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A -- OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM PROGRAM EARTH OBSERVING-1 MISSION INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND DATA VALIDATION SOL NRA-99-OES-01 DUE 061799 POC Dr. Diane E. Wickland, Manager, Terrestrial Ecology Program, Phone (202) 358-0245, Fax (202) 358-2771, Email dwicklan@mail.hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#NRA-99-OES-01. E-MAIL: Dr. Diane E. Wickland, dwicklan@mail.hq.nasa.gov. The NRA will be posted in full on the release date of April 2, 1999. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) of the Department of the Interior (DOI) announce the joint solicitation of proposals for scientific investigations to validate the NASA New Millennium Program's (NMP) Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) mission technologies and to assess EO-1 spectral imaging for science and applications research. Proposals to address the following objectives are solicited: 1) to evaluate the selected EO-1 technologies with respect to their ability to meet the needs for future Landsat-class observations at reduced cost and with enhanced quality, 2) to evaluate space-based imaging spectrometers for potential future NASA and USGS scientific, applied, and commercial uses of hyperspectral data, and 3) to evaluate the implications for data correction and calibration of new ways of conducting missions such as: formation flying with other satellites, approaches to inter-satellite and lunar calibration and atmospheric correction, and autonomous navigation/instrument operation. Participation in the EO-1 Instrument Performance Evaluation and Data Validation Program is open to all categories of domestic and foreign organizations, including educational institutions, industry, non-profit institutions, NASA research centers, and other government agencies and laboratories (including Federally Funded Research and Development Centers). In addition to offering funding opportunities for EO-1 validation research, NASA and USGS are encouraging proposals that can offer significant cost sharing in exchange for participation on the EO-1 Validation Team and access to EO-1 data, including opportunities to request specific satellite data acquisitions, consistent with the objectives of this announcement. This solicitation will be available electronically on the release date via the Internet at the Earth Science Enterprise Home Page: " http://www.earth.nasa.gov/" under "Research Opportunities" or via anonymous ftp at: ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/ese. Paper copies of the announcement will be available to those who do not have access to 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 April 2, 1999, through June 17, 1999, and proposals may be submitted at any time throughout that period. Letters of Intent are requested by May 17, 1999. Posted 03/17/99 (D-SN309766). (0076)

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