OPERATIONS
Science Operations
FINAL MINUTES FOR SOHO 2007-10-26 SPWG MEETING
1. Boundary conditions
a) Orbit, attitude and manoeuvres
- SOHO is in right side up roll (0 deg) position
- manoeuvres
To the degree possible, manoeuvres take place during the last days of
34-m keyholes. Currently set manoeuvre dates are:
Nov 27 roll, station-keeping and momentum management
(timing TBC)
b) Communications with the spacecraft
Graphical DSN schedule: http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/soc/dsn/
Keyhole dates for the next 6 months:
* Nov 15-Dec 2 26 m keyhole
* Nov 19-28 34 m keyhole
* Feb 4-Mar 2 26 m keyhole
* Feb 11-24 34 m keyhole
- The need and approach to reduce FOT manpower requirements needed for
complex operations during the keyhole remains in effect until further
notice.
All available keyhole information is at
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/soc/keyholes.html. Direct link to the list of
estimated dates for future keyholes is
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/soc/keyholes.txt.
c) KNOWN submode (SM) dependent activities/submode changes:
* TOO JOP153/MMOP003 Future Major Flare Watch (SM5 if SUMER
observes target, SM6 otherwise)
* Oct 25-Nov 1 SUMER campaign preparations (SM5)
* Nov 6 EUNIS Sounding Rocket Launch,
primary launch window 16:45-16:55 UT;
secondary launch window 18:00-18:40 UT
(TBC; SM5, SUMER supports)
* Nov 2-16 Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies,
SUMER/CDS/MDI/UVCS/EIT/VTT/HINODE/TRACE/STEREO-EUVI (SM5)
* Jan 23, 30 EIT shutterless #30 (SM6)
* Apr 9,16 EIT Shutterless #31 (SM6)
* Apr 21-May 16 SUMER Campaign, TBC (SM5)
- Some of the default SUMER campaign dates overlap with keyholes - which is
not a problem in itself (submode 5 will often be needed for keyholes
anyhow) as long as potential periods of no SUMER data between passes can
be accepted.
- Except for Major Flare Watches, TRACE will be doing full disk mosaics
if/when EIT is not able to do synoptic sets due to keyhole operations.
d) Instrument maintenance activities
EIT bakeout periods will be during keyholes. Dates and times are defined
when the DSN schedules become available.
e) Others
TRACE winter eclipse season is 13 Sep 2007 - 13 Mar 2008. Hard eclipses
started on 23 Sep 2007.
Unattended automated night passes for SOHO began October 6 2007.
2. Priorities for the coming month and more
a) Joint observing plans and campaigns
Continuing campaigns:
* 2002/02/25-- JOP136 Default RHESSI Collaborations (#6850),
POC: Tero Siili
* 2003/05/13-- Default CDS Co-observations with TRACE (#6950)
* 2005/09/20-- JOP153/MMOP003 Future Major Flare Watch (#8008)
* 2007/03/20-- Default CDS/Hinode-EIS co-observations (#7200)
Campaign #6850 is for "individual instrument studies" selecting an active
region target [partially] influenced by the Max Millennium target
selection to maximise chances of serendipitous co-observations.
EIT supports all with half/full-res 195 A CME watch in submode 5/6. It is
clear that STEREO-EUVI provides adequate "context" information for RHESSI
flare observations. Routine EIT submode and resolution switches are
probably no longer needed.
* Oct 25-Nov 1 SUMER campaign preparations (timing TBC)
Submode change will be on Oct 25 at 19:30 UT. SUMER door opening and
setup will begin on Oct 25. More comprehensive description of the
Oct-Nov 2007 SUMER-Hinode set of collaborations is below under title
"Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" for dates Nov 2-16.
* Oct 26-29 MDI 3-day Continuous Contact
The default observing campaign for the 3-day Continuous Contact will be
3-variable high-resolution observing mode, with a 7'x7' extract, probably
with tracking across disk center, in coordination with Hinode.
* Oct 30-Nov 5 JOP197/HOP044 Observations of Coronal Hole Plumes (#7243),
CDS/SUMER/UVCS/Hinode-EIS/Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT/
STEREO-COR1/STEREO-EUVI/TRACE/,
POC: Giulio Del Zanna
A Hinode HOP (titled "Multi-wavelength observation of coronal hole plumes
at solar minimum") asking for a Hinode observing period 30 Oct - 5 Nov
has been proposed by Del Zanna. The proposal has been accepted, and
assigned the number 44
(http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/solar/hinode_op/hop.php?hop=0044).
