Posted by Bin Chen | May 14, 2025 | Meeting Announcements

We are pleased to announce the inaugural Owens Valley Solar Arrays (OVSA) Summer School and Workshop, which will be held from July 21–23 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). OVSA is an integrated community facility supported by the National Science Foundation. It includes the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) operating in the microwave regime (1-18 GHz), as well as the solar and space weather aspects of the newly commissioned Long Wavelength Array at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO-LWA), which operates in the meter-decameter wavelength regime (13–87 MHz). 

Participants will engage with a combination of lectures, practical tutorials, and science sessions. Topics will include: 1) Fundamentals of radio interferometry, antenna/receiver/digital systems, calibration and synthesis imaging, radio emission processes, and spectral diagnostics; 2) Introduction to OVSA instrumentation, data products, and hands-on tutorials; 3) Presentations of related science results. Participants will also gain experience with data analysis tools commonly used in the radio and solar physics community, particularly Python-based workflows. Experienced researchers and OVSA team members will lead the lectures and tutorials.

Anyone who is interested in using solar radio data in their research is encouraged to attend. No prior experience with radio data is required, though a background in solar/space physics is helpful. All the data tutorials will be based on Python/Jupyter Notebook. Some experience with Python programming is recommended.

Registration and (optional) abstract submission will be due on June 30. A limited amount of travel support will be available, which will be prioritized to support students and early career scientists. The registration form includes an option to request travel support. To be considered, registration and the travel support application must be submitted by June 15. For more information and to register for the meeting, please visit: https://sites.google.com/njit.edu/ovsa2025.

SOC: Bin Chen (chair), Sijie Yu (co-chair), Xingyao Chen, Surajit Mondal, Pascal Saint-Hilaire, Peijin Zhang
LOC: Xingyao Chen (chair), Gelu Nita, Yuqian Wei