Enabling Science Research with Coordinated Data From SuperDARN and VITMO

One of the important capabilities introduced with Virtual Observatories is the ability to seamlessly obtain data from multiple sites/instruments at simultaneous times. This facilitates coordinated research, particularly involving ground and satellite based data sets. In this presentation we will show how the ground based SuperDARN network data have been integrated into the Virtual ITM Observatory (VITMO). These data can be used with coordinated observations from satellites (e.g. TIMED). In this presentation we will show how coordinated data sets can be selected through the VITMO interface and all products downloaded to the user in a single zip file, greatly facilitating coordinated research. We will show how new elements from SuperDARN have been brought over into the VITMO interface allowing for the full fidelity provided by SuperDARN to be available for data selection through VITMO as well. We will also demonstrate possible future data products that can be generated using VITMO to combine multiple data sets.