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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>REMINDER: The 2016 ISR Summer School application deadline is next week!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2016 ISR Summer School<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A Joint NSF and EISCAT Radar School<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sodankylä, Finland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>24-30 July 2016<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 2016 ISR Summer School will be held in Finland at the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>24-30 July, inclusive. The school provides students with hands-on experience in designing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and running experiments at incoherent scatter radar facilities. During this summer school, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>students will have the opportunity to run experiments with the EISCAT incoherent scatter <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>radar (ISR) and use data from multiple ISR observatories, such as Poker Flat (PFISR), <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Millstone Hill, Sondrestrom, Arecibo and Jicamarca. The school will be structured to provide <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>presentations in the morning and hands-on experience in experiment design and analysis in <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the afternoons. The morning lectures will include an introduction to the theory of incoherent <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>scatter, radar operations, ISR analysis techniques, and the Madrigal database. The afternoon <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>exercises will involve working closely with ISR facility staff in the topic areas of proposal <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>design, experiment execution, and data analysis. All students will have the opportunity to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>work one-on-one with experienced scientists from multiple institutions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The ISR summer school is suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>attendance is limited. For most students attending institutions within the United States, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>travel, housing and meals will be provided. For post-docs and students outside of the United <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>States, funding will be considered on a case-by-case basis. All students who wish to apply for <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>the ISR summer school must follow the application instructions at the appropriate summer <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>school web site:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>US Participants: http://www.amisr.com/workshop <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EISCAT participants: http://www.sgo.fi/Events/RS2016/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The 2016 ISR summer school is a collaboration between the US National Science Foundation (NSF) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and the EISCAT Scientific Association. The US portion of the school is sponsored by the NSF <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>through its Geospace Facilities Program within the Geosciences Directorate and is organized by <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SRI International. The EISCAT portion of the school is sponsored by the EISCAT Scientific <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Association and organized by Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory. For more information about the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>school, please contact summerschool@esd.sri.com (US NSF) or RS2016@sgo.fi (EISCAT). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The deadline for application submission is 01 March 2016.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Notice of acceptance will be sent to participants by 29 March 2016.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Elizabeth Kendall, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SRI International<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park CA 94025<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone:(650)859-4906 Fax:(650)322-2318<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>