Definitive Contract NNH06CD84C

This competitive $767,692 grant from NASA will fund research by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) to measure subsurface solar flows and their relationship to the emergence and evolution of magnetic fields. Specifically, AURA will use helioseismic techniques to analyze Dopplergram data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory/Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (SDO/HMI) to derive horizontal flow profiles in the convection zone from the solar surface down to...

This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization, to determine the physical properties of the subsurface meridional circulation in the Sun's convection zone through the application of helioseismic techniques. The $259,342.08 grant will leverage data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) as well...

This is a federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages astronomical observatories and telescopes. The $524,743.00 grant is for a research project to perform a comprehensive study of the subsurface and surface flows associated with active regions and their evolution using data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)...

This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA) to investigate and understand the lifecycle of the solar magnetic field. The grant, valued at $145,785.00, supports the use of data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission's Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument to model the propagation of solar eruptions and their effects on Earth and space-based assets. The grant aims to better...

This is a $615,284 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages astronomical observatories and telescopes. The grant funds research to study the role of the sun's meridional flow on solar magnetic field dynamics and to use those findings to predict the strength of the upcoming Solar Cycle 25. The research will analyze data from NASA's Solar Dynamics...

This is a grant awarded by NASA to Stanford University to study the structure and temporal evolution of the Sun's deep meridional circulation. The $228,385 grant aims to better understand the systematic center-to-limb effect that has impacted previous measurements of the Sun's meridional flow, and to develop improved helioseismic analysis methods to more accurately determine the meridional circulation profile and its changes over solar cycles. The research is expected to provide critical...

This is a $188,534.51 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), a scientific research organization in Redmond, Washington. The grant is for the development and application of a new algorithm to compute helioseismic maps of the sun's far hemisphere using Doppler seismic observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The algorithm will improve the sensitivity and accuracy of these maps, increasing the number of...

This is a grant award from the NASA Shared Services Center to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) for $383,102.00 to support "GLOBAL HELIOSEISMOLOGY USING HMI OBSERVATIONS DURING CYCLE 24: MONITORING THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE SOLAR INTERIOR WITH STATE OF THE ART PMODE CHARACTERIZATION". The grant will allow SAO to continue its successful work on global helioseismology, applying advanced techniques to analyze data from NASA's Solar...

This is a federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution, for a project titled "Time-Distance Study of Emerging Active Regions Using HMI Observations". The grant's purpose is to investigate emerging active regions on the Sun and look for potential precursor indicators of their emergence, using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Solar...

This federal contract award, valued at $523,995.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages and operates major astronomical observatories and facilities. The proposed effort will determine the contribution of subsurface flows of active regions on flux cancellation at low latitudes and the resulting poleward migration of...