1. Aurora Data Visualization
Image: Gregory Clarke

2. Available websites
NOAA Alaska KHO Norway
Ovation Ovation Prime

3. Available Google Earth tools
CCMC NOAA
Images wrapped!!! (they don't work on Marble)

4. What to visualize? Model & Data
2 aurora prediction models are described in an
Open access Sigernes et al. (2011) paper
Implemented on a python program: oval.py
Total Energy Detected from
NOAA's POES satellites are a
proxy for aurora activity
Implemented on a Java program: Aurora.java

5. oval.py
Kp index
Time
Pylab
Simplekml
KML file

6. Aurora.java
Download most
recent POES data 1 hour values
Extract
Time/position/energy
for each satellite
4 hours values
Processing
(cleaning/averaging)
24 hours values
Visualize (Topcat)

7. Next steps...
NOAA ftp Web Server
POES data Aurora.java
Kml file
Kp
oval.py
Runs every 4 hours
Updates users
kml files