CDS will participate.
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" below.
* Nov 1-16 JOP196 Detection of Waves in the Solar Atmosphere (#7244),
CDS/SUMER/Hinode-EIS/Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT/STEREO-EUVI/
TRACE/VTT-TIP2,
POC: Luca Teriaca
CDS will participate.
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" below.
* Nov 2-11 JOP198 Spectral Observations of Spicule Dynamics (#7245),
SUMER/Hinode-EIS/Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT/TRACE/NSO-DST,
POC: Kevin Reardon
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" below.
* Nov 2-16 Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies,
SUMER/CDS/MDI/UVCS/EIT/VTT/HINODE/TRACE/STEREO-EUVI,
POC: Davina Innes
There are several JOPs associated with this campaign. These are listed
separately on the calendar (see above and below) and have separate
campaign numbers. The overall schedule for the proposed JOPs/HOPs is
frozen.
POC in ISAS: Enrico Landi (TBC)
POC in MPS: Davina Innes
SUMER operators and POCs in GSFC: Udo Schuehle, Dietmar Germerott
A web-based campaign interface/planning tool has been set up for the
implementation of JOPs/HOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The time period is
2-16 Nov. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. The
interface is hopefully self explanatory but Davina Innes will be writing
to planners and observers to make sure that they are OK with it. All
teams participating in the SUMER campaign of November (now including the
EUNIS flight) are strongly encouraged to use this tool for communicating
observational details. It will serve for the overall organisation of the
campaign as well as for the daily planning. Please check and complete
your entries.
NOTE: the instrument planners CAN but do not HAVE to upload to/through
the web interface. It is there as an alternative to emailing the
observers. However, some observers ask for confirmation that their target
requests got through. To facilitate the work of planners a feature "links
to timelines" is included. From there one can go straight to the SoHO
targets, TRACE, Hinode-SOT, MDI timelines. If these links are kept
up-to-date then there is no more need for uploading by the instrument
planners. Further links will be added if needed and available.
Werner Curdt writes that observers are requested to contact all
instrument teams involved and to timely submit JOP/HOP descriptions with
all the observational details approved. The responsibility for the
proposed studies rests with the observers. Note, that TRACE will be in
eclipse at that time, and EUV observations will be constrained.
CDS will join the campaign. All Hinode and SUMER users are invited to
submit requests for complementary CDS observations. Send requests to
A.Fludra (at) rl.ac.uk and P.R.Young (at) rl.ac.uk.
MDI will support the Polar Plume & AR study and the associated JOPs to
the extent possible (given high rate telemetry availability and our rule
of switching modes at most once per day). The Helioseismology study with
Hinode has been changed to Dec 3-6. Our current default plan is to stay
in full disk observing mode unless/until the Lindau POC asks otherwise.
EIT is apparently uninvolved, so we assume that our default program is
sufficient for anyone not using STEREO SECCHI EUVI data.
* Nov 2-16 JOP104 Doppler Shifts in X-ray Jets (#7242),
CDS/EIT/SUMER/RHESSI/TRACE(TBD),
POC: Davina Innes
Support request list for this run of the JOP remains TBC.
TRACE can support and is requesting for more information on the type of
support requested.
No EIT participation defined. Regular synoptics and half-res CME watch in
195 A are assumed to suffice.
CDS will support.
UVCS has decided not to support JOP104 to provide the needed observation
time for support of JOP195 instead.
* Nov 2-16 JOP190/HOP027 Temperature, Density and 3-D Structure of AR
Loops (#7247), CDS/SUMER/MDI/Hinode-EIS/Hinode-SOT/
Hinode-XRT(TBD)/TRACE(TBD)/STEREO/VTT/Huairou,
POC: Davina Innes
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" below.
Ground based supports for October were cancelled and moved to November.
CDS will support.
MDI will support JOP190. The Helioseismology study with Hinode has been
changed to Dec 3-6. Since the 60-day continuous contact is moved, MDI
can provide either full-disk or high-resolution mode observations. MDI
can provide observations to all of the requested JOPs if we have high
rate data and if the targets for each do not conflict (i.e., one JOP
wants high-resolution and another wants full-disk or some other pointing
in high-resolution mode). MDI will not switch observing modes on
timescales less than 24 h.
