The First AMISR Science Planning Workshop was held October 11–13, 2006 at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California, to discuss science plans for the Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar. The goal of the workshop was to explore the range of science objectives that can be achieved with this new NSF facility at the two high-latitude locations, Poker Flat, Alaska, and Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Of particular interest was the coordination of future AMISR observations with that of other instrumentation, such as optical measurements, magnetometer data, and GPS TEC data.

Archive of the meeting website, talks, and poster presentations ...

September 2006: Additional 64 panels installed, bringing the total to 96 (see photo).

Summer 2006: More panels integrated and tested at Menlo Park, prior to shipping to Alaska.

April 2006: Data from all deployed sites (Poker Flat, Alaska; Jicamarca, Peru; HAARP, Alaska) presented in numerous talks at Ionospheric Interactions Workshop in Santa Fe.

March 2006: Engineering tests conducted continuously for approximately 2-1/2 weeks, coordinated to occur during the world month run.

February 2006: Although system is not operational, engineering tests are conducted in a mode supporting an optical campaign for Dartmouth College.

January 2006: Installation of permanent power at ...