01-067

Planetary Atmospheres

Cover Page/Proposal Summary

ROSS-00    NRA 00-OSS-01

Date Due: 4/28/2000

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Proposal Type: New Proposal

Proposal Category: Laboratory

Major Equipment Proposal? Yes

Do you intend to submit an Education/Public Outreach (E/PO) proposal? No

Proposal Title:
Major Equipment:A GAS HANDLING SYSTEM FOR THE McMATH FTS

Abbreviated Proposal Title:
Major Equipment:A GAS HANDLING SYSTEM FOR THE FTS

Principal Investigator:
Dr. Linda R. Brown
Element 3232, Earth and Space Sciences MS 183-601
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Phone: 818-354-2940   Fax: 818-354-5148   E-mail: linda@regina.jpl.nasa.gov

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Co-Investigators and Collaborators:
Type    Name    Affiliation    E-mail
Sci Collab   Dr. Mike Dulick   National Solar Observatory   dulick@noao.edu


Proposal Summary:

Under the Planetary Major Equipment Program, funds are requested to purchase a gas sample handling system to be used at the McMath Fourier transform spectrometer located at the McMath-Pierce Solar telescope at Kitt Peak Observatory. The system consists of a high speed/high vacuum turbo pump with an oil-free diaphragm roughing pump, two gas manifolds and isolation values, special usage pressure gauges for higher temperatures and higher pressure ranges and gauges to montior and control the pumping station. This will be used by NASA researchers from JPL, Ames, Langley and Goddard who regularly record laboratory spectra of species observed in planets and comets. The purchase of special pressure gauges for high pressure and high temperatures will permit this facility to be used for laboratory studies needed to interpret spectra of brown dwarf stars and exosolar planets.

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By submitting the proposal identified in this Cover Sheet/Proposal Summary in response to this NRA or AO, the Authorizing Official of the proposing institution (or the individual proposer if there is no proposing institution) as identified below:

  • certifies that the statements made in this proposal are true and complete to the best of his/her knowledge;
  • agrees to accept the obligations to comply with NASA award terms and conditions if an award is made as a result of this proposal; and
  • confirms compliance with all provisions, rules, and stipulations set forth in the three Certifications contained in this NRA [namely, (i) Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters Primary Cover Transactions, (ii) Certification Regarding Lobbying, and (iii) Certification of Compliance with the NASA Regulations Pursuant to Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs].
    Willful provision of false information in this proposal and/or its supporting documents, or in reports required under an ensuing award, is a criminal offense (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001).