Meteorological simulations and CO2 measurement services

Added: Jun 10, 2015 12:26 pm ***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(B)(1), WITH ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, INC. (AER) OF LEXINGTON, MA FOR 1 YEAR OF HIGH-RESOLUTION METEOROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS AND CO2 MEASUREMENT FOOTPRINTS FOR NORTH AMERICA AND AMAZONIA.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT AER HAS DEVELOPED A SPECIALIZED HIGH-RESOLUTION LAGRANGIAN ATPOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEM (WRF-STILT) THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COUPLED TO NOAA'S CARBONTRACKER DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM. NO OTHER ORGANIZATION HAS ACCESS TO AER'S SOFTWARE FOR RUNNING WRF-STILT ON PLEIADES. AN INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT BETWEEN NASA/NOAA IS ALREADY IN PLACE TO USE THIS VENDOR IN THIS WORK; USE OF ANOTHER CONTRACTOR WILL VIOLATE THE AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS COMPETITITVELY BID. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE WILL BE DATE OF AWARD THROUGH 12 MONTHS.

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