Attachment A - SOW.pdf

Statement of Work – May 2024

ATTACHMENT A

STATEMENT OF WORK

MAY 2024

RFP 80GSFC24R0037

Statement of Work – May 19, 2024

Atmosphere Support (ATMOS)

I. Scope of the Contract

This contract is for the support of the full range of atmospheric science research and development, applications, and related engagement activities conducted by Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) personnel in the Earth Science Division-Atmospheres (Code 610AT). Laboratories and Offices withing Code 610AT includes Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory (Code 612), Climate and Radiation Laboratory (Code 613), and Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory (Code 614).

Code 610AT conducts a comprehensive atmospheric science research and technology development program directed towards observing, monitoring, characterizing, modeling, understanding, and advancing knowledge of the Earth’s atmosphere. The research program is aimed at understanding the structure, dynamics, and microphysical properties of clouds, aerosols, and precipitation; understanding atmospheric chemistry, especially the role of natural and anthropogenic trace species on the ozone balance in the stratosphere and troposphere; and advancing our understanding of the physical properties of the Earth’s atmosphere including its interaction with the Earth’s surface. Code 610AT scientists identify requirements for atmospheric observations for orbital, sub-orbital, and surface instrumentation and missions. Scientists also conceive, design, develop, and implement optical, microwave, radar, and lidar technologies for remote sensing of the atmosphere from ground, airborne, and satellite platforms. Scientists further conduct field measurements for flight sensor calibration and data validation, and carry out modeling activities for atmospheric radiative transfer, climate, clouds, aerosols, chemistry and transport of trace species, and to aid the development of next- generation Earth system models.

This program of research provides support for GSFC to observe, monitor, explain, and predict trends in the spatial and temporal variability of the Earth’s atmosphere. The research also addresses the possible consequences of these trends on climate change, human health, food production, water management, and other issues of societal importance. 610AT activities are carried out in collaboration with other GSFC and NASA organizations, other government agencies, as well as domestic and international partners in universities, foundations, and private industry.

All of this work supports, and is consistent with, NASA’s Earth Science strategic goals. This contract shall support the full scope of the GSFC Code 610AT research and technology development program for studying the Earth’s atmosphere. The organizational structure of the GSFC Earth Sciences Division and results from recent work are summarized on https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/highlights, with accompanying annual reports providing additional technical details.

In order to comply with Section 508 Information Systems and Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Standards, all Information and Communication Technology (ICT) items https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/highlights developed under this contract shall meet the applicable accessibility standards at CFR part 1194 and any associated IT hardware shall be IPv6 compliant.

This Statement of Work (SOW) contains Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) functional requirements that describe the work to be performed by the contractor in terms of NASA-required outcomes and/or results. The contractor shall be responsible and accountable for achieving the required results.

II. Functional Requirements for Atmosphere Support (ATMOS)

The Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) requirements for 610AT are outlined in Sections II, III, IV, and V. The Statement of Work is divided into three technical areas that specify the functional requirements of the contract:

1. Instrumentation: Requirements for supporting the design, development, testing, maintenance, calibration, and operation of sub-orbital (ground, airborne, balloon) and orbital (satellite, International Space Station) instruments conducting atmospheric and solar observations.

2. Earth System Modeling, Data Processing, and Analysis: Earth System Modeling requirements include supporting the development, testing, operation, improvement, software optimization, and documentation of computer models that describe Earth system processes including: spectral and total solar radiation, atmospheric radiative transfer, climate simulations, modeling the chemistry and transport of trace species on regional-to-global scales, cloud-resolving models, coupled land-atmosphere models, and development of next-generation Earth system models, including the coupling and integration of existing models and observations to enable novel, interdisciplinary capabilities. Data Processing and Analysis requirements include supporting the processing and analysis of data collected by instruments (see technical area 1), as well as model output.

3. General project and mission science support: Requirements for supporting project scientists and principal investigators in the formulation, implementation, and operation of orbital and sub-orbital missions as well as supporting ground-based and aircraft field campaign deployments. General project support also includes supporting the preparation of research proposals, refereed journal publications, manuscripts for symposia proceedings, and presentations at conferences, symposia, workshops, and seminars.

In practice, the atmospheric research at GSFC is collaborative and interdisciplinary. Task orders often overlap into multiple science areas.

