THIS IS A SUBCONTRACT OF THE NASA PROPOSAL LED BY DR. MIGUEL ROMAN AT NASA GODDARD SPACE RIGHT CENTER [NASA GSFC]. THE YALE TEAM WILL BE LEAD BY CO-PL SETO. THE PRIMARY YALE TEAM TASKS ARE: (1) SUPPORT THE PI TEAM IN THEIR ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ESPECIALLY EFFORTS FOR CREATING HIGHER LEVEL NTL PRODUCTS AND CHANGE METRICS. (2) SUPPORT A GLOBAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF THE NASA BLACK MARBLE PRODUCT SUITE. (3) CONDUCT A NUMBER OF FOCUSED RESEARCH STUDIES TO DEMONSTRATE THE UTILITY OF THE NEW PRODUCT SUITE AND HELP FAMILIARIZE THE SCIENCE USERS WITH THE PRODUCT'S FEATURES ONCE THE BLACK MARBLE COLLECTION V 1.1 PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN QUALITY-CHECKED AND VALIDATED OVER A LIMITED NUMBER OF SCENES.