Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR)

DRAFT meeting agenda - March 25, 2004

Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies (CIRPAS)
3200 Imjin Road, Hangar 507 (2^nd building on right, brown 2 story)
Marina, California 93933

08:00 to 08:30

• Coffee and continental breakfast

08:30 to 09:00 - Welcome and introduction

• Welcome by CIRPAS and SCOAR Chair
• Introduction of participants
• Review Agenda
• Accept Minutes of the February and October 2003 Meetings

09:00 to 10:00 - Agency and CIRPAS reports

• Overview by Federal Agency Representatives
  • ONR - John Freitag
  • NSF - Jim Huning
  • NOAA - Beth White
  • NASA/ICCAGRA - Cheryl Yuhas
• Report by UNOLS - Mike Prince
• Report by CIRPAS - Bob Bluth

10:00 to 10:15 Break

10:15 to 11:15 - Agency and CIRPAS reports

• Continue reports as needed

11:15 to 12:00 - Observatories Initiative

• Report on Pioneer and ORION workshops - John Bane

12:00 to 13:00 Lunch

13:00 to 13:30 - EOS Article

• Report by John Bane and Dan Riemer
• Plan for completion

13:30 to 16:00 - National Oceanographic Aircraft Facility Procedures

• CIRPAS - Aircraft Request Form
• Safety regulations & Inspections
• Scheduling and Funding mechanisms
• Project planning procedures and information
• Standard instrumentation suite
• Requirements for being a UNOLS National Facility

16:00 to 16:30 - Future Business

• Committee membership
• Action item list and assignment
• Future meetings

16:30 Adjourn formal meeting - Tour of Facilities