WD2016

World Day Schedule 2016

2016 Incoherent Scatter Coordinated Observation Days

URSI-ISWG [http://www.ursi.org]

Data collection on these Incoherent Scatter Coordinated Observation Days is to start no later than 1300 UT on the indicated day and stop not before 2000 UT the ending day. That means that an experiment scheduled for 1 day, actually runs for minimum 31 hours. Depending on local setups, it is recommended to extend the runs around the core hours to be sure to have the systems up at full power during the selected periods.

In the following table, columns 1 and 2 give the UT start dates of the experiments, column 3 lists the lengths of the experiments, column 4 shows the dates of new moon, and column 5 lists the experiment titles. See special notes associated with each World Day period.

2016 Incoherent Scatter Coordinated Observation Days

Month
Starting Date
Length (days)
New Moon
Experiment
January
5 (Tue)
7
9 (Sat)
Flow Channels
February
5 (Fri)
5
8 (Mon)
Gravity Waves
March
5 & 19 (both Sat)
5 (Alert Window)
8 (Tue)
Meridian Circle
April
 
 
7 (Thur)
 
May
   
6 (Fri)
 
June
   
4 (Sat)
 
July
 
 
4 (Mon)
 
August
   
2 (Tue)
 
September
 
 
1 (Thur) & 30 (Fri)
 
October
   
30 (Sun)
 
November
28 (Mon)
5
29 (Tue)
Irregularities
December
 
 
28 (Wed)
 
Total
 
22
   

Real-Time Data Links (when available)

Jicamarca Arecibo Millstone Hill
Sondrestrom PFISR RISR-N
EISCAT Kharkov Irkutsk
MU SuperDARN  

Send comments, questions and proposals for the World Day schedule to Ian McCrea and/or Emma Spanswick


World Day Facts

Establishing “World Day” schedules for coordinating the operations of the incoherent scatter radars around the world is one of the activities of the Incoherent Scatter Working Group (ISWG) of Commission G of URSI. These schedules are published yearly as part of the International Geophysical Calendar. Here are some of the facts about world days:

The World Day Schedule for 2015 can be found at WD2015.html


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