Hi Al and Irfan,

27 - 28 September 2007 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dayto= na Beach, FL

Workshop Location: Instruction Center<= /st1:PlaceType> (IC) Room-104

Preliminary Agenda and Potential Talki= ng Points

8:30 –= ; 8:45AM &= nbsp; Welcome and Opening Remarks (Provost ERAU, I. Az= eem)

8:45 –= ; 9:00 AM &nbs= p; Outline of Meeting Goals (I. Azeem and A. Weathe= rwax)

9:00 –= ; 9:15 AM &nbs= p; Report from NSF (V. Papitashvili)

9:15 –= ; 9:30 AM &nbs= p; Report from Raytheon Polar Services (C. Kaminski)

= Brief Overview of Current Space Science Projects= in Antarctica

9:30 –= ; 9:40 AM &nbs= p; PENGUIn meets THEMIS, Marc Lessard

9:40 – 9:50 AM &nb= sp; Autonomous magnetometer platforms along the 40 degree magnetic meridian, Bob Clauer

9:50 – 10:00 AM &n= bsp; VLF Studies in the Antarctic, Umran Inan

10:00 – 10:10 AM &n= bsp; Search coil magnetometer systems at South Pole, Mark Engebretson

10:10 – 10:20 AM &n= bsp; Antarctic Research on LF/MF/HF: past and future, Jim Labelle

10:20 – 10:40 AM BREAK

10: 40 R= 11; 10:50 AM &nbs= p; South Pole Meteor Radar System, Scott Palo

10:50 – 11:00 AM Sodium allsky imager for the South Pole station, Bifford P. Williams<= o:p>

11:00 – 11:10 AM &nb= sp; New mesospheric temperature mapper measurements at South Pole, M. Taylor

11:10-11:20 AM = ; Gravity wave anisotropy over Antarctica, Allan W= ald

11:20 – 11:30 AM &nb= sp; Auroral and Airglow spectroscopic observations from South Pole, Irfan Azeem

11:30 – 1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK

1:00 – 1:10 PM &nb= sp; Comparison of satellite derived surface temperatures to AGO observations, Noel Petit

1:10 – 1:20 PM&n= bsp; = ; AMISR data and capabilities with application to the southern high latitude region, John Kelly, SRI International

1:20 – 1:30 PM &nbs= p; More than just Astronomy: Using a Radio Telescope to Study the Mesophere, Chris Martin

South Pole Station Focus

· South Pole User’s Committee Report (A. Weatherwax and/or C. Ma= rtin)

· New space science building (remote facility)

· Best use of B2 lab

· What is the future use of ARO facility at Pole?<= o:p>

· Sector management for space science projects (qu= iet and active)

· What can we learn from the larger astronomy grou= ps?

· Umbrella group discussion - perhaps funded for meetings and coordinated management etc.

· Fu= ture science goals and directions at Pole; big and small plans.

o&nb= sp; Solution to= the interference problems at South Pole, Marc Lessard

o&nb= sp; A New Community-Based Research Facility for Active Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Probing, Umran Inan<= /span>

o&nb= sp; A proposed configuration to improve scientific data quality, Marc Lessard

· = What is left unattended in the Antarctic SP&A projects - what is the goals of observing certain upper atmospheric and geospace parameters at Pole.

Other Stations

· McMurdo

· Palmer=

· Field and R= emote Sites

What is left unattended yet in the Antarctic SP&= amp;A projects - what are the goals of observing certain upper atmospheric and geospace parameters at Pole, at McMurdo, at Palmer, and over the Antarctic Plateau.

The Space Sciences community should identify the= needs for particular instruments (or systems of detectors) at certain locations o= ver the continent. For example, if a SuperDARN radar at McMurdo is constructed, would we need another radar at Pole or somewhere else - e.g., Palmer? Would= we need to build a bigger IS radar at McMurdo to work with the conjugate AMISR= at Resolute Bay?

What kind of network needs over the Plateau and = in West Antarctica?

What could be proposed in the "research corridor" between McMurdo and South Pole along the snow traverse route, including WiFi infrastructure for the technology development support and for science projects?

Wra= p Up — Moving Forward<= /o:p>

The final session= of the workshop will discuss recommendations for a white paper/report to be su= bmitted to NSF.

Identify a cohesi= ve and collaborative program for the next 5 years.

Recommendations f= or SP&A

Costs and funding model for instru= ment operations.