SOHO SPWG Minutes
SPWG MINUTES
Friday November 22, 2002
1. Review of action items
From last meeting:
* All teams: Give a list of email addresses to be added to the SPWG list
(to make sure all relevant people receive the draft and final minutes)
We will add: trace_planner@cheyenne
mdiops@mdisas
grl@kreutz
planner@uvcs6
Remove: Several, by request (new duplicates and dead mailboxes)
* All teams, each SPWG meeting: Designate one person to be point of contact for
collaborations and to review & "sign off" on SPWG draft agendas
The following list is based on inputs and *assumptions*:
CDS: Andrzej Fludra
CELIAS: Peter Bochsler
CEPAC: Jarmo Torsti, Horst Kunow
GOLF: Alan Gabriel
EIT: Joe Gurman (Alex Young is backup)
LASCO: Gareth Lawrence
MDI: Rock Bush - Sarah Gregory is POC for collaborations
SUMER: Werner Curdt
SWAN: Eric Quemerais, Asko Lehto
UVCS: Yuan-Kuen Ko
VIRGO: Claus Frolich
TRACE: Dawn Myers
Replies from CELIAS, SWAN & VIRGO still pending for both of the above.
2. Boundary conditions
* The next MM/SK maneuver is tentatively scheduled for February 19, 2003.
Fuel estimate for stationkeeping: 0.4xx kg.
* No action for SOHO during the Leonids meteor shower (Nov 18 & 19)
* TRACE is in eclipse season
* Christmas Eve and Day will have limited contacts, suggestion for the
Christmas week follows:
Monday and Thursday will be normal
Tuesday (Christmas Eve): D66 06:55-11:35 UT, D27 18:30-23:30 UT
Wednesday (Christmas Day): D66 06:55-12:00 UT, D27 19:25-23:05 UT
There may be limited contacts on New Years Day as well
* MDI continuous contacts:
Dec 26-27 MDI 2-day continuous contact
Jan 20-Feb 16 MDI best effort continuous contact period 2003
Note: The 5-day continuous planned for December 26-31 has shrunk!
* Submodes:
Submode 6 except for these submode 5 periods:
November 15, 17 UT - November 22, 17 UT (SOHO-Ulysses quadrature support)
December 2, 19 UT - December 4, 20 UT (SUMER Eclipse support)
April 7 - approximately - for one to two weeks (SUMER mini-campaign)
* Commanding outlook: See AOB section.
NOTE: Late additions:
* The ground-observable Mercury disk transit on May 7, 2003, is expected to be
visible from SOHO (details pending).
* The ground-observable Venus disk transit on June 8, 2004 will miss
by about 160 arcseconds as seen from SOHO, from the latest calculations.
3. Priorities for the coming month (W49-W52; December 2 - December 29)
a) Joint observing plans and campaigns
* Nov 25-Dec 3 SOHO-Ulysses quadrature (PA 296.7), UVCS/Ulysses,
POC: Luca Teriaca/Giannina Poletto
* Nov 26-27 Extended Observations of AR Loops, CDS/EIT, POC: Jack Ireland
* Dec 4 Total Solar Eclipse, EIT/LASCO/SUMER/UVCS/MLSO/GBO,
See http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/soc/dec2002_eclipse/
SUMER will command from MEDOC. Additional observing details will be
put on the web pages. The SSR will be in record from 05:15 - 09:30
UT. TRACE has not received any requests for eclipse support yet -
contact trace_planner@cheyenne.nascom.nasa.gov if you would like to
request something.
* Dec 10-12 Blinker Study, CDS/MDI/TRACE/Tenerife/La Palma, 9-16 UT,
POC: Jack Ireland (local)/Hardi Peter
* Apr 2003 JOP161 Comprehensive Footpoint Study,
SUMER/CDS/EIT/MDI/TRACE, POC: Scott McIntosh
CDS, EIT, TRACE, MDI agree to a test run (time TBD - early in 2003).
MDI High Rate may be requested for the real campaign. Some details in
the JOP will be filled in, e.g: EIT & CDS observing details (EIT
program will be something other than Intercal 1 program. ) LASCO
observations may be impacted by EIT (both test and proper runs),
they agree in principle, pending discussion at next telecon.
Continuing campaigns:
* JOP159 CME's in Lyman-alpha (#6870), SWAN/LASCO/EIT/UVCS*,
POC: Chris St Cyr, Eric Quemerais
Targets of opportunity for the whole period:
* JOP136/MMOP009 Default RHESSI collaboration (#6850)
* JOP153/MMOP003 Major Flare Alert (#6892)
Campaign number 6850 has been set aside for "individual instrument studies"
that select their AR target [partially] influenced by the RHESSI target. Note
that the RHESSI target will be observed by a significant number of ground
based observatories, so chances for serendipitous co-observations are larger
when selecting the RHESSI target.
b) Intercalibration activities
Last Intercal 1: November 13 (Week 46)
* Dec 3-5,18 Intercal 1, CDS/EIT, POC: CDS/EIT Planners
c) Individual instrument plans
(See the SOHO monthly calendar for weekly plans)
CDS:
See their request diary for details
(http://solg2.bnsc.rl.ac.uk/scientificops/request.shtml)
LASCO/EIT:
EIT Shutterless: January 8 (primary), January 23 (backup)
EIT Bakeout tentatively scheduled for January 31 - February 3.
TRACE:
During TRACE eclipse season (starts Novermber 4, ends in February), TRACE will
do 3 loads per week during eclipse season and stay with one wavelength for an
extended period of time. No additional collaborations will be done other than
those previously agreed to.
4. AOB
* Next SPWG: Friday December 20 RIGHT AFTER WEEKLY MEETING IN THE EOF.
* Instrument teams should send 1-3 lines with their tentative weekly
plans 10 minutes before the daily/weekly meetings.
* DSN support should be requested at least 6 months in advance. Keep
this in mind for: ground-based collaborations that require MDI
support, stellar/shutterless observations that require NRT, etc.
* If anyone has projects that require high-cadence MDI support,
now is a good time to ask! If you need MDI data, make sure you request
it specifically.
* Commanding outlook
- These times are subject to change
- More details available if wanted:
Week 49 - Dec 2 - Dec 8: Monday has D27 in the morning followed by a
gap then a good station. Tuesday has D27 all
day. Wednesday has a large gap. Thursday -
Sunday are good with a tiny afternoon gap.
Week 50 - Dec 9 - Dec 15: Monday - Thursday have D27 in the morning
followed by a gap then a good station. Friday
has a gap. Saturday and Sunday have D27 part
of the day.
Week 51 - Dec 16 - Dec 22: Large gaps on Tuesday, Friday, Saturday,
Sunday. D27 part of Monday. Wednesday is
good. D27 all day Thursday.
Week 52 - Dec 23 - Dec 29: Large gaps on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Saturday. D27 part of the day on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Sunday. D27 all day Thursday.
Friday is good.
Week 01 - Dec 30 - Jan 5: Large gaps on Monday, Tuesday, Friday. D27
part of the day on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday. D27 all day Saturday.
Sunday is good.