Delivery Order GS10F0438R-DOCDG133F12NC1339

This contract award to Science Systems And Applications, Inc. (SSAI), a woman-owned small business, is for the primary objective of refining and enhancing the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) MODIS and Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) VIIRS cryosphere algorithms and data products. The work includes developing algorithm refinements to increase the accuracy of snow-cover, sea ice cover, and ice surface temperature products, as well as reducing errors and cloud/snow confusion. The...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $646,166.89 grant to the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography to develop science-quality Level 2 and Level 3 Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (APAR) products from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite data. The APAR products will help improve understanding of biogeochemical cycles and address climate...

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), a woman-owned small business based in Lanham, Maryland, was awarded a $730,458.31 grant on February 1, 2021, by NASA's Shared Services Center to support research in coastal and freshwater ecosystem monitoring. The project aims to develop and demonstrate a machine-learning processing pipeline utilizing Mixture Density Networks (MDN) to improve the retrieval of aquatic products from imaging spectrometry data. This research directly supports NASA's...

This is a $581,114 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University to maintain and refine the algorithm for generating operational vegetation green leaf area index (LAI) and absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) data products from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) sensor series. The objective is to ensure continuity and consistency with the prior Moderate...

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was awarded a $30M cost-plus-award-fee definitive contract by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on June 24, 2006, to provide contractor support services for the NASA Satellite Ocean Color Program. The contract, which was not set aside for small businesses, supported the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), an integrated organization responsible for mission operations, data acquisition, calibration and validation, data processing,...

This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to develop a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) burned area product that will continue the 17-year Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) record into the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) era. The $345,163 grant will fund the completion of the existing prototype VNP64A1 production code,...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) for $89,988.00. The contract is for the validation of data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) satellites. The work includes supporting the development and transition to operations of the VIIRS Vegetation Products...

The University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography was awarded a $216,004 grant on October 1, 2024, for maintenance of the MODIS/VIIRS Standard Ocean Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) Algorithm and Product. This research grant, funded through a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, will support critical work in ocean science and environmental monitoring conducted at the institution's La Jolla, California facility through September 30, 2026. The...

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was awarded a $16.78M time-and-materials Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call for High Performance Computing (HPC) Software Development and Technical Services in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Research and Development HPC Services (RDHPCS) program. The contract, effective July 1, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of September 7, 2026, represents an incremental funding of Option Period I and...

This task order, valued at $200,000.71, was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the Nevada System of Higher Education Research Administration Services and Compliance Division, operating as the Desert Research Institute, to support research, development, and application of cloud-based processing and visualization of climate and drought information. As part of NOAA's mission to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts, this firm fixed...