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Standardizing Access to Heliophysics Data - HAPI Specification Updates and Some New Usages for Cloud and Model Data
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  • Jon Vandegriff,
  • Eric Winter,
  • Alex Antunes,
  • Brent Smith,
  • Robert Weigel,
  • Jeremy Faden,
  • D Aaron Roberts,
  • Robert Candey,
  • Eric Grimes,
  • Scott Boardsen,
  • Bernard Harris,
  • Todd King
Jon Vandegriff
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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Eric Winter
Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins
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Alex Antunes
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
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Brent Smith
Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins
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Robert Weigel
George Mason University
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Jeremy Faden
Self Employed
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D Aaron Roberts
NASA Goddard SFC
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Robert Candey
NASA Goddard Space Flight Cntr
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Eric Grimes
Auburn University
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Scott Boardsen
NASA GSFC
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Bernard Harris
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Todd King
UCLA/ESS
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Abstract

The Heliophysics Application Programmer’s Interface (HAPI) is a standard mechanism for accessing time series data. Because of its adoption at multiple Heliophysics (HP) and Space Weather (SW) data centers, it is now a useful way to reach many different resources within the community. It is also a COSPAR standard. The use of HAPI so far has been as a standard layer on top of a traditional mission or instrument archive, where HAPI lives alongside an existing, custom web-based computer interface. We will give highlights of recent additions to the specification which is now at version 3.0, with 3.1 around the corner. We also will present explorations into two new ways in which HAPI can be utilized. 1) HAPI as a way to access output from model runs, which can generate large volumes of data at various time cadences and spatial distributions. 2) HAPI as an interface over cloud-based data resources. In the cloud, HAPI can connect large volumes of data to scientist-friendly front-end analysis capabilities, such as a JupyterHub or potentially a Pangeo-like environment. The evolution of HAPI and its uses is expected to keep enhancing interoperability among Heliophysics and Space Weather resources.