SOHO SPWG Minutes



Friday, October 20, 2000

1. Review of action items

* New items 1) On A. Gabriel/A. Kosovichev: CDS part for JOP134 to be defined * From previous SPWG: 1) On Jeff Newmark/JOP131 authors: Determine final program for EIT -- Closed. 2) On Klaus Wilhelm/JOP130 authors: Modify pointing to accommodate SUMER -- Closed. 3) On Kuen Ko/JOP130 authors: Work out alternative to UVCS employing an offset pointing. -- Closed: Drop offset pointing observations. 4) On SOCs: Determine EIT program for revised JOP124 -- Closed. 5) On JOP133 authors: Determine whether archival data can be used. -- The JOP author replied to this query: > I have not found all the lines I wish to study so please consider my > JOP. A part from, that I need all those lines in a protuberance > observed at the same time. I have a CDS Study written by Dave Pike > and it was myself who made the observation progamme for Sumer > under the supervision of Phillipe Lemaire

2. Boundary conditions

* No maneuvers are planned for November. * MEDOC Campaign #6, 30 October - 12 November * MDI Continuous for November: MDI Continuous starts November 22 at 06:50 UT MDI Continuous Contact Ends November 28 at 01:05 UT. * Submodes: Submode 6 except Oct 30 - Nov 13 (Submode 5) and Nov 30 - Dec 19 (Submode 5) * Other: - TRACE eclipse season starts November 8, atmospheric absorption has already started. Simplified timelines, minimal planner involvement, but coordination on case by case basis possible. Contact: trace_planner@lmsal.com

3. JOPs status

New JOPs: - JOP134 High-Resolution Study of Supergranulation: Plasma Flows and Magnetic Field Structures, MDI/THEMIS POC: Alexander Kosovichev No objections. CDS may join the observations (TBD). Updated JOPs: - JOP130 Solar Maximum Equatorial Slow Wind, CDS/SUMER/UVCS/TRACE/EIT/MDI/LASCO, POC: Alan Gabriel Some changes to CDS/SUMER/MDI parts, LASCO part (synoptic) added, and "Solar conditions Contingency" part added. UVCS offset pointing will not be performed. - JOP132 ULYSSES/SOHO Quadrature Study, UVCS/CDS/LASCO/Ulysses, POC: Steve Suess CDS specifications/line list added.

4. Priorities for the coming month (weeks 44 - 48, Oct 30 - Dec 3)

a) Joint observing plans * MEDOC JOP124 Prominence/filament Diagnostic and Oscillations (#6595) CDS/SUMER, ~7h. Contact: Stephane Regnier (MEDOC). * MEDOC JOP132 Ulysses-SOHO quadrature campaign, (#6590) UVCS/Ulysses/LASCO, CDS joins in week #2 only, 0400-1800UT Contacts: G. Poletto and S. Suess (MEDOC) * MEDOC JOP133 Theoretical Lines Profiles of Metallic Elements with Macroscopic Velocities, (#6600), CDS/SUMER, MEDOC contact: Daniela Cirigliano. * MEDOC 2nd Wk JOP130 Solar Maximum Equatorial Slow Wind, (#6605) CDS/SUMER/UVCS/LASCO/EIT/MDI/TRACE, 18-24 UT, POC: Ester Antonucci and Alan Gabriel, run daily Nov. 6-12 * Nov 6-Dec 8 MMOP008 Moreton/EIT Observing Campaign, EIT/MDI/HASTA/Nancay/Kanzelhöhe/Yohkoh/Huairou/.. - EIT/MDI will participate on a best effort basis only. * Nov 14-23 MDI[?]/TRACE[?]/Yohkoh/Sac.Peak collaboration(JOP w/others?), 15-24UT (Sac Peak times) POC: Ted Tarbell, Toshifumi Shimizu MDI/TRACE participation TBD * Nov 19-Dec 21 JOP129 The Gravitational Focusing Cone of Interstellar Helium (#6610), POC: Eberhard Mobius (Eberhard.Moebius@unh.edu) SOHO: CDS/SUMER/EIT/UVCS/SWAN/CELIAS SEM and PM EUVE/ACE/Ulysses/Wind/Geotail/Cluster - No UVCS/SUMER observations on Nov 19 * Nov 21-Nov 27 JOP134 High-Resolution Supergranulation Study, (#6615), MDI/THEMIS, 07-17 UT, POC: Emily Zamkoff * Dec 1-18/19 SUMER operations: Oslo AR observations (with CDS), JOP129, then possible extensions with offlimb REFSPECS (w/UVCS) super-refspec on both detectors. Then door closed. POC: Dietmar Germerott, Enrico Landi b) Individual instrument plans * Oct 25-Nov 2 Simultaneous Observations of Multi-Loop Systems, (#6580) CDS/Tenerife VTT, 10-17UT, POC:Gerhard Rank (gzr@mpe.mpg.de) * Nov 20-26 CDS Flare interrupt studies, POC: E. Landi/A. Fludra * Nov 27-Dec 3 CDS/SUMER Oslo Loops Study (SUMER opens door Nov 30) POC: Terje Fredvik * Nov 13-20 UVCS/Ulysses South Pole Magnetic Reversal * Nov 28-Dec 3 UVCS/Ulysses South Pole Magnetic Reversal c) Intercalibration activities * Intercal 1, CDS/EIT - During week 46 (Nov 13-19).

5. Preview of future months

* See the Monthly Calendar at: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/soc/head_calendar.html

6. AOB

* Next SPWG: Friday, November 17 at 2:00 pm in EAF * REMINDER: DSN support should be requested at least 6 months in advance. Keep this in mind for: ground-based collaborations that require MDI support, stellar observations that require NRT, etc. * Offpoint maneuver not expected this year