Scientific Committee for
Oceanographic Aircraft Research

Committee Members:

Name
Institution
Email
Daniel Schwartz University of Washington schwartz@ocean.washington.edu
James Hain Associated Scientists at Woods Hole jhain@earthlink.net
Raphael Kudela UC Santa Cruz kudela@ucsc.edu
Phil McGuillivary US Coast Guard Philip.A.McGillivary@uscg.mil
Luc Lenain Scripps Institution of Oceanography llenain@ucsd.edu
Bob Bluth, (ex-officio) CIRPAS, Naval Postgraduate School rtbluth@nps.edu
Haflidi Jonsson, (ex-officio) CIRPAS, Naval Postgraduate School hjonsson@nps.edu
Roy Woods, (ex-officio) CIRPAS, Naval Postgraduate School rkwoods@nps.edu
Steven Hartz, RVTEC Rep (ex-officio) University of Alaska sjhartz@alaska.edu

SCOAR Information:

SCOAR Terms of Reference (UNOLS Charter - Annex VIII
UNOLS Charter - Annex II

Agendas, Reports, and Meeting Minutes
June 23-24, 2011 - Meeting Presentations
 
June 22-23, 2010 - Meeting Minutes
 
February 22, 2010 - Town Hall
April 2005 meeting minutes
June 11, 2009 - Phone Meeting
November 2004 meeting minutes
November 2006 meeting minutes
March 2004 meeting minutes
May 2006 meeting minutes
October 2003 meeting minutes
November 2005 meeting minutes

Upcoming Workshops


Recent Publications

McGillivary, P.A. 2010. Design Considerations for Launch & Recovery of Autonomous Systems from Ships, including Coast Guard Icebreakers. Procs. Launch & Recovery 2010, Dec.8,9, Arlington, VA.

UNOLS Establishes SCOAR to Promote Research Aircraft Facilities for U.S. Ocean Sciences - Published in Oceanography Vol 17, No. 4


UNOLS Oceanographic Aircraft Facility Information:

Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS)


Pelican OPV


Altus ST UAV


UV-18a 'Twin Otter'

Other Federal Research Aircraft Facilities and Information:

Federal Research Aircraft Brochure

Department of Energy (DOE):
http://www.pnl.gov/atmospheric/programs/raf.stm
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/aero/net/iap/index.html
  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
http://www.tc.faa.gov/
http://www.tc.faa.gov/its/cmd/visitors/data/ACT-300/rdfp.pdf
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):
http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/
http://www.wff.nasa.gov/~apb/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/
http://www.omao.noaa.gov/
http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/aircraft.htm
Information for requests: http://www.omao.noaa.gov/fleettimereq.html

National Science Foundation (NSF):
http://www.eol.ucar.edu/
http://www.hiaper.ucar.edu/
http://www.eol.ucar.edu/facilities.html
Information for requests: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/requests.html
Office of Naval Research (ONR),
Department of Defense:

http://www.cirpas.org
U.S. Naval Research Lab (NRL):
http://www.nrl.navy.mil/

Updated 06/06/2011