Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR)

DRAFT Meeting Agenda – Nov 12, 2004
To be held via web/telephone conference – Times are Eastern Standard Time

11:00 to 11:30 - Welcome and Introduction

• Welcome by SCOAR Chair and UNOLS Executive Secretary
• Introduction of participants
• Accept minutes of the March 2003 meeting
• Review Agenda for this meeting

11:30 to 12:30 - Agency and CIRPAS Reports

• UNOLS report - Mike Prince
• CIRPAS report - Bob Bluth and/or Haf Jonsson
• Overviews from federal agency representatives
  • ONR - John Freitag
  • NSF - Jim Huning (see attached report)
  • NOAA - Beth White and/or Jim McFadden
  • NASA/ICCAGRA - Cheryl Yuhas

12:30 to 1:15 - NOAF Safety Regulations & Inspections - White/Barr and CIRPAS

• Link to ICAP Safety Standards Guidelines
• NOAA Aircraft Operations Center Operations Manual (269K PDF file)

1:15 to 2:00 - Break

2:00 to 3:00 - Discussion of Guidelines for Becoming a NOAF - Flagg and Prince

• Draft Guidelines PDF or DOC file
• Federal Regs that might apply to UNOLS NOAF (PDF)

3:00 to 4:00 - SCOAR Activity Reports and Discussion

• CIRPAS Aircraft Request Form - Jonsson
• Standard instrumentation suite - Bane and Jonsson
• Scheduling and funding mechanisms - Bane and Prince

4:00 to 5:00 - Future Business

• Committee membership - SCOAR
• Action item list and assignment - SCOAR
• Next meeting - SCOAR

5:00 - Adjourn