This is a grant award to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a nonprofit research organization, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a project titled "Quantifying the Effects of Stratosphere - Troposphere Exchange on Tropospheric Ozone Interannual Variability and Trends". The $331,933.54 grant will fund a study to analyze the impacts of stratosphere-troposphere exchange on tropospheric ozone, including quantifying the spatial distribution...
This is a $231,572 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to quantify and constrain the stratospheric water vapor and ozone responses and feedbacks to global warming using NASA's Goddard Earth System Model and satellite observations. The research aims to improve the understanding of the stratospheric chemical feedback and its impact on global warming. USRA, a nonprofit research organization, will conduct...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $288,522.37 grant to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to validate satellite observations of atmospheric trace species such as aerosols, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and water vapor against other measurement platforms. The effort will use a chemistry model to reconcile sunrise and sunset observations from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) instrument on the International Space Station. This...
This is a $188,104.11 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to develop a global surface nitrogen dioxide (NO2) dataset using observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite. The project aims to enhance the relevance of NASA satellite data to tropospheric composition, health, and air quality studies by improving methods to infer surface NO2...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1183, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to conduct research on tropospheric ozone (O3) formation and its impacts on air quality. The $21,869.88 grant-funded contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, will run through September 30, 2023. USRA, a nonprofit research organization, has extensive experience supporting NASA's science missions and programs....
This is a $335,981.02 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a non-profit consortium that manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The grant supports research to improve understanding of the role of dynamical variability and low-frequency phenomena like the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in driving...
This is a $80,245.19 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to support research on monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels from space-based observations. The primary objective is to improve understanding of the processes controlling atmospheric CO2, including the anthropogenic emissions that drive long-term CO2 growth. The research will leverage data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory...
This award is a $76,462 grant to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) for research on tropospheric ozone and its formation. USRA, a nonprofit research organization, will conduct this work for NASA's Shared Services Center. The grant is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. As a leading provider of scientific research and engineering services to federal agencies like NASA, USRA leverages its expertise in Earth science, climate...
This is a $260,284.14 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to research methods for deriving global hydroxyl radical (OH) abundance using atmospheric observations. The work aims to find a substitute for the traditional methylchloroform (MCF) reference gas, as MCF levels have declined due to regulation under the Montreal Protocol. The research will involve an integrated analysis using data from...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. The $843,170.89 grant funds a research project to study atmospheric organic trace gas composition from different regions, with the goal of improving the understanding and predictive capability for changes in the ozone layer, climate forcing, and air quality. Key objectives include measuring short-lived halogen species, using trace...
This is a $218,991.39 grant awarded to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant is for a research project that will use long-lived trace gas records to address questions about ozone trend attribution, stratospheric circulation change, and the sensitivity of ozone projections to simulated dynamical variability. The research aims to quantify the effect of declining ozone-depleting substances on ozone over the past two decades, analyze interannual variations in Antarctic ozone prior to depletion, and assess whether there has been a net change in the extratropical lower stratospheric circulation since the mid-1990s. The project will also compare simulations from NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry-Climate Model to observational data records to evaluate the model's performance in 21st century ozone projections. This grant does not have a set-aside designation and was awarded on May 9, 2019, with a completion date of November 30, 2021.