1. Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE),
UCSD IPS Workshop
San Diego, December 18-20, 2016
ISEE IPS Status Report
Munetoshi Tokumaru
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE),
Nagoya University

2. Multi-Station System Dedicated for IPS Observations of Solar Wind
UHF radio-telescopes with a cylindrical parabolic reflector
Large aperture (~2000 or ~3400㎡) to detect faint IPS signals
Observation frequency 327MHz enabling to cover distance range between 0.1 – 1 AU
Kiso
STEL
Fuji
IPS observations at Toyokawa continue for a whole year.
Toyokawa
IPS observations have been conducted regularly since 1980s using this system.
Solar wind speed V
Scintillation level (g-value) ~ Density fluctuations ΔNe

3. IPS Antennas as Viewed in Google Earth
Kiso IPS Telescope
E-W 75m, N-S 27m
Solar Wind Imaging Facility Telescope; SWIFT (Toyokawa)
N-S 106m, E-W 41m
Fuji IPS Telescope
E-W 100m, N-S 20m
Sugadaira IPS Antenna (not in use)

4. Establishment of High-Speed Data Acquisition System
A high-speed data acquisition system was installed in the SWIFT.
ADS3000+ (2GHz sampling × 2ch, VDIF format, Cosmo Research Inc.)
Data Acquisition Fileserver RAID 10TB (linked with ADS3000+ via 10G-Eth.)
Pulsar measurements
Pulsar DM vs IPS
Coronal density over the pole
Verifying the assumption
VLBI measurements in future
Installation of a phase locked local oscillator in 2017
ADS3000+
RAID 10TB

5. Minor Changes Replacement of ISEE computer system
OS changes from Solaris 10 to CentOS 7.
Toyokawa Peace Park is under construction near the antenna site.

6. Personnel Affairs
Open position for an associate professor of the heliospheric division
Selection process in progress
Decision will be made in January 2017.
Visiting professorship of ISEE
Dr. Sergey Tyullbashev (Pushchino, Russia), September 10- December 9, 2017
If you are interested in the visiting professorship of ISEE, please let me know.
Open position for a designated foreign professor of ISEE ( )
3 month/year through cross appointment
2 candidates have been selected.