Meeting Review: The Third NCAR Research Aircraft Fleet Workshop.

摘要

The Third NCAR Research Aircraft Fleet Workshop was held at NCAR on February 27-28, 1992, to examine and forecast the evolving needs for geosciences research aircraft to the end of the 20th century and to recommend how the configuration of the NCAR aircraft fleet should change to meet the perceived needs. The broad spectrum of participants included geoscientists with a strong history of research aircraft usage, leaders from the Atmospheric Technology Division, and other users from groups within NCAR. Because of the desire to receive the broadest possible viewpoints, distinguished representatives from outside of the usual National Science Foundation supported groups were also included. The workshops consisted of a briefing by RAF staff on the current fleet, an overview of forecast science needs and a review of new aircraft and options under consideration. The briefing was followed by presentations from the user community of their perceived future science needs as they relate to airborne platform capabilities. The workshop then broke into five working groups that focused on options and opportunities for the future NCAR/RAF fleet changes.