Applicant's Name: Katsutoshi Kozai Institution: Kobe University, Faculty of Maritime Sciences Address: 5-1-1, Fukaeminami, Higashinada Kobe 658-0022 Japan Telephone: +81-78-431-6276 Fax Number: +81-78-431-6276 E-mail Address: kouzai@maritime.kobe-u.ac.jp 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 (3 months maximum). Start Date (month/day/year): 02/18/2004 End Date (month/day/year): 03/30/2004 SeaWiFS HRPT Station to provide data: HMIR (R/V Mirai) List of Authorized Users to access real-time data. 1. Icho Asanuma 2. Katsutoshi Kozai Project Title: Cross-validation of Sea Surface Reflectance And Ocean Color in The Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Principal Investigator(s): Katsutoshi Kozai Funding Agency(s) : Japan Marine Science and Technology Center Description of the Research Project and Justification for Real-time SeaWiFS Data: In-situ sea surface reflectance and chlorophyll-a concentration will be validated, not only for SeaWiFS-derived products but also for cross-validation by using physical and empirical models onboard the R/V Mirai.