* Nov 2-16 JOP191/HOP027 Structure and Evolution of Filaments/
Prominences (#7248), CDS/SUMER/MDI/Hinode-EIS(TBD)/
Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT(TBD)/TRACE(TBD)/STEREO/VTT/Huairou,
POC: Davina Innes
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" above.
Ground based supports for October were cancelled and moved to November.
CDS will support.
MDI will support JOP191. The Helioseismology study with Hinode has been
changed to Dec 3-6. Since the 60 Day CC is moved, MDI can provide either
FD or HR mode observations. See also response to JOP190 above.
* Nov 2-16 JOP192/HOP027 Chromospheric Heating - Waves and
Reconnection (#7249), CDS/SUMER/MDI/Hinode-EIS(TBD)/
Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT(TBD)/TRACE(TBD)/STEREO/VTT/Huairou,
POC: Davina Innes
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" above.
CDS will support.
Since the 60 Day CC is moved, MDI can provide either FD or HR mode
observations. See also response to JOP190 above.
MDI will support JOP192. The Helioseismology study with Hinode has been
changed to Dec 3-6. Since the 60 Day CC is moved, MDI can provide either
FD or HR mode observations. See also response to JOP190 above.
* Nov 2-16 JOP193/HOP 031 Coronal Holes Boundaries Evolution (#7250),
CDS/SUMER/MDI/Hinode-EIS/Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT/TRACE/
STEREO/VTT/Huairou, POC: Maria Madjarska
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" above.
CDS will support.
Since the 60 Day CC is moved, MDI can provide either FD or HR mode
observations. See also response to JOP190 above.
Dates of this JOP were specified on Aug 23. That information has been
e-mailed to instrument planners.
TRACE will support and has updated the new times in its plans.
MDI will support JOP193. The Helioseismology study with Hinode has been
changed to Dec 3-6. Since the 60 Day CC is moved, MDI can provide either
FD or HR mode observations. See also response to JOP190 above.
* Nov 2-16 JOP199/HOP032 Magnetic Structure of Macrospicules (#7251),
CDS/SUMER/Hinode-EIS/Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT/STEREO-SECCHI/
TRACE, POC: Gerry Doyle
Current timing information can be found at
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/mktoptable.cgi?print=no.
* Nov 4, 11-12 HOP003/Velocity Field in a Coronal Hole HOP003 Study #32,
SUMER/Hinode-EIS/TRACE, POC: Suguru Kamio
Re-run. For the HOP description see
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/solar/hinode_op/hop.php?hop=0003.
SUMER is the only requested SOHO support.
Allocated SUMER observation times are:
from 2007-11-04T00:00:00 to 2007-11-04T06:00:00
from 2007-11-11T18:00:00 to 2007-11-12T00:00:00
TRACE support has been requested and the observation program has been
discussed with TRACE planners. The plan is to obtain mainly 171 A
768x768 images and occasionally 195 A context images.
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" above.
* Nov 6 EUNIS Sounding Rocket Launch,
primary launch window 16:45-16:55 UT;
secondary launch window 18:00-18:40 UT,
CDS/MDI/SUMER/EIT/TRACE/Hinode-EIS,
POC: Jeff Brosius, Douglas Rabin, Roger Thomas
Goals: Rapid-raster science, cross-calibration (EIS, CDS, EIT, TRACE)
The primary launch window is earlier than that previously planned in
order to maximize the available time to address any problems that may
arise on the pad; this is especially important because White Sands has no
backup launch date available during the week after November 6, and the
next SOHO keyhole period runs from about November 15 through December 2.
