PARS Summer School 2006

Agenda

Sunday July 30, 2006 Fairbanks

Time

Activity

Presenter

6:00-8:30

Reception Dinner

Pikes Deck

 

Monday July 31, 2006 Fairbanks

Time

Activity

Presenter

8:30

Welcome to UAF

Chancellor Steve Jones &

Roger Smith

9:00

Overview School

Bristow, .pdf, .ppt

9:45

Discussion

 

10:00

Break

 

10:15

Neutral Atmosphere

Smith, .pdf, .ppt

11:15

Discussion

 

11:45

Lunch

 

1:00

The Ionosphere

Lummerzheim, .pdf, .ppt

2:00

Discussion

 

2:30

Break

 

2:45

Ionospheric Plasma Physics

Otto, .pdf

3:45

Discussion

 

4:15

Geophysical Institute Tour

Roger Smith

5:30

Vans leave from dorms

 

6:00

Dinner at Alaska Salmon Bake

 

Tuesday August 1, 2006 Fairbanks

Time

Activity

Presenter

8:30

RADAR Basics

Hughes, .pdf, .ppt

9:30

Discussion

 

10:00

Break

 

10:30

AMISR Technical Description

Heinselman, .pdf, .ppt

Grating Lobes 0.5λ Movie

Grating Lobes 0.67λ Movie

Grating Lobes Plot Movie

11:30

Discussion

 

12:00

Lunch

 

1:30

Vans leave from GI to travel to PFRR

 

4:00

Tour of PFRR

 

5:30

LIDAR Experiments

 

6:00

Dinner at Chatanika Lodge

 

Wednesday August 2, 2006 Fairbanks

Time

Activity

Presenter

8:30

Incoherent-Scatter Theory

Bristow, .pdf, .ppt

Ionosonde Movie

Reflection at Discontinuity

Landau Damping Film

Thomson Scatter Radar, Evans

9:30

Discussion

 

10:00

Break

 

10:30

Trends in Large Antennas

Schell, .pdf, .ppt

Bibliography

11:30

Discussion

 

12:00

Lunch

 

1:00

Vans leave from GI to travel to HIPAS

 

2:00

HIPAS overview/LIDAR

 

4:30

Depart for Chena Hot Springs

 

5:00

Open Swimming at Chena Hot Springs

$12 pp

6:00

Dinner and evening at Chena Hot Springs

 

Thursday August 3, 2006 Fairbanks

Time

Activity

Presenter

8:30

ISR Experiment Techniques

Heinselman, .pdf, .ppt

Movie I

Movie II

9:30

Discussion

 

10:00

Break

 

10:30

The AMISR Project

Kelly, .pdf, .ppt

11:30

Discussion

 

12:00

Lunch

 

1:00

MI Coupling from ISR Measurements

Robinson, .pdf, .ppt

2:00

Discussion

 

2:30

Free afternoon

 

6:45

Dinner at Ivory Jacks

 

Friday August 4, 2006 Fairbanks/Valdez

Time

Activity

Presenter

8:30

ISR Spectra from non Maxwellian

Bernhardt, .pdf, .ppt

ISRGUI.nb

9:30

Discussion

 

10:00

Break

 

10:30

Radar Imaging

Schell, .pdf, .ppt

11:30

Discussion

 

12:00

Lunch

 

1:00

Vans depart for Valdez

 

6:45

Dinner at Copper Center Lodge

 

Saturday August 5, 2006 Valdez

Time

Activity

Presenter

9:15

Breakfast at leisure at Totem Inn Restaurant

 

10:30

Free time until cruise

 

11:30

Stan Stephens Glacier and Wildlife Cruise

$72 pp

12:00

1:30

5:30

Return from cruise

 

6:30

Dinner at Mike’s Palace

 

Sunday August 6, 2006 Valdez/Gakona

Time

Activity

Presenter

7:30

Breakfast at leisure at the Totem Inn Rest.

 

8:30

Vans depart Valdez to travel to Gakona

 

10:30

Arrive at B&Bs

 

11:30

Travel to HAARP site

 

12:00

Lunch at HAARP

 

1:00

Welcome to HAARP / Facility description

Kennedy

2:00

Tour of HAARP

 

4:00

Meeting to discuss experiments

 

6:30

Dinner at Brown Bear Rhodehouse

 
 

Evening Experiments

 

Monday August 7, 2006 Gakona

Time

Activity

Presenter

9:30

Ionospheric Science from ISR

Watkins, .pdf, .ppt

10:30

Demo/Discussion

 

11:30

Lunch

 

12:30

Meteor Studies with ISR

Mathews, .pdf

2:00

Demo

 

3:00

 

4:00

Afternoon experiments

 

4:15

 

5:15

 

6:30

Dinner at Tolsona Lake Resort

 
 

Evening experiments

 

Tuesday August 8, 2006 Gakona

Time

Activity

Presenter

9:30

ISR for Heating Experiments

Duncan, .pdf, .ppt

10:30

Demo / Discussion

 

11:30

Lunch

 

12:30

Anomalous Electron Heating

Milikh, .pdf, .ppt

1:30

Demo / Discussion

 

2:00

 

2:30

 

3:30

 

5:30

 

6:00

Dinner Gakona Lodge, Gakona

 
 

Evening experiments

 

Wednesday August 9, 2006 Gakona

Time

Activity

Presenter

10:00

Optics and ISR

Semeter, .pdf, .ppt

11:00

Discussion

 

11:30

Lunch

 

1:00

Student Presentations on results

 

6:00

Dinner at Caribou Lodge, Glennallen

 
 

Evening Experiments

 

Thursday August 10, 2006 Gakona

Time

Activity

Presenter

8:30

Student presentations on results

 

9:30

 

10:00

 

10:30

 

11:30

Closing comments

 

12:00

Lunch

 

1:00

Vans depart Gakona to Fairbanks

 

6:30

Arrival in Fairbanks