--NRA-97-MTPE-03
NASA announces the solicitation of proposals for scientific investigations and activities in support of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE) Program that will quantify and/or improve the accuracy of geophysical measurements derived from current satellite observations and from the initial Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite sensors.
Two types of proposals are requested by this announcement. (Type 1) NASA's "Global Data Integration and Validation Program," an MTPE Research and Analysis Program, is requesting proposals to determine the geophysical measurement accuracies of data from current or historical research and operational satellite sensors; to conduct studies of the time and space variability of the derived geophysical parameters, including uncertainties; and to analyze the impacts of these uncertainties on subsequent interpretations and applications. (Type 2) NASA's EOS Program requests proposals for investigations and activities that will enhance, supplement, and/or complement activities planned by the EOS Instrument and Interdisciplinary Science Teams to characterize and validate the accuracy of remotely-sensed geophysical parameters derived by the Instrument Science Teams from measurements by EOS satellite sensors in the AM-1 time frame.
This solicitation is available electronically at the MTPE home page: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/ under "MTPE Research Announcements," or via anonymous ftp at ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/mtpe. Paper copies are available to those who do not have access to the Internet by calling (202) 358-3552 and leaving a voice mail message with your full name and address including zip code, and your telephone number including area code.
Questions regarding this NRA can be addressed to NASA Headquarters, Code YS, Washington, DC 20546, Attn.: Dr. James Dodge, telephone (202) 358-0763, Fax (202) 358-2770, e-mail: jdodge@hq.nasa.gov. For questions regarding the EOS Type 2 proposal, please contact Dr. David Starr, telephone (301) 286-9129, e-mail: starr@climate.gsfc.nasa. gov.
Letters of intent are due April 17, 1997; proposals are due May 16, 1997.