Dear MDI Operations Coordinators,

we would like to ask, if it would be possible, to support our g-b observing 
campaign (DOT/LaPalma) described below with the corresponding MDI 
measurements. 

Our team has been granted by the observing time for the following
DOT/LaPalma (Canary Island, Spain) observing campaign for the time 
interval October 6-20, 2008. The CDS/SOHO and TRACE support was preliminary 
confirmed.

Here follow the details of the campaign:

- Title: Physical mechanisms driving solar microflares and network
         dynamic fibrils - relevance for coronal heating and mass supply

- Principal Investigator: Jan Rybak (choc@astro.sk)

- Web page: http://www.astro.sk/~choc/open/08_dot/08_dot.html

- Instruments/telescopes: DOT/La Palma, Kanzelhoehe/Austria
                          CDS,MDI,EIT/SOHO, TRACE, RHESSI, Hinode
		        
- Targets: microflares: AR or remnants of the AR magnetic flux
           fibrils    : solar network 

- Scheduled period: 06-20/10/2008
                    06:30-13:30 UT for space-born instruments

- MDI data of interest: - HR magnetograms (1 per minute) +
                        - HR intesitygrams (at least cadence of 96 minutes)

      - selection between the FD and HR mode would be done in advance
        depending on the actual activity situation on the Sun
      - in case of HR mode we would prefer E-W elongated MDI FOV

- MDI period requested: 06-20/10/2008

- MDI time requested: each day from 07:00 till 13:30 UT if possible

We understand that several technical limitations and other requests
can seriously limit your possibilities to joint with your MDI data
our g-b campaign. Nevertheless your HR B_long magnetograms would be very
helpful for our work.

At the moment we clearly see that for the period of 5 days in October
you have scheduled:

* Oct 15-19     MDI Continuous Contact (TBD) 
		- HR Magnetic/Velocity Helioseismology

We are looking forward to hear from you whether you can support our g-b
observations.

These observations will be perfomed asa repetition of the JOP189 from
August 2007 or onder a new JOP number sepndig of the SOHO SOC decision.

With many thanks beforehand

Jan Rybak, on behalf of the campaign team

Tatranska Lomnica, 01/08/2008

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