How to be a Hinode User
Tetsuya Watanabe(NAOJ)

• Be an Instruments’ Chief Observer← ref. Data Policy• Propose Your Own Observation← ref. Call for Collaborations← ref. List of HOP(Hinode joint Operation Planning)• Data: open on 27-May-07← ref. Data Policy

3rd SWG – November 12, 2005
•

•

•
•

Data Policy The Hinode Team agreed to the following approach to therelease of the scientific data from the three instruments. The policy is asfollows: The international members of the Hinode team have adopted thefollowing approach to the release of the data from the three Hinodeinstruments.
The observations recorded during the first six months of operations, which
includes the commissioning phase and initial operations, will be released at
the end of six months. This period of restricted data release is designed toallow the three instrument teams adequate time to implement and test thedata processing and dissemination systems. During this period it isanticipated that limited blocks of data will be released to provide the wider
scientific community with an opportunity to interface with the database andto provide feedback to the Hinode team prior to the full release of data.
After the first six months all observations will be made available to thescientific community as soon as they are received and processed at ISAS.
Japanese students, who have operational responsibilities, will be provided
limited protection for the data that are assigned to use for their PhD thesis
topic. This does not restrict the use of the data by other scientists but relieson the user (Gentlemen's Agreement) to check with either the student or hisadvisor to ensure that their use of the data does not directly conflict with thestudent's work. It is hoped that a side benefit of this process is that it will
create contacts between the student and other scientists interested insimilar topics.
This policy was approved by the Hinode Science Working Group on
November 12, 2005.

Call for Collaborations with Hinode
December 12, 2006••

By April 2007 the Initial Observing Phase of Hinode (Solar-B), a joint
JAXA/NASA/UK mission, will be complete. At or about this time all thescience data from the mission will be made available to the community as
will all new data as it is received.
To broaden community involvement in the Hinode mission the science teamis offering the opportunity to participate in the definition and development of
the observing program. This can take the form of either collaborative
investigations with other ground or space based observatories or a request
for a set of observational sequences to meet a specific scientific objective
formulated by the requestor. To facilitate this program the Hinode team has
created a group of seven Scientific Schedule Coordinators (SSCs) to both
review requests and assist requestors in preparing their plans. It is thepolicy of the Hinode Science Working Group that all observing requests thatare consistent with the objectives of Hinode will be accepted. However it isstrongly recommended that individuals discuss their proposed observations
with one of the SSCs before preparing and formally submitting their request
to ensure that their proposed observations are not already part of the core
team’s program. Please note that having your observation program selected
and implemented does NOT entitle you to exclusive use of the data. The
Hinode open data policy applies to all data. Where the observation program
involves more than one instrument, the requestor should contact an SSC
associated with his primary instrument.

•

•

•

Planning for Hinode operations is performed on a three month cycle that isupdated monthly. At the end of every month a meeting is held to confirm theobservations for the coming month and to lay out the broad objectives forthe second and third months. The monthly plan provides guidance for thethree instrument teams’ Chief Observers who are responsible for preparing
the daily observing plan. For example requests for observations received
between the 15th of November and the 14th of December will be presented
and discussed at the monthly meeting held at the end of December. (i.e. thecut-off for consideration is the 14th day of each month.) If approved theearliest opportunity for their inclusion into the observing plan would beMarch. Requesters should understand that although every effort will bemade to perform their observations when requested the Hinode team does
not and cannot guarantee when they will actually occur. It is particularly
important for collaborators who have assigned time on ground basedobservatories to have their requests in well in advance.
Hinode was designed with the intent of making simultaneous observations
with three instruments in order to understand how changes in thephotospheric magnetic field propagated upward through the various levelsof the solar atmosphere. Collaborative observing programs using all thethree instruments will be regarded favorably. However proposals whoseemphasis is on the observations from only one or two of the three
instruments are certainly not excluded.
The requests are expected to be short - a maximum of three pages - andwritten in English. They should specify the science objective, how they
expect to achieve the objective, provide an outline of the observations by
one or more of the instruments and how long an observing period isrequired. Currently the XRT and EIS instruments have interactive web
pages that allow scientists to plan their observations.

•APPENDIX A – The SSCs•

The SSCs and their e-mail addresses are shown below.

•Chief Coordinators
John M. Davis (john.m.davis@nasa.gov);
Tetsuya Watanabe (watanabe@uvlab.mtk.nao.ac.jp)••

Scientific Schedule Coordinators – Instrument Specific
Solar Optical Telescope
Tom Berger (berger@lmsal.com)
Takashi Sekii (sekii@solar.mtk.nao.ac.jp )X-Ray Telescope
Leon Golub (Golub@head.cfa.harvard.edu ),Kiyoto Shibasaki (shibasaki@nro.nao.ac.jp)
EUV Imaging Spectrometer
Len Culhane (jlc@mssl.ucl.ac.uk ),Tetsuya Watanabe (watanabe@uvlab.mtk.nao.ac.jp ),John Mariska (mariska@nrl.navy.mil )•••APPENDIX B – Useful Websites•

