FOR THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT ENTITLED: NASA'S BLACK MARBLE PRODUCT SUITE: ALGORITHM REFINEMENT AND VALIDATION EFFORTS THE YALE TEAM WILL BE LED BY PI 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 V1.1 PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN QUALITY-CHECKED AND VALIDATED OVER A LIMITED NUMBER OF SCENES.