Applicant's Name: Elvio Nacini Institution: SACLANT Undersea Research Centre Address: Viale San Bartolomeo 400 19138La Spezia, SP ITALY Telephone: 39-0187-527-253 Fax Number: 39-0187-527-331 E-mail Address: nacini@saclantc.nato.int Type of Temporary Agreement requested: An agreement that temporarily enables a non-real time SeaWiFS HRPT station to decrypt real-time data and release it to the Authorized Users list. Time period of temporary agreement: Dates (month/day/year): 08/06/2003 - 09/30/2003 SeaWiFS HRPT Station to provide data: HSPZ List of Authorized Users to access real-time data. 1. Farid Askari 2. Elvio Nacini 3. Richard Signell Project Title: Mapping of Biogeochemical Fields In The Ligurian Sea Principal Investigator(s): Farid Askari Funding Agency(s): NATO/SACLANT Undersea Research Centre Description of the Research Project and Justification for Real-time SeaWiFS Data: This project seeks to assess the impact of acoustic signals and to identify favorable and non-favorable environments for Marine Mammals in the Ligurian Sea and Gulf of Lyon. The near realtime SeaWiFS data will be used for adaptive sampling of biological and physical fields during the cruise.