PACE Science and Applications Team Research Opportunity

(15-Mar-19) The purpose of the NASA NSPIRES solicitation is to formulate a Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Science and Applications Team (SAT) for a three-year period (FY20-22). The team will encompass basic and applied research and applications, using data from precursors to OCI, HARP-2, and SPEXone. The PACE mission is to include an ocean color sensor and one or more aerosol/cloud polarimeters, in order to produce data to maintain a time series of critical climate and Earth system variables.

This solicitation welcomes proposals from prospective Science and Applications Team members who wish to pursue one or more areas of basic and applied research including:

1. Theoretical and analytical studies associated with the use of OCI-analog hyperspectral data for the development of an algorithm or approach for one or more ocean color, aerosol, and/or cloud data product or suite of products from OCI;
2. Theoretical and analytical studies associated with the use of HARP-2-and/or SPEXone-analog multi-angle polarimetric data for the development of an algorithm or approach for one or more ocean color, aerosol, and/or cloud data product or suite of products;
3. Theoretical and analytical studies associated with the use of OCI-analog hyperspectral data and HARP-2/SPEXone-analog multi-angle polarimetric data for the development of one or more cross-instrument ocean color, aerosol, and/or cloud data products; and
4. Applications derived from OCI-analog hyperspectral data and/or HARP-2/SPEXone-analog multi-angle polarimetric data for societal benefit, addressing topics including but not limited to: management of marine ecosystems and resources (e.g., fisheries), water quality management (e.g., harmful algal blooms), hazard mitigation and response (e.g., volcanic ash and aviation safety, oil spills), air quality and public health, and improved adaptation and response to climate variability and change.

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