This is a $1,750,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, to support the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) initiative. GEO is a global partnership focused on leveraging coordinated and sustained Earth observation data to address societal and environmental challenges. The grant will enable the WMO to convene key stakeholders, identify Earth observation needs, and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded a $987,185 grant to the World Meteorological Organization, an agency of the United Nations, to facilitate implementation of the WMO Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System. The two-year contract, which runs from September 2023 through August 2025, will support the WMO's efforts to establish an international framework for collecting and sharing greenhouse gas observation data to advance scientific...
This federal contract award to the American Meteorological Society, Inc. (AMS) is for a 3-year project focused on enhancing the use of Earth observations and Earth science data for societal benefit. The award, valued at $401,421, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and is categorized under the "Enhanced Earth Observations and Science: Opportunities in the Weather Focus Area" program. The project aims to facilitate collaboration across federal...
This is a $584,814.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization. The grant is for a focused study on high-resolution Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) modeling, validation, and analysis to investigate atmospheric waves and their influences on winds in the upper troposphere and stratosphere. This research aims to inform improved methods for simulating small-scale wave...
This is a $1,619,471.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a private non-profit research organization, for a project titled "ADVANCING REMOTE SENSING INSIGHT INTO COASTAL SEA ICE ECOSYSTEMS". The grant, which has no set-aside designation, supports WHOI's research on using remote sensing techniques to study coastal sea ice ecosystems. The project has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2025....
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC23K0519, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), a for-profit scientific research organization. The $401,712.00 grant supports continued improvement of orographic and nonorographic gravity wave parameterizations and resolved gravity waves in the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) climate model. This work aligns with NASA's Geosciences,...
This is a $262,825.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a private, non-profit research organization. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for WHOI to provide leadership and support to NASA's Sea-Level Change Team through working group activities. WHOI has significant expertise and experience in oceanographic research, marine technology development, and climate science, which...
This is a $828,902.62 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization based in Seattle, Washington. The grant is for a research project titled "Active Region Dynamics and the Variability of Meridional and Zonal Flows", which focuses on advancing the understanding of atmospheric dynamics and flows. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and has a period of...
This federal grant award to the American Meteorological Society, Inc. (AMS) is for a project that will leverage NASA Earth Science Disaster Program resources to enhance the weather-based natural disasters risk and resilience content of the AMS Project Atmosphere science literacy program. The $35,799.94 grant, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center, will fund research, curriculum development, workshops, and public outreach efforts to broaden the program's focus on atmospheric science related to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $173,768 grant to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), operating as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), to develop an integrated terrestrial modeling and data assimilation framework. This framework will support the integration of data from current and planned NASA Earth observing satellite missions into operational weather and hydrologic prediction models, as well as research models for...