Delivery Order FA465914DV002-FA465917F0001

This is a $1,565,434 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University. The grant, titled "Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS)," supports a research project to improve understanding and forecasting of winter snowstorms on the U.S. East Coast. The project will...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center to the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, a non-profit organization. The contract, valued at $135,000.00, is for the provision of soil, dust, and snow samples over the period ending June 8, 2026. The Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies also holds two project grants totaling $118,134.00 from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation to perform...

This is a $2,744,358.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) for the "Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS)" project. The project aims to characterize snowbands in Northeast U.S. winter storms, understand the processes that produce them, and apply this understanding to improve remote sensing and modeling of snowfall. The...

This is a $419,795 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Boise State University for the coordination of high-resolution airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data acquisition over SnowEx 2020-21 time series sites. The grant covers both snow-on flights in February 2021 and snow-free flights in September 2021. The research, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Marshall, supports the NASA SnowEx program, which aims to improve the measurement and...

This is a definitive, firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions and Grants to Airborne Snow Observatories Inc., a for-profit provider of aerial snow observation services. The $408,178.00 contract is for a SNOWPACK STUDY AND EVALUATION project with a completion date of September 30, 2024. Airborne Snow Observatories specializes in using airborne imaging spectrometer and lidar systems to collect high-resolution data...

This is a $134,649.18 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to the University of Washington on September 1, 2018, with a completion date of August 31, 2021. The grant funds research to investigate the extent, resolution, and accuracy of remotely-sensed snow depth observations in complex topography, as precipitation measurements in mountainous regions are challenging. The research will evaluate the ability of simulated snow depth...

This is a $232,262.92 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington to improve high-resolution mapping of snow cover in complex forested terrain using Planet Labs satellite imagery. The University of Washington will couple ground and airborne snow observations with Planet imagery in mountain systems in Washington, California, and Colorado. This work aims to enhance understanding of climate change impacts on...

This contract was awarded by the Office of Acquisitions and Grants, a civilian federal agency, to Airborne Snow Observatories Inc., a for-profit organization that specializes in advanced aerial snow observation and scientific research services. The contract is for the "Airborne Snow Observation Survey 2024" and has a ceiling value of $185,570.00. It is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2024. The contract does not have a set-aside...

This is a $363,134 grant awarded by NASA to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), the managing organization for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), to support NASA's Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) program. IMPACTS is an Earth Venture Suborbital-3 mission focused on improving snowfall remote sensing and modeling to advance winter storm prediction capabilities. Under this three-year grant,...

This is a $235,316 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Airborne Snow Observatories Inc., a for-profit specialized scientific research and data collection services company. The grant is for a 3-year project studying the thermal properties of icy Europan analogs, which aligns with NASA's objectives of understanding extraterrestrial environments and material characteristics. Airborne Snow Observatories Inc. has a history of...