The University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography was awarded a $216,004 grant on October 1, 2024, for maintenance of the MODIS/VIIRS Standard Ocean Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) Algorithm and Product. This research grant, funded through a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, will support critical work in ocean science and environmental monitoring conducted at the institution's La Jolla, California facility through September 30, 2026. The...
This federal contract award is for a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) to maintain and assess the quality of the standard Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Ocean Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) product. The grant aims to develop and implement minor improvements to the PAR algorithm, check performance over time as sensors age, provide...
This federal contract award to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a division of UCSD, is for the development of a science-quality standard ocean surface photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) product from the DSCOVR EPIC satellite data. The $405,726 grant will fund the modification of the current NASA algorithm to EPIC data, quantification of theoretical performance, assignment of uncertainties, creation of a full EPIC PAR processing line,...
This is a $581,114 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Trustees of Boston University to maintain and refine the algorithm for generating operational vegetation green leaf area index (LAI) and absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) data products from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) sensor series. The objective is to ensure continuity and consistency with the prior Moderate...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to continue fieldwork and data analysis for maintaining and improving Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) ocean color remote sensing algorithms. The work, titled "Plumes and Blooms: A Multi-Decadal Coastal Bio-Optical Time-Series and Retrospective Data Analysis", was initially funded under NASA's Research Opportunities in Space...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $299,654 grant to the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) to maintain and extend the daily Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) albedo, nadir reflectance, and surface anisotropy products through the end of the Aqua and Terra satellite records. These high-quality MODIS products have been used extensively by the modeling and monitoring communities over the past 16 years to improve understanding of...
This is a $1,099,778.46 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona for a study focused on using satellite remote sensing to understand what controls the response of photosynthesis in Amazonian forests to seasonal and inter-annual variations in climate. The grant will enable the University to deploy a network of innovative ground-based sensors, including hyperspectral imaging systems and chlorophyll fluorescence spectrometers, to collect...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $624,030 grant to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography to develop the SABIA-MAR 1 satellite. This satellite is being built by the Argentina Space Agency (CONAE) to observe ocean color from a sun-synchronous orbit. It will use onboard cameras to measure top-of-atmosphere reflectance in multiple spectral bands to generate standard ocean color data products. The award does not have a...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to produce improved high-resolution global downward shortwave radiation (DSR) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) products from MODIS satellite data. The $829,329 grant funds four major tasks: 1) extensive product validation, 2) algorithm refinements and product improvement, 3) development of product integration methods, and 4)...
This is a $281,132 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop algorithms for estimating the concentration of particulate organic carbon (POC) in the surface ocean using data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on the Terra and Aqua satellites. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. UCSD is a leading public research university that conducts extensive...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $646,166.89 grant to the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography to develop science-quality Level 2 and Level 3 Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (APAR) products from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite data. The APAR products will help improve understanding of biogeochemical cycles and address climate change issues. The algorithm will directly estimate APAR from water reflectance, avoiding errors introduced by using derived variables. The processing line, code, and Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document will be delivered to NASA for implementation and product generation. This grant does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on December 10, 2018, with a completion date of December 9, 2021.