ISR SUMMER SCHOOL
23–29 July 2017
Arecibo Observatory
Important references
Sunday
-Summer school staff will be at the observatory to answer questions
-Hiking tours of ISR
-Dinner Meeting for lecturers and organizers at the observatory
-Sandwiches available for participants, as arrivals are staggered
Monday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Welcome (Francisco Cordova, Christiano Brum, Elizabeth Kendall, Mary McCready)
Introduction of participants and instructors (Elizabeth Kendall)
Addressing computer needs and other logistics (Arecibo Staff)
Group assignments (Elizabeth Kendall)
09:30 Introduction to the ionosphere (Elizabeth Kendall)
10:15 Break
10:45 ISR as a black box (Bill Rideout)
11:30 Radar 1: Radar Physics (Anthea Coster)
12:15 Lunch
13:30 ISR Theory 1: ISR phenomena (Anja Strømme)
14:30 Ionosphere – radar data example delivery (Mike Sulzer, Eliana Nossa, and Christiano Brum)
14:45 Break
15:00 MADRIGAL database and group work (Bill Rideout)
18:30 Dinner (BBQ Dinner by the pool)
Tuesday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Ionosphere – radar data example discussion (Mike Sulzer, Eliana Nossa, and Christiano Brum)
08:45 Radar 2: Radar Signal Processing (Josh Semeter)
09:30 ISR Theory 2 (Phil Erickson)
10:15 Break
10:45 Radar 3: Statistical Signal Processing (Roger)
11:30 The Arecibo Observatory (Francisco Cordova and Christiano Brum)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Arecibo experiment design and data analysis (Anja Stromme and Mike Sulzer)
13:45 Support from non-Arecibo ISRs during experiment (Phil Erickson, Mary McCready, Roger Varney)
14:00 Experiment Design (group work)
15:00 Break
15:30 Experiment Design (group work continued)
18:00 Deadline to submit group experiments
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Elective: MIT IAP Small Radar discussion and demonstration (Phil Erickson)
Wednesday
07:30 Breakfast by the pool
08:30 Excursion (beach with sack lunches)
14:00 ISR Theory 3 (Phil Erickson)
15:00 Global ISR Measurements
15:30 Retrieve radar data and start to work on group assignments (coffee available for break)
19:00 Dinner
Thursday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Data analysis and fitting 1 (Roger Varney)
10:00 Break
10:30 Data analysis and fitting 2 (Phil Erickson)
11:15 Arecibo Science (Christiano Brum)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Interpreting incoherent scatter radar data (Anja Stromme)
14:00 Work on assignment and presentation (coffee available for break)
19:00 Dinner
Friday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Question and answer session
10:00 Break
10:30 Active ionospheric modification (Eliana Nossa and Mike Sulzer)
11:15 Phased Arrays (Roger Varney)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Work on assignments and presentations (coffee available for break)
19:00 Dinner
Saturday
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Student presentations (3x30 min)
10:00 Break
10:30 Student presentations (2x30 min)
11:30 Conclusions, Evaluations, and Closing Discussions
12:00 Lunch