High-Level Project Summary
We developed an interactive application to explore the magnetic field sensor data from Parker Solar Probe. 2D and 3D visualizations augment audio representations in a self-contained digital environment.
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Detailed Project Description
We relied on MATLAB software to extract data from raw files, convert data into audio and visual representations, and package results into a user application.
Space Agency Data
We relied on Parker Solar Probe data available at https://sppgway.jhuapl.edu/ and https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/psp. The JHUAPL site provided information on the trajectory history of the probe: https://sppgway.jhuapl.edu/PosCalc. This information was used to produce a trajectory visualization. The plotting page on the site points to a Berkeley website with cdf files containing daily probe sensor readings: http://research.ssl.berkeley.edu/data/psp/data/sci/fields/l2/mag_RTN_4_Sa_per_Cyc. The results from this site and the Goddard site were used to extract magnetic field readings.
Hackathon Journey
The Space Apps challenge was a wonderful opportunity for our team to collaborate on a project. Our role often has us working independently on separate engagements. It's rare for us to be in the same room working on the same effort. We've learned a great deal about each other's professional strengths.
Our approach was to explore what data values were accessible. We worked on getting data into a usable format and began to examine what looked for interesting ways to express the data. Having found several ideas we liked, we packaged them into an apps so others could enjoy our results.
We would like to thank American University and the NASA DC Space Grant Consortium for graciously hosting us. Jasmin and Chelsea did a wonderful job providing food and facilities. We would also like to thank Jaye Verniero from NASA for helping us navigate through the details of the data sources we used in this project.
References
https://sppgway.jhuapl.edu/
https://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/matlab_cdf_patch.html
http://research.ssl.berkeley.edu/data/psp/data/sci/fields/l2/mag_RTN_4_Sa_per_Cyc
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/psp
https://www.sonify.io/twotone/
https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/