For a 2007 November 6 flight and if the launch time holds, the timelines
for EUNIS and coordinated observations are (SAA = South Atlantic
Anomaly):
EUNIS
16:45 UT ---> Begin primary launch window
16:47 UT ---> Earliest primary start of EUNIS observations
16:53 UT ---> Earliest primary end of EUNIS observations
16:55 UT ---> End primary launch window
16:57 UT ---> Latest primary start of EUNIS observations
17:03 UT ---> Latest primary end of EUNIS observations
18:00 UT ---> Begin secondary launch window
18:02 UT ---> Earliest secondary start of EUNIS observations
18:08 UT ---> Earliest secondary end of EUNIS observations
18:40 UT ---> End secondary launch window
18:42 UT ---> Latest secondary start of EUNIS observations
18:48 UT ---> Latest secondary end of EUNIS observations
Hinode/EIS
16:12 UT ---> Hinode SAA Entry
16:20 UT ---> Hinode SAA Exit
16:25 UT ---> Begin EIS raster #1 (ends at 17:18 UT)
17:18 UT ---> End EIS raster #1 (began at 16:25 UT)
17:18 UT ---> Begin EIS raster #2 (ends at 18:11 UT)
17:33 UT ---> Hinode SAA Entry
17:57 UT ---> Hinode SAA Exit
18:11 UT ---> End EIS raster #2 (began at 17:18 UT)
18:11 UT ---> Begin EIS raster #3 (ends at 19:04 UT)
19:04 UT ---> End EIS raster #3 (began at 18:11 UT)
19:10 UT ---> Hinode SAA Entry
19:34 UT ---> Hinode SAA Exit
SOHO/CDS
13:27 - 14:52 UT ---> GISAT/v132 * TIME-TAGGED
14:57 - 17:00 UT ---> NIS4W/v62 * TIME-TAGGED
17:00 - 19:03 UT ---> NIS4W/v62
SOHO/EIT (full FOV, full resolution 1024 by 1024 pixels)
16:28 UT ---> 284 image
16:34 UT ---> 171 image
16:41 UT ---> 195 image
16:47 UT ---> 304 image
16:55 UT ---> 304 image
17:02 UT ---> 171 image
17:08 UT ---> 195 image
17:20 UT ---> 195 image
17:32 UT ---> 195 image
17:43 UT ---> 284 image
17:49 UT ---> 171 image
17:56 UT ---> 195 image
18:02 UT ---> 304 image
18:10 UT ---> 304 image
18:17 UT ---> 171 image
18:23 UT ---> 195 image
TRACE
16:00 - 16:30 UT ---> Full FOV 171 A images
16:30 - 17:00 UT ---> Full FOV 195 A images
17:02 - 17:26 UT ---> Eclipse
17:26 - 18:02 UT ---> Full FOV 171 A images
17:28 - 17:36 UT ---> SAA
18:02 - 18:38 UT ---> Full FOV 195 A images
18:38 - 19:02 UT ---> Eclipse
19:01 - 19:15 UT ---> SAA
SOHO will be in record between 13:00 and 19:08 UT and in contact via D24
between 15:50 and 21:30 UT (TBC). There will be no backup antenna.
The target for the 6 November 2007 flight will likely be near (within 30
degrees of) disk center, and will be decided one day before launch
(Monday 5 November) by the EUNIS team.
A summary of notes as well as instrument requirements and requests from
Jeffrey Brosius:
- SUMER observations will expand the temperature coverage of the campaign
and perhaps enable further cross-calibration.
- the first EIS raster covers the EUNIS primary launch window and would
be obtained entirely between SAA passages, while the third EIS raster
covers most of the EUNIS secondary launch window and would also be
obtained entirely between SAA passages
- the two CDS NIS4W rasters are also coordinated with the primary and
secondary EUNIS launch windows
MDI supports the EUNIS flight with 96-min magnetograms (and by suspending
high-rate observations for 6 h). According to EUNIS this is
sufficient. Since the SOHO SSR will be in record from 13:00 to 19:08 UT,
MDI cannot support any SUMER/Hinode JOPs during that period, beyond full
disk magnetograms at 14:24, 16:00, and 17:36 UT.
EIT: Assuming launch does not slip into keyhole, should be able to
support as requested. As stated at the last SWT, we would prefer to
minimize the risk of sector wheel hang during rocket support observations
by preserving the instrument-natural 171-304-284-195 order of images (or
reverse); the current schedule appears to do so.
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" above.
* Nov 6-17 JOP195/HOP039 Characterization of Solar Wind Source Regions
(#7252),
CDS(TBD)/LASCO/SUMER/UVCS/Hinode-EIS,
POC: Enrico Landi, Mari Paz Miralles
A web site/campaign interface has been set up for the late Oct-Nov
campaigns and JOPs involving SUMER or Hinode. The URL is
http://www.mps.mpg.de/homes/theissen/scr/planning/index.html. See also
the entry for "Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies" above.
A Hinode HOP has been proposed by Mari-Paz Miralles and Enrico Landi for
an observation period Nov 6-17.
CDS request to be kept informed of pointing. May co-observe if target of
interest to CDS.
LASCO will support JOP195/HOP039 with C2 pB orange filter at a 6 h
cadence.