III. Functional Requirements for Instrumentation

The contractor shall support various aspects of the specification, design, development, maintenance, calibration, and operation of orbital and sub-orbital instruments, as well as data algorithms and analyses for these instruments, as appropriate. The instruments include, but are not limited to, active and passive optical and microwave sensors. The contractor shall assist in the operation of instruments at GSFC grounds (e.g., building rooftops, mobile trailers), in the field (ground-based and sub-orbital), and aboard orbital platforms. The contractor shall support the processing of instrument data that includes the retrieving and analyzing of atmospheric temperature, water vapor, and trace gas profiles, cloud and aerosol optical/microphysical/macrophysical properties, precipitation, total column ozone, boundary layer heights, and other relevant atmospheric parameters. Supported instruments and technical equipment will include, but not be limited to, the following sub-orbital instruments: Airborne Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (ACATS), Cloud-Aerosol Multi-Angle Lidar (CAMAL), Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL), the Airborne Compact Atmospheric Mapper (ACAM), the High Altitude Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP), Cloud Radar System (CRS), ER-2 X-band Doppler Radar (EXRAD), Hyperspectral Microwave Photonic Instrument (HyMPI), Micro-Pulse Lidar (MPL), Tropospheric Ozone lidar (TROPOZ, part of TOLNET), Pandora Spectrometer Systems (part of Pandora Global Network), ground based spectrometers and radars, and in-situ sensors of chemical, optical and/or microphysical properties of atmospheric aerosols, hydrometeors, and trace gases. In addition, this functional requirement includes numerous satellite instruments aboard Terra, Aqua, Aura, Suomi NPP, JPSS, DSCOVR and other research (e.g., NASA Earth Venture, international partners) and operational platforms.

III.1 Instrument Development, Calibration, Maintenance

This requirement is to provide support for 610AT instruments. Depending on the particular instrument and its development/operational status, the contractor shall provide support that includes some of the following: conceptual and detailed design, drawings, fabrication, assembly, performance analysis, maintenance, and calibration services for active or passive remote sensing and in-situ instruments for use in laboratory, ground-base, aircraft, and spaceflight applications.

Examples of functions in support of instrument development and maintenance that are currently performed at GSFC in support of atmospheric research and development are:

III.1.1 Provide support to specify performance and technical requirements for instrument design;

III.1.2 Provide support for design, development and/or operation of mechanical, electrical, and optical systems for remote sensing and in-situ observations;

III.1.3 Perform structural, thermal, and optical performance analyses of instrument designs;

III.1.4 Design, draw, and fabricate mechanical parts for instruments;

III.1.5 Design, draw, and fabricate electrical boards for instruments;

III.1.6 Specify, design, draw and build electrical and mechanical interfaces to platforms such as mobile trailers, towers, aircraft, and balloon pallets;

III.1.7 Test and characterize instrument performance at GSFC, including calibration, and in the field to the extent feasible;

• Maintain and operate ground support equipment and calibration standards traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (e.g., irradiance lamps, integrating spheres, solar diffuser panels, and black bodies for optical characterization);

• Maintain a Class 10,000 clean room that meets ISO 9000 standards;

• Compare data from multiple sources and at multiple scales to cross-calibrate sensors and instruments;

III.1.8 Operate, maintain and repair instruments;

III.1.9 Documentation

• Document, catalog, and maintain libraries of the descriptions of hardware and software developed, modified, or operated;

• Document instrument test procedure and findings; Document, catalog, and maintain manuals that describe safety procedures to be followed in the laboratories when operating equipment, when using and storing hazardous materials, and when responding to emergencies in the laboratories;

III.1.10 Some examples of instrument support currently performed in 610AT include:

• Support development of instrument hardware for aircraft lidars (e.g., CAMAL, ACATS, and other new developments) and technology development for future flight instruments;

• Support characterization of the OMPS Nadir and Limb instruments and systems supporting its flight on the JPSS satellites, including pre-launch test data analysis, evaluations relative to performance requirements, and evaluations of sensor products delivered by the sensor vendor;

• Provide instrument operations for all JPSS OMPS missions;

• Perform design, analysis, and fabrication for maintenance, modifications, and upgrades of the Goddard aircraft radars (e.g., HIWRAP, CRS, and EXRAD) and support instrument hardware for aircraft and technology development for future flight instruments;

• Provide support for ground-based MPLNET lidar instrumentation and support development of new MPL-related instrumentation, data processing algorithms, and applications;

• Provide support in design, integration & testing, operation, and data acquisition/reduction for the development of new cloud remote sensing instruments (submillimeter through the visible part of the spectrum);

• Support the UV/VNIR Radiometric Calibration and Development Facility (RCDF), which includes the maintenance of a Class 10,000 clean room that meets ISO 9000 standards, including:

o Maintain and operate the RCDF calibration standards traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology;

o Conduct calibration and ground processing correction for OMPS Nadir and Limb instrument;

o Provide laboratory calibration support for remote sensing instruments designed for space, aircraft, and ground-based operations;

• Support the assessment of sensor radiometric calibration and other characterizations for key satellite instruments used in 610AT research (e.g., OMI, OMPS, EPIC, TropOMI, GEMS, TEMPO, and imager intercalibration between MODIS, VIIRS, ABI, etc.).

III.1.11 Provide support for instrument systems, laboratories, and instrument data records in accordance with NASA safety practices and requirements. Examples of instrument laboratory support activities that are currently performed at GSFC to advance atmospheric research and development are:

• Ensure that all hazardous materials are stored, used, and disposed properly;

• Ensure that all GSFC equipment is located, maintained, and operated in compliance with NASA safety requirements;

• Maintain and operate 610AT-managed instrumentation and data systems/archives;

• Obtain, document, and maintain current GSFC equipment certifications;

• Provide property management support for laboratory equipment and flight hardware;

• As needed, conduct instrument parts inventory; assisting with shipping, deployments; receiving for all instrument system elements; help establish an instrument readiness protocol for new builds and refurbished instruments;

• Process quarterly archiving of WFF and SHADOZ ozone profiles including Natal, with required metadata on 610AT computers and websites;

• Consult and arrange for storage and retrieval for equipment and instruments as needed;

• Consult and provide technical expertise regarding safety in facilities and instrument laboratories;

III.2 Field Deployment

The Contractor shall provide support for field experiments and campaigns in compliance with NASA and GSFC safety practices and regulations. The detailed functions in support of instrument development that are currently performed at GSFC in support of atmospheric research and development are:

III.2.1 Provide support to plan and schedule instrument deployments and operations in the field;

III.2.2 Provide support for field visits and field preparations;

III.2.3. Provide logistical support for shipping of instruments to and from field sites in compliance with NASA property management regulations;

III.2.4 Assemble, install, and test instruments in mobile trailers, on towers, on ships and buoys, in aircraft and on balloon pallets;

III.2.5 Operate instruments and collect and archive data;

III.2.6 Select components for repair during field campaigns;

III.2.7 Prepare, maintain, and operate computers and other information technology equipment necessary for operations, instrument data collection, and data processing in the field in compliance with NASA information technology (IT) security regulations;

III.2.8 Provide computer software and associated upgrades and, documentation, for the operation of field campaigns and data collections;

III.2.9 Provide investigator coordination, mission document preparation, database design and maintenance, and meeting support for investigators associated with field campaigns;

III.2.10 Archive, document, and maintain data from field campaigns in a user readable format.

III.3 Instrument Data Analysis

This requirement provides support for the development and maintenance of sensor characterization algorithms and data product software, and evaluation and validation of data products. The examples of instrument data processing and analysis that are performed at GSFC in support of atmospheric research and development are:

• Support for the collection and analysis of airborne cloud, aerosol, boundary layer, atmospheric sounding, precipitation, and radiation observations during national and international field campaigns and/or as part of long-term ground-based networks.

• Support airborne lidar observations, including the integration of instruments on aircraft, e.g., o Support the development and operation of software for the CPL/ACATS/CAMAL/ROSCOE ground station(s).

o Provide analysis and reporting of CPL/ACATS/CAMAL/ROSCOE data from field missions.

• Support development of sensor or multi-sensor data algorithms and analysis techniques.

• Provide support for simulation of future flight mission concepts using models and/or proxy data.

• Provide support for development of algorithms and science analysis using CATS-ISS data, airborne lidar data, and other data sources.

• Provide instrument performance evaluation, measurement correction algorithm development, and Level 1 data production for OMPS missions, EPIC/DSCOVR, and ARGOS.

• Provide performance evaluations for partner instruments such as TropOMI, TEMPO, and

GEMS.

• Support development of instrument simulations and perform sensitivity experiments, trade studies, and software validation.

IV. Earth System Modeling, Data Retrieval, and Analysis

This section describes the contract support on modeling, data retrieval and data analysis efforts of Code 610AT scientists. This requirement is separated into four sub-sections, IV.1 Earth System Modeling, IV.2 Data Retrieval, IV.3 Data Analysis, and IV.4 Documentations.

IV.1 Earth System Modeling:

The contractor shall support the development, application, and advancement of numerical models simulating physical, chemical, and dynamical processes in the Earth’s atmosphere and interactions with land, oceans, and snow/ice-covered surfaces. Modeling is an essential component of research into atmospheric processes to help understand how the atmosphere behaves over space and time and how it interacts and is impacted by other Earth system processes, including ocean circulation, human-driven emissions and land use. Example activities of contractor support include:

IV.1.1 Provide support to define, develop, implement, validate, and document models;

• describing the chemistry and physics of atmospheric and related Earth system processes;

• Synthesizing atmospheric data and observations as a function of sensor design and atmospheric and surface conditions;

• documenting methodologies for assimilating data into models;

IV.1.2 Write, test, compile, maintain, update and document software that implements models and modules, updates, coupling, and data assimilation into models;

IV.1.3 Run models to synthesize atmospheric data and observations to develop, propose, and assess satellite system and sensor designs and operations;

IV.1.4 Compare data and observations from satellite sensors and field campaigns to model output for the purpose of model validation and to understand and interpret atmospheric data, observations, and conditions;

IV.1.5 Manage, organize, and provide support to analyze the data and output generated by model simulations;

IV.1.6 Support the development, coupling, porting, optimization, interoperability, and use of models for research into topics including but not limited to:

• Using the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry Climate Model (GEOSCCM) to study global and regional tropospheric ozone changes and their impact on total column ozone;

• Using the Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport (GOCART) model within the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) general circulation model and the NASA-Unified Weather Research Forecasting (Nu-WRF) model to study aerosol emissions, plume heights, and transport; aerosol effects on surface radiation; aerosol vertical distributions; seasonal and inter-annual variations of dust sources; and light absorption by pollutants, biomass burning emissions, and dust aerosols;

• Coupling the GEOS-Chem chemistry module to the GEOS general circulation model (GEOS- CF) to study the variations of atmospheric constituents including ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and find particulate matter;

• Coupling models to investigate the dynamic and thermodynamic processes associated with cyclones, hurricanes, winter storms, cold rain bands, and tropical and mid-latitude deep convective systems; surface (land and ocean) effects on atmospheric convection, cloud chemistry, cloud-aerosol interactions, and stratospheric-atmospheric interactions; and cloud-climate feedback mechanisms;

• Investigating precipitation processes in the convective and stratiform regions of various mesoscale convective systems and moist processes represented in global modeling through cloud-resolving model simulations of mesoscale convective systems and comparisons of model results with dynamic, thermodynamic and microphysical data collected from various NASA and other field experiments;

• Developing and maintaining modular three-dimensional models of constituent transport, photochemistry, aerosols, radiation, and constituent sources and sinks to assess the impact of natural and anthropogenic perturbations on atmospheric composition and chemistry;

• Simulating the photochemical mechanisms controlling the formation and behavior of ozone and other trace gases in the stratosphere and troposphere and the linkages to air quality and climate;

• Simulating atmospheric radiative transfer signals to understand atmospheric effects on the energy balance, convection, circulation, and satellite observations;

• Predicting brightness temperatures and reflectivities, as observed by multifrequency microwave radiometers and radars, as a function of precipitation rate and relating cloud thickness, humidity, and other atmospheric conditions to precipitation rates;

• Assessing the potential improvement of model performance and predictive ability by assimilation or application of orbital, sub-orbital, or ground observations.

IV.1.11 Evaluate, design, develop, and implement tools to assist scientists in designing, developing, and executing research models as well as analyzing and visualizing model output.

IV.2 Geophysical Retrievals

The contractor shall support geophysical (Level-2 and higher) algorithm development, refinement, and maintenance. This includes the data product software as well as evaluation/validation and science analysis of the data products. Data comes from a wide variety of instruments and sensors including and not limited to infrared and microwave atmospheric sounders, microwave radiometers, imaging multispectral radiometers and spectrometers (UV through IR), radars, and lidars. Examples include:

• Support the development and maintenance of radiative transfer codes across the spectrum (microwave through the UV) that are relevant to 610AT geophysical retrievals, including:

o those used to simulate limb scatter radiances in the UV, VIS, and NIR in support of OMPS and similar measurements;

o those used to model backscattered and emitted Earth radiances from the UV through the IR from nadir-viewing imagers;

o those that calculate non-spherical cloud particle scattering in the microwave/submillimeter through the visible, non-spherical aerosol scattering in the shortwave;

o those that provide parameterizations of gaseous absorption across the spectra mentioned above, e.g., CRTM, HITRAN, etc.

• Support development/testing of advanced algorithms using artificial intelligence/machine learning techniques.

• Support development of multi-sensor data algorithms and analysis techniques.

• Provide support for simulation of soon-to-be-launched and future flight mission concepts using models and/or proxy data, e.g., instrument simulations, retrieval sensitivity experiments, and trade studies for multiangle/multispectral imaging polarimeters, hyperspectral microwave sounding, backscatter lidars, microwave radiometers, etc.

• Support development of algorithms relevant to Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) using satellite, airborne, and ground-based lidar, hyperspectral microwave instrument, GNSS RO, etc.

• Support the development, refinement, maintenance, analysis, and documentation of the suite of 610AT Level-2+ satellite algorithms using observations from heritage instruments (TOMS, SBUV, SBUV2), EOS (MODIS, VIIRS, MISR, AIRS, OMI), Suomi NPP (VIIRS, OMPS), JPSS (VIIRS, OMPS), EPIC, GPM, GOES-R (ABI), SAGE III, CALIPSO, TEMPO, PACE, and sensors from international partners (TROPOMI, GEMS, AHI, etc.).

The contractor shall perform some of the following functions (depending on the particular instrument observation) in support of geophysical retrievals:

IV.2.1 Define and document algorithms, procedures, and methodologies for reading, ingesting, reformatting, managing, processing, calibrating, and analyzing data;

IV.2.2 Write, test, compile, maintain, update and document software that implements algorithms for reading, ingesting, reformatting, managing, processing, calibrating, and analyzing data;

IV.2.3 Operate computers and run software for reading, ingesting, reformatting, managing, calibrating, and analyzing data;

IV.2.4 Establish databases for the effective organization, management, protection, and retrieval of data;

IV.2.5 Protect and preclude the dissemination of all proprietary data, data products, and software and all other sensitive material associated with supported atmospheric research in accordance with NASA and GSFC requirements and regulations;

IV.2.6 Process data to convert raw instrument and sensor digital signals to physical units (e.g., convert digital counts spectral radiances);

IV.2.7 Process data to derive or retrieve geophysical atmospheric parameters, variables, and characteristics (e.g., retrieve atmospheric temperature profiles from sounder data such as AIRS/AMSU and CrIS/ATMS);

IV.2.8 Process data to geolocate observations and to register data and retrieved geophysical variables to cartographic projections, and other geospatial reference systems;

IV.2.9 Perform appropriate statistical analyses and tests;

IV.2.10 Compare data from multiple sources and at multiple scales to validate parameter retrievals and data products, and validate or assess model results and predictions;

IV.2.11 Perform all computer data processing, analyses, and transfers in compliance with NASA and GSFC information technology (IT) rules, regulations, and safe practices;

IV.2.12 Recommend and apply appropriate software standards and quality assurance plans for all technical software;

IV.2.13 Provide support to develop and operate algorithms and support data processing and analysis for atmospheric research areas including and not limited to:

• Retrieving and analyzing cloud and aerosol properties such as cloud optical thickness and effective particle size, atmospheric optical thickness, water vapor, and non-precipitating cloud liquid/ice water using instruments aboard satellites (e.g., MODIS, MISR, VIIRS, ABI/Himawari, AHI/GOES, EPIC, Landsat, SEVIRI, CALIPSO, OMI, OMPS, TROPOMI, PACE, ARGOS, ICESat-2), airborne sensors (e.g. the Cloud Physics Lidar, eMAS), and ground-based sensors (e.g., Micro-Pulse Lidar Network);

• Measuring the global distribution of rainfall using data from the passive microwave radiometers and active radars aboard the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM);

• Measuring, mapping, and monitoring the ozone hole, total column and tropospheric column ozone, and other trace gas concentrations (e.g., sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide) using data from sensors such as the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS), and the Total Ozone and Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) , and the Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet 2 (SBUV-2) spectrometer;

• Producing climate-quality long-term merged ozone datasets (total column and vertical profiles) from OMI, EPIC, SBUV-2, and OMPS;

• Measuring NO2 and fluorescence from OMI, GOME-2, OMPS, and TROPOMI;

• Measuring atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles using data from the AIRS, AMSU, and other atmospheric sounders;

• Measuring the incoming spectral and total solar irradiance using data from sensors aboard

TSIS, DSCOVR, JPSS, and future missions;

• Measuring multi-angle cloud height and wind using GOES-R/S, MISR and MODIS;

• Measuring the properties of Arctic and Antarctic blowing snow using CALIPSO and ICESat-2 data.

IV.3 Data Analysis

The contractor shall support the analysis of observational data and model output to study the Earth’s atmosphere. Observation data comes from but is not limited to infrared and microwave atmospheric sounders, microwave radiometers, imaging multispectral ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiometers and imaging spectrometers, radars, and lidars. The data may be collected from the ground, sub-orbital, and orbital platforms. The data processing and analysis shall support research in areas such as: sensor calibration and measurement validations; aerosol-cloud-climate interactions; atmospheric aerosol content, composition, and circulation; the atmospheric hydrological cycle; climate variability and climate change; clouds and precipitation; global and regional trends of temperature, ozone, and trace gases; radiative transfer; Ultraviolet-B and solar irradiance measurements. The contractor shall perform the following functions in support of data analysis for such research:

IV.3.1 Locate and download data from multiple sources such as NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) and Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs), and, as needed, from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data centers and archives, from the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), from international providers of atmospheric data (e.g., European Space Agency Copernicus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) through bi-lateral direct partnerships, and other sources of atmospheric data and observations such as cloud data repositories.

IV.3.2 Facilitate the dissemination of atmospheric data sets through the GES DISC, web sites, and other direct internet transfers. Examples of data include but are not limited to: global monthly precipitation data sets from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP), TRMM and GPM; four-dimensional latent heating structures for the global tropics and mid-latitudes using TRMM/GPM derived rainfall information; PMM precipitation ground validation network data;

merged SBUV2/OMPS total ozone data set; vertically resolved ozone data from OMPS; MPLNET data sets of column and vertically resolved aerosol and cloud data; atmospheric temperatures and humidity profiles from AIRS and CrIS; trace gas profiles; imager-derived cloud and aerosol properties; OMI and OMPS tropospheric ozone, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide data sets;

TSIS total and spectral solar irradiance data sets; and Earth surface and reflectivity.

IV.3.3 Analyze and/or inter-compare global and regional trends of atmospheric and Earth surface parameters using multi-year datasets from relevant sensors.

IV.3.4 Document the results of data processing and analyses in reports, presentation charts, graphs, images, maps, animations, and other effective forms of data visualization.

IV.4 Documentation and Presentations

The contractor shall:

IV.4.1 Document, catalog, and maintain libraries of the following items associated with this contract: descriptions of software developed, enhanced, or implemented for modeling and data analysis; description of retrieval algorithm developed or modified.

IV.4.2 Document software necessary to manage GSFC data sets, such as the following: data sets generated by the various observations campaigns and GSFC experiments; results from the research models; algorithm theoretical basis documents (ATBDs); archived data sets used to support the research.

IV.4.3 Archive (as needed), document, and maintain in a community standard format, data sets used for research, development, and applications activities, whether these data originate from NASA instrument measurements, model calculations, or from external collaborators. Provide user guides and release notes for data products generated and released by 610AT.

IV.4.4 Provide investigator coordination, mission document preparation, database design and maintenance, and meeting support for investigators associated with research efforts supported by this contract.

IV.4.5 Write reports on work performed, provide support in the preparation of presentations and authoring or co-authoring articles for publication in refereed journals, provide support in the presentation of research results at scientific meetings, and in critiquing the research of others working in related fields.

IV.4.6 Provide support for planning, organizing, providing scientific support for talks, meetings, and conferences, including: web sites, audio-visual and IT equipment, minutes and action item lists with distribution and tracking.

IV.4.7 Provide support to aid in the preparation of GSFC reports.

