How Ideas will be Evaluated
Ideas will be evaluated for potential to mitigate the degradation of NOAA weather services in the event of a polar-orbiting satellite data gap. Ideas will be screened by technical experts to identify those of high potential, which will be investigated further by NOAA.
Identification of the high-potential ideas is a two-step process: (1) an initial assessment to identify those ideas that merit further study;
and (2) a detailed analysis of the high-merit ideas. The initial merit assessment will include evaluation of technical, operational, and programmatic merit and associated risk.
The detailed analysis of high-merit ideas will explore several factors, leading to identification of high-potential ideas for further NOAA investigation. The Detailed Analysis table below lists the assessment factors and, through a series of questions, defines the framework for the analysis.
If valid contact information is submitted, the submitter may be contacted to obtain additional information or resolve any reviewer questions.
Initial Merit Assessment
Detailed Analysis
Important Privacy Information
Please see www.noaa.gov/privacy for general privacy policy information. Please read the following for important supplementary details.
This JPSS Gap Mitigation survey is intended to collect information from all sources, including the public, industry, academia and government regarding potential solutions to respond to degradation in the National Weather Service (NWS) products and services which could result from a loss of capability in satellite-based observations. Information provided on this site will be available to the general public for review and comments. Inappropriate submissions, however, will not be available for public review and comment. Inappropriate submissions include items not germane to the subject or containing proprietary information, materials deemed primarily to be advertising, obscenity or other objectionable material.
Do not submit proprietary or company confidential information through this website. Such information will not be considered. All other submissions will be evaluated for merit. See How Your Idea Will Be Evaluated for details. You will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. NOAA may use any idea submitted, in whole or in part, without attribution or payment of any kind to the submitter. The public will be provided the opportunity to comment on your idea. Comments may be provided by NOAA staff. Any such comments do not imply an endorsement by NOAA of submitted ideas and may not relate to final idea evaluation. Anyone, including NOAA personnel, may take your submitted idea and repost the idea in whole or in part.
If you provide identifying information, NOAA may contact you with clarifying questions on your submission. Your contact information, as provided on the web entry form, will not be publicly posted. Identifying information contained in the descriptive information data fields may be redacted or preserved for public review. Identifying information contained in uploaded files will not be removed and will be available to the public, upon request. The presence of corporate identifiers or information in provided materials does not imply a government endorsement.
