This is a $345,760.51 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to continue support for the definition of science goals, requirements, measurement requirements, product definition, and science algorithm development, as well as data distribution and calibration/validation planning for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. The work will be done in collaboration with other key NASA missions focused...
This federal contract award, valued at $195,026.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (NASA SSSC) to Unavco, Inc., a non-profit organization. The contract is for the installation of OPERA CAL/VAL Corner Reflectors at NOTA Stations in California. This effort supports Unavco's Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience (GAGE), which provides geodetic infrastructure, data, and support services to advance Earth science research. Unavco...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $153,360 grant to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to conduct research related to the NISAR satellite's two-frequency (L- and S-band) observing capability. This research will utilize a common electromagnetic model to separate the dependence of the backscatter signature. The award is a grant for research and does not have a set-aside designation. UMass, acting through its Office of Grant & Contract Administration,...
This is a $27,500.00 firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions and Grants to Unavco, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides geodetic infrastructure, data, and support services for Earth science research. The contract is for GPS station data, with a completion date of April 7, 2014. Unavco has received past prime federal contracts from agencies like NASA, NOAA, USGS, and the Department of the...
This is a $415,548 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), a premier public research university. The grant is for the "NISAR PRODUCTS, CAL/VAL, AND EARLY SCIENCE RESULTS FOR GLACIERS AND ICE SHEETS (AUG)" project, which involves research and development related to the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. The grant has an ultimate completion date of October 25, 2025. UC Irvine, a...
This is a $260,849 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Earth Big Data LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to support the development of ecosystem disturbance monitoring algorithms for the upcoming NASA-Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. The grant funds Earth Big Data's continued participation on the NISAR Science Definition Team, including tasks such as refining science requirements, developing...
This $344,978 federal grant award was made by NASA to Earth Big Data LLC, a for-profit limited liability company focused on software and services for processing and exploiting synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. The grant supports research to develop methods for ecosystem disturbance monitoring using data from upcoming SAR satellites like NASA's NISAR mission. This includes mapping forest disturbance and monitoring moisture and structural changes in vegetation using SAR time series data. The...
This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The $352,684.99 grant is for the recipient to contribute to the development of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission through supporting the Science Definition Team (SDT). The work will focus on using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) techniques to monitor changes in permafrost and...
This federal contract was awarded by the Department of the Interior US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants to Unavco, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides geodetic infrastructure, data, and support services to advance Earth science research. The contract, titled "UNAVCO ARCHIVING RINEX DATA," has a firm fixed price of $18,025.00 and a completion date of February 28, 2015. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Unavco has previously received prime...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. The $281,033 grant will support research and development activities related to the NISAR mission, which aims to facilitate significant advances in targeted science disciplines and promote synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology to new application areas. UAF, a public research university, is the prime...