IGF::OT::IGF THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND MATERIALS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ASCENDS MISSION CONCEPT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY MATURATION, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT OF AN INSTRUMENT BASED ON A MULTIFUNCTIONAL FIBER LASER, TO REMOTELY MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC CONTENT OF CO2 AND OTHER ANCILLARY MEASUREMENTS TO MEET THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ASCENDS MISSION CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT. THE SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE CONTRACT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ALGORITHMS FOR RETRIEVAL OF CO2 MIXING RATIO, INCLUDING REQUIRED ANCILLARY MEASUREMENTS, AND DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS FOR VALIDATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ANALYTICAL MODELS DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL MODELS FOR ASCENDS-RELATED MEASUREMENTS ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA FROM SATELLITE, AIRCRAFT, BALLOON, AND GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTS FOR UNDERSTANDING AND VALIDATION OF ASCENDS MODELS AND ALGORITHMS. MISSION, PAYLOAD, AND INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR ASCENDS AIRBORNE AND GROUND SYSTEMS NOT PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AND GROUND FACILITIES FOR PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT WHILE CONDUCTING ASCENDS FIELD MISSIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASCENDS SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTS TO MEET MISSION NEEDS AND OBJECTIVES INSTRUMENT/SENSOR DESIGN TO TRANSLATE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS INTO VIABLE ASCENDS INSTRUMENT CONCEPTS FOR GROUND, AIRCRAFT, AND SPACE FLIGHT RESEARCH APPLICATIONS INSTRUMENT/SENSOR DEVELOPMENT FOR ANALYTICAL STUDIES, CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN VERIFICATION, ASSEMBLY, MODIFICATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASCENDS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS. INSTRUMENT/SENSOR CALIBRATION AND TESTING FOR CALIBRATION, INTEGRATION, TESTING, AND QUALIFICATION OF ASCENDS-RELATED RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENT SUPPORT FOR PROPOSALS SELECTED PURSUANT TO NASA ANNOUNCEMENTS OF OPPORTUNITY WHICH ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE ASCENDS MISSION REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEMONSTRATE THE VIABILITY OF THE MFLL CO2 MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE. TASK ORDERS UNDER THIS CONTRACT MAY INCLUDE ASCENDS RELATED WORK ON SELECTED MISSIONS PURSUANT TO NASA ANNOUNCEMENTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.