Access to Heliophysics data has become increasingly easy and more uniform. The adoption of descriptive and format standards not just at NASA but more internationally is helping greatly. The following provides a guide to a number of HP data resources. It is more complete for NASA data access routes than for others, but some major US/nonNASA and international sources are included. The Heliophysics Data Portal provides, among other things, links to data provider web sites from missions around the world.

General NASA HP Data Access Portals

Heliophysics Data Centers

Subfield Information and Data Access: VxOs and other Services

The NASA “Virtual Observatories” provide a variety of information and tools related to data from subdiscipline “x.” What follows is a very brief guide to these services.