The data will be in an active, classified archive, to be declassified at a later date. Site selection are focused on calibration sites that have on- going investigations and other imagery, and can help in interpreting the NTM datasets. The sites will permit change detection and process study sites. The total sites are around 500 sites which will average 12 images per year. The data information system will be at USGS in Reston VA, in digital form as online or nearline data.
Data access is currently via secret level access with users at secret level or above clearance.
The first date that the workshop could be organized will be August of this year. The policies of NSF regarding the review process and changes that have occurred were discussed, and a desire to have a firm policy by NSF would be good. Jim suggested there be a subcommittee assembled to discuss these issues and collect the ideas of the LTER community regarding the review process. A PI and government project leader for each site - ongoing analysis and evaluation. The CC voted unanimously to move ahead with this.