In the following table, column 2 gives the start and end date of the experiment, column 3 gives the day of the week of the start of the experiment, column 4 is the length of the experiment and column 5 shows the date of the new moon.
Incoherent Scatter Coordinated Observation Days should start at 1300UT on the first day indicated (to ensure that all radars are operating correctly by 1600UT) and end at 1600UT on the last day indicated. However, radars are encouraged to start as early as possible on the first day where operational considerations allow.
2003 Incoherent Scatter Coordinated Observation Days |
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| Month | Observation dates | Day | Observation length (days) | New Moon | Notes | |
| January | 2 | |||||
| February | 1 | |||||
| March | 3-28 Default 24-28 |
Monday | 4 | 3 | Storms/TIMED/LTCS alert interval |
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| April | 1 | |||||
| May | 27-29 | Tuesday | 2 | 1 31 |
Low/High latitude |
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| June | 24-26 | Tuesday | 2 | 29 | Database: F-region/wide coverage |
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| July | 29 | |||||
| August | 27 | |||||
| September | 1-26 Default 22-26 |
Monday | 4 | 26 | Storms/TIMED/LTCS alert interval |
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| October | 21-23 | Monday | 2 | 25 | High Altitude |
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| November | 11-16 | Tuesday | 5 | 23 | LTCS |
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| December | 16-18 | Tuesday | 2 | 23 | Low/High latitude |
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| Total | 21 (target: 21) |
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| Last updated: Monday, 21-Oct-2002 22:13:31 GMT | ||||||