---------------------------------------------------------- ESR observations (updated on December 13, 2008) ---------------------------------------------------------- **** 2008-10-28 Tue *** ESR: CP-1 run Reimei pass: 2008-10-28 08:23 UT ISA&CRM -Quiet ionospheric condition **** 2008-10-29 Wed *** ESR: CP-1 run Reimei pass: 2008-10-29 08:42 UT ISA&CRM -Active ionospheric condition. Ion upflows were seen around 08:42 UT **** 2008-10-30 Thu *** ESR: CP-1 run Reimei pass: 2008-10-30 09:00 UT ISA&CRM -Active ionospheric condition. Ion upflows were seen after 09:02 UT **** 2008-10-31 Thu *** 2008-10-31 Thu 07:30-10:00 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 1st priority Reimei pass: 2008-10-31 07:43 09:19 UT ISA&CRM (07:25 UT) run /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI (07:30 UT) enablerec all (10:00 UT) stopexp -Active ionospheric condition. Ion upflows were seen around 07:43 UT **** 2008-11-10 Mon *** 2008-11-10 Mon 07:00-09:30 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 1st priority Reimei pass: 07:35 09:11 UT ISA&CRM (06:50 UT) run /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI (07:00 UT) enablerec all (07:17 UT) airport interlock (07:36 UT) airport interlock ended just after the first Reimei pass at 07:35 UT. (08:49 UT) airport interlock (09:03 UT) airport interlock ended before the next Reimei pass at 09:11 UT. (09:30 UT) stopexp -Quiet ionospheric condition **** 2008-11-11 Tue *** 2008-11-11 Tue 07:30-10:00 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 1st priority Reimei pass: 07:53 09:29 UT ISA&CRM 07:15 printant by Halvard 07:17 poweron by Halvard 07:17 click BLACK HEAT button by Halvard 07:17 check log button on the Transmitter screen 07:18 run exp /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 07:22 start rtg 07:30 airplane interlock 07:36 enablerecording all 07:42 guisdap analysis started 07:53 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened in the ionosphere 09:29 Reimei flew over: maybe, there is a soft-particle precipitation according to Te enhancement. 09:49 stopexp 09:59:50 10:01 click OFF button on the Transmitter window - There were some activities in the electron density and temperature. **** 2008-11-12 Wed *** 2008-11-12 Wed 07:45-10:15 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 1st priority Reimei pass: 08:11 09:48 UT ISA&CRM 07:30 printant by Shin 07:30 click BLACK HEAT button by Shin 07:30 poweron by Shin 07:30 check log button on the Transmitter screen 07:34 run exp /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 07:38 inhibitantena on the Transmitter window because of strong wind (~20 m/s) 07:38 poweroff on the EROS window 07:38 click Power-Off y button on the 32 Antenna window (in order to stop the access to the 32 m antenna) 07:45 click the STANBY button 07:45 click the TRANSMIT button 07:46 enablerecording all 07:48 guisdap analysis started 08:11 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened 09:48 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened 10:01 stopexp 10:14:50 10:16 click OFF button on the Transmitter window - Quiet condition through the run; but some activities could be found in the ion temperature. **** 2008-11-13 Thu *** 2008-11-13 Thu 08:00-10:30 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 1st priority Reimei pass: 08:30 10:06 UT ISA&CRM 07:30 printexp 07:30 printant 07:35 click BLACK HEAT button by Halvard 07:43 run exp /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 07:44 stopexp now 07:45 allowantenna (To allow antenna moving, because inhibitantenna command is still working from yesterday) 07:45 poweron 07:45 run exp /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 07:55 click the STANBY button after getting confirmation from Halvard 08:00 click TRANSMIT button 08:00 enablerecording all 08:05 guisdap analysis started 08:30 Reimei flew over: no data ‘cause of the airplane interlock 10:06 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened. 10:10 stopexp 10:29:50 10:30 click OFF button on the Transmitter window - Data was not taken at the first Reimei pass. Data at the second pass was taken; but the ionospheric condition was quiet. **** 2008-11-14 Fri *** 2008-11-14 Fri 07:45-09:45 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 2nd priority Reimei pass: 07:12 08:48 UT ISA&CRM **** 2008-11-17 Mon *** 2008-11-17 Mon 07:45-10:15 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 1st priority Reimei pass: 08:07 09:44 UT ISA&CRM 07:25 printexp 07:25 printant 07:25 poweron 07:31 click BLACK HEAT button by Halvard 07:36 run /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 07:40 run rtg 07:44 click the STANBY button after getting confirmation from Halvard 07:45 click TRANSMIT button 07:45 enablerecording all 07:49 guisdap analysis started 08:07 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened. 09:44 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened. 09:55 stopexp 10:14:55 09:56 printexp 10:15 click OFF button on the Transmitter window 10:15 poweroff - The ionosphere was quiet. **** 2008-11-18 Tue *** 2008-11-18 Tue 08:00-10:30 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 2nd priority Reimei pass: 08:26 10:02 UT ISA&CRM **** 2008-11-19 Wed *** 2008-11-19 Wed 07:30-09:15 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 1st priority Reimei pass: 08:44 UT ISA&CRM 07:05 printexp 07:05 printant 07:05 click BLACK HEAT button by Halvard 07:08 poweron 07:08 pointdirection 182.10 81.6 (because the previous experiment was the scanning type, and stopped at a direction different from up B) 07:20 run /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 07:21 run rtg 07:24 click the STANBY button after getting confirmation from Halvard 07:30 click TRANSMIT button 07:30 enablerecording all 07:34 guisdap analysis started 08:44 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened. 08:54 stopexp 09:15:00 08:54 printexp 09:15 click BLACK HEAT button on the Transmitter window (Because next experiment would be started shortly) - The ionosphere was quiet... **** 2008-11-20 Thu *** 2008-11-20 Thu 07:00-09:30 UT ESR SP (ReimeiESR) 1st priority Reimei pass: 07:27 09:03 UT ISA&CRM 06:35 printexp 06:35 printant 06:36 poweron 06:36 pointdirection 182.10 81.6 (because the previous experiment was the scanning type, and stopped at a direction different from up B) 06:39 click BLACK HEAT button by Shin after getting confirmation from Halvard 06:54 run /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 06:54 click the STANBY button after getting confirmation from Halvard 06:55 run rtg 07:00 click TRANSMIT button 07:00 enablerecording all 07:03 guisdap analysis started using comment on the 07:27 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened 09:03 Reimei flew over: looks nothing happened. 09:06 stopexperiment 09:29:59.9 09:06 printexperiment 09:30 click OFF button on the Transmitter window - The ionosphere was very quiet. **** 2008-11-26 Wed *** 2008-11-26 Wed 14-17 UT 1st priority (polar wind) 2008-11-26 Wed 17-20 UT 1st priority (sp_ni_mf) 14:15 run /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 14:16 Transmit 14:19 enablerec all 15:34 airport interlock 17:00 stopexp 17:00 run /kst/exp/taro/taro fm sweepEL160 NI 17:02 enablerec all 17:20 stopexp 17:21 run /kst/exp/taro/taro fm sweepEL160n NI 17:21 enablerec all 19:59 stopexp - The ionosphere was moderate. - We changed the angle of antenna sweeping from 120 to 100 deg (40-140 deg EL) at 17:21 UT because of strong wind (more than 20 m/s). **** 2008-11-27 Thu *** 2008-11-27 Thu 06-10 UT 3rd priority (ICI2) - canceled 2008-11-27 Thu 12-16 UT 2nd priority (polar wind) 2008-11-27 Thu 16-20 UT 2nd priority (sp_ni_mf) - Finnish SP was conducted between 12 and 20 UT. **** 2008-11-28 Fri *** 2008-11-28 Fri 06-10 UT 3rd priority (ICI2) - canceled at about 10 UT. 2008-11-28 Fri 14-17 UT 1st priority (polar wind) 2008-11-28 Fri 17-20 UT 1st priority (sp_ni_mf) 13:55 run /kst/exp/ei/tau7/tau7 fm fixed42p NI 14:00 Transmit 14:00 enablerec all 17:00 stopexp 17:00 run /kst/exp/taro/taro fm sweepEL160 NI 17:02 enablerec all 19:59 stopexp - Moderate ionospheric condition. **** 2008-11-29 Sat *** 2008-11-29 Sat 06-10 UT 3rd priority (ICI2) 09:55 UT pointdir -83.3 62.2 11:02 UT pointdir -30.6 30 2008-11-29 Sat 16-17 UT 2nd priority (sp_ni_mf) 2008-11-29 Sat 17-20 UT 1nd priority (sp_ni_mf) 17:00 run /kst/exp/taro/taro fm sweepEL160 NI 17:02 enablerec all 19:59 stopexp - Quiet ionospheric condition. **** 2008-11-30 Sun *** 2008-11-30 Sun 06-10 UT 3rd priority (ICI2) ran French and Finnish SPs 2008-11-30 Sun 17-20 UT 1st priority (sp_ni_mf) A power failure occurred in Longyearbyen between 16:22 and 17:49 UT. 18:07 run /kst/exp/taro/taro fm sweepEL160 NI 18:08 enablerec all 19:59 stopexp - Quiet ionospheric condition. ---------------------------------------------------------- Experiment names: ---------------------------------------------------------- ReimeiESR (PI: M. Hirahra) sp_ni_mf (PI: M. Ono) polar wind (PI: Y. Ogawa) ICI2 (PI: T. Abe) ---------------------------------------------------------- LT=UT+1 hour ----------------------------------------------------------