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A -- SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS FOR NASA'S MISSION TO PLANET EARTH (MTPE) SOL NRA-97-MTPE-03 DUE 051697 POC James C Dodge, Scientist, Phone (202) 358-0763, Fax (202) 358-2771, Email james.dodge@hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#NRA-97-MTPE-03. E-MAIL: James C Dodge, james.dodge@hq.nasa.gov. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (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. NASA s Global Data Integration and Validation Program, an MTPE Research and Analysis (R&A) 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 1). 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 (Type 2). This solicitation will be available electronically on the release date via the Internet at the Mission to Planet Earth Hope Page: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/ under MTPE Research Announcements or via anonymous ftp at ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/mtpe Paper copies of the NRA will be available to those who do not have access to the Internet by calling (202)358-3552 and leaving a voice mail message. Please leave your full name and address, including ZIP code, and your telephone number, including area code. This announcement will be open for the period from March 13, 1997 May 16, 1997, and proposals may be submitted at any time throughout that period. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. See Number Notes 26 and B. (0057)

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