Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2024)
Recipient: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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: 2012-10-24 to 2018-10-23
Current total value of award: $7894862
Description: OCEAN COLOR IV IS A COMPETITIVE FOLLOW ON CONTRACT TO OCEAN COLOR III.  THE REQUIREMENT IS FROM NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) OCEAN ECOLOGY BRANCH.  THE SUPPORT SERVICES IN OCEAN COLOR IV INCLUDE:  SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE AREAS OF FLIGHT PROJECT OPERATIONS (AQUARIUS, MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS), VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER RADIOMETER SUITE (VIIRS)) FOCUSED ON GLOBAL OCEAN REMOTE SENSING, SATELLITE DATA PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION, OCEAN COLOR SENSOR CALIBRATION AND PRODUCT VALIDATION, PROCESSING ALGORITHM AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, OCEAN BIO-OPTICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL FIELD DATA COLLECTION AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS, RESEARCH IN MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND OCEAN DYNAMICS.