THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DEFINES THE EFFORT REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACTOR FOR PROVIDING A DATASET AND SUPP…

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THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DEFINES THE EFFORT REQUIRED BY THE CONTRACTOR FOR PROVIDING A DATASET AND SUPPORTING ANALYSIS FOR USE BY LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER (LARC) TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A MFLL FOR THE REMOTE SENSING OF OXYGEN(O2) AS A MEANS TO MEASURE PRESSURE IN THE EARTH ATMOSPHERE FROM SATELLITE ALTITUDES. THE DATA AND ANALYSES PROVIDED UNDER THIS EFFORT WILL BE USED BY LARC TO DETERMINE IF A MFLL CAN BE SCALED IN POWER AND APERTURE TO PROVIDE MEASUREMENTS OF SUFFICIENT ACCURACY AND PRECISION TO ASSIST IN MEASURING CO2 MIXING RATIO IN SUPPORT OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF REGIONAL CO2SOURCES AND SINKS. IN ADDITION, THE DATA AND ANALYSES WILL SUPPORT A DECISION BY LARC ON SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL TO THE EARTH SCIENCE SYSTEM PATHFINDER (ESSP) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY-4 (AO-4). ESSP AO-4 IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED DURING GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR 2008. 4.0 TASKS THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE DATA SETS FROM AIRBORNE TEST OF THE CONTRACTOR'S MULTI-FUNCTIONAL FIBER LASER LIDAR (MFLL) OPERATING AT OR NEAR ~1.27UM FOR THE REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF O2. THESE DATA SETS SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM AIRBORNE TESTS CONDUCTED IN THE VICINITY OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA AND SHALL ALLOW THE CHARACTERIZATION AND VERIFICATION OF THE CONTRACTOR'S INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE IN RETRIEVING THE O2 NUMBER DENSITY IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE. THESE DATA SETS SHALL SUPPORT THE ANALYSIS OF O2 RETRIEVALS OVER REGIONS OF VARYING REFLECTIVITY (LAND AND WATER) AND PRESSURE AND DURING BOTH DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME. TEST RESULTS SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM A RAMAN AMPLIFIER WITH AN OUTPUT POWER SCALABLE TO AT LEAST 4 WATTS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES (PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, MATERIAL, AND SERVICES) TO PERFORM AND ACCOMPLISH THE TASKS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ITS MFLL SYSTEM AND LASER ALTIMETER FOR INSTALLATION ON LARC S B200 CLASS AIRCRAFT AND SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT S DEPLOYMENT FROM HAMPTON, VIRGINIA. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSIST NASA WITH INSTALLATION OF THE EQUIPMENT. NASA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INSURING THAT THE INSTRUMENT CONFORMS WITH APPLICABLE FAA AND/OR NASA STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS IS AT LARC. CERTIFICATION FOR FLIGHT IS A LARC RESPONSIBILITY. THE CONTRACTOR WAIVES ALL LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF EQUIPMENT. NASA WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF THE CONTRACTOR S EQUIPMENT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL COMPARE THE DATA SETS TO PERFORMANCE PREDICTED BY THE CONTRACTOR'S INSTRUMENT MODEL. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF THE AIRBORNE MFLL INSTRUMENT'S SCALABILITY TO SPACE. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE INSTRUMENT ENGINEERING, AND SCIENCE DATA; SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRACTOR S MFLL TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE MEASUREMENTS OF O2 IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE. TO PRODUCE THIS DATA, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL: 1) PRODUCE DESIGN DOCUMENTATION TO INCLUDE A) A DETAILED BLOCK DIAGRAM, B) A RISK REGISTER AND RISK MITIGATION PLAN, AND C) COST, RISK, SIZE, MASS, POWER ESTIMATES OF THE O2 SYSTEM TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT STUDIES 2) SUPPORT BI-WEEKLY TELECONS TO DISCUSS PROGRESS AND TECHNICAL ISSUES. 3) PRODUCE FLIGHT DATA TO INCLUDE ELECTRONIC COPY OF ALL DATA COLLECTED DURING THE FLIGHT CAMPAIGN.