Appendix VI
Science Liaison Functions
Office Composition
Present
- Don Moller (with a lot of involvement & assistance from Ruth &
Barbara)
Proposed
- Coordinator/Science
- Liaison/Scheduler
- Assistant Coordinator
- Staff Assistant II
Pre-Proposal Phase
- Providing assistance to PI's regarding:
- Capabilities
- Costs
- Weather windows
- Instrumentation
- EEZ issues and diplomatic clearances
- Connecting PI's with similar geographic and or scientific interests,
etc.
- Advertising and salesmanship
Scheduling Phase
In close coordination with the Port Office, Ships, Deep Submergence Operations
Group ship technicians and community input, put together proposed schedules
of:
- Three large ships
- Coastal SWATH
- Submersibles
Cruise Preparation Phase
- Prepare cruise plan/prospectus using:
- Pre-cruise meetings
- Electronic planning tools
- These will include:
- WHOI (and science-provided) instrumentation
- Financial arrangements
- Logistics planning
- Foreign clearances
- Special manning
Execution Phase
- Monitoring and assisting as needed each cruise mobilization and demobilization
- Post-cruise feedback
- Billing
- Data disposition
- Archiving
- Post-cruise reports
- Science feedback/lessons-learned