The following outlines a plan for monitoring the flow of SOI investigations. All SOI science investigations will proceed through a well defined set of steps, from the submission of an Investigation through to the publication of results. Proposals will preferably be submitted by an investigator (P, Co, A, or G) via a WWW form. There will be a "page" generated for each investigation that will contain the description of the investigation, the required resources and the status of the investigation. Links may be provided to the full text of the proposal, to associated descriptions of MDI Observing Sequences, MDI Analysis Modules and Pipelines, and abstracts or full text reports of findings. The history will be updated as each step below is completed. The Investigation Page will be linked to the publicly accessible SOI home page starting with Step 5. Steps will be skipped as appropriate. In the case of analysis only, for example, steps 6 through 15 would be skipped. The goal is to move plans through the initial steps as quickly as practical. The purpose of some of the steps is to insure prompt action by providing a clear procedure.
| # | Responsible | Step | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead Investigator | Submit Proposal | Proposal for investigation submitted via WWW form. Investigator should fill in as many entries as possible. |
| 2 | Margie Stehle | Assign ID | The submitted proposal is acknowledged, registered, and assigned an ID number. |
| 3 | Todd Hoeksema | Preliminary Evaluation |
In consultation with the PI and Science Team Leaders, the proposal is
evaluated for SOI appropriateness, overlap with mission objectives and
existing investigations, resource availability (MDI, SSSC, etc.), and
relationship to MDI observing programs (Structure, Dynamics, Campaign,
Magnetic).
A recommendation will be made to the PI within a short time. |
| 4 | Phil Scherrer | Accept/Reject |
The proposal is accepted or rejected, subject to the rules of the
team associated with the scientific goals of the proposal.
Appeal of decisions may be made to the SOI Advisory Committee which is Alan Title, Douglas Gough, and Juri Toomre. |
| 5 | Todd Hoeksema | Inform Investigator |
Assign
Local Coordinator in consultation with local group leaders.
Inform lead investigator of proposal disposition. Publish the abstract and text of the proposal on the SOI WWW pages (http://soi.stanford.edu/science/proposals/rcvd.html). Notify associated science team of new proposal. |
| 6 | Local Coordinator and Lead Investigator | Develop Investigation |
The requirements for the investigation are studied in detail.
Any required MDI Observing Sequences are developed by the investigation team and approved by one of Instrument Team members. The required Analysis Modules and pipelines for level-1 and 2 processing are developed by the investigation team and approved by e.g. Rick Bogart or Jim Aloise. Coordination with collaborative experiments on SOHO, other S/C, or ground is begun. The investigation page(s) are updated. |
| 7 | Local Coord. & Lead Investigator as advocates | Assign Priority | The investigation description and requirements are presented at an SOI team meeting. The scientific riority is determined by the SOI team. The monthly meetings consider the priorities in making a plan. |
| 8 | Local Coord. & Lead Inv. as advocates | Include in Monthly Plan | Include in strawman plan for next two months at a Monthly SOI science planning meeting. These are held on a regularly scheduled day of each month and are open to all SOI team members. |
| 9 | Rock Bush | Coarse Schedule | At the weekly science operations meeting the observations are scheduled and assigned a relative priority for the week. |
| 10 | MDI Operations Team | Make Observations |
The Operations team performs a command requirements analysis (approved
by Rock Bush or his designee or Jake Wolfson or his designee). The MDI
Observer then schedules the required command uploads, then schedules
the observations (by submitting the required files to the SOHO
Operations), and verifies the completion of the observations.
An Observation Log is maintained. |
| 11 | SSSC Operations | Receive and Process Observations |
The SSSC operations group receives telemetry files from GSFC, ingests
the data, processes through Level-0 based on contents of the data, and
archives the raw and level-0 datasets. The SSSC Operations Manager
verifies receipt, processing, and redundant archiving through Level-0
and notifies GSFC that the data has been received.
The SSSC Operations group also processes the MDI Observation Log and cross references the received data with the investigation plans to determine the proper level-1 and level-2 pipelines. Processing is scheduled. The Level-1 and above pipelines are run. Level-1 and some Level-2 products are archived. Statistical abstracts of the data are prepared. The Local coordinator and lead investigator are notified at the beginning and end of processing. |
| 12 | Local Coord. and Lead Inv. | Accept Data Products | The Local Coordinator and Lead Investigator examine the data products and data quality summaries and certify the data as acceptable for further analysis |
| 13 | SSSC Operations | Mark Data Available | The SSSC Operations group updates data catalogs and marks the data as available to the Lead Investigator and sets a timer (6 months or 1 year?) for exclusive publication rights by the Investigation Team. |
| 14 | Investigation Team | Detailed Analysis | The proposing team begins detailed analysis. The Lead Investigator will be expected to provide progress reports at each SOI Team meeting. |
| 15 | Investigation Team | Publication | The results are presented at a SOI Quarterly/Monthly team meeting and are submitted for normal publication. Copies of all publications are delivered to the SOI project office. The Lead Investigator will ask the Local Coordinator to check the draft publications for MDI and SSSC technical accuracy prior to submission. Authorship of papers depends on arrangements between the Investigator Team and Local Coordinator made in conjunction with Science Team requirements and agreed upon during the Investigation Development phase, although authors can obviously always be added later. |