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Update on Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) Data Archives and Services
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  • Robert Candey,
  • Dieter Bilitza,
  • Reine Chimiak,
  • John Cooper,
  • Leonard Garcia,
  • Bernard Harris,
  • Lan Jian,
  • Rita Johnson,
  • Tamara Kovalick,
  • Nand Lal,
  • Howard Leckner,
  • Michael Liu,
  • Sonya Lyatsky,
  • Robert McGuire,
  • Natalia Papitashvili,
  • Uthra Rao,
  • D Aaron Roberts,
  • Ronald Yurow
Robert Candey
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Dieter Bilitza
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Reine Chimiak
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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John Cooper
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Leonard Garcia
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Bernard Harris
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Lan Jian
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Rita Johnson
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Tamara Kovalick
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Nand Lal
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Howard Leckner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Michael Liu
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Sonya Lyatsky
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Robert McGuire
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Natalia Papitashvili
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Uthra Rao
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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D Aaron Roberts
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Ronald Yurow
ADNET Systems Inc.
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Abstract

The Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov), as the non-solar NASA Heliophysics active final archive, works with current operating missions and the heliophysics community to ingest, preserve and serve a wide range of past and current public science-quality data from the mesosphere into the furthest reach of deep-space exploration. SPDF facilitates scientific analysis of multi-instrument and multi-mission datasets to enhance the science return of the many missions. SPDF develops and maintains the Common Data Format (CDF) and the associated ISTP/SPDF metadata guidelines. SPDF services include CDAWeb, which supports both survey and burst mode data with graphics, listings and data superset/subset functions. All public data held by SPDF are also available for direct file download by HTTPS or FTPS links from the SPDF home page (https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov). SPDF is currently receiving and serving from missions including Parker Solar Probe, MMS, Van Allen Probes, THEMIS/ARTEMIS, GOLD, ACE, Cluster, IBEX, Voyager, Geotail, Wind and many others, and >120 Ground-Based investigations. SPDF recently added support for ARASE/ERG and MAVEN as supplementary access at the requests of those missions, and is expecting Solar Orbiter and ICON data. SPDF also operates the multi-mission orbit displays and query services of SSCWeb and the Java-based 4D Orbit Viewer, as well as the Heliophysics Data Portal (HDP) discipline-wide data inventory and access service, and OMNIWeb and COHOWeb for near-Earth and deep-space solar wind plasma, magnetic field, and energetic particle database, respectively.