This is a Sources Sought Synopsis announcement market survey for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The Air Force ISR Agency has been tasked to solicit for and award a project for meteorological modeling support to the TMA division in an effort to provide incremental improvements to AFTAC's existing meteorological and material transport and dispersion modeling capabilities. This request for information is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various companies to provide support. The contractor must demonstrate the capability to provide the following: (1) Atmospheric Modeling Enhancements; (2) Atmospheric Data Assimilation Enhancements including 3- and 4- Dimensional variational data assimilation techniques an well as ensemble Kalman filter methods; (3) Enhancement and Tuning of the Ensemble WRF Atmospheric Modeling System to improve model accuracy and to characterize uncertainty within the ensemble; (4) Transport and Dispersion Model and Material source Estimation Enhancements , including but not limited to the development of in-line transport and dispersion (T&D) capabilities within the standard Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model build ; (5) Personnel must have the appropriate technical skills locally available for on-site support; (6) Security clearances (S) are required for this task; (7) Maintain and control the software and hardware configuration baseline; (8) Must be able to demonstrate clear and sound organizational and management methods; (9) Travel may be required as directed by the government to receive training or to support the mission. This Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for any information solicited. Additionally, no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. All small business, small disadvantage sources, and HUB Zone eligible entities should identify themselves as such. The applicable North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code is 541712. If you are seriously considering submitting a proposal when a solicitation is released, please submit a Statement of Capabilities and brief information about your company and business size. The capabilities packages should not be longer than ten (10) pages including graphics, tables, or photographs. Please submit information electronically by 10 Mar 11 to ATTN: Brian Strahl via Michelle Raines at [email protected] or by mail to Michelle Raines, AFISRA/ A7KRB, 1030 South Highway A1A, MS 1000, Patrick AFB 32925. The anticipated start date is July 2011. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.