This is a federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to advance the development of a global network of geostationary satellite-based active fire detection and characterization products. The grant, valued at $584,526.28, aims to validate and harmonize data from multiple geostationary satellite sensors, including the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI)...
This is a $430,735 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to quantify the processes controlling the temporal variability of biosphere-atmosphere carbon dioxide (CO2) flux on seasonal and interannual timescales from 1989 to 2018. The research aims to improve predictions from Earth system models by integrating remote sensing observations, mechanistic models, and NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-5)...
This federal contract award is for the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) to participate in the Biomass Burning and Air Quality Field Study FIRECHEM as part of the DC-8 aircraft payload. UC Irvine will employ its proven technique combining whole air sampling and gas chromatography to provide high-quality measurements of 60-70 trace gases, including priority compounds like non-methane hydrocarbons, alkyl nitrates, halocarbons, and sulfur compounds. UC Irvine will collect up to 168 air...
This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for the development and refinement of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) active fire product. The $808,001 grant funds research to enhance and operationalize the algorithm used to detect wildfires and other high-temperature events from satellite imagery,...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX16AQ23G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to investigate how surface soil moisture influences wildfire dynamics in western North America. The $479,639.58 grant supports research spanning scales from the ignition and growth of individual fires to the impact of soil moisture on continental-scale fire emissions. The work leverages high-quality soil moisture data from...
This $123,817.67 federal grant award to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on understanding changes in the global carbon cycle in forests under a changing climate. The research aims to improve models and predictions related to carbon sequestration and release in forest ecosystems. There is no set-aside designation for this grant. As a public research university with extensive expertise across...
This federal contract award is a grant for $269,543.52 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) through its Office of Research Administration division. The grant supports the "FIRE impacts on regional to global scales: Emissions, Chemistry, Transport, and Models (FIRECHEM)" campaign, which aims to consolidate multiple air quality forecast systems to assess their performance and reduce uncertainties in smoke...
This federal contract award funds the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to continue its long-standing global atmospheric monitoring program, which has measured concentrations of key trace gases since 1978. The $1,433,026 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will allow UCI to maintain its seasonal air sampling at 40-50 remote Pacific basin sites, analyzing up to 55 compounds including greenhouse gases, ozone-depleting agents, and other key atmospheric...
This is a $412,035 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research institute. The grant supports research to improve understanding of the connections between fuels, fire, weather, atmospheric chemistry, and smoke transport, which are critical to assessing impacts on air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and climate. The research involves providing support to guide flight planning for the...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC21K1362, was granted by the Shared Services Center (an agency associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) for a research grant. The contract, which is not set aside, has a ceiling value of $606,865.00 and an ultimate completion date of June 15, 2026. The award is for research related to the fundamental role of fire in the Earth system, including its impact on ecosystem structure,...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to develop a suite of products for the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED). The goal is to better integrate fire emissions information into existing carbon monitoring systems. The new products will include a near-real time GFED emissions product using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) data, an updated GFED version 5 leveraging improvements to Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) burned area and VIIRS active fire data, and an assessment of the influence of global fire activity on methane emissions and lifetimes. This research directly responds to components of the NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) research announcement, including the need to advance remote sensing-based monitoring, reporting, and verification and enhance national carbon emissions inventories. The grant has a potential value of $658,765.89 and was awarded on November 27, 2017, with a completion date of January 7, 2022. No set-aside designation was indicated.