The Project Requests Online (PRESTO) is the submission platform to request one or more of the NSF Lower Atmosphere Observing Facilities (LAOF). The LAOF includes facilities managed by the NCAR/Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) and the University of Wyoming and are part of the Facilities for Atmospheric Research and Education (FARE) program.
PRESTO is managed and maintained by the EOL in collaboration with the ACCESS Resource Allocations Marketplace and Platform Services (RAMPS) (formerly XRAS). PRESTO guides investigators interested in requesting LAOF through a set of online forms to provide the required documentation. Listed below are step-by-step instructions to prepare the request information, access the online system, and submit the facility request forms.
With the development of the Next Generation King Air, the University of Wyoming will be unable to support any flight requests before December 2023. Read up-to-date progress reports on the next-generation Wyoming King Air.
Step-by-step request guidance
Step 1: Create an ACCESS (formerly XSEDE) user account
Step 2: Prepare PDFs to upload
Step 3: Access the LAOF Facility Request forms
Step 4: Provide form question responses
Step 5: Save and continue editing
Step 6: Submit the Facility Request form
Before accessing the PRESTO Facility Request forms, an ACCESS user account must be created (unless you already have an account). If you already have an ACCESS (XSEDE) account, go to the Existing User instructions. If not, go to the New User instructions.
Your ACCESS credentials are the same credentials you will use to log into PRESTO.
Prepare the following required and supplemental documents for upload to PRESTO based on the NSF-determined Track. Please note that PRESTO only accepts documents for upload that are in PDF format.
Track 1 | Education & Outreach
Prepare the following required PDF
Track 2 | Single Facility Requests
Prepare the following required PDF
Track 3 | Field Campaigns
Prepare the following required PDFs
Prepare the following supplementary PDFs; they are not required but helpful
Go to the Projects Request Online (PRESTO) to complete the Facility Request form.
For further assistance, please contact the PRESTO Team: eol-presto@ucar.edu
1The ACCESS Resource Allocations Marketplace and Platform Services (RAMPS) is an NSF-funded program (Award Number: 2138259) to develop an unprecedented, comprehensive, advanced digital services cyberinfrastructure (CI) to enable transformative open science and engineering research and innovative training and educational programs. The RAMPS project is transforming the process of allocation for the ever-evolving range of NSF-funded resources in the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) ecosystem. This ecosystem includes many of the most powerful computing, storage, and related cyberinfrastructure resources available to the U.S. research community. These resources provide essential capabilities for advancing science and education across all fields of science. The RAMPS allocation environment offers a welcoming gateway that inspires collaboration and participation in the pursuit of scientific discovery while continuing to provide an essential gatekeeping function when necessary to balance demand for resources with the available supply.