NASA EXPORTS Phase I – new website!

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) solicited proposals addressing the research needed to begin Phase I of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) field campaign – a large-scale field campaign that will provide critical information for quantifying the export and fate of upper ocean net primary production (NPP) from satellite observations. The overarching goal of EXPORTS is to develop a predictive understanding of the export and fate of global ocean NPP and its implications for the Earth’s carbon cycle in present and future climates. Proposals were requested for research investigations in three main research areas:

 1.  Development and Analysis of Remote Sensing Data Products,  
 2.  Collection and Analysis of Field-based (in situ) Data, and
 3.  Development, Incorporation and Analysis of Data Assimilation Experiments and Models.

In addition, the EXPORTS Science Lead position was also competed as part of the solicitation.

For the investigations recommended by NASA for support, general information about the EXPORTS field campaign program and further information concerning the measurement suite supported by NASA and potential berthing opportunities on the EXPORTS Northeast Pacific Ocean field campaign please see:

http://oceanexports.org/

An open competition for Phase II of the EXPORTS program is anticipated in the 2020 timeframe.

Please direct any questions to Paula Bontempi (paula.bontempi@nasa.gov) or Laura Lorenzoni (laura.lorenzoni@nasa.gov).