Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft

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 McGillivary	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
SCOAR Meeting Minutes
August 14-14, 2012 - Meeting Presentations
June 23-24, 2011 - Meeting Minutes	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

SCOAR Highlights and Activities

SCOAR Member, Phil McGillivary is recognized for his advocacy and support of the use of unmanned aircraft operations in support of Arctic operations.

UNOLS/SCOAR Booth at the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting - February 20-24: Click here to see the videos that were on display.

SCOAR Publications and Other Documents of Interest

FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 -- "Arctic" Language

Chukchi and Beaufort Seas Airspace Traffic & Safety Study, April 2012, prepared by SAIC

DoD future Unmanned Systems Plan, incl. UAS: http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/usroadmap2011.pdf

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)

Request for use of Aircraft/Facility

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