Delivery Order W15QKN16D1029-W15QKN20F5083

This is a $185,877.84 grant awarded by NASA to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to quantify the temporal and spatial variability of snow and ice in High Mountain Asia (HMA) using satellite remote sensing. The objectives are to create a 35+ year daily record of snow/ice surface properties and mass estimates, including snow water equivalent, snow/ice melt, and sublimation at 500-meter resolution. This will contribute to an improved understanding of the processes controlling...

This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) for the NASA Operation IceBridge (OIB) mission. The OIB program is designed to provide elevation measurements in Greenland, Alaska, and Antarctica during the period between the end of the ICESat (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite) mission and the start of the ICESat-2 mission. The $510,251 grant will support UW's work to integrate the new...

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...

The University of Colorado, Boulder was awarded a $520,230 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to quantify the temporal and spatial variability of snow and ice in High Mountain Asia from 1985 to the present. Using satellite remote sensing data, the University will create a daily record spanning over 35 years of snow and ice surface properties in the region. The objectives of the research are aligned with NASA's goals of improving scientific understanding of...

This is a $312,244 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Western Washington University (WWU) to quantify the impact of light-absorbing aerosols (LAA) on Arctic sea ice. The project will develop a new Arctic aerosol reanalysis dataset that includes assimilation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Aerosol Index (AI) data over bright surfaces, which is an improvement over existing aerosol reanalysis products. The deposition fluxes from this new dataset will...

This brief-term contract awarded by the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service provides approximately $28,000 of ice melt granules to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. W.W. Grainger, Inc. will deliver 50-pound cartons of ice melt product rated for temperatures down to negative 8 degrees Fahrenheit under the fixed price award. Performance will occur in Lake Forest, Illinois over a one-week period in December 2023. The contract calls against...

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 $720,771.62 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Colorado's Office of Contracts and Grants. The grant, titled "Bridging the Snow - Sea Ice Gap: A Snow on Sea Ice Assimilation System for the Arctic", aims to develop daily and monthly snow depth and density products to support improved satellite-based measurements of sea ice thickness. This information is critical for understanding and predicting changes in...

This is a grant awarded by NASA to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to provide an independent validation of the ATL11 ice sheet elevation change data product for the ICESat-2 satellite mission. The primary objective of the ICESat-2 mission is to monitor elevation changes of the polar ice sheets to quantify their contribution to sea level rise. The $148,393.44 grant does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on December 1, 2016 with a completion...

This federal contract award to Oregon State University (OSU) for $93,449.57 is focused on enhancing the understanding of how forest structure affects snow accumulation and melt. The overarching goal is to improve the ability to estimate snow cover in forested regions using a combination of remote sensing, field measurements, and computer modeling. The project will address three key research questions related to characterizing the relationship between canopy structure and snow processes, using...