SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Consulting Services in Support of the USGS Lunar Calibration Program
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, USGS - All Offices, U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APS BRANCH OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS3020 STATE UNIVERSITY DR. EAST, MODOC HALL STE 2002 SACRAMENTO CA 95819
- ZIP Code
- 95819
- Solicitation Number
- 09WR05-NoSolicitation
- Response Due
- 5/29/2009
- Archive Date
- 5/21/2010
- Point of Contact
- DICK PAPROCKI CONTRACTING SPECIALIST 9162789327 ;<br />
- E-Mail Address
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- Description
- STATEMENT OF WORKForConsulting Services to the USGS Lunar Calibration ProgramPrepared by: Thomas C. Stone, USGS Western Region, Astrogeology Team20 March, 20091.0 INTRODUCTIONThe US Geological Survey, Geologic Division, Astrogeology Team, in Flagstaff, AZ, requires a contract for consu Iting services in support of the USGS Lunar Cal ibration program.2.0 BACKGROUNDThe USGS Astrogeology Team has pursued a NASA-sponsored project to provide the Moon as a radiometric reference source for calibration of remote sensing instruments in orbit around the Earth. This capability has been developed by photometric modeling to fit an extensive set ofobservations of the Moon acquired at the USGS by the Robotic Lunar Observatory (ROLO). The observatory facility, data reduction systems, lunar photometric models, and techniques for applying lunar calibration were developed under previous contracts with NASA.The USGS Lunar Calibration program receives continuing funding from NASA under contract NNG08HV32I. The Principal Investigator and Project Scientist is Dr. Thomas Stone. Activities of this program include reduction of the large and unique ROLO dataset to cal ibrated lunar images, development/refinement of spectral irradiance and radiance models of the Moon, and the continued application of these models to the specific geometries of lunar observations made by spacecraft in orbit around the Earth. The USGS also fields requests from government-agency satellite programs, domestic and foreign, for assistance in planning lunar calibration campaigns. The NASA research proposal that has provided continued funding for the Lunar Calibration program has budgeted for consulting services to assist with project tasks.3.0 SCOPEThe contracted work advances the efforts of the USGS Lunar Calibration program in the areas of: I) reduction of the ROLO observational data, including lunar and stellar imagery and observatory operations engineering data; 2) refinement of the lunar photometric models used for calibration of spacecraft observations of the Moon; and 3) planning for lunar observations by Earth-orbiting satellites.4.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS4.1Proposal to NASA ROSES-2006 announcement NNH06ZDA001N-EOS entitled " Enabling Longterm Consistent Calibration of EOS and NPP Data and Products Using the Moon," proposal number 06-EOS/06-0129.5.0TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS5.1 The contractor shall develop an algorithm and software for high-accuracy location of the center and limb of the Moon in ROLO images.5.1.1 Software shall be implemented as an IDL program to automatically process a list ofROLO image cubes and produce an output a file containing the cube identifier filenames and arrays of the location results for each band in each cube.5.1.2 The software routine shall be tested on a set of image cubes supplied by the USGS.5.1.3 The results shall include a report of runtime timing.5.2 The contractor shall process ROLO temperature sensor data and compare these with stellar irradiance residuals (both datasets to be supplied by USGS).5.2.1 The contractor shall determine any consistent relation, and shall research potential correction algorithms.5.3 The contractor shall process the inventory ofROLO stellar irradiance measurements and determine potential contamination by direct illumination by moonlight.5.3.1 The contractor shall compute the position of the Moon at the time of each ROLO star observation and produce a list of all star images for which the Moon was within a given range of angle from the star; specifically, an angular range around 8 degrees for which moonlight could have been incident directly on the ROLO detector focal plane.5.4 The contractor shall study the ROLO irradiance model inputs and coefficients (version 311 or later) to address a discontinuity in model results between the VNIR and SWIR bands at the wavelength crossover.5.4.1 The contractor shall research model forms that minimize this discontinuity across the full ROLO phase angle range without significantly increasing the model fit residuals.5.5 The contractor shall provide a software system for planning lunar calibration observations by spacecraft in low Earth orbit.5.5.1 The software system shall be designed to work for any lunation within 30 years forward from the contract period of performance, based on a spacecraft orbit specified by either general sunsynchronous orbital parameters or a set ofNORAD two-line elements.5.5.2 The software system shall include user-adjustable inputs to specify: allowable phase angle range, definition of sensor focal plane layout, spacecraft attitude acceleration and velocity capabilities, desired sensor scan rates, and desired coverage of space beyond the edge of the Moon.5.5.3 The software system shall accommodate user-selection of the lunations that meet observation requirements, user-selection ofa particular spacecraft revolution from a table of conditions for the selected lunation, and shall produce a "waypoint" table of spacecraft pointing directions and times that would scan the Moon successively across the sensor focal plane as desired.5.5.4The software system outputs shall include an estimate of the attitude maneuver energy requirements, based upon spacecraft moments of inertia.6.0DELIVERABLESThe contractor shall provide deliverables in accordance with the Reporting Requirements Checklist.REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CHECKLISTThe contractor shall provide to the USGS Lunar Calibration Project Scientist:I. Software and test results as described for Technical Requirements 5.1 and 5.5 above.2.Written reports for Technical Requirements 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 above.3.Periodic and final reporting on the Technical Requirements above, delivered at a time and in a format to be determined by the USGS Project Scientist. It is the intent of USGS to award this task to Dr. Hugh Kieffer of Celestial Reasonings of Genoa, NV, due to his unique expertise in this field. Should you believe you have the capabilities to execute the above-stated effort, please contact Dick Paprocki, USGS Contract Specialist, no later than May 29, 2009, at (916) 278-9327 or rpaprocki@usgs.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Geological SurveyGeologic Division Astrogeology TeamFlagstaff, AZ<br />
- Zip Code: 86001<br />
- Zip Code: 86001<br />
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