MAY 30 PI TELECONFERENCE AGENDA AND LINKS

POLAR PI TELECONFERENCE: TUESDAY, May 30 at 4 p.m. Eastern
POLAR PI TELECONFERENCE: TUESDAY, May 30 at 3 p.m. Central
POLAR PI TELECONFERENCE: TUESDAY, May 30 at 2 p.m. Mountain
POLAR PI TELECONFERENCE: TUESDAY, May 30 at 1 p.m. Pacific


DIAL-IN ACCESS INFORMATION:

USA Toll Free Number: 888-455-9681
Passcode: POLAR TELECON
Leader: Barbara Giles
Reservation confirmation #6687865:


AGENDA:

5 min: Misc. updates and announcements
- Summary Plots now available at pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/
- Inventory of data at NSSDC: all need to be complete
- Consolidated publication list now at pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/: Please provide updates
- Please change your web site links for Polar to http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/
- Current information/predictions on EOM
- REMINDER: This fall we will be going to ecliptic normal attitude AND to partially automated spacecraft operations (12x7 console operations). If, based on your previous experience with ecliptic normal attitude, you anticipate special operations needs, now is the time to discuss contingency plans.
- MFE processing status

5 min: The next two Polar SWG meetings
- Polar SWG hosted by one of our fabulous science teams: Nov 5-7, Nov 12-14 or Nov 17-19
- Joint Polar-IMAGE-Cluster meeting: approx. March 18-24 at Fairbanks? Reykjavik?
- DEFAULT: Nov 5-7 at GSFC Visitor's Center, Greenbelt, MD
- for reference: a list of meetings announced in the SPA newsletter

15 min: Senior Review Presentation
- Presentation is currently scheduled for Wednesday, June 11 at 9am
- Geoff Reeves has kindly volunteered to be our spokesperson
- Outline for presentation is as follows:
1 chart: Title slide
1 chart: Intro to Polar
1 chart: Science Objectives for the Extended Mission
3 charts on new science at magnetopause - connecting/emphasizing objectives 3 and 4
3 charts on new science on nightside - connecting/emphasizing objectives 1 and 2
1 chart: Polar as an OSS Strategic Asset
1 chart: What makes Polar unique?
1 chart: Data availability
1 chart: E/PO

Backup charts: 1 chart: health of instrumentation
1 chart: health of spacecraft
1 chart: spacecraft lifetime/EOM
1 chart: overview of science mode 2
1 chart: telemetry allocations between mode 1 and 2
1 chart: re-engineering of ground system - what's been done
1 chart: re-engineering of ground system - what's ahead
1 chart: Costs/Budget
2 charts: major accomplishments
4 charts: additional points on data availability

15 min: Science update from EFI
PDF FORMAT: figure 1 | figure 2 | figure 3 | figure 4 | figure 5 | figure 6 | figure 7 | figure 8 | figure 9
JPG FORMAT: figure 1 | figure 2 | figure 3 | figure 4 | figure 5 | figure 6 | figure 7 | figure 8 | figure 9

15 min: Science update from TIMAS

NEXT TELECON:
- June 20? CEPPAD and MDI science!

Send additions/corrections to barbara.giles@nasa.gov


The following numbers will be called and connected in:
GSFC/Giles/(301)286-5236
CAMMICE/Fritz/(617)353-7446
CEPPAD/Blake/(310)336-7078
CEPPAD/Reeves/(505)665-3877
EFI/Mozer/(510)642-0549
HYDRA/Scudder/(319)335-0804
MDI/Meng/(240)228-5409
MFE/Russell/(310)825-3188
PIXIE/Schulz/(650)424-2659
PWI/Gurnett/(319)335-1697
PWI/Menietti/(319)335-1919
SEPS/Walt/(650)723-2690
TIDE/Moore/(301)286-5236
TIMAS/Lennartsson/(650)424-3259
UVI/Parks/(510)643-5512
VIS/Sigwarth/(319)335-1867
Remember, anyone on the Polar team is welcome to dial in to the toll-free number and participate.

Send corrections/additions to barbara.giles@nasa.gov