LOFAR, NenuFAR, and SKA-France management

Publié le 14 janvier 2021 par Mickaël Coriat.

This service task of SNO SKATE brings together the management activities of the FR606 station of LOFAR and NenuFAR, as well as the governance of SKA-France.

For LOFAR :

 Manage the relations with the ILT
 Ensure the link between FR606 and the ILT consortium ("standalone" mode) as well as with the other international stations of the network
 Manage FR606’s planning in standalone mode in the medium term
 Monitor and manage the evolution of local instruments on FR606

For NenuFAR :

 Manage calls for proposals for observation,
 Ensure the link between NenuFAR and the ILT consortium for the observations in "LOFAR superstation" mode
 Manage the scheduling of NenuFAR
 Monitor and manage the instrumentation.

For SKA-France, it is about steering the project at the French level, via the "maison SKA-France" at the current stage.