This is a $457,530.39 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the non-profit research institute SRI International. The grant funds a project to conduct laboratory measurements of the rate constants for the removal and relaxation of vibrationally excited hydroxyl (OH) radicals in the mesosphere. The goal is to improve the scientific analysis and modeling of the OH nightglow data collected by the Sounding of the Atmosphere...
This is a $454,070.75 grant awarded to SRI International, a non-profit research institute, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The grant is for a laboratory study aimed at improving the reliability of non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) models for retrieving water vapor number density profiles in the Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) regions. The study will focus on determining the rate coefficient for the vibration-to-vibration (V-V) energy...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to SRI International, a nonprofit research and development institute, to conduct laboratory measurements investigating key mechanistic pathways and rate constants for the interaction of highly vibrationally excited hydroxyl (OH(v)) with ground state oxygen atoms (O(3P) or O). The grant has a potential value of $592,792.00 and a period of performance ending on August 31, 2023. The contract...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to SRI International, a non-profit research institute. The $601,843 grant is for research on nitric oxide (NO), a key minor species in the Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere, and its role in upper atmospheric energy balance. The research will focus on the 5.3-micrometer band emission of NO. The grant has a period of performance from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2025. SRI International has a history of...
This is a $497,395.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) division. The grant, which has a performance period ending January 31, 2023, supports a laboratory program that studies highly reactive polyatomic molecular ions in low density regions and photo-dissociation regions (PDRs). This research aims to advance understanding of the chemistry beyond light ions observed in these...
This is a $479,712.43 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The grant is for a three-year research project to study the mechanisms of hydrogen loss from the atmospheres of Venus and Mars, with the goal of improving understanding of how water has been depleted from these planets over solar system history. The research will couple...
This is a $548,949.76 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant supports research to better understand the role of atmospheric gravity waves on Mars, which can impact spacecraft operations and the dynamics of the Martian atmosphere. The project will leverage data from multiple NASA spacecraft, including the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Global...
This is a $463,195.96 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant is for "OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES OF VENUS PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS" and has an ultimate completion date of April 29, 2024. The contract is a grant for research and does not have a set-aside designation, indicating SSI competed based on scientific and technical merit. SSI has extensive experience...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $135,000 training grant to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado, to conduct research on spectral parameters for water vapor in the Venus atmosphere. The research will combine a broadband, high resolution dual-frequency comb spectrometer with a high pressure, high temperature optical cell to measure the 1-2 micron spectrum of a water vapor-carbon dioxide mixture under Venus-like...
This is a $272,800 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute (SSI), a non-profit research organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant is for a research project to simulate the spatial distributions of carbon monoxide and oxygen in order to better understand the chemical stability of Venus' atmosphere. The grant has a period of performance ending on July 19, 2026. SSI has a history of federal contract and...
This is a $558,091.41 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the non-profit research institute SRI International. The grant is for a research project to investigate the vibrational relaxation kinetics of hydroxyl radicals (OH(v)) in the atmospheres of Mars and Venus. The goal is to improve the understanding of OH(v) emissions, which can serve as an indicator of atmospheric composition, variability, circulation, and temperature on these planets. The research will combine laboratory experiments using laser spectroscopic techniques and atmospheric modeling to elucidate the key OH(v) + CO2 relaxation processes. This work supports NASA's Solar System Workings program objective of understanding photochemical processes in planetary atmospheres. There is no set-aside designation mentioned for this grant, which was awarded in March 2019 and is scheduled for completion in October 2022.