National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research & Technology Transfer 2004 Program Solicitations
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9.1.3 EARTH SCIENCE
NASA's goal in Earth Science is to observe, understand, and model the earth
system to discover how it is changing, to better predict change, and to
understand the consequences for life on earth. Earth Science Enterprise
(ESE) does so by characterizing, understanding, and predicting change in
major Earth System processes and linking models of these processes together
in an increasingly integrated way. Earth Science is divided in two themes:
Earth System Science and Earth Science Applications theme. Earth System
Science theme comprises the Enterprise's Research, Observation and
Information Management, and Advanced Technology programs. Earth System
Science's Research is focused into six science areas: 1) Climate Variability
and Change, 2) Atmospheric Composition, 3) Carbon Cycle, Ecosystems, and
Biogeochemistry, 4) Water and Energy Cycle, 5) Weather, and 6) Earth Surface
and Interior. The ESE's Advanced Technology Program is designed to foster
the creation and infusion of new technologies into Enterprise missions in
order to enable new science observations or reduce the cost of current
observations. Requirements for advanced technology development are based on
requirements articulated in ESE's Research Plan. The Earth Science
Enterprise Strategy discusses ESE's approach to these great endeavors and
outlines the key program components of the Earth Science Enterprise. Three
subordinate documents, the Earth Science Enterprise Research Plan, the
Technology Plan, and the Applications Plan, provide more detail in these
important areas. These documents are located at:
E1.01 Passive Optics
E1.02 Lidar Remote Sensing
E1.03 In Situ Sensors
E1.04 Passive Microwave
E1.05 Active Microwave
E1.06 Passive Infrared - Submillimeter
E1.07 Thermal Control for Instruments
E2.01 Guidance, Navigation and Control
E2.02 Command and Data Handling
E2.03 Advanced Communication Technologies for Near-Earth Missions
E2.04 Onboard Propulsion
E2.05 Energy Storage Technologies
E2.06 Energy Conversion for Space Applications
E2.07 Platform Power Management and Distribution
E3.01 Automation and Planning
E3.02 Distributed Information Systems and Numerical Simulation
E3.03 Geospatial Data Analysis Processing and Visualization Technologies
E3.04 Data Management and Visualization
E3.05 Onboard Science for Decisions and Actions
E4.01 Innovative Tools and Techniques Supporting the Practical Uses of Earth Science Observations
E4.02 Advanced Educational Processes and Tools
E4.03 Wireless Technologies for Spatial Data, Input, Manipulation and Distribution
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