1. Research to Operations
David McCarren

2. R&D to Ops Continuum ---------- Discovery ----------
Research
Development
Implementation
Operations

3. ---------- Community -----------------------------------------
Government
Discovery
Research
Development
Implementation
Operations

4. Application Development
Community
Government
Discovery
Research
Development
Implementation
Operations
Technical Readiness Levels
Fundamental Science
Basic Testing
Initial Testing
Validate
Concept Development
Application Development
Full Scale Testing
Deploy 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

5. ---------- Community -----------------------------------------
Government
Discovery
Research
Development
Implementation
Operations

6. ---------- Community -----------------------------------------
Government
NOAA Alignment ? ? ?
University PIs --- Others
-- NCAR GFDL --- ESRL MDL ----
EMC
Test Beds
----- NCO -----
Discovery
Research
Development
Implementation
Operations

7. ---------- Community -----------------------------------------
Government
NOAA Alignment ? ? ?
University PIs --- Others
-- NCAR GFDL --- ESRL MDL ----
EMC
Test Beds
----- NCO -----
Discovery
Labs
Research
FNMOC
Development
Implementation
University PIs --- Labs
Operations
Navy