Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: CORNELL TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2017-02-15 to 2020-04-30
Current total value of award: $130762
Description: TIMED-RESOLVED OBSERVATIONS OF PRECIPITATION STRUCTURE AND STORM INTENSITY WITH CONSTELLATION OF SMALLSATS (TROPICS) STANDING REVIEW BOARD (SRB) TIMED-RESOLVED OBSERVATIONS OF PRECIPITATION STRUCTURE AND STORM INTENSITY WITH CONSTELLATION OF SMALLSATS (TROPICS) PROJECT. THE SELECTION WAS MADE PURSUANT TO THE EARTH VENTURE INSTRUMENT-3 (EVI-3) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) NNH12ZDA006O. THE TROPICS PROJECT IS A SELECTED PROJECT WITHIN THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER PROGRAM (ESSP), WHICH IS MANAGED BY THE ESSP PROGRAM OFFICE AT LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER (LARC) FOR THE EARTH SCIENCE DIVISION (ESD) OF THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) OF NASA.  TROPICS IS A CATEGORY 3 PROJECT, PER NASA NPR 7120.E.  THE TROPIC INSTRUMENT IS A CLASS D SCIENCE INVESTIGATION WITH THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING RAPID-REFRESH MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS OVER THE TROPICS THAT CAN BE USED TO OBSERVE THE THERMODYNAMICS OF THE TROPOSPHERE STRUCTURE FOR STORM SYSTEMS AT THE MESOSCALE AND SYNOPTIC SCALE OVER THE ENTIRE STORM LIFECYCLE.   A STANDING REVIEW BOARD (SRB) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF THE PROJECT.  INDEPENDENT REVIEWS OF PROJECTS ARE CONDUCTED AT DEFINED LIFECYCLE MILESTONES AND ARE USED TO OBJECTIVELY ASSESS THE PROJECTS PROGRESS AGAINST THE PROJECT PLAN, ITS READINESS TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT LIFECYCLE PHASE, COMPLIANCE WITH NPR 7120.5 AND NPR 7123.1 REQUIREMENTS, AND THE INTEGRATED BASELINE.   THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO OBTAIN SUPPORT FOR THE TROPICS INDEPENDENT REVIEWS AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES.