Repository details

Space Physics Data Facility

Name of repository
Space Physics Data Facility
Additional name(s)
  • NASA's Space Physics Data Facility
  • SPDF
Repository URL
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Subject(s)
Description
The Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) leads in the design and implementation of unique multi-mission and multi-disciplinary data services and software to strategically advance NASA's solar-terrestrial program, to extend our science understanding of the structure, physics and dynamics of the Heliosphere of our Sun and to support the science missions of NASA's Heliophysics Great Observatory. Major SPDF efforts include multi-mission data services such as Heliophysics Data Portal (formerly VSPO), CDAWeb and CDAWeb Inside IDL,and OMNIWeb Plus (including COHOWeb, ATMOWeb, HelioWeb and CGM) , science planning and orbit services such as SSCWeb, data tools such as the CDF software and tools, and a range of other science and technology research efforts. The staff supporting SPDF includes scientists and information technology experts.
Contact(s)
  • NASA-SPDF-Support@nasa.onmicrosoft.com
  • Robert.M.Candey@nasa.gov
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/about.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (2)

Institution
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Additional name(s)
  • NASA
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1992
Institution
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, Heliospheric Physics Laboratory
Additional name(s)
  • HSD
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
1992

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Policy for Preservation and Dissemination of Data Deposited with SPDF
Policy Name
NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
CC
DataLicense
other

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • other
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • other
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/data_use_policy.html
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (3)

Type
REST
Url
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/alternative_access_methods.html
Type
REST
Url
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/REST/
Type
SOAP
Url
https://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/SOAP/

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
SPASE Data Model

Remarks

Remarks
NASA’s Heliophysics Science Division at NASA Headquarters issued a revised Heliophysics Science Data Management Policy (see https://smd-cms.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/hpd-data-policy-final-20230202.pdf). This revised policy redefined the Heliophysics role of the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) at Goddard to be solely that of a “deep archive” and defined a new role for the Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) to be one of two “active Final Archives” charged to work with NASA Headquarters to ensure the long-term accessibility and availability of all important NASA heliophysics data. The SPDF service gateway allows users to access data through a number of different data services while also providing information on which spacecraft are accessible through which services and to which space physics disciplines data services and spacecraft belong.
Entry date
2012-12-14
Last update
2024-10-02
Back to search
Submit a change request
Get a badge
The DataCite logo

Cite this re3data.org record:

re3data.org: Space Physics Data Facility; editing status 2024-10-02; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3P301 last accessed: 2025-04-25