BUCSELA SRI INTERNATIONAL: THE WORK UNDER THIS PURCHASE ORDER WILL BE AIMED AT IMPROVING RETRIEVALS OF LIGH…

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BUCSELA SRI INTERNATIONAL: THE WORK UNDER THIS PURCHASE ORDER WILL BE AIMED AT IMPROVING RETRIEVALS OF LIGHTNING NOX FROM OMI INSTRUMENT ON NASA'S AURA SATELLITE. (1)PERFORM A REVISED BACKGROUND CALCULATION FOR EACH OF THE 5 USA CASES, USING SEVERAL DAYS (APPROXIMATELY 5 DAYS, EACH CENTERED ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT) OF GMI CTM OUTPUT DATA, (2) CONTRIBUTE TO AND REVIEW DRAFTS OF A JGR PAPER CONCERNING THE USA LIGHTNING NOX CASES (3) EXPLORE CLOUD ISSUES RELEVANT TO "VISIBILITY" OF LNOX DIRECTLY OVER ACTIVE STORMS (PERHAPS USING MODIS DATA). (4) IMPROVE THE OMI NO2 STRAT-TROP SEPARATION SCHEME FOR APPLICATION TO LNOX RETRIEVALS. (5) APPLY IMPROVED BACKGROUND, STRAT-TROP, AND CLOUD TREATMENT TO USA CASES, AND POSSIBLY TO NEW CASES OF OMI NO2 ENHANCEMENT IDENTIFIED WITHIN 6 HOURS TRANSPORT TIME OF ACTIVE STORMS. (6) PRESENT TALK ON OMI NO2 RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUES (E.G. STRAT-TROP SEPARATION) AT FALL 2010 AGU MEETING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROCUREMENT IS TO ACQUIRE SERVICES IN DERIVING THE NOX SIGNAL PRODUCED BY LIGHTNING FROM THE NO2 DATA COLUMN AMOUNT DATA COLLECTED BY THE OMI INSTRUMENT ON NASA'S AURA SATELLITE. THE WORK INVOLVES EXTRACTING THIS SIGNAL FOR SPECIFIED CASE STUDY EVENTS.