This is a $647,779 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Illinois for research related to the Cloud and Aerosol Monsoonal Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2EX) conducted in 2019. The overall goal of CAMP2EX was to characterize the role of anthropogenic and natural aerosols in modulating precipitation in the Philippines during the southwest monsoon. This grant will fund continued research using data collected...
The University of Utah received a $548,859 research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the Cloud and Aerosol Monsoonal Processes-Philippines Experiment (CAMP2EX), with work concluding on January 23, 2025. The project focuses on characterizing the physical properties of shallow and cumulus congestus clouds across varying aerosol conditions in the Philippines region, with emphasis on understanding how aerosol-modulated droplet numbers influence...
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $205,806 grant to the University of Illinois to conduct research characterizing the microphysics and vertical structure of orographic precipitation on major mountain ranges in tropical and subtropical regions. As the prime contractor, the University of Illinois will leverage its expertise in atmospheric sciences to address the research objectives outlined in the grant's statement of work. The University is well positioned to...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Illinois for a research project titled "Quantitative Evaluation of Atmospheric Tomography with 3D Radiative Transfer for Advancement in Cloud and Aerosol Retrievals Using Terra and CAMP2EX Data and in Future Mission Design." The grant will fund research to develop improved methods for analyzing data from NASA's Terra satellite and the CAMP2EX field...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $244,104 grant to the University of Wisconsin - Madison, as part of the Research and Sponsored Programs division of the University of Wisconsin System, to deploy the University's High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) system to the Manila Observatory in the Philippines. This deployment is intended to enhance the ground-based observation capabilities for the Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes - Philippines Experiment (CAMP2EX)...
This $507,569 federal research grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois to conduct "Idealized, Cloud-Resolving Modeling (CRM) Studies". The research will focus on examining the role of updraft-core width in the dynamics of deep convective storms and associated hazards. The grant has an anticipated completion date of April 12, 2025 and does not have any set-aside designations. As a public land-grant research...
This federal contract award to The Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services Division, a prominent research institution based in St. Louis, Missouri, provides $516,987.00 to perform high time resolution in-situ aerosol size distribution measurements on board the NASA P-3B aircraft for the Cloud and Aerosol Monsoonal Processes-Philippines Experiment (CAMP2EX). The university will deploy a Fast Integrated Mobility Spectrometer (FIMS) instrument to characterize the role of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $823,174 research grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia University) to provide the Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) instrument for the Clouds, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes-Philippines Experiment (CAMP2EX) campaign. The RSP will be used to make airborne observations of aerosols, clouds, and atmospheric conditions in the Philippines during the southwest monsoon to enhance...
The University of Colorado has been awarded a $1.08 million research grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the Cloud and Aerosol Monsoonal Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2EX). Under this contract, the Atmospheric Radiation Group at the University of Colorado will deploy the Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer (SSFR) aboard a NASA P-3B aircraft to measure spectrally resolved shortwave irradiance. The primary objective is to characterize the atmospheric...
This is a $342,356.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Illinois for research related to cloud radiative feedbacks and the "pattern effect" in climate change predictions. The grant is part of NASA's ongoing efforts to improve climate modeling and understanding of key factors driving climate change. As a public land-grant research university, the University of Illinois has extensive experience conducting scientific research...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $970,857.00 grant to the University of Illinois to support the Cloud and Aerosol Monsoonal Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2EX) field campaign. The grant aims to characterize the role of anthropogenic and natural aerosols in modulating cloud and precipitation over the Philippines during the southwest monsoon. Key objectives include providing calibration and validation data for satellite observations, analyzing geostationary satellite data, contributing to flight planning, and conducting integrative analysis of field and satellite data. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. As a public land-grant research university, the University of Illinois has extensive experience conducting scientific research and supporting U.S. government agencies through federal contracts and grants.