The IUGONET project- objectives Metadata DB for Upper Atmosphere Inter-university Upper atmosphere Global Observation NETwork

Since exchanges of materials, momenta, and energies in the upper atmosphere take place through complicated physical processes at different layers, integrated analysis by using various kinds of observational data is essential for investigating the mechanism of long-term variations in the upper atmosphere. However, the databases of such observations have been managed and maintained by each institution that conducted the observations. The data have been used by only a very few researchers who were involved in the observation campaign. There is no way to cross-search these databases due to lack of information on the data. The purpose of this project is to build a metadata database (MDB) of the upper atmospheric data acquired by ground-based observations, and then to promote effective use of the observational data spread across universities and institutes, which will lead to new interdisciplinary, comprehensive studies regarding the upper atmosphere Inter-university collaboratio