  After operating as a High Energy Physics electron-positron collider, the
Cornell Electron-positron Storage Ring (CESR) has been converted to become a
dedicated synchrotron light source for the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron
Source (CHESS). Over the course of several years CESR was adapted for
accelerator physics research as a test accelerator, capable of studying topics
relevant to future damping rings, colliders and light sources. Initially some
specific topics were targeted for accelerator physic research with the storage
ring in this mode, labeled CesrTA. These topics included 1) tuning techniques
to produce low emittance beams, 2) the study of electron cloud (EC) development
in a storage ring and 3) intra-beam scattering effects. The complete conversion
of CESR to CesrTA occurred over a several year period, described elsewhere. A
number of specific instruments were developed for CesrTA. Much of the
pre-existing instrumentation was modified to accommodate the scope of these
studies and these are described in a companion paper. To complete this
research, a number of procedures were developed or modified, often requiring
coordinated measurements among different instruments. This paper provides an
overview of types of measurements employed for the study of beam dynamics
during the operation of CesrTA.
