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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Chairs and Presenters 2.1 Presenters 3 Presentation Materials

Introduction

Distributed Arrays of Small Instruments (DASI) Workshop

The concept of solving major science questions by deploying a network of small instruments was endorsed by the National Research Council's Space Studies Board in their report, The Sun to the Earth and Beyond: A Decadal Research Strategy in Solar and Space Physics. Under the leadership of John Foster, from this committee, a detailed report from a Woods Hole Workshop on DASI science was created. The original DASI concept envisaged a single overarching entity with a high priority science question to be answered. However, this has evolved, at Woods Hole it became evident that DASI means different realizations to different communities. Aeronomy is a case in point with key independent science questions from the mesosphere, D-region, E-region, thermosphere, F-region, topside, as well as M-I coupling that can only be addressed by multi-point measurements.

This workshop provides a forum for these aeronomy communities to identify and discuss science questions and multi-point instrumentation schemes to address them. This workshop builds on last years CEDAR 2006 Workshop Frontier Science Session where over 35 CEDAR science questions were summarized. About 25 of these questions were, in essence, DASI science concepts that could be grouped into at least 3 independent CEDAR topical areas.

The format of the workshop still evolves with a broad outline that includes the following:

• Involve and invite community participation both formally and informally to discuss science questions that need DASI solutions.
• Advance the ideas presented last year in the CEDAR Frontier Science Questions session.
• Hear lessons learned from present day mini-DASI deployments.
• Strategize on how mini-DASI deployments and their infrastructure can be leveraged to create the overarching DASI.
• Hear from International colleagues on deployment issues of DASI beyond the U.S.
• Invite NSF participation and input on time lines and realization strategies.

The workshop provides an open forum for all CEDAR science questions that can potentially be addressed by DASI. For participation involvement, your suggestions, your willingness to present, or simply to be present, please contact one of the conveners with a copy to Jan Sojka.

Chairs and Presenters

Presenters

• M Hagan
• M Kelley
• D Hysell
• R Hellis
• J Foster
• E Donovan
• C Valladares
• J Makela
• M Moldwin
• M Meyer
• J Sojka

Presentation Materials

Images, power point, pdf

Challenges for Deployment of Optical Instrumentation by J Makela

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