IV.4.8 Provide support for the preparation of research and development proposals submitted in response to Research Announcements of Opportunity, Broad Agency Announcements, and any other research proposal solicitation open to NASA civil servants.

IV.4.9 Support the curation of public and non-public web sites used in the dissemination of data products and related documentation generated by 610AT and partner organizations.

V. Functional Requirements for General Project and Mission Science Support

The contractor shall also:

V.1 Provide support for project scientists and principal investigators to formulate future satellite missions, particularly for prioritized programs for science, applications, and observations in the 2017 and upcoming 2027 Decadal Surveys.

V.2 Provide support for project scientists and principal investigators to oversee the implementation phases of satellite missions in development (Phases A-D) or early Phase E such as Plankton, Aerosol, Clouds, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE), Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO), Aerosol Radiometer for Global Observations of the Stratosphere (ARGOS), Stratosphere Troposphere Response using Infrared Vertically-Resolved Light Explorer (STRIVES), the Atmospheric Observing System (AOS), and the Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer (PolSIR).

V.3 Provide support for project scientists and principal investigators to manage or oversee operations of satellite missions in orbit including and not limited to: Terra; Aqua; Aura;

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES); Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM); Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP); Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS); Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR); and the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS).

V.4 Provide support for project scientists and principal investigators to formulate, plan and implement orbital and sub-orbital missions for studies of atmospheric processes and compositions, and/or validation of satellite instrumentation utilizing existing infrastructure (i.e., GSFC airborne in situ and remote sensing sensors, and ground and balloon networks).

V.5 Contribute to the specification of requirements for instruments, instrument performance, vehicle performance, data quality, derived data products, and ground system performance.

V.6 Contribute to the definition of mission operation concepts.

V.7 Provide support to organize science teams; plan and report on science team meetings;

promote, support and organize sessions at symposia and special issues of scientific journals to report science team research results.

V.8 Support the pre-launch calibration and performance characterization of sensors by understanding sensor test procedures, by observing and monitoring pre-launch tests, and by analyzing test data.

V.9 Support the post-launch calibration and performance monitoring of sensors in-orbit by analyzing and evaluating calibration data, participating in calibration field experiments, updating calibration coefficients, and validating calibrated data.

V.10 Provide support in defining and specifying data products and support the development and documentation of the algorithms necessary to generate those products from satellite sensor data.

V.11 Support the specification, design, development, and operation of satellite data handling and processing systems that fall under the responsibilities of GSFC project scientists and principal investigators.

V.12 Provide project or general laboratory (612-614) support, including (i) office/project communications, property management, purchasing support, tracking office/lab space inventory and assignments, assisting with visitors and interns, supporting the onboarding of new employees and offboarding of departing employees, compiling activity reports, assisting with STRIVES document control; (ii) supporting logistics of field campaigns, local conferences and events, meetings, and seminars; (iii) providing technical support in the preparation of 610AT Annual Reports; (iv) providing Section 508 and security compliant curation and development of websites linked or related to the Sciences and Exploration Directorate’s organizational pages hosted on science.gsfc.nasa.gov.

V.13 Work with NASA Earth Science researchers and science communication specialists to translate NASA Earth science data content into scientific visualizations suitable for both internal use and that of the broader scientific community.

V.14 Provide proposal and report support to the Earth Sciences Division, including (i) planning and coordinating IRAD (Internal Research and Development) and SIF (Science Innovation Fund) proposal calls, Principal-Investigator reports and responses to research proposal calls, and annual organization-wide progress and achievement reports; (ii) providing technical editing and layout for the ESD-AT annual report and other reports; and (iii) providing technical editing and layout for the ESD-AT brochure.

V.15 Support the Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) to provide training to professionals in the application of NASA Earth Science data to the management of water resources, land use, air quality, agriculture, climate, and resilience, wildfires, and other natural disasters. This includes assisting the ARSET program manager with overall coordination and implementation of the program’s online and in-person trainings, preparation of annual work plans, translation of materials into Spanish, program evaluation, incorporation of instructional design into material development, presentations at meetings and conferences, development of materials and conducting trainings, contributions to scientific publications, preparation of project summaries and reports, and ARSET web page maintenance and outreach.

V.16 Provide support for project scientists and principal investigators in fulfilling NASA open science requirements, which includes open data, open software, and open results.