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Title	382: Transport and turbulence characterization experiment
Name:	Edward Doyle doyle@fusion.gat.com	Affiliation:	University of California, Los Angeles
Research Area:	Steady State Heating and Current Drive	Presentation time:	Not requested
Co-Author(s):	Rhodes, McKee, Schmitz	ITPA Joint Experiment :	No
Description:	Transport and turbulence teams have not been fully engaged with steady-state experiments. Best place to start is to obtain transport reference and turbulence characterization discharges for leading DIII-D scenarios.	ITER IO Urgent Research Task :	No
Experimental Approach/Plan:	Obtain turbulence and transport documentation for the four leading steady-state scenarios on DIII-D, viz q_min~1.5, q_min > 2, ITER steady-state scenario, and off axis-NBI scenario. This requires repeat shots of discharges from each scenario to vary beam mix (BES versus CER), DBS wavenumbers, and CECE location.
Background:	Transport is the limiting factor in steady-state experiment. Confinement varies between campaigns/years and between scenarios - i.e. ITER steady-state scenario had unexpectedly good confinement, while confinement in other regimes has deteriorated. This argues for obtaining transport and turbulence documentation/reference shots for our key steady-state scenarios.
Resource Requirements:	8 beams, all gyrotrons
Diagnostic Requirements:	BES, DBS, CECE
Analysis Requirements:
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