This $134,999.21 federal research grant was awarded by NASA to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to support the Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) system. IMERG unifies multiple precipitation measurement algorithms such as PERSIANN-CCS and Climate Prediction Center Morphing with Kalman Filter. The grant will fund research and development activities related to this NASA Earth observation system. UC Irvine, a public research...
This federal contract award, valued at $459,443.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine), a public research university. The contract is focused on developing a framework for space-time satellite precipitation error diagnostics, uncertainty quantification, and enhanced algorithms for representing the space-time dynamics of precipitation. This research aims to improve the accuracy and representation of...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC18K0756, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). The $237,547.16 grant supports research aimed at improving the understanding of global water cycle dynamics in climate models and observations. The study seeks to identify key mechanisms that drive the spread in global mean precipitation across climate models, as well as understand why many models overestimate the...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) for research on the impacts of changes in rainfall patterns across the Amazon region. The $893,268.00 grant aims to study how water deficits in the Amazon are affecting both human and natural systems, particularly in the areas of river transportation and agricultural production. The grant has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025. UC Irvine, a...
This is a $498,010 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to study the impact of changes in the water cycle on vegetation productivity. The research will leverage data from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) to evaluate and improve climate models. UC Irvine, a public research university and member of the Association of American Universities, has extensive expertise...
This contract award for $91,982.08 was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) to continue development of the PERSIANN-CCS algorithm, a key component of NASA's Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) precipitation estimation system. The grant-funded research will update the latest techniques for quantitative precipitation estimation from geostationary infrared satellite data. UC Irvine, a highly-ranked...
This is a $461,480 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) on June 2, 2018. The grant supports research to better quantify the uncertainty and model the runoff production from surface melt, which is a key component of the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet. The research will leverage data from automated weather stations, snow pits, and ice cores to evaluate the ability of regional atmospheric climate models...
The University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) has been awarded a $150,000.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on using new generation satellite observations to investigate the influence of drought and heatwaves on isoprene emission. The grant is part of NASA's scientific research program and is not associated with any set-aside designation. As a major public research university and member of the Association of American Universities, UC...
This is a $300,000 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). The grant, titled "Diabatic Attribution of Marine Heatwave Formation and Destruction," will support UC Irvine's research in climate science. UC Irvine is a major public research university and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. The grant has a period of performance through...
This is a $600,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) for research on physics models that simulate large-scale hydro-mechanical processes. The grant aims to address the computational expense and uncertainty sources associated with these physics models, as well as the limitations of observational data. The award has an ultimate completion date of October 11, 2025 and does not...