SOHO SPWG Minutes

        SOHO SPWG Meeting Minutes, Monday December 20, 1999




1. Review of action items
  None not covered by standard agenda.

2. JOPs status 
- UPDATED:
  * JOP115: [ UV Signatures of Microwave Enhancement in Coronal Holes ]
    - MDI part made more explicit

- NEW: 
  * JOP117: The build-up and triggering Solar Flares 
    Relevant notes:
    - EIT part as currently described is not possible for more than 
      1hr, and has to occur during staffed NRT hours. 
      Suggested alternative: EIT's CME Watch program. 
    - MDI High cadence magnetograms are possible when target
      is outside HiRes FOV if telemetry allows.

  * JOP118: Pre-Eruptive Filament Structures
    Relevant notes:
    - See notes for JOP117 above. Also, 171 Angstrom 
      images from EIT seem redundant when TRACE collaborates. 

3. Boundary conditions
- Y2K: No planning/repointing during December 30 - January 2

- Upcoming Maneuvers: None foreseen until March

- MDI Continuous
  * January 13, 14:10 UT - January 18, 08:50 UT


4. Priorities for the coming month (W52 1999 - W 3 2000)
a) Joint observing plans 

   * JOP117: The build-up and triggering Solar Flares
             Launch window lasts until January 10, 2000
             Contact: Brigitte Schmieder (McMurdo), Stein Haugan (EOF).

b) Individual instrument plans
   - See calendar.

c) Intercalibration activities 

   * Intercal 1 - January 12, Coordinator: Jack Ireland

5. Preview of future months
* See the Monthly Calendar at: 
  http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/soc/head_calendar.html


6. AOB
* Next SPWG: January 21, 2pm local

* SOHO 4th anniversary party at EOF (and Y2K party as well!) scheduled
  for Tuesday January 18, 4pm local.

* From now on, submission of material to soc@soc, ecs@soc, and soc@esa,
  (all in nascom.nasa.gov domain) will reach ALL SOHO SOCs. The addresses
  calendar@esa and jops@esa will continue to work "forever", but we 
  will no longer promote their use. The address soc@soc.nascom.nasa.gov 
  should be the easiest to remember for everyone wanting to reach the
  SOCs.

* REMINDER:  DSN support should be requested at least
  6 months in advance.  Keep this in mind for: ground-based collaborations
  that require MDI support, stellar observations that require NRT, etc.

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