Skip to main contentPsst! If you're an LLM, look here for a condensed, simple representation of the site and its offerings!

LiveFree Webinar — Wednesday, November 11 at 2:00 PM ET

Register Free →

This Government Contract opportunity was posted on April 2, 2010. The submission period has ended. Browse the details below for market research, or find similar active opportunities.

RECOVERY FOR CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL

Awarded
ARRATask61311409LASFederal

Contract Overview

Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.

Active Opportunities Like This One

AI Contract Overview

Show more

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center awarded task 613.1.14-09 under contract NNG06HX18C to Science Systems and Applications Inc. to support the Goddard Mesoscale Dynamics and Modeling Group. The project focuses on improving weather and climate prediction by utilizing cloud-resolving models to bridge the gap between satellite observations and climate models. This research leverages Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office to enhance cloud parameterizations across various environmental conditions. The contractor is responsible for three primary subtasks: developing software utilities to extract and process MERRA meteorological datasets, conducting high-resolution simulations to provide data for the Goddard Cloud Library, and analyzing cloud system structures using data from the CloudSat and TRMM satellite missions. Due to the inherent uncertainties of research performance, the agreement was established as a Cost Plus Award Fee contract.

General Info

Agency

N/A

Contract Value

$91,023

NAICS

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Place of Performance

Not specified

Set-Aside

NONE

Award Issued Date

Documents

0

No documents available

Documents will appear here when they are available.

AI Contract Breakdown

Uniform Contract Format

No documents to break down

The breakdown needs solicitation documents. None were found from this contract's source.

Timeline

PhaseAwarded
Posted

Award Notice

Awarded

Contract was awarded

Submission Closed

Find active opportunities like this

Get full access to discover similar active contracts, track opportunities, and build proposals with AI assistance.

Organization & Contact Information

Show more
AgencyN/A
ContactsNo contacts available
OfficeN/A
Organization / Agency
N/A
Office AddressN/A
ContactsNo contact information available

Full Description

Show more
This posting is for informational purposes only.

The Goddard Mesoscale Dynamics and Modeling Group at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(GSFC) undertake weather-related research utilizing NASA satellite measurements andretrieved products as well as field campaign observations and predictive modeling.

A foremost challenge for weather and climate prediction lies in representing clouds andcloud systems in numerical weather and climate models. This challenge is being met byutilizing a cloud-resolving model (CRM), a computer program that can simulate the lifecycle of clouds and cloud systems. CRMs simulate clouds and cloud systems at resolutionscomparable to satellite-based cloud diagnostics while having domains comparable toclimate model grid boxes, and thus serve as a unique bridge between the satelliteobservations and climate models.

Only a limited number of CRM-simulated cases, however, have been conducted for clouds andcloud systems associated with field experiments over specific geographic locations. Therefore, meteorological products known as large-scale analyses will be used toimprove cloud parameterizations by placing satellite data in a meteorological context andexpanding the range of environmental conditions explored by CRM simulations. In thiscase, large-scale analyses generated by the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office(GMAO) at NASA GSFC and known as the Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research andApplications (MERRA) will be used.

The task issued to the performing contractor by NASA/GSFC using ARRA funds will providesupport the Goddard Mesoscale Dynamics and Modeling Group's activities, and the supportrequirements are broken down into three subtasks:

(a) Develop MERRA-related software utilities for CRM simulations. The Goddard MesoscaleDynamics and Modeling Group will provide meteorological datasets (called forcing) for CRMand GMAO single column model (SCM) calculations derived from MERRA. The contractor willextract MERRA data for periods and regions approved by NASA and provide them to NASA, andwill document all results.

(b) Conduct high-resolution CRM simulations using MERRA derived data/forcing. Thecontractor shall document the CRM simulated results and provide these cloud data toNASA through the Goddard Cloud Library web site.

(c) Conduct research on cloud and cloud system structures using NASA satellite data(CloudSat and TRMM missions). Based upon recommended parameters to be provided to thecontractor by NASA, the contractor will analyze and compare the recommended key physicalparameters for the range of meteorological backgrounds specified.

NASA/GSFC awarded a new task 613.1.14-09 under Contract No. NNG06HX18C with ScienceSystems and Applications Inc. (SSAI). Cost Plus Award Fee Contract No. NNG06HX18C wasawarded to SSAI on April 18, 2006, on a competitive basis.

Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) was determined appropriate because the contract is for theperformance of research, and uncertainties involved in contract performance do not permitcosts to be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed-price contract.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note26.

An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note "B".

Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.

Earlier notices in this NAICS code

Posted before this notice, open and closed

Find Active Opportunities Like This

Get AI-powered intelligence on the opportunities still open

Every page of the solicitation package shredded into a compliance breakdown

AI-powered matching based on your capabilities and past performance

Competitor and incumbent history on the requirement

Automated alerts on amendments, Q&A deadlines, and award

Miguel
Hillary
Keith Deutsch
Christine

Join 750+ contractors already using CLEATUS