Initial review of the JCMT Legacy Survey
At the JCMT Board meeting in November 2007, the progress and review of
the JCMT Legacy Survey (JLS) was discussed. The three surveys that use HARP
have all started their programmes. The board decided that progress of these
surveys will be reviewed by the JCMT Survey Oversight Committee (JSOC) in the fall of
2008. This review will be limited to the HARP components of these
surveys.
The Board decided that the surveys should proceed with their current
allocations (including taking the charge for time used on calibrations) during
what remained of semester 07B and all of semesters 08A, 08B and 09A. The relevant
JLS teams will be invited to prepare a document reporting on and reviewing their
progress and prospects for completing the HARP components of their survey
within their allotted time. This progress should be measured against the approved
programme of work allocated to the JLS by the JCMT Board in 2006 following
recommendations from the JCMT Survey Steering Group (JSSG). The report should also
detail how teams are managing the flow and the quality control/assurance of their
data.
An element of the review will be measuring the expected scientific
outcome of the surveys against the initially allocated programme, given the now
known performance of HARP, and the fact that overheads are charged to the
survey teams. The reports will have to include revised target or field lists,
given these new performance numbers and the time allocations they have
received. If the teams feel that the scientific outcome of their survey is
significantly compromised (compared to the approved programme), the report may
optionally include a scientific case and observing time calculation justifying the
requisite time (including overheads) to complete their approved
projects. Any such requests will be reviewed by the JSOC and presented to the JCMT
Board.
The reports have to be submitted to the JSOC for their consideration
and review so that a report can be prepared in time for the JCMT Board meeting,
scheduled for December 9-10, 2008. Reports should be submitted to Antonio
Chrysostomou (JCMT Associate Director) by October 15. A description of the
required format of the report is included below.
A more comprehensive review process for the JLS as a whole (i.e.
including the SCUBA-2 aspects of the programme) will take place approximately one
year after survey operations with SCUBA-2 begin.
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