A -- NASA TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY PROGRAM

Notice Date

September 21, 2000

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

ZIP Code

20771

Solicitation Number

NRA-00-OES-08

Response Due

January 4, 2001

Point of Contact

Dr. Diane E. Wickland, Manager, Terrestrial Ecology Program, Phone (202) 358-0245, Fax (202) 358-2771, Email dwicklan@mail.hq.nasa.gov

E-Mail Address

Dr. Diane E. Wickland (dwicklan@mail.hq.nasa.gov)

Description

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is announcing opportunities to participate in Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) research and development activities focused on Carbon Cycle Science and related opportunities under the Terrestrial Ecology, Land Cover and Land Use Change (LCLUC), Applications, and LBA-Ecology programs. Under Carbon Cycle Science, remote sensing-oriented research is requested to: (1) identify, characterize and quantify global and regional sources and sinks for carbon, (2) develop, improve, and evaluate carbon cycle models, (3) use estimates of global and regional primary productivity to better understand carbon dynamics, and (4) develop new techniques, algorithms, and/or analytical approaches for deriving carbon cycle information. The NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program will support additional carbon cycle research proposals and will entertain other terrestrial ecology research and renewal requests. The NASA LCLUC Program is seeking remote sensing-oriented proposals on (1) synthesis of past LCLUC case study results, (2) to develop predictive scenarios of LCLUC, and (3) the impacts of LCLUC on water resources and their implications for carbon, ecology, and biogeochemistry. The Applications Program is seeking proposals that address these carbon cycle, LCLUC, and terrestrial ecology topics and extend the benefits of ESE science, data, and technology to the broader user community through applications that meet the requirements of public and commercial entities. The Terrestrial Ecology Program also is seeking airborne remote sensing investigations involving U.S. aircraft for participation in the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amaztnia -- Ecology field campaign. Participation in the NRA 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. 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." 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. The following dates apply to this announcement: Notice of Intent Due: November 1, 2000 Proposals Due: Applications Proposals -- January 4, 2001 All Other Proposals -- December 14, 2000 POC: Dr. Garik Gutman, Land Cover Land Use Research Program Manager Mr. Ed Sheffner, Deputy Program Manager, Applications Program Dr. Diane E. Wickland, Terrestrial Ecology Research Program Manager NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 Phone: (202) 358-0276, -0239, -0245 FAX: (202) 358-2771 or 2770 E-mail: ggutman@hq.nasa.gov, esheffne@hq.nasa.gov, dwicklan@hq.nasa.gov

Web Link

Click here for the latest information about this notice (http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=04#NRA-00-OES-08)

Record

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