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Alaska GBO overview

Alaska Ground Based Observatories (with E/PO involvement) GBO Peer Review April 27, 2004 URL: http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis. 65 mlat. Kiana. Fort Yukon. 60 mlat. McGrath. Gakona. Alaska GBO overview.

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Alaska GBO overview

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  1. Alaska Ground Based Observatories (with E/PO involvement) GBO Peer ReviewApril 27, 2004URL: http://ds9.ssl.berkeley.edu/themis

  2. 65 mlat Kiana Fort Yukon 60 mlat McGrath Gakona Alaska GBO overview • Four Ground Based Observatory (GBO) sites in Alaska will have an all-sky camera, a magnetometer, and a computer. • AK teachers will be part of the both the GBO science team and the E/PO GEONS team E/PO GBM Science GBO AK teachers as custodians

  3. Magnetometer Data Flow EPO #10 EPO #1 EPO #2 EPO #3 Internet U of Alberta Non-Validated Data UCLA GBO #1 GBO #2 U Calgary UC Berkeley GBO #3 Archival Validated Data GBO #20 Non-Validated Data Non-Validated Data

  4. 65 mlat Kiana Fort Yukon 60 mlat McGrath Gakona Deployment Schedule • Two GBOs deployed this August and October, 2004: Fort Yukon and McGrath • Two GBOs deployed next Summer/Fall, 2005: Gakona and Kiana

  5. Statement of Work Goal • This Statement of Work was released to the principal of the McGrath School and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks (GI@UAF) in the hope of attracting candidates who can: • house, operate, and maintain a THEMIS GBO, and • demonstrate an educational outreach opportunity and share the related science of this effort (at an appropriate level) with their affiliated school and/or students • A proposal is expected by the end of this month from the McGrath School and the GI@UAF. We will send a similar statement of work to the school in Kiana this Fall, 2004.

  6. System Requirements • It is required that any proposed location of the instruments provides for: • a largely unobstructed viewing over 160° hemisphere for the camera; • a site clear of magnetic interference, e.g. locate the magnetometer sensor head away from iron structures and away from highways and other traffic, and • electrical power, 120VAC, 60Hz, single phase power with 10A service. The typical power usage will range from 30 to 70 kW-hr per month. • It is also required that the computer be continuously connected to the internet. The data bandwidth required for the observatory is about 5 MB per day. If no internet connection is available, a satellite internet dish will be provided. This dish will need to be located outside, but near the computer location.

  7. Cartoon of Instrument Setup

  8. Custodian Tasks • Custodian of the GBO site will be paid to do several tasks • Weekly Tasks: inspect site, with particular attention to dome, any visible damage or changes to site, record tasks in log file • Monthly Tasks: swap out the removable hard drive and ship to either the University of California, Berkeley or to the University of Calgary, depending on the site location of the respective GBO; and file a report of tasks completed in the month • On-Call Tasks: the Custodian may be requested to repair, or replace, a piece of equipment or cable that was previously inspected and found damaged; log these tasks • If the Custodian is a teacher, we hope that he/she will share information about the GBO, and the THEMIS Mission, with his or her students and the school in general

  9. Security and Timeline • Security of GBO • The location of the GBO (computer equipment, imaging camera and magnetometer), and access thereto, shall be reasonably secure and controlled by the Custodian. • Period of Performance • October 2004 through August 2009

  10. Management of AK GBO GBO science Stephen Mende, Stewart Harris E/PO Lead (Nahide Craig) EPO Specialist Laura Peticolas AK GBO Engineer (TBD) Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks McGrath School site Kiana School site Ft Yukon Instrument site Gakona site Education Management Engineering Management

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