NAWDEX - North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

h1. Planning Procedures

h2. (1) NAWDEX Field Phase

 * *Flight Planning Phase:*

   ** 12 September – 19 October 2016 

   ** first possible flight: 19 Sep 2016 

   ** last possible flight: 16 Oct 2016

 * *Transfers:* 

   ** HALO:      Thu, 15 September (to Keflavik) and Wed, 19 October (to OP)

   ** Falcon:    Sat, 17 September (to Keflavik) and Wed, 19 October (to OP) 

 * *Planning for the first days in Iceland*

   ** *Thu, 15 Sep*: 	arrival of HALO and most of the flight planning and instrument teams 

   ** *Fri, 16 Sep*: 	setup of the operation center and offices at the airport, flight planning with an announcement of first plans for Mon 19 Sep

   ** *Sat, 17 Sep*:  	potential day-off for HALO

   ** *Sun, 18 Sep*: 	kick-off-meeting (9-10 UTC)

   ** *Mon, 19 Sep*: 	first possible flight day

h2. (2) Information Transfer 

 * *NAWDEX Campaign Wiki*

   ** Information about daily schedule, flight plans, weather etc. is communicated via the NAWDEX Wiki

   ** The NAWDEX Wiki is editable by all participants (upon registration)

   ** The *Wiki’s main page* shows all essential information on: a Daily Schedule, the responsibilities, a planning summary matrix and instrument status 

   ** All documents will be made available on the NAWDEX wiki page, daily reports are linked on separate campaign day pages: e.g. https://internal.wavestoweather.de/nawdex/projects/nawdex/wiki/Daily_Report_2016_09_19  

   ** The Wiki provides *templates* for all reports: https://internal.wavestoweather.de/nawdex/projects/nawdex/wiki/Templates

 * *NAWDEX broadcasting via Adobe Connect*

   ** Meetings will be available via live stream with the *Adobe Connect System (Information will follow)*

   ** It will not be possible of oral contributions for people outside Iceland. A real-time messe

   ** People that have comments from outside are welcome to send information to (needs to be decided, could be done by the technical manager (see description of responsibilities below) or a call to the operation center during the day.

o	REAL TIME MESSenging

h2. (3) Daily Schedule	

h2. (4) Coordination with other Aircraft/Ground-Based Observation:

h2. (5) Responsibilities

h2. (6) Reports