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Developing a Vision for Heliophysics Infrastructure

Rebecca Ringuette·Ryan M McGranaghan·Alexander Engell·Thomas Y Chen·Barbara J Thompson
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The current infrastructure in heliophysics acts as a barrier towards progress due to the lack of intelligent connections between the many valuable resources in our field. Due to the large scale of this problem, the path to a productive infrastructure requires community collaboration towards a common vision. This white paper presents a broad overview of what that vision could be and a path forward.

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Rebecca Ringuette, Ryan M McGranaghan, Alexander Engell, Thomas Y Chen, Barbara J Thompson. 2022-09-01. Developing a Vision for Heliophysics Infrastructure. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220013821

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