The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $60,450 - Friday the 11th of May 2012
  Department Of Navy
  NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
  METER

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• $34,381 - Thursday the 6th of September 2012
  Department Of Army
  W072 ENDIST DETROIT
  TAS::96 3123::TAS SEQUOIA SCIENTIFIC LASER INSITU SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSMISOMETRY- STREAMLINED (MODEL NUMBER: LISST-SL).

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• $29,919 - Tuesday the 21st of February 2012
  Geological Survey
  OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS - RESTON
  LISST - 100X SEDIMENT SIZE SENSOR

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• $2,767 - Monday the 16th of July 2012
  National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
  EASTERN FIELD DELEGATES NMFS
  SUPPLIES AND SERVICE TO LASER IN-SITU SCATTERING TRANSMISSOMETER (LISST) INSTRUMENT.

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• $162,555 - Friday the 12th of October 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA HEADQUARTERS
  THE PROPOSED RESEARCH COMPRISES TWO SEPARATE TASKS, EACH OF WHICH WILL IMPROVE OCEAN COLOR REMOTE SENSING. TASK 1 USES RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING WITH THE EXISTING HYDROLIGHT RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODE TO ENHANCE THE NASA SEAWIFS PAR (PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY AVAILABLE RADIATION) PRODUCT. TASK 2 DEVELOPS A VECTOR (POLARIZED) VERSION OF THE HYDROLIGHT CODE AS NEEDED FOR SIMULATION OF AT-SENSOR RADIANCES MEASURED IN A COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM. THE PRESENT SEAWIFS DAILY AVERAGED PAR PRODUCT IS BASED ON DOWNWELLING PLANE IRRADIANCE IN THE AIR, JUST ABOVE THE SEA SURFACE. HOWEVER, OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION AND ECOSYSTEM MODELS GENERALLY ASSUME THAT THEIR RADIANT FORCING IS SPECIFIED AS PAR IN THE WATER, JUST BELOW THE SEA SURFACE. SUCH MODELS EMPLOY PLANE-IRRADIANCE PAR IN ENERGY UNITS FOR RADIANT HEATING CALCULATIONS, AND THEY NEED SCALAR-IRRADIANCE PAR IN QUANTUM UNITS FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS CALCULATIONS. THE TASK 1 WORK WILL DEVELOP SCALE FACTORS TO CONVERT THE ABOVE-SURFACE SEAWIFS PAR PRODUCT INTO DAILY AVERAGED PAR VALUES JUST BELOW THE SEA SURFACE, CORRESPONDING TO BOTH PLANE- AND SCALAR-IRRADIANCE PAR. THOSE FACTORS DEPEND ON LATITUDE, DAY OF YEAR, WIND SPEED, SKY CONDITION, AND WATER INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES. THE IN-WATER PAR VALUES OBTAINED FROM THE RE-SCALED SEAWIFS PAR PRODUCT WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED RADIANT FORCING AT THE TOP OF THE WATER COLUMN IN OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION AND ECOSYSTEM MODELS THAT PREDICT THE THERMAL AND BIOLOGICAL STATE OF THE UPPER OCEAN. THIS WORK THUS PROVIDES A FUNDAMENTAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE ACCURACY OF THE RADIANT FORCING INPUT TO MODELS USED IN ECOSYSTEM AND CLIMATE STUDIES ON A LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALE. THE TASK 2 WORK WILL DEVELOP AND VALIDATE A VECTOR (POLARIZED) VERSION OF THE SCALAR (UNPOLARIZED) HYDROLIGHT RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODE. THE ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSED MULTI- AND HYPERSPECTRAL OCEAN COLOR SENSORS REQUIRE THAT POLARIZATION EFFECTS BE INCLUDED IN BOTH THE OCEAN AND THE ATMOSPHERE WHEN COMPUTING TOP-OF-ATMOSPHERE RADIANCES FOR SENSOR DESIGN AND ALGORITHM EVALUATION. ALTHOUGH A FEW VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES DO EXIST, THEY HAVE LIMITATIONS SUCH AS REQUIRING HOMOGENEOUS WATER, LEVEL SEA SURFACES, OR COMPUTING THE RADIANCE IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION PER RUN, MAY REQUIRE LONG RUN TIMES, ARE NOT USER FRIENDLY AND DO NOT HAVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR INPUT OF DATA AND RUN SPECIFICATIONS, AND ARE PROPRIETARY TO THEIR DEVELOPERS. TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS, A COMPUTATIONALLY FAST, USER-FRIENDLY, AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE POLARIZED VERSION OF HYDROLIGHT WILL BE DEVELOPED. THIS CODE WILL BE SUITABLE AS THE OCEAN COMPONENT OF COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES AS NEEDED FOR REMOTE-SENSING SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSES. IT WILL ALSO FIND MANY APPLICATIONS TO POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT UNDERWATER PROBLEMS.

