Repository details

The Infrared Space Observatory data archive

Name of repository
The Infrared Space Observatory data archive
Additional name(s)
  • ISO Data Archive
  • IDA
Repository URL
https://nida.esac.esa.int/nida-cl-web/
Subject(s)
Description
The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) is designed to provide detailed infrared properties of selected Galactic and extragalactic sources. The sensitivity of the telescopic system is about one thousand times superior to that of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS), since the ISO telescope enables integration of infrared flux from a source for several hours. Density waves in the interstellar medium, its role in star formation, the giant planets, asteroids, and comets of the solar system are among the objects of investigation. ISO was operated as an observatory with the majority of its observing time being distributed to the general astronomical community. One of the consequences of this is that the data set is not homogeneous, as would be expected from a survey. The observational data underwent sophisticated data processing, including validation and accuracy analysis. In total, the ISO Data Archive contains about 30,000 standard observations, 120,000 parallel, serendipity and calibration observations and 17,000 engineering measurements. In addition to the observational data products, the archive also contains satellite data, documentation, data of historic aspects and externally derived products, for a total of more than 400 GBytes stored on magnetic disks. The ISO Data Archive is constantly being improved both in contents and functionality throughout the Active Archive Phase, ending in December 2006.
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Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
30.000 standard observations; 120.000 parallel, serendipity and calibration observations; 17.000 engineering measurements
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/iso/mission-overview
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
Institution name
European Space Agency, ISO Data Centre
Contact(s)
Country
European Union
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • funding
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Additional name(s)
  • MPIA
  • Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Contact(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
Additional name(s)
  • Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  • MPE
Contact(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
NASA's Infrared Processing and Analysis Centre
Additional name(s)
  • IPAC
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
SRON
Contact(s)
Country
Netherlands
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Université Paris, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
Additional name(s)
  • IAS
Contact(s)
Country
France
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy Name
The ISO handbook

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard name
FITS - Flexible Image Transport System
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Remarks

Remarks
The ISO Data Archive is one element of the ISO Post Operations phase, which is a collaborative effort coordinated by the ISO Data Centre in ESA, Villafranca, Spain and includes six national data centres: the French ISO Centres (Orsay-Saclay, France), the UK ISO Data Centre (Rutherford, UK), the ISO Spectrometer Data Centre (Garching, Germany), the ISOPHOT Data Centre (Heidelberg, Germany), the Dutch ISO Data Analysis Centre (Groningen, the Netherlands) and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (Pasadena, USA) Dutch ISO Data Analysis Centre - DIDAC is now part of the HIFI Operations Centre at SRON.
Entry date
2014-01-29
Last update
2024-01-08
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re3data.org: The Infrared Space Observatory data archive; editing status 2024-01-08; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3S31B last accessed: 2024-04-20