ISR SUMMER SCHOOL
23–29 July 2017
Arecibo Observatory
Important references
Pictures
Phil's pictures (external gallery link)
Phil Perillat movie of plasma line data during all student experiments: .mov version .avi version
Lecturers
Elizabeth Kendall - SRI - elizabeth.kendall@sri.com
Anja Strømme - SRI - anja.stromme@gmail.com
Anthea Coster - MIT - ajc@haystack.mit.edu
Philip Erickson - MIT - pje@haystack.mit.edu
Joshua Semeter - Boston University - jls@bu.edu
Bill Rideout - MIT - brideout@haystack.mit.edu
Mike Sulzer - Arecibo - michael.sulzer@sri.com
- Christiano Brum - Arecibo - christiano.brum@sri.com
- Eliana Nossa - Arecibo - eliana.nossa@sri.com
- Roger Varney - SRI - roger.varney@sri.com
Tools
IS spectrum Java applet
Sunday
-Summer school staff will be at the observatory to answer questions
-Hiking tours of ISR
-Dinner Meeting for lecturers and organizers at the observatory
-Sandwiches available for participants, as arrivals are staggered
Monday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Welcome (Francisco Cordova, Christiano Brum, Elizabeth Kendall, Mary McCready)
Introduction of participants and instructors (Elizabeth Kendall)
Addressing computer needs and other logistics (Arecibo Staff)
Group assignments (Elizabeth Kendall)
09:30 Introduction to the ionosphere (Elizabeth Kendall)
10:15 Break
10:30 ISR as a black box (Bill Rideout)
- ISR Blackbox group exercise
11:15 Radar 1: Radar Physics (Anthea Coster)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 ISR Theory 1: ISR phenomena (Anja Strømme)
14:15 Ionosphere – radar data example delivery (Mike Sulzer, Eliana Nossa, and Christiano Brum)
- Group 1: Group1-t2975_20150522Neim.pdf Group1-t2975_20150522vlsim.pdf
- Group 2: Group2-t2975_20150522Teim.pdf Group2-t2975_20150522Tiim.pdf
- Group 3: Group3-t2975_20150522Heim.pdf Group3-t2975_20150522Him.pdf
Group 4: Group4-pline-drifts.png Group4-pline-rot.png Group4-pline001.png Group4-pline002.png
- Group 5: Group5-pgtemperature140911-bouyancy.pdf
- Example winds plot
14:30 Break
14:45 Madrigal database and group work (Bill Rideout)
- Madrigal web interface group exercise
- Madrigal remote API group exercise
18:30 Dinner (BBQ Dinner by the pool)
Tuesday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Ionosphere – radar data example discussion (Mike Sulzer, Eliana Nossa, and Christiano Brum)
08:45 Radar 2: Radar Signal Processing (Josh Semeter)
09:30 ISR Theory 2 (Phil Erickson)
10:15 Break
10:45 Radar 3: Statistical Signal Processing (Roger)
11:30 The Arecibo Observatory (Francisco Cordova and Christiano Brum)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Arecibo experiment design and data analysis (Anja Strømme and Mike Sulzer)
13:45 Support from non-Arecibo ISRs during experiment (Phil Erickson, Mary McCready, Roger Varney)
14:00 Experiment Design (group work)
15:00 Break
15:30 Experiment Design (group work continued)
18:00 Deadline to submit group experiments
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Elective: MIT IAP Small Radar discussion and demonstration (Phil Erickson)
Wednesday
07:30 Breakfast by the pool
08:30 Excursion (beach with sack lunches)
14:00 ISR Theory 3 (Phil Erickson)
15:00 Global ISR Measurements (Anja Strømme)
15:30 Radar 2: More Radar Signal Processing (Josh Semeter)
16:00 Break
16:15 Data analysis and fitting 1 (Roger Varney)
17:45 Retrieve radar data and start to work on group assignments (coffee available for break)
18:30 Group 3 experiment observation begins
19:00 Dinner
Thursday
00:00 Group 1 experiment observation begins
02:00 Group 5 experiment observation begins
04:00 Group 2 and 4 experiment observation begins; Group 2 observes in control room
05:30 Group 4 observes in control room
07:00 Group 3 experiment observation begins
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Data analysis and fitting 2 (Phil Erickson)
09:00 Phased arrays (Roger Varney)
09:45 Arecibo Science (Christiano Brum)
10:15 Break
10:30 Platform tours and lidar presentation
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Work on assignment and presentations (coffee available for break)
19:00 Dinner
Friday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Question and answer session
10:00 Break
10:30 Active ionospheric modification (Eliana Nossa and Mike Sulzer)
11:15 Work on assignments and presentations
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Work on assignments and presentations (coffee available for break)
19:00 Dinner
21:30 Optics Tour (meet in cafeteria parking lot)
Saturday
07:30 Breakfast
08:00 Student presentations (3x30 min)
09:30 Break
09:45 Student presentations (2x30 min)
10:45 Conclusions, Evaluations, and Closing Discussions
12:00 Lunch