8.0 SCHEDULES

 

8.1 Project Major Milestones

Table 8.1-1  Project Major Milestones

Date

Description

January 28, 2000

Release NRA

August 7, 2000

Notification to PIs of Selection

June, 26, 2000

First Science Team Meeting

January 2, 2001

Begin P-3B and DC-8 Integration

February 22, 2001

Begin P-3B Deployment

February 26, 2001

Begin DC-8 Deployment

April 8, 2001

Complete DC-8 Deployment

April 10, 2001

Complete P-3B Deployment

July 20, 2001

Preliminary Data to GTE Archive

November 1, 2001

Data Workshop # 1

December 1, 2001

Final Data Archive to Science Team

February 8, 2002

Public Release of Final Archive

April 22, 2002

Data Workshop # 2

July 10, 2002

Science Manuscripts to Journal

 

 

8.2Data Archival and Publications Schedule

Table 8.2-1 shows the schedule of the data-related activities as established by the Science Team or assigned by the GTE Project Office to insure timely publication of results and release of the data to the public.

 

Table 8.2-1  Data Archival and Publication Schedule

Description

Date

Mission Ends

April 10, 2001

Preliminary Flight Data into Archive (referred to as “Field Data”)

24 hours after flight completion

Merge of Field Data available on Team ftp site

May 1, 2001

Distribution of Aircraft and Project Data available from archive

June 30, 2001

Verification of “Field Data” validity or replacement

July 10, 2001

Preliminary archive available on Team ftp site

July 20, 2001

Blue/Green Books to Science Team; based on preliminary data August 15, 2001

Merge of Preliminary data available on Team ftp site

August 15, 2001

Data Workshop #1; select scientific journal & conference for presentation

November 1, 2001

PIs submit final flight data to archive

December 1, 2001

Merge of final data available on Team ftp site

January 15, 2002

Final archive available on Public ftp site

February 8, 2002

Blue/Green Books to Science Team; based on final data  February 15, 2002

Submit model products to archive

February 15, 2002

Results-oriented Workshop # 2

April 22, 2002

Special Publication Preliminary manuscripts available to Science Team

April 22, 2002

Special Publication Manuscripts to Journal

July, 10, 2002

 

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