DURIP: Intercepted Signals for Ionospheric Science (ISIS) Instrumentation for a Small Radio Science Array

摘要

This is a final report for the MIT Haystack Observatory ISIS Array DURIP award. The ISIS Array (Intercepted Signals for Ionospheric Science) is an instrumentation network funded by the DoD DURIP program. This project is constructing a coherent software radio network capable of operating as a flexible multi-role distributed radio science instrument. ISIS hardware purchasing is complete and all components have been delivered. A complete inventory of the ISIS purchasing and cost breakdown is attached at the end of this report. We have purchased hardware for seven nodes each of which will be contained in a ruggedized transport rack. Assembly of the ISIS nodes is well underway with the first two nodes being fully completed including software configuration. The additional five are in various stages of assembly. It is expected that assembly and software configuration of all the nodes will be complete by the end of August 2005. By late summer 2006 DURIP funded nodes are likely to be deployed at Cornell, Sienna College (Albany), Dartmouth, UNH, Greenbank, UW, and Manastash Ridge (with equivalent equipment at Millstone). The ISIS Array was recently (June 2005) the subject of a workshop hosted at Haystack Observatory to discuss the array and collaborations in distributed radio science instrumentation among selected university partners.