* Nov 13,15 HOP051 Multi temperature observation of the Quiet Sun with
EIS and SUMER
SUMER/Hinode-EIS/Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT
POC: K. Matsuzaki
For the Hinode Operation Plan description, see
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/solar/hinode_op/hop.php?hop=0051
* Nov TBD Detection of waves and jets above a coronal hole,
SUMER/Hinode-EIS/Hinode-SOT/Hinode-XRT/TRACE
POC: S. Imada
SUMER observations as in HOP045 (TBC; see
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/solar/hinode_op/hop.php?hop=0045).
* Dec 2--->2008 Exceptional Ulysses Quadrature (ends May 28, 2008)
* Dec 3-Feb 3 MDI 60-day Continuous Contact
The default observing campaign will be 1-min cadence full-disk
Magnetograms/Dopplergrams (p30vr_fd_m1 - 1100) with the exception of high
resolution observing for a helioseismology study with Hinode 3-6 Dec
2007.
* Dec 17-23 Ulysses-SOHO Quadrature Observations, UVCS/Ulysses,
POC: Giannina Poletto
* Jan 23,30 EIT Shutterless #30
* Mar 3-May 4 MDI 60-day Continuous Contact
This may be rescheduled. The MDI team would like to be apprised of any
rescheduling and/or potential new dates as soon as possible.
* Mar 20-Apr 16 Whole Heliosphere Interval (WHI) Campaign,
CDS/MDI/UVCS/TRACE(TBC), POC: Sarah Gibson, TBD
The current thinking is that this set of campaigns (associated with the
International Heliospheric Year - IHY) will be structured as multiple
JOPs, but be centrally coordinated in the same fashion as the Aug 2007
run of JOP194.
The tentative JOP titles are
* Linking the Corona to the Solar Wind at Ulysses
* Origin of the Slow Solar Wind/Streamer Study
* Coronal Hole Boundary
* Quiet Sun
* (Target of Opportunity) Active Region
* (Target of Opportunity) Polar Crown Filament/Cavity
JOP descriptions are expected by the Nov SPWG meeting.
UVCS will support.
TRACE has received a request to support.
MDI can provide data for this, but MDI may be in another 60-day
Continuous Contact, hence can only provide 1 minute full disk
Magnetograms and Dopplergrams and 96 minute synoptic Magnetograms and 96
minute synoptic Continuum images when we have high rate. High-res
observations would be very unlikely.
CDS will participate and request to be forwarded description of JOPs
involving CDS.
* Apr 9,16 EIT Shutterless #31
* Apr 21-May 16 SUMER Campaign, TBC
b) Intercalibration activities
Last Intercal 1: 18 October 2007
* Nov 13-14 ICAL01 (#7113), CDS/EIT/Hinode-EIS, TBC
Possible EIS collaboration. CDS views Hinode-EIS participation as
extremely important. EIS and Stereo have been added to the Campaign
#7113 description.
Details and confirmation will be determined by the planners.
EIT: ICALs are OK except (usually) during the weeks of shutterless ---
whenever CDS prefers.
c) Individual instrument plans
MDI:
See section 2a for MDI continuous contact periods.
MDI may reduce the ALT cadence during Keyholes to be less than 15 ALT
magnetograms per day if the lack of high rate telemetry is such that we
will lose all or almost all of the 15 ALT Magnetograms each day. The ALT
cadence will be decided on an individual Keyhole basis and even a daily
basis during each Keyhole depending on the 70 m antenna availability at
the time. MDI may also downlink select magnetograms in the 5 kbps
telemetry if no 70 m passes are available at least every 2 days for Mag
dump in the 160 kbps telemetry.
All requests for MDI support need to be made several months ahead of time
and sent to mdi-ops(at)mdisas.nascom.nasa.gov. Even outside keyholes,
MDI can only do 1-minute cadence observations when we have contact and
there is no recorder dump in progress.
MDI's REQUEST page is at http://mdisas.nascom.nasa.gov/coordination.txt
NOTE: Listing of a study on that page means *only* that a request has
been received, not that it will necessarily be supported.
A description of MDI Observing Modes most used for JOPs and campaigns (FD
vs. HR) can be found at http://mdisas.nascom.nasa.gov/Collaborate.
Anyone requesting MDI observations is encouraged to read this page in
order to have a better idea of what observing modes would be best suited
for a particular study. More detailed information about how MDI
operates, observational constraints and telemetry information can be
found at http://mdisas.nascom.nasa.gov/MDI_Collaboration_Details.
