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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
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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 Stromme and Strømme and Mike Sulzer)
13:45 Support from non-Arecibo ISRs during experiment (Phil Erickson, Mary McCready, Roger Varney)
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14:00 ISR Theory 3 (Phil Erickson)
15:00 Global ISR Measurements 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 beginsThursday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 30 Data analysis and fitting 1 2 (Roger VarneyPhil Erickson)
1009:00 Break
10:30 Data analysis and fitting 2 (Phil Erickson)
Phased arrays (Roger Varney)
09:45 11:15 Arecibo Science (Christiano Brum)
1210:0015 LunchBreak
1310:30 Question and answer sessionPlatform tours and lidar presentation
12:00 Lunch
1314:00 Work on assignment and presentation presentations (coffee available for break)
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10:30 Active ionospheric modification (Eliana Nossa and Mike Sulzer)
11:15 Phased Arrays (Roger Varney)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)
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