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Upper Atmospheric Facilities Meeting IV

Upper Atmospheric Facilities Meeting IV. MIT/Haystack Observatory September 24-26, 2008. UAF Meetings-a retrospective look. UAF I: Held at NSF, notable for its free-for-all exchange of ideas that demonstrated the need for more frequent such get-togethers

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Upper Atmospheric Facilities Meeting IV

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  1. Upper Atmospheric Facilities Meeting IV MIT/Haystack Observatory September 24-26, 2008

  2. UAF Meetings-a retrospective look • UAF I: Held at NSF, notable for its free-for-all exchange of ideas that demonstrated the need for more frequent such get-togethers • UAF II: At Ellicott City, MD, highlighted the need for improved efforts in diversity and education • UAF III: At Berkeley Springs, WV, marked by heated debate over the need for an integrated plan and more well-integrated management of the facilities, inspired by the Avery committee report • UAF IV: ??

  3. UAF External Review Panels • 1996: Meriwether (chair), Mendillo, Fejer, Vondrak, Heelis • Resulted in a list of community expectations for facilities that have been used in establishing review criteria for facility proposals • 2003: Avery (chair), Hagan, Clauer, Taylor, Sahr, Mathews • Recommended better scientific and technical coordination among facilities and the need for an integrated science plan for the UAF program • 2010: ??

  4. Goals of this meeting • To continue the discussions from UAF III on how to better coordinate among facilities. • To discuss the next steps in developing an integrated facility plan. • To address current and future budget stresses. • To discuss other topics as necessary. • Omissions

  5. September 24 Agenda 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome—Rich Behnke 8:45 – 9:00 Introductory Remarks—Bob Robinson Facility Presentations (Science highlights, facility status, personnel, issues, etc.) 9:00 – 9:30 SuperDARN—Ray Greenwald and Mike Ruohoniemi 9:30 – 10:00 EISCAT—Tony Van Eyken 10:00 – 10:15 Break 10:15 – 10:45 CRRL—Jeff Thayer 10:45 – 11:15 Sondrestrom—Craig Heinselman 11:15 – 11:45 CCMC—Michael Hesse 11:45 – 1:00 Lunch 1:00 – 1:15 Report on September 23-24 Facilities Workshop—Paul Bellaire Facility Presentations (continued) 1:15 – 1:45 Millstone—John Foster 1:45 – 2:15 Jicamarca—Dave Hysell 2:15 – 2:45 PFISR and RISR—John Kelly 2:45 – 3:15 Arecibo—Sixto Gonzalez 3:15 – 3:30 Break 3:30 – 4:00 UAF Program Planning and Budget (The UAF Plan)—Bob Robinson 4:00 – 5:00 Discussion 5:00 – 7:00 BBQ and beer dinner at Haystack

  6. September 25 Agenda Collaborative approaches to facility science, operations, and planning 8:30 – 8:50 Consortium of Resonance and Rayleigh Lidars—Jeff Thayer 8:50 – 9:10 SuperDARN—Mike Ruohoniemi 9:10 – 10:00 Proposed consortium approach for upper atmospheric facilities John Kelly and Tony Van Eyken 10:00 – 10:15 Radar Facility Collaboration: A Future for Arecibo and Millstone Hill—Foster 10:15 – 10:30 Break 10:30 – 12:15 Discussion 12:15 – 1:30 Lunch Status reports and updates 1:30 – 1:50 PFISR science highlights—Craig Heinselman 1:50 – 2:10 Antarctic AMISR Workshop report—Anja Stromme 2:10 – 2:30 Argentine AMISR initiative status report—Diego Janches 2:30 – 2:50 MARS—Frank Lind 2:50 – 3:10 Break 3:10 – 3:30 The Arecibo Heating Facility—Mike Sulzer 3:30 – 3:50 A heating facility for Jicamarca—Dave Hysell 3:50 – 5:00 Discussion 6:00 Group Dinner at Scupper Jack’s September 26 7:00 – 9:00 UAF Fun-Run and breakfast at Anthea’s 10:00 – 12:00 Discussion of next steps.

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