May 2017 01:00 01:10 Common Time (1-min) 01:10 01:20 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ HKW HOK ADW ADE KSR KOD BPK TIG UNW ] {themisscan normalscan} 01:20 02:02 Common Time (1-min) 02:02 02:08 Special Time (PFISR) (see Note D) [ KOD CLY CVW ADE KSR PGR ] {rbspscan normalscan} 02:08 04:04 Common Time (1-min) 04:04 04:14 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ PGR CVW CVE SAS FHW FHE KAP BKS DCE SPS ] {themisscan normalscan} 04:14 06:04 Common Time (1-min) 06:04 06:10 Special Time (ST-APOG) (see Note A) [ ADW CLY CVW HOK KSR BPK TIG UNW ] {rbspscan normalscan} 06:10 07:08 Common Time (1-min) 07:08 07:18 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ HKW HOK ADW ADE KSR KOD PGR CVW CVE BPK TIG UNW ] {themisscan normalscan} 07:18 08:04 Common Time (1-min) 08:04 08:12 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ CVW CVE SAS FHW FHE KAP BKS WAL DCE SPS ] {interleaved normalscan} 08:12 09:00 Common Time (1-min) 09:00 09:12 Special Time (THEMIS) (see Note B) 09:12 09:22 Common Time (1-min) 09:22 10:04 Special Time (ST-APOG) (see Note A) [ ADE BKS CVE FHE FHW SAS DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan} 10:04 13:06 Discretionary Time 13:06 13:16 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ ADW ADE KSR KOD PGR CVW CVE SAS FHW FHE DCE SPS ] {themisscan normalscan} 13:16 15:06 Common Time (1-min) 15:06 15:16 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ ADW ADE KOD PGR CVW CVE SAS FHW FHE DCE SPS ] {themisscan normalscan} 15:16 16:10 Common Time (1-min) 16:10 16:20 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ HKW HOK ADW ADE KSR KOD BPK TIG UNW ] {interleaved normalscan} 16:20 17:06 Common Time (1-min) 17:06 17:14 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ KOD PGR CVW CVE SAS FHW FHE KAP BKS DCE SPS ] {themisscan normalscan} 17:14 19:04 Common Time (1-min) 19:04 19:14 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ KOD PGR CVW CVE SAS FHW FHE KAP BKS DCE SPS ] {themisscan normalscan} 19:14 20:08 Common Time (1-min) 20:08 20:18 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ HKW HOK ADW ADE KSR KOD PGR CVW CVE BPK TIG UNW ] {themisscan normalscan} 20:18 21:04 Common Time (1-min) 21:04 21:14 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ PGR CVW CVE SAS FHW FHE KAP BKS DCE SPS ] {themisscan normalscan} 21:14 23:04 Common Time (1-min) 23:04 23:12 Special Time (ARASE) (see Note C) [ CVW CVE SAS FHW FHE KAP BKS DCE SPS ] {themisscan normalscan} 23:12 29:10 Discretionary Time 29:10 31:10 Common Time (1-min) (no switching) 31:10 31:24 Common Time (1-min) # Total Common Time (1-min): 16d 0h # Total Discretionary Time: 9d 0h # Total Special Time: 6d 0h # Notes: Special Time notes: Note A: ST-APOG - This is a spacecraft working group request to support Van Allen Probes (VAP - formerly RBSP) observations. The radars highlighted in the square brackets for each interval should run rbspscan (a full scan of at least 16 beams with an interleaved mini-scan of 3 beams, with a scan time of 2-min). All other radars should run a 'normal' 1-min common time mode e.g., normalscan. The PIs/operators are welcome to adapt the mode to best fit the geometry of the conjunctions (e.g., by adapting the range gates) - VAP footprint plots can be found at http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~rcf2c13/VAP/ . Note B: THEMISSCAN - This is a spacecraft working group request to support the MMS mission. All radars should run themisscan during this interval. This mode has a camping beam which is sounded on every 6 seconds. The scanning scheme is such that the field of view scan is interleaved with the camping beam. The PIs/operators are welcome to adapt the mode for the geometry for any conjunctions as they see fit (e.g., by changing the camping beam) - footprint plots can be found at http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~rcf2c13/footprints/ . Note C: ARASE - This is a spacecraft working group request to support the ARASE/ERG mission. The radars highlighted in the square brackets for each interval should run either interleaved_normalscan (a full scan of at least 16 beams with a non-sequential manner that interleaves the beam number, with a scan time of 1-min) or themisscan according to the mode listed in the curly brackets. All other radars should run a 'normal' 1-min common time mode e.g., normalscan. Footprint plots can be found at https://ergsc.isee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/cef/orbit_ergsd.cgi . Note D: PFISR - This is a Special Time request from Mike Ruohoniemi and Mike Hartinger at Virginia Tech to support a multi-spacecraft conjunction (THEMIS, Cluster, Van Allen Probes, Geotail) in the dusk sector within the PFISR field of view. The purpose of this experiment is to study global energy transport via Pc5 and Pi2/Pc4 ULF waves. The radars highlighted in the square brackets for this interval should run rbspscan with the following mini-scan beams (all other radars should run a 'normal' 1-min common time mode e.g., normalscan): KOD: 0-2-4 CLY: 4-6-8 CVW: 8-10-12 ADE: 5-7-9 KSR: 11-13-15 PGR: 0-2-4