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ISR SUMMER SCHOOL 

July 27 - August 1, 2020

Virtual School

https://tinyurl.com/2020ISR

 

Lecturers

 

Tools

References

Past years ISR school wiki pages

MIT small radar site

 

Schedule

DateTime (CDT)Time (UT)TopicLecturerActivity Video links

Document links 

   
Monday, July 278:0013:00Welcome and introductionElizabeth KendallReview school format/purpose and online protocol.

 

    
 8:1013:10Technical LogisticsAshton Reimer and Bill RideoutGo over internet, computer, software, etc. issues.     
 8:1513:15Intro to the IonosphereElizabeth KendallGroup questions/group presentation 

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

    
 9:1514:15Radar 1/2: Physics and Signal ProcessingAnthea Coster and Josh SemeterQ&A     
 10:1515:15BREAK       
 10:3015:30ISR Theory 1: The Short Intro to ISRAnthea Coster and Bill RideoutRadar as a Black Box     
 11:3016:30Madrigal DatabaseBill RideoutReview Madrigal exercises     
 12:3017:30BREAK       
 13:3018:30Group Work - ISR ExamplesRoger Varney and Elizabeth KendallGive groups ISR examples to discuss. Mentors in Zoom     
 14:3019:30Group Presentations of Examples live Zoom     
 15:3020:30Conclude Day       
           
Tuesday, July 288:0013:00Welcome and Logistics Elizabeth Kendall      
 8:0513:05Radar 3: Statistical Signal ProcessingRoger Varney      
 9:0514:05ISR Theory 2Phil Erickson      
 10:0515:05BREAK       
 10:2015:20Experiment Design and Data AnalysisRoger Varney and Bill RideoutLive instruction with a few slides and mostly questions?     
 11:2016:20BREAK       
 12:0017:00Group Work (Block #1)AntheaExperiment design     
 14:0019:00Group Work (Block #2)ElizabethExperiment design     
 16:0021:00Deadline to submit Experiments       
 18:0023:00Experiment #1 Groups run 2-hour experiments on PFISR     
 20:001:00Experiment #2 Groups run 2-hour experiments on PFISR     
 22:003:00Experiment #3 Groups run 2-hour experiments on PFISR     
           
Wednesday, July 290:005:00Experiment #4ElizabethGroups run 2-hour experiments on PFISR     
 2:007:00Experiment #5 Groups run 2-hour experiments on PFISR     
 10:1015:10Welcome and LogisticsElizabeth Kendall      
 10:1515:15NSF FacilitiesRobb MooreLive talk     
 10:4515:45ISR Science HighlightsJosh Semeter      
 11:4516:45BREAK       
 12:4517:45Group Work (Block #1)AntheaGroup work - retrieve data and begin     
 14:4519:45Group Work (Block #2)Elizabeth      
 16:4521:45Mentor support end for the day       
           
Thursday, July 308:0013:00Welcome and LogisticsElizabeth Kendall      
 8:0513:05Data Analysis and Fitting 1Ashton Reimer      
 9:0514:05Data Analysis and Fitting 2Phil Erickson      
 10:0515:05BREAK Office hours? Breakout rooms? Mentor Shifts?     
 11:0016:00Group Work (Block #1)Anthea      
 13:0018:00Group Work (Block #2)Elizabeth      
 15:0020:00Mentor support end for the day       
           
Friday, July 318:0013:00Welcome and LogisticsElizabeth Kendall      
 8:0513:05Phased ArraysRoger Varney      
 9:0514:05Question and AnswerAll Lecturers      
 10:0515:05BREAK Office hours? Breakout rooms? Mentor Shifts?     
 11:0016:00Group Work (Block #1)Anthea      
 13:0018:00Group Work (Block #2)Elizabeth      
 15:0020:00Mentor support end for the day       
           
Saturday, August 18:0013:00Welcome and logisticsElizabeth Kendall      
 8:0513:05Presentation 1GroupLive presentation     
 8:3513:35Presentation 2GroupLive presentation     
 9:0514:05BREAK       
 9:1514:15Presentation 3GroupLive presentation     
 9:4514:45Presentation 4GroupLive presentation     
 10:1515:15BREAK       
 10:2515:25Presentation 5GroupLive presentation     
 10:5515:55Conclusion and EvaluationsLecturersDiscussion and online Google Form     
 12:0017:00End School       
           

Monday

09:00 Shuttle from Oulu train station to Pikku-Syöte

11:00 Arrive at Pikku-Syöte, Check-in, accommodate everyone 12:00 Lunch
 

13:00 Welcome (Thomas Ulich, Elizabeth Kendall)

  •  Introduction of participants and instructors (Thomas Ulich and Elizabeth Kendall) 
  • Addressing computer needs and other logistics (Thomas Ulich and Bill Rideout) 
  • Group assignments (Thomas Ulich and Elizabeth Kendall)

13:45 Introduction to the Ionosphere (Anita Aikio)

14:30 ISR as a Black Box (Bill Rideout)

Blackbox ISR exercises

15:15 Coffee Break
 

15:45 Radar 1: Radar Physics (Anthea Coster)

16:30 ISR Theory 1: The Short Introduction to Incoherent Scatter (Anita Aikio)

 17:15 Ionosphere Radar Data Examples (Anita Aikio)

17:30 Madrigal Database and Group Work (Bill Rideout)

Exercise 1:  Install Hdfview from https://www.hdfgroup.org/downloads/hdfview/  Look at two example Madrigal files:

Millstone ISR

Poker Flat ISR

Exercise 2: Web Interface

Exercise 3: Writing scripts

Madrigal ipython notebook example

19:00 Dinner

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