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Department of Physics and Astronomy
Contact person : J. Tennyson
PA has a staff of about 200 and a turnover in excess of £11M; it has one of the UK’s largest atomic and molecular physics group who have a major activity in the provision and curacy of data sources for atmospheric, astrophysical and plasma modelling work. PA also has significant data users among its astrophysicists and atmospheric physicists. UCL/PA will lead the activity defining a dictionary and semantics for atomic and molecular data storage and retrieval; will overview the construction of a modern atmospheric database (eHITRAN) in collaboration with Harvard-Smithsonian (home of HITRAN); will participate in activities associated with astrophysical data particularly when involving extremely large datasets.
Key persons :
J. Tennyson Massey Professor of Physics Expertise : molecular physics, Water Database. Role in VAMDC project : Oversight of UCL efforts in general. Lead WP8.
C. Hill Role in VAMDC project : JRA1: coordination and work on newHITRAN, WP8
D. Witherick Postdoctoral Research Associate Expertise : eLearning and eScience and associated software developments. Role in VAMDC project : TBA
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