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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 15, 2004 FBO #0993
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- GOES-R Sea Surface Temperature Analysis Development

Notice Date

8/13/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

927110 — Space Research and Technology
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
 

ZIP Code

20910
 

Solicitation Number

NE-EK0000-4-00330
 

Response Due

9/27/2004
 

Archive Date

9/30/2004
 

Point of Contact

Jay Moore, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-713-4751, Fax 301-427-2164, - Jay Moore, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-713-4751, Fax 301-427-2164,
 

E-Mail Address

jay.moore@noaa.gov, jay.moore@noaa.gov
 

Description

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, Series R (GOES-R) program, under the National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service (NESDIS), Office of Systems Development (OSD), proposes to enter into a contract with Hampton University, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, of Hampton, VA. The authority for execution of this proposed contract by NOAA is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), ?only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements?. The term of the contract will be for 12 months, with two (2) 12-month options for extensions to the term of performance. The estimated value of this study during the first year, and for each of the succeeding years, is $140,000/yr. During the initial year of performance, and expanding in the second and third year, the Hampton University will develop an analysis capability to generate sea surface temperature products that will be used in studies aimed at preparing for the utilization of raw, cloudy Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), and Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) data. These data will be grouped with retrieved cloud properties from space based instruments, such as MODIS and AIRS, to develop three and four dimensional variational data collection techniques using cloudy radiances, to specify sea surface temperature and surface state products affected by clouds. Included in this study will be development of a Radiative Transfer Model capable of processing the large amount of hyper spectral radiance data needed to complete the analyses. In a subsequent stage of this study an airborne platform will be used to test the model. These data will allow the principal GOES-R instruments, HES and ABI, to optimize the observation data for atmospheric and sea surface states with enhanced model-generated background fields that will generate the optimal sea surface temperature products. This study is integral to developing a model that can assimilate the large volume of radiances to derive the sea surface products that will leverage observations captured by the HES and ABI instruments. The collaborative team led by Dr. William L. Smith of Hampton University is the single, uniquely qualified team capable of developing, testing, and validating sea surface products using the RTM model that they will develop, and the associated space-based observation products. The study team led by Dr. Smith has spent considerable time, and acquired unique expertise in this field, developing surface product algorithms based on radiative observations for the NPOESS program. Therefore, this Hampton University team has the unique knowledge that can only be gained though having designed, tested, and analyzed similar, related sea surface observational modeling techniques, databases, and platforms. The singular expertise and resources of the Hampton University, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, cannot be secured from other public or private institutions. Any other party desiring consideration for this requirement must identify its full capability in writing to the Contracting Officer within 45 days of this publication. No RFP or solicitation is available. No further CBD notice is planned. IMPORTANT CONTRACT INFO: POC: Jay W. Moore; (301) 713-1055, extension 159; 1335 E. W. Highway, Rm. 6213, M/S E/OSD, Silver Spring, MD 20910. jay.moore@noaa.gov. SEE NOTES 22, 25 and 26.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Hampton University, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, 135 Marshall Avenue, Hampton, VA

Zip Code: 23668

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00643337-W 20040815/040813211819 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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