The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has been awarded a $792,941.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on quantifying ocean primary production and carbon export by combining satellite and oceanographic tracer observations in a global inverse model. This grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will run through December 31, 2025. UCSB, a public research university, has extensive expertise in various scientific...
This is a $260,658.25 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to conduct research on quantifying the ocean's biological carbon pump using a combination of satellite and in-situ oceanographic observations. The work aims to develop models that will improve how NASA uses its resources to monitor and quantify the ocean's carbon cycle. This grant does not have a set-aside designation, indicating it was awarded...
This is a $547,183.47 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) for a research project titled "Sinking Particulate Organic Matter is a Major Route of Carbon Export from the Sunlit Surface Ocean to the Ocean's Interior." The project aims to develop a mechanistic link between microbial attenuation of sinking particle flux and surface ocean properties, with the goal of creating a predictive understanding of...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has been awarded a $185,501 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research projects identified in the 2018 National Academies report "Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space". UCSB, which operates through its Office of Research, is a public research university with expertise in areas such as quantum computing, photonics, and climate research. The grant has...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $165,000.00 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on how humans are interacting with the natural world. The award, Contract ID 80NSSC20K1475, is for a project that will develop techniques and products to utilize NASA and partner organization resources in novel ways to expand our understanding of human-environment interactions. The award does not have a set-aside designation,...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has been awarded a $868,144 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the "Bermuda Bio-Optics Project: Data for AQUA MODIS Algorithm Maintenance." The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will fund research and data collection to support the maintenance and improvement of the AQUA MODIS satellite algorithm. UCSB, as a public research university with expertise in areas such as climate...
This federal contract award was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), a public research university, to conduct fundamental research on the role of dissolved organic matter in the biological carbon pump. The $1,268,186.45 grant aims to understand the controls on the partitioning of net primary production and net community production into dissolved and particulate organic matter,...
This federal contract award, identified as NNX15AN87H, was granted by NASA to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop and validate a novel algorithm that merges particle size distribution (PSD) information from both particle backscattering and absorption spectra. The project aims to improve upon current studies by providing a better understanding of the bio-optical complexity of the ocean, which is critical for characterizing global particle size distribution and...
This is a $135,000.00 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The project aims to use understanding of giant kelp life cycle and physiology to develop techniques for predicting the temporal and spatial dynamics of giant kelp population from satellite data. UCSB is a public research university that conducts fundamental and unclassified research across scientific disciplines,...
This is a $493,854.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) for a research project titled "RIVER RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: INSIGHTS FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING DATA IN HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA." The project will leverage UCSB's expertise in climate science, remote sensing, and data analytics to study the impacts of climate change on rivers in high mountain regions. The award does not have a...