This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The agreement is focused on developing a network of citizen scientists to monitor lake water storage levels by combining on-the-ground measurements of lake stage with satellite-derived measurements of lake area. The goal is to build a global database of lake water storage variations that can help validate future...
This is a $359,146.90 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), doing business as the Office of Sponsored Research. The grant is for the Lake Observations from Citizen Scientists and Satellites (LOCSS) project, which works with citizen scientists around the world to measure variations in lake water levels using simple gauges. The project aims to improve understanding of how lakes change over time,...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) received a $1,579,280 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on validating satellite altimetry data against in-situ lake observations from citizen scientists. The grant, with a period of performance through December 2025, is a continuation of an ongoing project to support hydrologic science. UNC-CH, as the prime recipient, will leverage its extensive experience managing large federal...
This federal contract award, valued at $150,000.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) for a research project titled "ESTIMATING STREAMFLOW GAINS AND LOSSES USING IN-SITU, AIRBORNE, AND SWOT SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS". The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, is a grant for research with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. UNC, a public research university, will serve...
This federal contract award is a $134,942.42 training grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The purpose is to integrate a large national dataset of over 3.6 million historic water clarity measurements from the National Water Quality Portal and Lake Multi-Scaled Geospatial and Temporal Database with Landsat satellite imagery. This will enable the development of generalizable remote sensing...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has been awarded a $401,578 federal grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on sediment loads in rivers and coastal ecosystems. This five-year grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support UNC's research on managing the physical boundaries, navigability, and ecosystem impacts related to changes in sediment transport. UNC's Office of Sponsored Research will oversee this...
This is a $133,133.42 grant awarded to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on Arctic deltaic floodplains. The work involves studying the complex river and lake systems that transport and store organic and inorganic materials, with a focus on how the connectivity of Arctic floodplain lakes to nearby channels impacts water recharge. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. UNC-CH, which...
This $611,393 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to North Carolina State University (NC State) will support research to improve global mapping and monitoring of surface water and flooding dynamics using satellite remote sensing data. The project aims to leverage data from Landsat 8, Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2 satellites to develop machine learning algorithms that can more accurately detect ephemeral flooding, inundated vegetation, and small water bodies,...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to study the impacts of land use/land cover (LULC) and climate changes on the gross and net primary productivity in the southeastern United States. The $906,216.31 grant will leverage remote sensing data, including historical aerial photos, Landsat imagery, LiDAR, and satellite data, to reconstruct LULC changes and their effects on carbon...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,368,939.00 grant for research to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). The contract, titled "Identifying Disparities and Solutions to Urban Heat Stress with Multi-Satellite Imagery and Modeling Approaches", will run from January 16, 2024, to January 15, 2027. UNC-CH, a non-profit educational institution and state-controlled higher learning institution, will conduct research using...