MDI is back in Focus 5 for best focus for FD observing and will stay
there at least until March 2008.
UVCS:
We have been using the LyA detector for some observations and will keep
planning so when appropriate.
For weekly plans, see the SOHO calendar and the UVCS planning page:
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/uvcs/observations/obst.html.
CDS:
For details see http://solar.bnsc.rl.ac.uk/scientificops/request.shtml.
LASCO/EIT:
EIT: 195 A CME watch plus synoptics at 6-hour cadence, as usual. Full-res
CME watch whenever we're in submode 6. Hope never to change until the
Bogart mission.
SUMER:
Nov 2-16 Polar Plume and Active Region Morphology Studies,
SUMER/CDS/MDI/UVCS/EIT/VTT/HINODE/TRACE/STEREO-EUVI
See details in Section 2a for list of JOPs/HOPs to be run at this time.
There are tentative plans for another SUMER campaign from April 21 to
May 16, 2008.
TRACE:
NOTE that TRACE in general reserves the right to withdraw support from
agreed, existing collaborations if a sufficiently "good active region" is
called by the Max Millennium group.
For TRACE summer eclipse season see section 1e.
During our fall eclipse season that starts in October, we will accept
observing requests through November 1st. Any observations that are to
take place after November 1st will be evaluated in October once eclipse
season has started and then we will decide what makes sense for us
to support.
During the period of deepest eclipses (Nov. 16 - Feb. 15) of its winter
eclipse season, TRACE will be operated by three command loads per week
(Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays). TRACE will accept a limited number of
JOP requests, giving preference to those that involve multiple
observatories (in space and/or on the ground), provided that their
targets can be specified on a schedule that is compatible with the
reduced frequency in instrument command loads during the winter eclipse
season).
3. Any other business
* Next SPWG: Friday 30 November after daily & weekly meetings. The rest are FYI items: * If anyone has projects that require high rate (i.e. 1 minute cadence and anything other than 96 minute synoptic Magnetograms) MDI support, now is a good time to ask! If you need MDI data, make sure you request it specifically. There is no significant change in the shutter performance over the last 10 months; monitoring continues, but no immediate changes in operations are planned. * 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. * Future Mercury and Venus transits: SOC is requesting the Flight Dynamics Facility (FDF) to provide estimates and data for not only disk, but also for coronal transits. For this purpose FDF needs a criterion (radial/angular distance from Solar disk centre) to define the coronal transits. Currently FDF has been instructed to use SOHO/Sun/[Mercury,Venus] angle of (35 arcmin (from centre of Solar disk) as criterion. Instrument teams are requested to provide the SOC with information on whether a larger angle is applicable. * Hinode operational and planning information can be found from http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/solar/hinode_op/. For contacts with the Hinode team(s), some guidelines... General discussion of campaign plans that are evolving and are several months away should go to the Hinode instruments' science schedule coordinators (SSCs). If a single clearly primary Hinode instrument can be identified, the campaign coordinators should contact the SSC of that instrument only. The Hinode instrument planners will not be involved until the detailed pointings and such are being discussed. The SSCs for the different Hinode instruments are: EIS: Len Culhane, John Mariska, Tetsuya Watanabe SOT: Thomas Berger, Takashi Sekii XRT: Leon Golub, Kiyoto Shibasaki * STEREO operational and planning information can be found via http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/, more specifically from http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/plans.shtml. Lead time for special requests for STEREO supports should be at least a month. * The SOHO JOP/ICAL database and the web pages are now the Solar JOP/ICAL database and web pages. This is due to anticipated increased contributions by and collaborations as well as intercalibrations with STEREO and Hinode. * To provide more unambiguous identification, individual instruments on board spacecraft other than SOHO will be as of this SPWG be referred to with notation SPACECRAFT-INSTRUMENT, for example Hinode-EIS. * New JOP vs. modified existing JOP rules-of-thumb: New JOP, if/when scientifically or qualitatively new type of a coordination is set up; modified JOP, when the investigation (the foci or targets thereof) remains essentially the same but new instruments/spacecraft/GBOs/etc are brought to bear. * SOHO calendar email notifications: a new mailing list for notifications of changes in the SOHO calendar has been taken into use. Distributed changes are decided upon by the SOCs to be relevant (as opposed to corrections of typing errors, etc.). Examples are schedule changes, added and deleted campaigns and so forth. To join the list send e-mail to the SOCs.
