All
SORCE data products will be fully accessible through the Goddard
Space Center’s DAAC web site at
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/gdaac_home.html.
Telemetry data can also be accessed through other methods within
LASP. Chris Pankratz is the contact person for this, and he plans
to hold several tutorial sessions to explain the options and what
is necessary.
Weekly
Status Report –
SORCE team members are producing a weekly SORCE Status Report
to document progress during the mission. It is a fairly technical
document that overviews the week’s activities. It summarizes
the spacecraft activity, ground contacts, the instrument measurements,
spacecraft and instrument planning, and data processing. If you
would like to be on the weekly e-mail list to receive this report,
contact Vanessa George. This report is also available on the SORCE
web site at weekly_status.html.
SORCE
Team Member Retiring –
George Lawrence has been an integral part of LASP for over 30
years during which time he has made exceptional contributions
to all of the Laboratory’s programs in solar, atmospheric,
and planetary sciences. He has been an essential cog in the SORCE
development wheel, and has been particularly invaluable to the
development of the TIM and SIM instruments. Fortunately for LASP,
George is very interested in SORCE data analysis after his official
retirement. Everyone is welcome to attend a special dinner in
George’s honor on Monday, March 31st. Contact Vanessa George
for details and reservations. 
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SORCE
Viewing –
Although very faint, SORCE is periodically visible from Earth. The
public can check out SORCE viewing opportunities, as well as other
satellites, at www.heavens-above.com.
SORCE
Instrument and Data Validation Workshop –
A SORCE Instrument and Data Validation Workshop is scheduled for
late April in Boulder. This workshop will focus on SORCE first
results and plans to refine data processing and validate the irradiance
data. Scientists will be reviewing the SORCE instrument data and
validation methods along with concurrent mission instrument activities.
Through collaboration on validation campaigns, attendees will
ensure the solar irradiance measurements are making the most significant
contribution possible towards the universal use of these important
data products.
Upcoming
Meetings
SORCE scientists plan to present papers
or attend the following 2003 meetings:
- AGU/EGS/EUG,
April 6-11, Nice, France
- SORCE
Instrument and Data Validation Workshop, April 28-30, Boulder,
Colorado
- AAS,
Solar Physics Division, June 16-20, APL, Laurel, Maryland
- SCOSTEP
Intl. Solar Cycle Studies Symposium 2003, June 23-28, Tatranska
Lomnica, Slovakia
- IUGG
Assembly 2003, June 30-July 11, Sapporo, Japan
- SPIE
- Optical Science and Technology, Aug. 3-8, San Diego, California
Radiometric Calibration Conference, Sept. 15-18, Logan, Utah
- SORCE
Science Team Meeting, Fall 2003, location – tbd
- AGU Fall
Meeting, Dec. 8-12, San Francisco, California
To submit information to this newsletter, please contact:
vanessa.george@
lasp.colorado.edu
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