Grace Su ( license@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9494
Applicant's Name: Patrick Neale Institution: Smithsonian Evnironmental Research Center Address: 647 CONTEES WHARF ROAD Edgewater, MD 21037 Telephone: 443-482-2285 Fax Number: 443-482-2380 E-mail Address: nealep@si.edu 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): 12/22/2004 - 01/18/2005 SeaWiFS HRPT Station to provide data: HNBP (R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer) List of Authorized Users to access real-time data. Project Title: Interactive Effect of UV and Mixing In The Ross Sea Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Neale, Wade Jeffrey, Ann Gargett Funding Agency(s): NSF - OPP Description of the Research Project and Justification for Real-time SeaWiFS Data: We are measuring the response of phytoplankton and other microorganisms in the Ross Sea Polynya to solar UV exposure. Sampling will be targeted to blooms of Phaeocystis and diatoms. Real-time access to SeaWiFS will enable rapid identification of bloom areas and assist in accomplishing our cruise objectives.