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A -- MW POLARIMETRY FOR OCEAN SURFACE WIND SOL 52-SPNA-7-00022 DUE 083097 POC Jay W. Moore, 8455 Colesville Rd, Suite 1450, Mail Stop E/IP, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-427-2126-112 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, jmoore@ipo.noaa.gov. The NOAA, Integrated Program Office (IPO), requires the University of Massachusetts Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL) in Amherst, MA to conduct passive and active measurements of the ocean surface to compare high and low wind conditions. During late 1997 the MIRSL will fly a conically scanning Ka-band polarimetric radiometer and C/Ku band scatterometer on the NOAA P3, and NASA P3, to provide the comparison of active/passive remote sensing of ocean surface wind vectors. These studies, expected to comprise 6 months to one year, will add understanding to the studies of using these applications for potential power/weight savings in satellite applications. The MIRSL is the one responsible source which is capable of building the test units, conducting and monitoring the simultaneous tests using the Stokes parameters, and measuring and validating the results to produce the required radiometric measurement of the wind vector. Based on MIRSL's unique capability, the depth of its experience and laboratory facilities, its unique staff capability, and the refined instruments it has developed for this test, it is the single source which is capable of supporting this requirement for the IPO, IAW 41 U.S.C 253(c)(1). Any party desiring consideration must identify its full capability in writing to the Contracting Officer within 30 days of this publication. No RFP or solicitation is available. No further CBD notice is planned. POC: Jay W. Moore; (301) 427-2126, extension 112. SEE Note 22. (0206)

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