HATPRO microwave radiometer

***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR), NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY (NSSL), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) WITH ATS SERVICES LTD. (ATS) OUT OF OTTAWA CANADA FOR A RADIOMETER PHYSICS GMBH (RPG) HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE PROFILER (HATPRO) MICROWAVE RADIOMETER (MWR).

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT ATS IS THE SOLE NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR OF THE RPG-HATPRO-G5 MWR. THE HATPRO SYSTEM MAINTAINS CALIBRATION FOR MUCH LONGER PERIODS OF TIME AND MANUFACTURER OPERATION SOFTWARE IS EASIER TO USE AND INTEGRATE INTO THE CLAMPS DATA SYSTEM AS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH OPERATION OF CLAMPS1. RECENT RPG EFFORTS HAVE FURTHER IMPROVED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INSTRUMENT AND REDUCED COSTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE HATPRO SYSTEM CAN COLLECT 1-SECOND SAMPLES. THE LONGER DURATION OF THE MP-3000A SCAN ALLOWS THE BOUDARY LAYER TO EVOLVE CONSIDERABLE DURING THE SCAN, LIMITING THE USEFULNESS OF ELEVATION SCANNING. FINALLY, ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING PARALLEL SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS BETWEEN CLAMPS1 AND CLAMPS2 PROVIDES MANY BENEFITS: TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING THE INSTRUMENTS IN EITHER FACILITY IS GREATLY SIMPLIFIED, INSTRUMENTS CAN BE EASILY INTERCHANGED BETWEEN THE TWO FACILITIES AND, IF THE NEED ARISES, PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED CUSTOM DATA INGESTION, PROCESSING AND ARCHIVAL METHODS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND MAINTAINED IN A UNIFORM FRAMEWORK. THE EXPECTED DELIVERY DATE WILL BE ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 30, 2020.

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