Requests for World Day experiments should follow this
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Descriptive Title.
Name of person submitting request, principle investigator, with his or her snail
and email addresses and phone numbers.
Names of other participants, co-investigators, with addresses.
Name a point person to be contacted for coordinating the details of the
experiments (if different from the one submitting the request).
Enumerate the key science objectives.
List required background conditions for solar activity, magnetic activity, season
of the year, phase of the moon, specific dates, if any.
List which UAFs and which instruments must be included.
Describe the measurements required to meet the science objectives by listing the
primary and secondary parameters to be measured, the altitude, azimuth, and
elevation ranges over which the measurements are to be made, and the time
resolutions for each upper atmospheric facility requied by the study. (Include the
preferred radar operating modes for each ISR, if known)
Describe why simultaneous observations from the radars are important. In other
words, can the same experiment be performed with the radars working at different
times, rather than coordinated through the World Days?
Describe why existing data in the CEDAR and/or MADRIGAL data bases are
insufficient for the needs of your project.
List what existing data in the data bases come closest to meeting your needs.
Give reasons why current baseline World Days will not suffice.
List the duties of the participants.
List any facility personel with whom you have discussed these ideas.
Describe in more detail the objectives of the study and their relationship to
previous studies, giving references. Including an attachment in lieu of a paragraph
here may be an appropriate way to spell out these details; e.g., portions of a
proprosal to a funding agency with an indication of the grant status.
Sample World Day Proposal
Title: Solar Cycle and Latitude Dependence of F-Region Electron Temperatures during
Sunrise
Principle Investigator: Wesley E. Swartz, 316 Rhodes Hall, School of Electrical
Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: wes@ece.cornell.edu, Tel: 607-255-7120
Co-Investigators: John Smith and Jane Doe, etc.
Point Person: W. E. Swartz
Key Objectives:
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To measure with good time resolution the electron temperature and density
profiles through sunrise periods as functions of solar activity and latitude (solar
zenith angle)
To compare the measurements with theoretical calculations of the electron
production, heating, cooling, and recombination
Background Conditions: A range of solar activity (as indicated by S10.7 or number of
sunspots), a range of magnetic activity is ok, but not required.
UAFs Needed: All
Primary Parameters to Measure: Local vertical profiles of Ne, Te, Ti through the Fregion (120-800 km) with the best time resolution possible from 2 hours before sunrise
until 3 hours after sunrise. No beam swinging unless a second beam is available as is the
case for Millstone Hill, Arecibo, Jicamarca, and the ESR.
Secondary Parameters to Measure: Ion velocities (esp. vertical component) Off
vertical components only with a second beam, if available.
Need for Simultaneous Data:The idea is to have the same solar conditions at each radar
(except for solar zenith angle) so that variations having to do with location can be
separated from day-to-day solar activity variations.
Existing Data Meeting Objectives: None. Existing data has insufficient time resolution
and mostly was taken with beam swinging modes to emphasize vector plasma drifts and
spatial variations rather than time dependence of local conditions.
Existing Data Closest to Objectives: Most World Day observations included
measurements of Ne, Te, and Ti, but not as local profiles. Until recently, Arecibo mostly
used 15 degree offset beams, and Jicamarca often used their Vertical/East-West drift
mode for most World Days. The Faraday/Double-Pulse mode at Jicamarca would suffice.
Relavance of Baseline WD Schedule:There are no days set asside for high time
resolution measurments through sunrise periods.
Participant Duties: PI (Point Person in this case) will coordinate the experiments to
ensure proper modes are used at each UAF and will provide the photoelectron production
and heating calculations for the theortical comparisons. Jane Doe will facilitate
anciliatory data. John Smith will correllate the ISR data with solar activity fluctuations.
Facility Personel Contacted: None.
Further Details and Background: There have been only a few detailed comparisons of
theoretical modelling of photoelectron heating using detailed transport codes and none
that looked at a wide range of conditions. Individual or single event studies that relate
include Banks and Nagy, Swartz and Nisbet, Swartz, Aponte et al. [Your proposal should
list the details of your references.] (A longer description of further details and
background would normally be expected, and may include attachements.)
Sample Version of 2006/3/9