This federal contract award, with identification number NNX16AI44G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop new insights into the methane hydrology of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The primary objectives are to explore how Titan's surface features influence atmospheric phenomena, and to use Cassini spacecraft observations to understand the fate of precipitation and the signatures of evaporation on...
This is a $209,469.00 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for a research project titled "CONSTRAINING STABLE STRATIFICATION AND DEEP WINDS INSIDE SATURN WITH CASSINI MAGNETOMETER DATA AND DYNAMO SIMULATIONS". The award is to support specialized scientific research utilizing data from the Cassini mission to study the internal structure and atmospheric dynamics of Saturn. This is a non-set-aside grant with a period of...
This is a $102,368.37 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona (dba Arizona Board of Regents) for research on Titan's atmosphere and climate. The grant supports the analysis of existing spectral data from the Keck Observatory to measure the seasonal and latitudinal variations in Titan's tropospheric methane. The research aims to improve understanding of Titan's climate, including cloud, storm, and rain processes, and the transport...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $563,329 grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to support research explaining Titan's topography through modeling the influence of crustal clathrates and organics. As the prime contractor, the University of Hawaii will deliver the contracted research services with no set-aside designation involved. The modeling work will provide NASA insights to support its Outer Planets Research program's goal of advancing understanding...
This $697,139 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop a comprehensive understanding of atmospheric processes responsible for changes in midlatitude circulation and weather extremes under a changing climate. The research will leverage reanalysis products, satellite data, and climate model simulations to evaluate the influence of internal variability, tropical-midlatitude-arctic interactions, and...
This $50,606.14 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), acting through its Office of Research Administration division. The grant supports research into the role of the inner magnetospheric electric field in magnetospheric dynamics and its influence on coupling to the ionosphere and earthward particle transport during magnetic storms. This research directly aligns with NASA's mission and science...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), through its Office of Research Administration division, has been awarded a $1,115,212.62 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the transformations of energy accompanying solar magnetic activity. This 4-year grant, with a period of performance from February 2020 to February 2024, is part of NASA's broader efforts to understand the complex, dynamic nature of the heliosphere. As a premier public...
This is a $349,576.20 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Colorado to study the ultraviolet airglow emissions from Titan as observed by the Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS). The research aims to analyze the behavior of Titan's dayglow and nightglow over a solar cycle using the extensive UVIS dataset collected from 2004 to 2015. The study will leverage modeling tools to better understand the sources of Titan's nightglow,...
This is a $86,567.24 federal grant award to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) to conduct research on the roles of organic compounds produced by photolysis and radiolysis in various physical and chemical processes on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on March 1, 2022, with a performance period ending on January 16, 2024. UCSC, a public research university and Hispanic-Serving Institution, frequently...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $130,076.23 grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to investigate the formation environment of the solar system using short-lived radionuclides. This research grant, with a completion date of September 20, 2022, is not set-aside and will be performed at UCLA's facilities in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's Office of Research Administration, a division of the university, is managing this grant award. The work...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $263,646.92 grant for research to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) through its Office of Research Administration. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports UCLA's objectives to investigate the role of moist convection in the atmospheric circulation and global hydrologic cycle of Saturn's moon Titan. The research leverages two numerical models - the Titan Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (TRAMS) and the Titan Atmospheric Model (TAM) General Circulation Model - to analyze convection and its impacts on the large-scale circulation and methane cycle on Titan. This work is relevant to NASA's Solar System Workings program, as it aims to characterize vertical mixing, methane profiles, and cloud features in Titan's atmosphere. The grant was awarded on September 26, 2017, with a completion date of January 1, 2020. UCLA, as the prime grantee, is supported by its parent organization, the State of California Controller's Office.