4 NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE IS A FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE OF THE EARTH SYSTEM, AS IT RELATES TO CHANGES IN THE OCEAN MEAN MASS AND FRESHWATER CONTENT, HORIZONTAL MASS REDISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CURRENTS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS ON LAND ICE, THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND THE EARTH'S ENERGY BALANCE. DATA COLLECTED BY GRACE AND ITS FOLLOW-ON MISSION PROVIDE A MOUNTING RECORD OF OBP FIELDS WITH UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL SPATIAL COVERAGE, BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN IN THEIR PROCESSING AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE PLAN TO MAKE SYNERGISTIC USE OF AVAILABLE AND FUTURE GRAVITY DATA, OTHER SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS, AND MODELS TO LEARN ABOUT THE OCEAN AND ITS ROLE IN EARTH'S CLIMATE, GRAVITY AND ROTATION. Exercise an Option $206.0k 4/3/19 3 NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE IS A FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE OF THE EARTH SYSTEM, AS IT RELATES TO CHANGES IN THE OCEAN MEAN MASS AND FRESHWATER CONTENT, HORIZONTAL MASS REDISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CURRENTS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS ON LAND ICE, THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND THE EARTH'S ENERGY BALANCE. DATA COLLECTED BY GRACE AND ITS FOLLOW-ON MISSION PROVIDE A MOUNTING RECORD OF OBP FIELDS WITH UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL SPATIAL COVERAGE, BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN IN THEIR PROCESSING AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE PLAN TO MAKE SYNERGISTIC USE OF AVAILABLE AND FUTURE GRAVITY DATA, OTHER SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS, AND MODELS TO LEARN ABOUT THE OCEAN AND ITS ROLE IN EARTH'S CLIMATE, GRAVITY AND ROTATION. Supplemental Agreement for work within scope $0 4/17/18 2 NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE IS A FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE OF THE EARTH SYSTEM, AS IT RELATES TO CHANGES IN THE OCEAN MEAN MASS AND FRESHWATER CONTENT, HORIZONTAL MASS REDISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CURRENTS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS ON LAND ICE, THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND THE EARTH'S ENERGY BALANCE. DATA COLLECTED BY GRACE AND ITS FOLLOW-ON MISSION PROVIDE A MOUNTING RECORD OF OBP FIELDS WITH UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL SPATIAL COVERAGE, BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN IN THEIR PROCESSING AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE PLAN TO MAKE SYNERGISTIC USE OF AVAILABLE AND FUTURE GRAVITY DATA, OTHER SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS, AND MODELS TO LEARN ABOUT THE OCEAN AND ITS ROLE IN EARTH'S CLIMATE, GRAVITY AND ROTATION. Exercise an Option $206.0k 3/29/18 1 NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE IS A FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE OF THE EARTH SYSTEM, AS IT RELATES TO CHANGES IN THE OCEAN MEAN MASS AND FRESHWATER CONTENT, HORIZONTAL MASS REDISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CURRENTS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS ON LAND ICE, THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND THE EARTH'S ENERGY BALANCE. DATA COLLECTED BY GRACE AND ITS FOLLOW-ON MISSION PROVIDE A MOUNTING RECORD OF OBP FIELDS WITH UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL SPATIAL COVERAGE, BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN IN THEIR PROCESSING AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE PLAN TO MAKE SYNERGISTIC USE OF AVAILABLE AND FUTURE GRAVITY DATA, OTHER SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS, AND MODELS TO LEARN ABOUT THE OCEAN AND ITS ROLE IN EARTH'S CLIMATE, GRAVITY AND ROTATION. Exercise an Option $206.0k 11/22/16 Not listed NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE IS A FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE OF THE EARTH SYSTEM, AS IT RELATES TO CHANGES IN THE OCEAN MEAN MASS AND FRESHWATER CONTENT, HORIZONTAL MASS REDISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CURRENTS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS ON LAND ICE, THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND THE EARTH'S ENERGY BALANCE. DATA COLLECTED BY GRACE AND ITS FOLLOW-ON MISSION PROVIDE A MOUNTING RECORD OF OBP FIELDS WITH UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL SPATIAL COVERAGE, BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN IN THEIR PROCESSING AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE PLAN TO MAKE SYNERGISTIC USE OF AVAILABLE AND FUTURE GRAVITY DATA, OTHER SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS, AND MODELS TO LEARN ABOUT THE OCEAN AND ITS ROLE IN EARTH'S CLIMATE, GRAVITY AND ROTATION. Not listed $206.0k 4/6/16