95-332. National Mapping Division; Announcement of Opportunity; Data Grant Program for Land Processes Research

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


National Mapping Division; Announcement of Opportunity; Data 
Grant Program for Land Processes Research

AGENCY: National Mapping Division, USGS, DOI.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Geological Survey's National Mapping Division is 
initiating a Data Grant Program to distribute remotely sensed data 
acquired by Earth-orbiting satellites. Landsat multispectral scanner 
(MSS) data and advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) data 
will be provided at no cost to a limited number of qualified nonprofit 
organizations that will apply these data to land processes research. 
These data are limited to conterminous United States, Alaska, and 
Hawaii sites. A detailed information packet is available.

DATES: Data Grant Program requests due April 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Data Grant Program, Science and Applications Branch, U.S. 
Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD 57198.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Mapping Division's Data Grant 
Program provides an opportunity for nonprofit organizations to obtain 
remotely sensed satellite data at no cost. This program provides no 
support other than data. Nonprofit organizations may apply by 
submitting Data Grant Program requests.
    Remotely sensed data offered through this program and identified in 
all related requests must be applied to land processes research. Land 
processes are defined broadly as the set of natural processes and human 
activities that affect the chemical composition, physical properties, 
and geographic distribution of materials (including inland and coastal 
waters and ice) on the continental land surface. Effects of these 
processes must be expressed at the surface if the data being offered 
are to be useful. Researchers engaged in any field of physical, 
biological, or social science and who are interested in investigation 
land processes and their effects are encouraged to submit Data Grant 
Program requests.
    The Data Grant Committee, consisting of National Mapping Division 
researchers, will review these requests. Limited quantities of free 
Landsat MSS data and AVHRR data will be awarded to those Data Grant 
Program requestors selected by the committee. Specific information on 
data types, guidelines for submission and evaluation of requests, 
procedures for data selection and retrieval, and schedules for request 
completion and reporting are outlined in the information packet.
    The information packet may be requested by writing to the address 
listed above; sending an electronic mail message to 
[e-mail] via Internet; or sending a Fax to 605-594-6589. 
Each respondent is asked to include name, organization, address, and 
telephone number.

    Dated: December 22, 1994.
James R. Plasker,
Associate Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 95-332 Filed 1-5-95; 8:45 am]
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