CARA Telecon Minutes


Date: September 17, 2001
Time: 1:00 PM

Attendance:

BU:
Cornell:
CMU:  J. Peterson
Northwestern:
R.I.T:
S.A.O.: T. Stark, A. Lane, W. Walsh, S. Kim
South Pole: C. Martin, C. Kaminski
Chicago: A. Harper, S. Meyer, N. Odalen R. Pernic, R. Landsberg, J.
Bausch, E. Leitch, M. Thoma
UCB:  W. Holzapfel
UCSB:

Approval of previous minutes:
None

  Agenda Items


News from the Pole:

Cold.  Tau was bad last week.  As we get toward sunrise weather not
as good, but weather is getting a little better than it was last
week.  AST/RO has been observing on 13 carbon.  Acbar is shut down
and the warm up process went well.  Yesterday the fill on AST/RO was
successful (meaning that there was some helium) we will see if in the
next 4 days if there is any helium left in the 250 liter dewar.  C.
Kaminski reported that the tables were made and things re-arranged as
R. Pernic requested.  DASI is plugging away.  All station is waiting
for sunrise.

AST/RO - T. Stark reported that they are writing papers and getting
ready for summer season at Pole.  AST/RO is working on 1.5 THz laser.
NASA developed the THz receiver for SOFIA.  At Pole AST/RO will be
working on polestar.  2002/2003 season will see many more changes to
AST/RO.

Acbar - data is being analyzed and team is getting ready for the next
season.  Data from Acbar has been received in Calif. in ready time.

SPARO will begin observing early in the season.

DASI - plugging away.  One of the hemp data receivers may have been
lost.  N. Halverson is defending his Thesis today.

Deployment - R. Pernic reported that at this point it is very hard to
change the deployment schedule even by a day.  Final report will be
worked out with R. Morse and Raytheon today after that we will need
to live with the schedule as is.  R. Pernic was considering W.
Holzapfels request.

Substation for Helium - received input from Pole.  J. Ruhl and J.
Carlstrom working on CARA position paper.  J. Peterson to send to J.
Carlstrom and J. Ruhl M. Newcombs memo on his thoughts for a
substation.  500-1000 litter dewars are side filling/unloading dewars
and do not need a tall space to accommodate.

Annual Report - Collection of highlights of CARA should consist of
1/2 paragraph from each project describing accomplishment of each
project.  Each project submission should be somewhat self-contained
(stand-alone) as this section is passed through NSF.  Deadline of
Wednesday.  Site characterization and results should be included.
Powerful, short and self-contained is the guideline for these
highlights.  "Power Point Science"