Regional Class Science
Mission Requirements Workshop
A
workshop was held on August 15-16th in Salt Lake City, Utah to draft
a report containing science mission requirements for the Regional Class vessels
that would aid in concept designs.
As a
result of the workshop a draft Regional Class SMR report was prepared and available
for community review and input throughout the fall 2002. In March of 2003, the UNOLS Council approved
the SMRs, version 1 as final. The
detailed SMR is comprehensive document that attempts to provide enough detail
to guide the design and build cycle from concept designs to outfitting of the
finished vessel. This makes for a much longer document than previous versions
of SMRs, but we hope this will serve to ensure that important details are
considered starting at the earliest stages of design.