The following websites provide descriptions of the scientific instruments.
–––

•

SOT:
XRT:
EIS:

http://solar-b.nao.ac.jp/sot_e/index_e.shtml
http://solar-b.nao.ac.jp/xrt_e/
http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_solar/solarB/

John M. Davis for the Hinode SSCs

Proposal• Scientific objectives/justifications• Outline of observation• Observing period• Requests for Hinode Instruments(SOT/XRT/EIS)• Other participating instruments & facilities

SSCs Meeting & Monthly Meeting• Monthly deadline for submission of
proposal: 14th day of the month• Science Schedule Coordinators’ Meeting
7am, Wed., 3rd week of the month (JST)• Monthly Operation Meeting
7am, Thr., 4th week of the month (JST)List of HOP so far-Hinode Observing Plans••••••••••

HOP1: APL Solar Bolometric Imager (SBI) (SOT) PI: Bernasconi
HOP2: Polar Region Observation Campaign (XRT) PI: Cirtain
HOP3: Extended SUMER Campaign during April (EIS) PI: Curdt
HOP4: Cordinated Campaign Observation with THEMIS
HOP4a: Magnetic topology of the filament in the region PI: Schmieder
HOP4b: Evolution, distribution and neutralization of electric currents inactive regions PI: Aulanier
HOP5: Irradiance Measurement Campaign in Feb/Mar (SOT)HOP6: Co-alignment Campaign PI: Shimizu
HOP7: SoHO/CDS SOHO/UVCS Campaign PI: Delzanna
HOP8: Stereoscopic Observation of Coronal Structures PI: Plunkett
HOP9: Prominence Campaign with Dunn Telescope PI: Engvold
HOP10: Joint Observation of the Solar Corona between Hinode EIS andNAOJ Norikura Observatory for non-thermal line broadening in thecoronal emission PI: Hara, Suematsu, Ichimoto

EIS/SUMER campaign in April07

Week 1 (14) - 01/04 - 08/04
UT

Mon. 2

Tue. 3

Wed. 4Thu. 5Fri. 60:00

29 (EL AR-OL)

29 (EL AR-OL)

9 (L.T. ADS)

21 (WC SA)

9 (L.T. ADS)

1:00

29 (EL AR-OL)

29 (EL AR-OL)

9 (L.T. ADS)

21 (WC SA)

9 (L.T. ADS)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

2:00

29 (EL AR-OL)

29 (EL AR-OL)

9 (L.T. ADS)

21 (WC SA)

9 (L.T. ADS)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

3:00

29 (EL AR-OL)

29 (EL AR-OL)

9 (L.T. ADS)

21 (WC SA)

9 (L.T. ADS)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

9 (L.T. ADS)

21 (WC SA)

9 (L.T. ADS)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

4:00

Sat. 7Sun. 87 (KW plume)

5:00

21 (WC SA)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

6:00

21 (WC SA)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

7:00

21 (WC SA)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

8:00

21 (WC SA)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

9:00

21 (WC SA)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

10:00

21 (WC SA)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

11:00

22 (DI AR-OL)

22 (DI AR-OL)

11 (MM ECH)

21 (WC SA)

16 (JGD EE)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

12:00

22 (DI AR-OL)

22 (DI AR-OL)

11 (MM ECH)

21 (WC SA)

16 (JGD EE)

7 (KW plume)

7 (KW plume)

13:00

22 (DI AR-OL)

22 (DI AR-OL)

11 (MM ECH)

10 (MM ss)

16 (JGD EE)

7 (KW plume)

32 (SK CH)

14:00

22 (DI AR-OL)

22 (DI AR-OL)

11 (MM ECH)

10 (MM ss)

16 (JGD EE)

7 (KW plume)

32 (SK CH)

15:00

22 (DI AR-OL)

22 (DI AR-OL)

11 (MM ECH)

10 (MM ss)

16 (JGD EE)

7 (KW plume)

32 (SK CH)

16:00

22 (DI AR-OL)

22 (DI AR-OL)

13 (DB QS)

10 (MM ss)

16 (JGD EE)

7 (KW plume)

32 (SK CH)

17:00

2 (WC AR-OL)

2 (WC AR-OL)

13 (DB QS)

10 (MM ss)

7 (KW plume)

8 (DB PCH)

18:00

2 (WC AR-OL)

2 (WC AR-OL)

13 (DB QS)

10 (MM ss)

7 (KW plume)

8 (DB PCH)

19:00

2 (WC AR-OL)

2 (WC AR-OL)

13 (DB QS)

7 (KW plume)

8 (DB PCH)

20:00

2 (WC AR-OL)

2 (WC AR-OL)

13 (DB QS)

7 (KW plume)

8 (DB PCH)

21:00

2 (WC AR-OL)

2 (WC AR-OL)

13 (DB QS)

7 (KW plume)

8 (DB PCH)

22:00

18 (GD Te)

7 (KW plume)

23:00

18 (GD Te)

7 (KW plume)