This is a $6,059,991.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a private non-profit research organization, to conduct the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE). The purpose of this research grant is to test the hypothesis that submesoscale ocean dynamics make important contributions to vertical exchange of climate and biological variables in the upper ocean. The research will utilize a novel...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $361,063 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to support research on air-sea interaction at the ocean submesoscale level. The research will analyze new high-resolution observational data from NASA's Earth Venture Suborbital-3 Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment to improve understanding of physical mechanisms driving air-sea coupling at horizontal scales of 0.1-10 km. Additionally, the University will evaluate...
This is a $1,069,518 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), a nonprofit oceanographic research center. The contract supports the integration of remote sensing data, in-situ measurements, and models to quantify relationships between climate, the ocean environment, and marine food webs. The goal is to provide predictive understanding of marine ecosystem responses to...
This is a $1,124,316.97 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Earth And Space Research (ESR), a nonprofit oceanographic research institute. The grant is for a research project investigating the dynamic nature of marine eco-regions in the North Pacific using biological datasets and satellite oceanographic data. The project aims to study how "Meso-Marine Ecosystems" (MMEs) may move in response to changing ocean conditions,...
This is a $223,118 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization. The contract is focused on advancing the understanding of the Martian climate, particularly the dust cycle and its inter-annual variability. The BAER Institute has a history of conducting scientific research and providing data analysis, algorithm development, and...
This is a $1,588,462.00 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California. The award is for the "Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Cost-Threating Snowstorms (IMPACTS)" field deployment, a five-year mission to study disruptive East Coast U.S. snowfall and winter storms using a suite of modern remote sensing and in-situ instruments on...
This is a $2,381,384.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in Moffett Field, California. The contract is for the development of global climate models and numerical modeling of Mars' atmosphere under NASA's Heliophysics Research Program. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. BAER Institute...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,049,020.93 cooperative agreement to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) to integrate remote sensing products, in situ data and models in support of long term needs by the NOAA California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment, National Marine Sanctuary Programs, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the State of California. The work will be performed in Moss Landing, California with a completion date...
This is a Cooperative Agreement between the NASA Ames Research Center and the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization, to perform research and development projects in the area of space science, particularly investigations of the atmosphere and climate of Mars. The $2,260,912 contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2021 and does not have a set-aside designation. Under this agreement, the BAER Institute will conduct basic...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $389,241 grant to Farallon Institute of Petaluma, California. Under the grant, $133,858 will fund salaries, travel, and publications for Farallon Institute team members over a two-year period ending July 31, 2024. Saildrone Inc. was issued a $200,000 subcontract to support the work. The grant aims to advance NASA's earth science programs through collection and analysis of oceanographic data using uncrewed surface vehicles. No...