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information call: Alan Buis, (818) 354-0474., NDBC is comprised of a combination of NOAA civil service
employees, U .

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(Logo: http://www.newscom. Working as an
integrated team, NDBC manages the development , operation and maintenance of
the Marine Observation Network (MON). This team serves as NOAA's focal point
for data buoy and associated meteorological and environmental monitoring. The delivery system components include moored buoys, Coastal Marine
Automated Network sites, voluntary observing ships and oceanographic drifting
buoys and subsurface oceanographic "floats."
NDBC requires technical services to provide uninterrupted delivery of high
quality, real-time environmental data to the operational elements of NOAA and
the National Weather Service for weather and ocean forecasts and warnings, and
climate variability indications and assessments.

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The system consists of headland and moored buoy data acquisition platforms,
real-time information and processing quality control and product delivery
systems.

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NOAA's National Data Buoy Center to Award $500 Million Technical Services Contract

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"TOPEX/Poseidon was a unique mission that attracted users around the
world, including more than 600 scientists in 54 countries," said Yves Menard,
TOPEX/ Poseidon project scientist at Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales in
Toulouse, France.
For information about both missions on the Web, visit:

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WASHINGTON, The joint NASA/Centre National d'Etudes
Spatiales TOPEX/Poseidon oceanography satellite ceased operations after nearly
62,000 orbits of Earth. It will continue providing high-precision sea
surface height data to the oceanographic science community. Centre National
d'Etudes Spatiales manages the French portion of both missions.

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The satellite
is in orbit 830 miles above the Earth, posing no threat to the planet.

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The data provide
invaluable input for short-term weather forecasting, long-term climate
forecasting and prediction models.
The joint effort had its genesis in 1979, when NASA began developing the
TOPEX mission, while the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales was planning a
similar one called Poseidon.nasa.aviso.oceanobs.
The minimum guarantee for this IDIQ is $250,000.

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TOPEX/Poseidon's stellar performance allowed it to fly in tandem with
Jason for nearly three years, doubling data collection. NDBC's existing requirement is approximately $10 million per year.

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The satellite's pitch reaction wheel stalled in October.
TOPEX/Poseidon's data have been the subject of more than 2,100 research
publications; major science and application achievements include:

- the first decade-long global descriptions of seasonal and yearly ocean
current changes
- refined scientists' estimates of rising global sea level during the
past decade
- provided a new understanding of the role tides play in mixing the deep
ocean
- developed the most accurate ever global ocean tides' models
- provided the first global data set to test ocean general circulation
model performance
- demonstrated global positioning system measurements in space could
determine spacecraft positions with unprecedented accuracy, enabling
rapid delivery of data

Jason, a follow-on oceanography mission launched in December 2001, is
continuing TOPEX/Poseidon's study of ocean circulation affects on the Earth's
climate. It also improved understanding of how low-frequency ocean waves
transmit signals of climate change. The agencies formed a single mission in 1983, and
it was launched Aug .S.com

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Ground controllers
concluded the wheel was not functioning and ended the mission .gov

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Located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast at John C. The technical services
contractor is expected to provide engineering, operational, logistical and
information technology support to operate and maintain the MON.

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"Its data made a huge
difference in our understanding of the oceans and their affect on global
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This contract is a single award, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity
(IDIQ) contract.

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"TOPEX/Poseidon revolutionized the study of Earth's oceans, providing the
first continuous, global coverage of ocean surface topography and allowing us
to see important week-to-week oceanic variations," said Mary Cleave, associate
administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The wheel helps
keep the spacecraft in proper orbital orientation. Commerce Department , is dedicated to enhancing
economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of
weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of
our nation's coastal and marine resources.

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NASA'S Topex/Poseidon Oceanography Mission Ends

The spacecraft lost its ability to maneuver, bringing
to a close a successful 13-year mission.
The MON is an integrated , sustained ocean observation and information
delivery system that serves U.

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Beyond Jason, the Ocean Surface Topography Mission is in development for a
scheduled launch in 2008.S.S.
This will be a performance-based IDIQ contract with a $500 million ceiling
that includes a five -year base contract with five award-term option years.

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Stennis Space Center in
Bay St. The MON is part of NOAA's national backbone for marine observations.S.

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Contract functions will include assembly , operation,
maintenance and repair of buoy and land based environmental data collection
networks; operation of the NDBC facilities; testing of existing and new buoy
systems; data processing and transmissions; logistics support; quality
assurance and safety; and configuration and scientific support for new
technology, development and test programs. coastal waters, as well as the offshore
waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and the Great
Lakes.

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Jason precisely maps the surface height, wind speed and wave height
of 95 percent of Earth's ice-free oceans every 10 days. This allowed the study
of smaller-scale ocean phenomena like coastal tides, ocean eddies and
currents. Under the contract SAIC will provide life cycle support for
NOAA's Marine Observation Network, other buoy programs including the network
of Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART) stations and its Data
Assembly Center.

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"TOPEX/Poseidon was built to fly up to five years, but it became history's
longest Earth-orbiting radar mission," said TOPEX/Poseidon Project Scientist
Lee-Lueng Fu of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.
However, as the nation concentrates on improving the quality and understanding
of the global ocean, NOAA has positioned itself to increase and improve its
present ocean observation capability.

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TOPEX/Poseidon data have helped in hurricane and El Nino/La Nina
forecasting, ocean and climate research, ship routing, offshore industries ,
fisheries management, marine mammals' research, modernizing global tide models
and ocean debris tracking. Coast Guard personnel and a service contractor.
NOAA, an agency of the U.

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jpl. WASHINGTON , NOAA's National Data Buoy Center has
announced the selection of Science Applications International Corporation
(SAIC) of San Diego, Calif.

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, for the award of its Performance-Based Technical
Services contract. Louis, Miss.

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"It
provided, on average, more than 98 percent of the science data it was designed
to collect in every 10-day measurement cycle, a remarkable achievement. Based on national dialogue, NDBC
predicts a three-fold increase in its capability requirements in the next 10
years .