The Heliophysics and Space Weather Open Knowledge Network: The
Convergence Hub for the Exploration of Space Science (CHESS)
Abstract
The growing scale of Earth and space science challenges dictate new
modes of discovery–discovery that embraces cross-disciplinary
interactions and links between communities, between data, between
technologies. Nowhere is the challenge more pressing than in the field
of Heliophysics where solar energy is generated, propagated through
interplanetary space, interacts with the Earth’s space environment, and
poses immediate threat to our technological infrastructure and
human-natural systems (i.e., space weather). We will present a new
project within the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator
program that represents this new mode of discovery “The Convergence Hub
for the Exploration of Space Science (CHESS).” Our approach is to
semantically link Heliophysics data through a Knowedge Graph/Network
(KG). The presentation and discussion will focus on: - What is a
knowledge graph (KG)? - In what ways are KGs poised to transform Earth
and space science? - The Convergence Hub for the Exploration of Space
Science (CHESS) project and bridging to metadata and knowledge
architecture efforts in Heliophysics We will highlight linkages to the
NSF EarthCube program and ongoing efforts in the geoinformatics and data
science communities across e.g., NSF, NOAA, and NASA.