Deployment Schedule

Changes were made to the schedule for DCOTSS field activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aircraft integration and test flights took in Palmdale, CA during 2021. Late- and early-summer field deployments to Salina, KS were carried out in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

	Length	Deployment Start	First Flight*	Last Flight*	Deployment End
2021 Deployments
Integration and Testing	5 weeks	May 10	June 9	June 17	June 19
Late-Summer	9 weeks**	July 6	July 12	August 23	August 26
2022 Deployment
Early Summer	12 weeks***	April 25	May 29	July 12	July 17

*For the deployments to Salina, the first and last flight dates are the dates of 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