[IGLOSMAIL-241] High-rate SolarMax IGS Campaign

["Slater, James A. " <SlaterJ @ nima.mil>]

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IGLOS Electronic Mail      06 Apr 11:26:34 PDT 2001   Message Number 241
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Author: Jim Slater

I want to make sure that all organizations with GLONASS receivers have seen
the message from Dr. Feltens below.  A high-rate data collection campaign is
scheduled to begin 23 April to study the ionospheric behavior during solar
maximum.  GLONASS data would improve the coverage distribution and add
signal paths to the GPS satellite data collected simultaneously.  If you
want details and requirements, please contact Dr. Feltens.    


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IGS Electronic Mail      02 Mar 07:48:00 PST 2001      Message Number 3218
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Author: Joachim Feltens
subject: High-rate SolarMax IGS/GPS-campaign "HIRAC/SolarMax".

Dr. Joachim Feltens                               Darmstadt, 2 March 2001
IGS Ionosphere Working Group Chairman
EDS at ESOC-FDD
Robert-Bosch-Strasse 5
D-64293 Darmstadt
GERMANY
e-mail: Joachim.Feltens @ esa.int



Subject: High-rate SolarMax IGS/GPS-campaign "HIRAC/SolarMax".



Hallo Iono_WGlers, dear IGS colleagues,


in my IGSmail #3091 of 8 November 2000 I proposed, together with
Norbert Jakowski from DLR Neustrelitz, to organize a dedicated IGS
campaign for recording high-rate GPS dual-frequency data with the global
IGS net in order to observe the ionosphere's behavior during the current
solar maxium.

During the last months the campaign had to be organized, arrangements
and agreements between the ground stations, CDDIS and us had to be made.
Based on these efforts I have today the pleasure to announce that the
solar max campaign will now be during calendar week 17 from 23-27 April
2001. About 140 ground stations confirmed their participation! A ground
stations map and a stations list can be acquired at CDDIS under

ftp://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/gps/01solarmax
                                               solarmax_map.pdf
                                               solarmax_table.pdf

So let's look forward to the last week of April and let's hope that
the Sun will then be quite active.


Best regards           Joachim Feltens

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JIM SLATER        (301)227-4549      Fax: (301)227-4749     E-mail:
slaterj @ nima.mil
NIMA,GICS, MS D-68, 4600 Sangamore Rd., Bethesda, MD 20816-5003, U.S.A.

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