Here are minutes of our meeting on Thursday -- please just reply with, or let me know, any corrections -- thanks!:
Phoning in: Arnold Gaertner (NRC-INMS), Houman Hakima (UTIAS-SFL), Yorke Brown (Dartmouth)
Flights will be resuming shortly -- in the next couple weeks or whenever the weather returns to decency in Hanover (it's currently -10 C there) -- as Yorke's classes will finish for the term this week. Yorke's three research-term undergraduates are working on completing the testing of the new onboard emergency locator beacon, as well as updating the documentation for flight procedures, for our upcoming field campaigns this spring and summer. Yorke has received the new CeramOptec fiber bundle that I sent from Bellingham a couple of weeks ago, and it looks great. When weather permits, the plan is still to do another nighttime data-taking flight, as well as a short daytime flight to check parafoil operation.
Laboratory calibration-wise: Arnold (together with Bill Neil, an NRC scientific support staff member) is working on getting goniometric data on the spheres and our sources -- he's still waiting for a last detector part to arrive -- but will get a chance to complete that soon. Karun has been making good progress on atmospheric modelling using MODTRAN together with calibration star imaging data from Gemini.
At UTIAS-SFL, Houman has completed a design modification to the new integrating spheres -- they have to be modified slightly in order to accommodate a large Hamamatsu S2281 photodiode -- and he and Cordell are continuing to work on the solid modelling for the nanosat bus, and on the optical path and modelling from the new laser module design through the integrating sphere.
On computing/website, things appear stable -- please just either post a note or let me know if any fixes or changes are needed.
Regarding grant applications, we finally have a full and complete draft of the DND-NSERC project proposal now (which I just sent around to a number of people), and are still interfacing with DND contacts regarding it. CSA is reviewing the FAST application from December (we should hear back on that at around the beginning of April). Chris and Yorke should most likely be hearing back on the results of their NFS proposal this month. And Susana is starting to work with a Johns Hopkins engineering professor regarding student balloon flights and a grant application this month -- and we'll be interfacing with her on that.
That's all I remember, please send things that I forgot. Next telecon in two weeks, on Thursday, Mar. 13, at 2:30 pm Eastern time.
cheers, thanks all! justin
On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 02:47:46 GMT, Justin Albert wrote:
> Hi, > > Telecon tomorrow (Feb. 27) at our regular time of 2:30 pm Eastern time > (11:30 am Pacific, 20.30 European). Discussion items include: flight > plans, goniometric calibration, pre- and post-flight calibration, > nanosat and new laser module design, computing/website, upcoming grant > applications, and recap of operation plans. A reminder of the CSA > project timeline is attached. > > Here's the dial-in info: If you are calling in from Canada or U.S.: > 1. Dial Toll-Free Number: 866-740-1260 (U.S. & Canada) > 2. Enter 7-digit access code: 5082741 followed by the # > > If you are calling in from elsewhere: > 1. To locate International Toll-Free Numbers go to > http://www.readytalk.com/intl (enter 7-digit access code 5082741) > 2. Dial toll free number from web link > 3. Enter Passcode: Enter 7-digit ACCESS CODE: 5082741 followed by the # > > Here's the tentative agenda: > I) Flight plans and other operational work > II) Pre- and post-flight calibration and goniometric calibrations > III) Flights beyond NH > IV) Nanosat, new integrating spheres, and multicolour laser module designs > V) Computing/website > VI) Grant applications > VII) AOB > > Talk to you all tomorrow, > justin > > Attachments: > http://projectaltair.org/HyperNews/get/AUX/2012/11/12/18.02-43361-Schedule-20120702_hqp.pdf >