STATUS OF NASA TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY GRANT NNX13AK57G "DETERMINING THE EXTENT AND DYNAMICSOF SURFACE WATER FOR THE ABOVE FIELD CAMPAIGN"THE TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY GRANT# NNX13AK57G "DETERMINING THE EXTENT AND DYNAMICS OF SURFACEWATER FOR THE ABOVE FIELD CAMPAIGN" IS IN YEAR 2 OF THE PROJECT. WORK IS CUNENTLY ONSCHEDULE WITH COMPLETION ANTICIPATED IN MID-20 15. AT PRESENT ALL RAW DATA HAVE BEEN ACQUIREDAND PROCESSED THROUGH THE INITIAL CLASSIFICATION ROUTINE AND THESE RESULTS HAVE BEEN COMPILED INTOOUTPUTS PER EPOCH. WE ARE NEARLY FINISHED WITH AN EVALUATION OF THESE RESULTS AND HAVE IDENTIFIEDA NUMBER OF ANOMALOUS INDIVIDUAL INPUTS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS EXPECTED. THE FOLLOWINGSTEPS REMAIN TO BE ACCOMPLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL:1. REMOVE ANOMALOUS INDIVIDUAL LANDSAT SCENES AND RE-COMPILE THE RESULTS.2. VISUAL INSPECTION OF RESULTS TO ENSURE THAT ALL ANOMALIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED.3. CREATION OF FINAL MAPS FROM INTERMEDIATE RESULTS4. DOCUMENTATIONA. USER GUIDEB. PUBLICATION OF METHODS FOR PEER REVIEW5. DELIVERY OF FINAL PRODUCTS TO ABOVE PROJECT OFFICE FOR DISTRIBUTION6. FINAL GRANT REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED TO NASA ADMINISTRATIONAS OF NOVEMBER 1 2014 THERE IS APPROXIMATELY $70 000 REMAINING IN THE BUDGET. THIS AMOUNTIS SUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING TASKS IDENTIFIED ABOVE. THE REMAINING FUNDS WILL PRIMARILYSUPPORT SALARIES WITH A SMALL AMOUNT RESERVED FOR THE PI TO TRAVEL TO THE TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGYTEAM MEETING IN 2015. THE TRANSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FROM SIGMA SPACE CORPORATIONTO SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INCORPORATED (SSAI) ON DECEMBER 1 2014 WILL RESULTIN A DELAY WHILE THE SUPPORT FUNDS ARE TRANSFERRED. DUE TO THE EXPECTED TIME IT WILL TAKE TO FORMALLYTRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS GRANT FROM SIGMA SPACE CORP. TO SSAI WE REQUEST A NO-COSTEXTENSION OF THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FROM 5/31/2015 TO 12/31/2015 TO ENSURE THERE WILL STILL BEADEQUATE TIME TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING TASKS.