From francesco.vespe at asi.it Thu Nov 6 08:28:37 2008 From: francesco.vespe at asi.it (Vespe Francesco) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:28:37 +0100 Subject: [IGSMAIL-5852]: ROSA on OCEANSAT_2 Announcement of Opportunity Message-ID: ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 06 Nov 08:29:41 PST 2008 Message Number 5852 ****************************************************************************** Author: Francesco Vespe The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has released this week electronically an Announcement of Opportunity for conducting basic scientific research and application oriented projects using data and data products from its payload devoted to Radio Occultation for Sounding the Atmosphere (ROSA) which will be embarked on Indian OCEANSAT_2 space mission. The launch is planned for the next spring 2009. Individuals or parties interested in proposing a ROSA-OCEANSAT_2 mission investigation in response to this AO are requested to connect at http://eopi.asi.it/ or contact: francesco.vespe at asi.it Official letter follows: ======================================================== Dear Colleague, The Italian Space Agency (ASI - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) is pleased to announce the opportunity for the exploitation of the ROSA on OCEANSAT 2 mission products. This Announcement of Opportunity is focusing on the demonstration of the ROSA on OCEANSAT 2 capabilities and exploitation for science and civilian applications. The opportunity is open worldwide for candidates submitting proposals covering exploitation of ROSA on OCEANSAT 2 products for: - ROSA calibration and validation algorithm retrieval - ROSA data assimilation in numerical models for meteorological forecasting - climatology - atmospheric, ionospheric and space weather studies - space geodesy and solid earth physics applications - synergic use of the data form the payloads onboard OCEANSAT_2: Ocean Color Monitoring, SCATterometer and ROSA Should you be interested in participating to this opportunity, please submit your proposal directly onto the following web site: http://eopi.asi.it/ The deadline for submission of proposal is 30/01/2009. For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Francesco Vespe by e-mail at: Francesco.vespe at asi.it. We would like to welcome you to this Announcement of Opportunity and wish you all success with your project. We look forward to collaborating with you and receiving your proposals, reports and results. Giuseppe Bianco Acting Director, Earth Observation Dept. Italian Space Agency ======================================================================== ====