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The ROSES 2018 Cassini Data Analysis Program Appendix C.10 | |
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NOTICE: Amended July 13, 2018. The use of data from the Planetary Data System's Cassini Data Release 54 has been excluded from use in this program element. Due to inconsistencies in the posted and communicated scheduled release date(s) for these data that were not recognized until after the Step-1 due date, the use of Data Release 54 is excluded from this program element. However, this amendment also creates a second Cassini Data Analysis Program Element in C.26 for proposals that require the use of those data. The due date for Step-2 proposals to this program element has been delayed to August 14, 2018 to allow proposers extra time to ascertain to whether it is more appropriate to submit to this program element or C.26. | |
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This program element continues to use a a two-step proposal submission process described in Section 2 of C.1 The Planetary Science Division Research Program Overview. Step-2 proposals are due August 14, 2018. | |
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Proposals to this program element are subject to a relevance requirement in addition to and that supersedes those detailed in the ROSES Summary of Solicitation, see Section 2.2 of this program element. Proposals that do not fulfill these requirements may be returned without review. | |
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The scope of this program was clarified and slightly modified in ROSES-2016. Proposers are expected to carefully read the solicitation and should email the program point of contact with any questions sufficiently ahead of the Step-1 proposal deadline. In addition, the NSPIRES page has a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) section that contains the answers to common questions about this program. | |
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Proposals submitted to this Program Element must include a Data Management Plan (see Appendix C.1, Section 3.6). This must be placed in a special section, no longer than two pages in length, immediately following the References and Citations section for the Scientific/Technical/Management portion of the proposal. The Individual Proposer's Archive Guide (IPAG) is available on the PPI website. | |
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The objective of the Cassini Data Analysis program(CDAP) is to enhance the scientific return of the Cassini mission by broadening the scientific participation in the analysis and interpretation of the data returned by the mission. Other mission and nonmission data sets may be used to supplement these data in a supporting role, but all proposals must require the use of data from the Cassini mission. | |
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Proposals that use Cassini mission data from the PDS Cassini Data Release 54 are not responsive to this solicitation and must rather be submitted to C.26, Cassini Data Analysis Program: PDS Cassini Data Release 54. This exclusion affects all data products in Release 54, regardless of when the data were publicly available via the PDS. Proposers are referred the relevant PDS Node to determine whether their proposal is affected by this exclusion. Any proposal submitted to this solicitation that uses data from Release 54 is non-compliant and will be declined for funding. [Added July 13, 2018] | |
Critical Dates | ||
Step 1 Proposal Due Date | Data Included in PDS by | Step 2 Proposal Due Date |
06/01/18 | 07/02/18 | 08/14/18 |
Mission data are available from the Planetary Data System (PDS). | ||
Cassini Data Available at PPI | ||
Inst ID | Instrument | |
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CAPS | Cassini Plasma Spectrometer | |
INMS | Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer | |
MAG | Magnetometer | |
MIMI | Magnetospheric Imaging Instrument | |
RPWS | Radio and Plasma Wave Science | |
Voyager Data Available at PPI | ||
Voyager 1 Saturn | ||
Voyager 2 Saturn | ||
Pioneer 11 Data Available at PPI | ||
Pioneer 11 Saturn | ||
Other Data Within PDS | |
The following Discipline Nodes also have Cassini information pages: | |
Atmospheres Node Cartography and Imaging Sciences Node Ring-Moon Systems Node Small Bodies Node | |
Ancillary data (SPICE files) for Cassini can be obtained from the NAIF Node | |
This Program solicits research proposals to conduct scientific investigations utilizing data obtained by the Cassini mission. For the purposes of this solicitation, "data" is understood to include both uncalibrated and calibrated data, as well as higher-order data products produced from the mission data. Science investigations may include the use of data from any spacecraft not supported by a separate Planetary Science Division Data Analysis Program and may contain outer solar system comparative planetology studies that require the use of Cassini data for at least one of the bodies of focus. All proposals to CDAP must identify and address a clear objective with science research that would be a significant, not incremental, advance in the state of knowledge of the research topic. Proposals to this Program Element must follow the rules for use of mission data given in Appendix C.1 The Planetary Science Division Research Program Overview, Section 3.4, which states: Spacecraft mission data to be used in proposed work must be available in the Planetary Data System (PDS) or an equivalent, publicly accessible archive at least 30 days prior to the full proposal submission deadline. |
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