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A -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS CENTERS (RESACS) SOL NRA-98-OES-06 DUE 070898 POC Alexander J. Tuyahov, Manager, Earth Science Applications Research Program, Phone (202) 358-0250, Fax (202) 358-3098, Email atuyahov@ hq.nasa.gov -- Douglas R. Kahle, Earth Science Applications Research Program (ESARP), Phone (202) 358-0745, Fax (202) 358-2769, Email dkahle@ hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#NRA-98-OES-06. E-MAIL: Alexander J. Tuyahov, atuyahov@hq.nasa.gov. This is a modification to replace the previous Annoucement NRA-98-OES-06, posted 4/21/98. POC Mr. Alexander J. Tuyahov; email: atuyahov@ hq.nasa.gov; tel.: 202/358-0250; Fax: 202/358-3098 or Mr. Douglas R. Kahle, email: dkahle@ hq.nasa.gov, tel: 202/358-0745, Fax: 202/358-2769 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to solicit proposals for the establishment of Regional Earth Science Applications Centers (RESACs) designed to apply remote sensing and attending technologies to well-defined problems and issues of regional significance. Within the scope of this NRA, there are two types of problems that might be addressed: 1. Multisectoral, region-specific studies covering sets of issues that have been identified by the user community as having economic and policy consequence to their region, such as those that have arisen through the Regional Workshops of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP; http://www.usgcrp.gov). Regional assessments are now being initiated to determine the potential consequences of global climate change/variability and to identify impacts and response options. RESACs may provide critical support to one or more of these regional assessments. 2. Sector-specific problems that are associated with an easily-identified user community covering a broad region (e.g., forest managers of the Southeast; water resource managers of the Southwest; urban and regional planners of the Northeast; farmers and ranchers of the Great Plains). RESACs might assist the USGCRP National Assessment in study of one or more of the sectors and/or might address an applications problem, or set of related applications problems, that confronts the selected community or sector (e.g., stream flow predictions for real-time use by water resource managers). The NRA will be available electronically on the release date, via the Internet at the Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) ''Home Page'' at ''http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/'' under ''ESE Research Announcements'' or via anonymous ftp at ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/mtpe. A paper copy will be available to those who do not have access to Internet by calling (202) 358-3552 and leaving a voice mail message. This announcement will be open for the period from May 6, 1998 through July 8, 1998, and proposals may be submitted at any (0111)

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