T-PARC/TCS-08 Operations Plan (Draft February 2008)

T-PARC Operations Plan

Chapter 1. T-PARC Overview

• Science objectives                                                     
• Domain of interest                                                                     
• Climatology of events                                              
• Definition of Intensive Observing Period (IOP)                                                       
• T-PARC resources (facilities, deployment calendar)                                                                    

Chapter 2. Scientific Mission Planning Organization and Intensive Observing Period Definition 

• Science Steering Committee (SSC)
• Science Group                                                                 
  
• Science Director
  
• Mission Planning Team
  
• Definition of Intensive Observing Period (IOP)

 Chapter 3. Mission Implementation and Operations Support  

• Operations Center Staff and Functions
• Team 1
• Team 2
• Aircraft Support Center Staff and Functions
• Guam Aircraft Support Center
• Atsugi Aircraft Support Center
  

 Chapter 4. IOP Preparation and Support Process 

• Daily Science Meeting (DSM)
• Daily Planning Meeting (DPM) 
• Daily schedule and IOP Preparations
• Mission Update
• Pre-flight Planning Process
• Coordinated USAF/NRL Flights
• DLR Falcon Pre-flight schedule
• Taiwan DOTSTAR Aircraft Flight Preparations
• Aircraft Mission De-briefing
• Forecast preparation
  

Chapter 5. Operations and Support Center Logistics

• T-PARC Monterey Operations Center
• Aircraft Support Center Functions and Support Services
• Guam (Andersen AFB) –NRL P-3 and USAF C-130
• Japan (Atsugi NAF) –DLR Falcon 20
• Alternate Aircraft Support Sites
• Aircraft Support Centers and Alternate Sites Emergency and Evacuation Procedures

Chapter 6. Aircraft Operations (Leads: Harr/other scientists/Moore/Dirks) 

• Aircraft facilities (NRL P-3, DLR Falcon,  USAF WC-130, DOTSTAR)  (A/C PIs)
• Instrumentation (appendix?)(A/C facilities, Instrument PIs)
• Operational guidelines (A/C facilities)
• Scientific crew (staffing grid) (A/C PIs)
• Tropical genesis stage experiment design(Key instrumentation and supporting flight plans)(Black, Hawkins and Harr)
• Tropical intensification and structure stage exp. design (…) (Majumdar)       
• Extra-tropical transition stage exp. design (…) (Davis)
• Multiple aircraft coordination procedures  (SSG, A/C PIs)

Chapter 7. Sounding Operations

• Driftsonde Facility (EOL/CNES) (Draft!)
  
• Ground-based Radiosonde Stations
• Research Vessel (R/V)-based Radiosonde Stations
• Dropsondes
• Frequency Allocations for T-PARC
  

Chapter 8. Weather Forecasting and Nowcasting Support

• Daily briefing activities(Dirks/Moore/Harr)
• Forecast and nowcast teams, staffing (SSG)
• Forecast products(NPS/NRL, etc)
• Real-time products and nowcasting support requirements (Dirks/Harr/Moore)

Chapter 9. Project Communications

• Capabilities of T-PARC Monterey Operations Center (MOC)
• Internet Relay Chat Capabilities
• Aircraft Communications
• Multiple Coordination Center Communications
• Driftsonde Communications
• Provision of T-PARC Special Products
  

Chapter 10. Satellite Data and Products

• Satellite Operations
• Geostationary Satellite Data: MTSAT
• Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Data
• Passive Microwave Imager/Sounder Data
• Tailored Web Page Product Suite
• Overpass schedules for selected satellites
• Browse products for field campaign
• Satellite Data Archival at NCAR EOL
  

Chapter  11. Data and Information Management

• Introduction
  
• Data Policy
  
• Data Management Working Group
• Real-time Data Access
• Data Displays
• Data Archive and Access
  

Chapter 12. Modeling Support

• Special Real-time products and timing

                        Targeting products

                                    NCEP/UMiami Kalman filter (sensitivity regions)

                                    NRL sensitive areas from NOGAPS

                                    JMA targeting products

                                    ECMWF (maybe combined with PREVIEW)

                        COAMPS (Guam, Taiwan and Japan)

• PREVIEW program from ECMWF allows specification of region, and feature and it produces targeting and sensitive areas check Hewson pp from Hawaii

• Other Special runs for the analysis effort