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VOCALS OPERATIONS PLAN (Draft - updated 1 August 2008)
The following document represents the working version of the VOCALS-REx Field Operations Plan and describes the daily operations procedures that must be carried out to gather the data as specified in the VOCALS-REx Scientific Plan Overview.
Chapter 1. VOCALS-REx Operations Overview
- Introduction to the VOCALS Regional Experiment (REx)
- Scientific Objectives
- VOCALS-REx Study Area
- VOCALS-REx Participating Facilities and Resources
- VOCALS-REx Field Schedule and Timeline
Chapter 2. VOCALS-REx Operations Centers
Chapter 3. VOCALS REx Mission Planning and Implementation
- VOCALS Science Team
- Daily Planning Process
- Mission Implementation Process
Chapter 4. VOCALS-REx Aircraft Operations
- Aircraft specifications, instrumentation, and operational guidelines
- Aircraft Operational Bases
- Aircraft Flight Plans
- Multiple aircraft coordination
- Calibration and Intercomparison Flights
- Scientific crew roster
Chapter 5. VOCALS-REx Sounding Operations
- NCAR GAUS System at Iquique
- NCAR GAUS System on R/V José Olaya
- Ron Brown Soundings (missing)
- Paposo Landsite
- Antofagasta National Weather Service Station
Chapter 6. VOCALS-REx Ship Operations
(input from Fairall needed, Oscar Pizarro reg. Peruvian, Yuter reg. radar ops)
- Research vessel specification and instrumentation
- Ship tracks and sampling strategy
- Radar Operations
- Sounding Operations
- Oceanographic measurements
- Meteorological measurements
Chapter 7. Communications
- VOCALS Communications Plan
- Facility and control notification
- Aircraft coordination (incl. Pre-flight briefings and debriefings)
- RV coordination
- Sounding coordination
- Emergency procedures
Chapter 8. VOCALS Data and Information Management
- Data Management Timeline
- Data Management Strategy
- Real-time Data Access
- Data Archive and Access
- Special field data products
Chapter 9. Education and Outreach
- Activities
- Contact information
Chapter 10. Site Logistics
- Airport (including fuel) services
- Customs Shipping info
- Travel info
- Housing info
Chapter 11. Appendices
- Collaborating groups/agencies