GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS (CSISS) PROPOSES TO CONDUCT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH WITH NASA GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE CENTER (GES DISC) ON: 1) GEOINFORMATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; AND 2) MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DATA SERVICES AND INFORMATION. THE CSISS TEAM WITH JOINT SUPERVISION OF THE CSISS PROJECT PI AND DISC CIVIL SERVANTS AND IN COLLABORATION WITH DISC CONTRACTOR TEAMS WILL CONDUCT GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND PROTOTYPING TO SUPPORT GES DISC MISSIONS. THE PROPOSED WORK CONSISTS OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING APPLICATIONS USER SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS AND OUTREACH INCLUDING ADOPTION AND DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT GES DISC GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON EMERGING SEMANTIC WEB GEOSPATIAL CLOUD AND OTHER GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DATA SCIENCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATION OF THE GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE SCIENCE DOMAINS. PRECIPITATION IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED DATA PRODUCTS IN BOTH RESEARCH AND APPLICATION COMMUNITIES. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT CHALLENGE TO PROVIDE USER-FRIENDLY DATA SERVICES AND INFORMATION TO A WIDE RANGE OF USER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD ESPECIALLY NONPROFESSIONALS. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT ENHANCEMENT APPLICATIONS AND OUTREACH OF GES DISC PRECIPITATION DATASETS AND SERVICES SUCH AS NASA MAJOR PRECIPITATION MISSIONS (TRMM AND GPM) AND OTHER PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS (E.G. GPCP) THE USDA CROP EXPLORER GIOVANNI TRAININGS AND PUBLICATIONS IN MAJOR SCIENCE JOURNALS OR MAGAZINES ETC. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE EXPERIMENTAL VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR SUPPORTING NASA MODERN-ERA RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS FOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS (MERRA); LEADING EDGE DATA QUALITY AND UNCERTAINTY STUDIES; NEW INNOVATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR MEASURES DATA AND CONTINUE DEVELOPING THE HOW-TO KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR ENHANCING ONLINE USER SUPPORT.