====== Second MSSS meeting ======

Date: 21st August 2008, 9.00 - 16.00

Location: Colloquium Room, ASTRON, Dwingeloo The Netherlands 

===== Documentation =====

{{MSSS2.pdf | Prelimenary specifications for the MSSS}} – Ronald Nijboer and Ger de Bruyn 
===== Agenda =====

09.00 - 09.05 {{wise_opening.pdf | Welcome (& commissioning tasks)}} - Michael Wise

09.05 - 09.35 {{MSSS2_GdB.pdf | MSSS: how and why - an introduction}} - Ger de Bruyn

09.35 - 10.00 {{processing.pdf | Off-line processing: calibration and imaging}}  - Ronald Nijboer

10.00 - 10.30 {{Beams.pdf | Beam models}} - Ronald Nijboer


10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break


11.00 - 11.15 {{spam.pdf | Ionosphere model: SPAM}} - Huib Intema

11.15 - 11.30 {{spaminbbs.pdf | SPAM in BBS}} - Maaijke Mevius

11.30 - 12.00 {{wise_skymodels.pdf | LSM / GSM / Source Finding}} - Michael Wise

12.00 - 12.30 {{operations.pdf | Operational issues}} - Hanno Holties


12.30 - 13.30 Lunch


13.30 - 14.30 MSSS and European baselines 

                    * {{anderson_vlbi.pdf | LOFAR and long baselines}} - James Anderson
                    * {{longbaselines_GdB.pdf | European LOFAR}} - Ger de Bruyn, presenting ideas by Jaap Bregman
                    * Discussion (led by Ger de Bruyn)

14.30 - 14.45 {{rmsynthesis.pdf | Polarimetry and RM synthesis issues}} - Sven Duscha

14.45 - 15.45 Discussion / open issues - All KSPs (led by Michael Wise)

                    * {{comm_surveys.pdf | Commissioning surveys}} - Huub Rottgering
                    * Commissioning tasks - Michael Wise (see Welcome presentation)

15.45 - 16.00 {{Observatory.pdf | Science & proprietary issues}} - Rene Vermeulen


16.00 End of meeting