with a discussion of the types of scientific analysis that may be possible through this system.