Definitive Contract NNH12CF43C

This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for $695,566.47. The purpose of the grant is to study the impact of geomagnetic storms on the ionosphere, which can affect radio communications and navigation systems. The research will utilize various data sources, including global electron content data, regional ionosphere observations, and in-situ satellite measurements, to better understand the...

This is a $403,176.52 grant awarded by NASA to the University of Colorado for a study on the influence of storm-time neutral winds on Subauroral Polarization Streams (SAPS) in the magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere (MIT) coupling system. The research aims to identify, separate, and quantify the feedback effect of neutral wind-generated electric fields on SAPS electric fields, ring current pressures, and region 2 field-aligned currents in the subauroral ionosphere-inner magnetosphere. The...

The University of California, Berkeley received a $680,256 grant award from a civilian federal agency (Shared Services Center) on September 1, 2021, to conduct research on electromagnetic energy and electron inputs into the dayside/cusp region of Earth's magnetosphere. The research aims to quantify how these inputs depend on solar wind variability and their relationship to outflowing ionospheric ions including hydrogen, helium, and oxygen ions. Particular emphasis will be placed on investigating...

This is a $232,620 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) on December 1, 2019. The objective is to conduct a comprehensive study of storm-time behavior of mid-latitude and equatorial ionospheric electrodynamics and its interaction with the thermosphere. This will involve analyzing data from multiple satellites and ground-based measurements, as well as running physics-based...

This is a $829,200 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to study the variability of the global ionospheric electric field and its impact on the mid-, low-, and equatorial latitude ionosphere. The research will utilize the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with Thermosphere and Ionosphere Extension (WACCM-X) to investigate how lower atmosphere tides/waves, magnetospheric inputs, and...

This is a $463,067 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to investigate the role of electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves and the magnetopause in the rapid dropouts of ultrarelativistic electrons in the Earth's radiation belt. The research aims to address key goals in NASA's Heliophysics Decadal Survey related to understanding the dynamics and coupling of the Earth's magnetosphere. The grant supports...

This is a $743,255.00 grant awarded by NASA to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, to conduct research quantifying the role of thermospheric neutral winds in driving plasma dynamics in the Earth's inner magnetosphere. The project aims to improve the understanding and predictive capabilities of energetic particle dynamics in the Earth's radiation belt and ring current by investigating how neutral winds affect parameters like...

Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates LLC, operating as Orion Space Solutions, was awarded a $511,264 research grant by a civilian federal agency effective January 6, 2021, with completion targeted for January 5, 2025. The grant supports scientific investigation into Mars' upper atmosphere variability, specifically examining neutral density fluctuations in the Martian thermosphere at altitudes between 150-200 kilometers. The research leverages observational data from NASA's Mars...

This federal contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University System of New Hampshire (USNH) through its University of New Hampshire (UNH) division, supports research to understand what controls the occurrence of ionospheric outflows, which are an important source of plasma for the magnetosphere. The $533,118.00 grant has a performance period ending on December 31, 2022 and is intended to address a high priority question for the field of...

This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Aerospace Corporation, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), to study the effects of precipitating electrons on the coupling between the magnetosphere and ionosphere. The $394,817.71 grant will support the development of models to investigate how electron scattering by waves in the magnetosphere affects trapped electron fluxes and precipitating electron energy flux distributions...