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• $16,007 - Tuesday the 31st of July 2012
  Geological Survey
  BRD WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER
  LISST-STREAMSIDE PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZER

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• $16,007 - Thursday the 12th of January 2012
  Geological Survey
  OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS - RESTON
  LISST-STREAMSIDE SEDIMENT ANALYSER

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• $149,982 - Wednesday the 26th of October 2011
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA HEADQUARTERS
  THE PROPOSED RESEARCH COMPRISES TWO SEPARATE TASKS, EACH OF WHICH WILL IMPROVE OCEAN COLOR REMOTE SENSING. TASK 1 USES RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING WITH THE EXISTING HYDROLIGHT RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODE TO ENHANCE THE NASA SEAWIFS PAR (PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY AVAILABLE RADIATION) PRODUCT. TASK 2 DEVELOPS A VECTOR (POLARIZED) VERSION OF THE HYDROLIGHT CODE AS NEEDED FOR SIMULATION OF AT-SENSOR RADIANCES MEASURED IN A COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM. THE PRESENT SEAWIFS DAILY AVERAGED PAR PRODUCT IS BASED ON DOWNWELLING PLANE IRRADIANCE IN THE AIR, JUST ABOVE THE SEA SURFACE. HOWEVER, OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION AND ECOSYSTEM MODELS GENERALLY ASSUME THAT THEIR RADIANT FORCING IS SPECIFIED AS PAR IN THE WATER, JUST BELOW THE SEA SURFACE. SUCH MODELS EMPLOY PLANE-IRRADIANCE PAR IN ENERGY UNITS FOR RADIANT HEATING CALCULATIONS, AND THEY NEED SCALAR-IRRADIANCE PAR IN QUANTUM UNITS FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS CALCULATIONS. THE TASK 1 WORK WILL DEVELOP SCALE FACTORS TO CONVERT THE ABOVE-SURFACE SEAWIFS PAR PRODUCT INTO DAILY AVERAGED PAR VALUES JUST BELOW THE SEA SURFACE, CORRESPONDING TO BOTH PLANE- AND SCALAR-IRRADIANCE PAR. THOSE FACTORS DEPEND ON LATITUDE, DAY OF YEAR, WIND SPEED, SKY CONDITION, AND WATER INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES. THE IN-WATER PAR VALUES OBTAINED FROM THE RE-SCALED SEAWIFS PAR PRODUCT WILL PROVIDE IMPROVED RADIANT FORCING AT THE TOP OF THE WATER COLUMN IN OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION AND ECOSYSTEM MODELS THAT PREDICT THE THERMAL AND BIOLOGICAL STATE OF THE UPPER OCEAN. THIS WORK THUS PROVIDES A FUNDAMENTAL IMPROVEMENT TO THE ACCURACY OF THE RADIANT FORCING INPUT TO MODELS USED IN ECOSYSTEM AND CLIMATE STUDIES ON A LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALE. THE TASK 2 WORK WILL DEVELOP AND VALIDATE A VECTOR (POLARIZED) VERSION OF THE SCALAR (UNPOLARIZED) HYDROLIGHT RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODE. THE ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSED MULTI- AND HYPERSPECTRAL OCEAN COLOR SENSORS REQUIRE THAT POLARIZATION EFFECTS BE INCLUDED IN BOTH THE OCEAN AND THE ATMOSPHERE WHEN COMPUTING TOP-OF-ATMOSPHERE RADIANCES FOR SENSOR DESIGN AND ALGORITHM EVALUATION. ALTHOUGH A FEW VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES DO EXIST, THEY HAVE LIMITATIONS SUCH AS REQUIRING HOMOGENEOUS WATER, LEVEL SEA SURFACES, OR COMPUTING THE RADIANCE IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION PER RUN, MAY REQUIRE LONG RUN TIMES, ARE NOT USER FRIENDLY AND DO NOT HAVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR INPUT OF DATA AND RUN SPECIFICATIONS, AND ARE PROPRIETARY TO THEIR DEVELOPERS. TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS, A COMPUTATIONALLY FAST, USER-FRIENDLY, AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE POLARIZED VERSION OF HYDROLIGHT WILL BE DEVELOPED. THIS CODE WILL BE SUITABLE AS THE OCEAN COMPONENT OF COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES AS NEEDED FOR REMOTE-SENSING SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSES. IT WILL ALSO FIND MANY APPLICATIONS TO POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT UNDERWATER PROBLEMS.

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