Deployment Schedule

Changes have been made to the schedule for DCOTSS field activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aircraft integration and test flights will take place in Palmdale, CA during 2021. Late- and early-summer field deployments to Salina, KS are scheduled for 2021 and 2022, respectively.

	Length	Deployment Start	First Flight*	Last Flight*	Deployment End
2021 Deployments
Integration and Testing	5 weeks	May 3	June 9	June 15	June 17
Late-Summer	9 weeks**	July 6	July 12	August 26	September 3
2022 Deployment
Early Summer	12 weeks***	April 25	May 16	July 7	July 15

*For the deployments to Salina, the first and last flight dates are the scheduled dates for the transit flights between Palmdale, CA and Salina, KS.
**Includes download.
***Dates are approximate; includes upload and download.

Aircraft and Instrumentation

Description of the aircraft and instruments

Radar

Description of the NEXRAD radar network and the GridRad data product

Satellites and Satellite Instruments

Description of the satellite data to be used during DCOTSS

Models

Description of the models to be used during DCOTSS