Strawman list of S1 detector characterization investigations
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       (for discussion at June 14, 2002 telecon)

Tool refinement investigations focussed on understanding GW channel
(includes comparisons of existing tools in getting the job done)

* Calibration stability (tracking injected lines & shape changes, alignment)

* Violin modes (tracking, thresholding, understanding ring-up)

* Spectral distortion (non-stationary noise, gain peaking, ...)

* Steady-state correlations (e.g., quantify strength, graph in realtime)

* Glitches (rates, causes)

* Bilinear couplings (quantification, causes)


General investigations of environment

* Quantify correlated environmental transients between sites

* Identify & catalog environmental disturbances

* Verifying data against tidal prediction


System verification

* Timing precision

* Data integrity

* Data access

* Hardware astrophysical signal injection