This is a grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY), a non-profit research organization, for a study investigating the spatiotemporal evolution of smoke aerosols in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere and their radiative effects. The $336,316.00 grant, with a performance period ending on May 28, 2027, will leverage multi-spectral aerosol extinction observations to conduct this research. The...
This is a $225,000.00 grant contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) for research on "Examining Ventilation in Tropical Cyclones from Field Campaign and Satellite Data." The contract has an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2026. RF-SUNY, a large non-profit organization that administers sponsored research for the State University of New York system, will be conducting this...
This is a $478,905.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY), a non-profit organization that manages sponsored programs at State University of New York (SUNY) campuses. The grant is for a research project titled "LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS CONSTITUTE THE LARGEST SOURCE OF CLIMATE PREDICTABILITY AT 7-30 DAY TIMESCALES." The project aims to investigate...
This is a $551,450.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), a non-profit organization that administers sponsored programs and research for the SUNY system. The grant is for a project titled "The Cryosphere's Response to Increasing Global Temperatures," which aims to improve predictions of sea-level rise by enhancing the understanding and modeling of glacier and ice sheet...
This federal contract award, ID 80NSSC22K0319, was granted to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) for research related to land-atmosphere interactions and their impact on climate uncertainty at 7-30 day timescales. The $630,429.00 grant, awarded on December 7, 2021, is set to be completed by December 6, 2025. RF-SUNY, a non-profit organization that manages research contracts and grants for the SUNY system, will leverage its expertise in atmospheric sciences,...
This federal contract award NNX17AG35G was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) to study the long-term trends of particle number concentrations in the United States and the associated physico-chemical and climatic impacts. The $534,728.99 grant will leverage satellite data from the Aura mission and NASA airborne campaigns to evaluate and improve the GEOS-Chem/APM atmospheric model's ability...
This is a $470,025.98 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to develop long-term surface concentration maps of atmospheric ammonia, nitrogen dioxide, and formaldehyde over the contiguous United States. The research aims to better understand the changing patterns of reactive nitrogen and volatile organic compound emissions, as well as the shifting chemical regimes of ozone and secondary...
This is a $99,640.82 grant awarded by NASA through the Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science (RRNES) solicitation to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to conduct research on the environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed work will: 1) constrain atmospheric dispersion patterns in three air basins using satellite data, 2) estimate emissions and lifetime of nitrogen oxides, and 3) analyze time series data on emissions from 2004...
This is a $137,267 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), acting on behalf of Stony Brook University. The goal of the A-CCP (Aerosol-Cloud-Convection Precipitation) study is to define objectives and desired capabilities for observable systems to address science questions related to clouds, convection, and precipitation. The principal investigator will...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K1249, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY), a non-profit organization that manages research contracts and grants for the SUNY system. The $293,216.00 grant is for a research project involving microwave radiometry, a key remote sensing technique used in various NASA space missions to monitor Earth's climate and study exoplanets and...