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Site Evaluation Working Group (SEWG)

RFI assessment Task Force

Each potential site is required to carry out a program of RFI monitoring to provide quantitative information on RFI throughout a 12 month period following the RFI Measurement Protocol as defined in SKA Memo 37. The ISSC, through the International SKA Project Office (ISPO), is carrying out an RFI monitoring program of its own in the period April to December 2005 at the nominated candidate central sites, to provide benchmark calibrations for the local measurements and ensure uniformity in the presentation of the results. This involves month-long visits to each proposed central site by an ASTRON team under contract to the ISPO.

The Task Force on RFI Assessment is charged with assessing the radio frequency environment of each site on its own merits and identifying potential site-specific concerns that impact the ability to do radio astronomy as set out in the Science Requirements for the SKA (Memo 45). The Task Force will provide a report on its findings to the ISPO by 15 May 2006.

Members
- Albert Jan Boonstra, ASTRON, The Netherlands
- Geoffrey Bower, UC Berkeley, USA
- Steve Ellingson (chair), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
- Bill Erickson, University of Tasmania, Australia
- Andrew Lyne, Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom
- Rick Perley, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA
- Alan Rogers, Haystack observatory, USA
- Alle-Jan van der Veen, TU Delft, The Netherlands
- Philippe Zarka, Observatoire de Paris Meudon, France