The BOREAS Information System

         December 8, 1995

To:      All BOREAS Investigators and Staff

From:    Jeff Newcomer, BOREAS Information Scientist
         [(301) 286-7858] [newcomer@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov]

Subject:    Access to ERS Image Data

For the last year, BORIS has been working with JoBea Way and Diane Wickland to try
and make ERS-1 radar images available to interested BOREAS science teams.  After
a bit of frustration, a plan has been derived for this to happen.  Under the plan,
each BOREAS science team that desires access to ERS images must submit a 
mini-proposal describing their needs and intended use of the data.  The details
of the proposal follow this paragraph.  Under this arrangement, BORIS will not have
copies of the ERS imagery.  Each team that is permitted to access the data will
work directly with the Alaska SAR Facility to acquire the desired images.  To help
with image identification/selection, BORIS is working with JoBea Way to provide 
on-line inventory and quality information about the pertinent BOREAS images from 
her experience with them.


Alaska SAR Facility Data -- Mini-Proposal Guidelines
Please provide a one or two-page description of your project for which you plan
to utilize Alaska SAR Facility (ASF) data.  The outline that follows will provide
the information required to approve your project.  This information will be
forwarded to NASA for approval and will also be used by ASF for planning purposes.
Projects approved under these guidelines will allow the Principal Investigator
to obtain data from the Alaska SAR Facility for the marginal cost of filing the
specific user request.  Projects conducted with NASA support may be eligible for
data credits to cover the cost of data products.  Other projects are expected to
supply ASF with a purchase order or other method of payment to cover data costs.
No funding is available through this mechanism to support data analysis.

1) principal Investigator:  Please include your name, affiliation, full mailing 
   address, telephone number, fax number and em-mail addresses that will allow us 
   to contact you.

2) Title of Project:  The name of the project you are proposing.

3) Co-Investigators:  Please list any co-principal investigators following 
   guidelines in (1) above.

4) Support:  identify your source of support.

5) Objective and approach of research:  Briefly describe the overall objectives 
   and approach for the project.

6) Information to be derived:  Describe the product(s) and/or information you 
   anticipate deriving from ASF data.

7) Other data sets of Importance:  Please identify any other data sets that you 
   plan to use in conjunction with this investigation.

8) Regions, Seasons and aspects of interest:  Generally describe the geographic 
   areas, season(s) and/or unique aspects of the project.

9) Data Requirements:  The following information is needed for the ASF Mission 
   Planner to evaluate the data requirements of your project.  NASA will evaluate 
   your data requirements and their impact on the ASF against the scientific 
   merits of the project.
     A)Location of study area:  Please indicate the regions of the ASF mask this 
       project covers.
          1) Size of study area
          2) Shape of study area
     B) Number of Observations:  How much and how frequently do you require SAR 
        data (e.g. every three days for one month)?
     C) Time Frame required:  Over what time period should data for this project 
        span (e.g. spring season of 1992)?
     D) ASF data required:  Please list the number, type, and of ASF standard 
        products you require.
          1) Type(s) of products
          2) Type(s) of media
     E) Using the ASF Price List, please indicate the total cost the data this 
        project will require.

10) Planned fieldwork dates and locations:  If you plan to collect field data in 
    conjunction with ASF data acquisition, please indicate dates and locations.

11) Deliverables:  As a condition of project approval, the Principal Investigator 
    is expected to provide ASF with three (3) copies of all publications which 
    result from the use of ASF data.  In addition, a brief report (one to two 
    pages) of the results of this project is to be submitted to ASF within 30 
    days of the completion of the project.

12) Background and history of study.

13) Relevant Publications.

Please submit this information to:

Greta Reynolds, ASF Mission Planner
Alaska SAR Facility
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
P.O. Box 757320
Fairbanks, Alaska  99775-7320
Fax:    907-474-5195
Phone:  907-474-7869
e-mail: greynolds@santa.asf.alaska.edu

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