Survey Strategy

The characteristics of the LSST surveys (e.g. placement of fields, cadence and survey depth) will influence both the scope and content of the LSST GSC science effort. This page contains technical reports produced by the LSST GSC that provide input to the Project on survey characteristics. The reports can also be found in the Technical Reports section of this website.

Input into commissioning surveys

The Collaboration has collected ideas from its members on potential locations and depths of Commissioning fields that would be most advantageous to its infrastructure effort. These ideas have been collated in the spreadsheet below and have recently been turned into a document which provides formal Commissioning input from the LSST GSC to the LSST Project.

Input into survey cadence

The Collaboration has produced a cadence note that summarizes the LSST GSC's responses to the questions posed to the community regarding LSST's cadence strategy.