This proposal falls under: a.26 weather and atmospheric dynamics topic 2.1 difficult-to-retrieve weather, specifically, to improve understanding of light rainfall processes and associated drop size…
Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC20K0893
- Awardee
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Colorado State University UEI LT9CXX8L19G1 Part of Colorado State University System
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $374,612
Award facts
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $374,611.74 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 100% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Other
- Place of performance
- Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | -$84 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $127,304 | |
| Other Administrative Action | $0 | |
| Funding Only Action | $123,346 | |
| Original award | $124,046 |
About this award
This is a $374,611.74 grant award made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University for research to improve precipitation retrieval algorithms for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) and GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) instruments on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite. The goal is to better understand light rainfall processes and associated drop size distribution variability, in order to improve precipitation estimates at light rain rates, which are prevalent at mid-to-high latitudes. This award is not associated with a set-aside program. Colorado State University, through its Sponsored Programs division, has a history of providing research and technical services to federal agencies like NASA, NOAA, USDA, and DOI in areas such as climate science, meteorology, and environmental management.
Description
This proposal falls under: a.26 weather and atmospheric dynamics topic 2.1 difficult-to-retrieve weather, specifically, to improve understanding of light rainfall processes and associated drop size distribution shapes and variability, with the goal of improvement of precipitation retrievals by DPR-GMI combined algorithm at light rain rates. Under these conditions the ensemble-based optimal estimation scheme of the algorithm generally defaults to the apriori drop size distribution (DSD) state which may not be valid in the mid-to-high latitudes leading to systematic biases in rain rate (generally an underestimate) when compared with other satellite based methods. Unbiased light precipitation estimates are important since IT dominates the frequency of occurrence especially in the mid-to-high latitudes over ocean (typically the frequency of occurrence of r
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Who was awarded contract 80NSSC20K0893?
80NSSC20K0893 was awarded to Colorado State University by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on April 10, 2020.
How much is contract 80NSSC20K0893 worth?
The government has obligated $374,612 on 80NSSC20K0893.
Was contract 80NSSC20K0893 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC20K0893 was full and open competition.
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