This is a $370,500.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University for research to make the SNOWMODEL data-model fusion system available for NASA's terrestrial hydrology applications. The award has an ultimate completion date of October 4, 2025. Colorado State University, a public land-grant research university, will be performing the work through its Sponsored Programs division. This award is not associated with a set-aside program....
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU), a public land-grant research university, is for a research grant to analyze ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data collected during the NASA SnowEx campaign. The goals are to quantify snow depth, density, and snow water equivalent (SWE) to provide robust ground validation datasets for satellite algorithm development, collaborate on GPR sampling strategies for future SnowEx...
This is a $20,806 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University for travel support related to the SnowEx-Alaska field work in 2022 and 2023. SnowEx is a NASA-led field campaign focused on improving snow hydrology measurements and modeling. The grant supports Colorado State University's participation as a research partner. No set-aside designation was used for this award. Colorado State University has a history of providing research,...
Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division was awarded a $999,954 research grant by a civilian federal agency on September 1, 2023, to develop high-resolution multidecadal satellite remote sensing-based snow lifecycle reanalysis products over the Northern Hemisphere. The grant, which runs through August 31, 2028, represents a competitive award with no set-aside designation. This work will be performed at CSU's Fort Collins, Colorado campus and aligns with the university's...
This federal contract award is a $134,857.89 grant for research being provided to Colorado State University (CSU) by a civilian agency, the Shared Services Center. The proposed project will serve as a Ph.D. project for FI Bonnell, opening doors into early-career cryosphere/remote sensing scientist positions with NASA or other agencies. The grant is evaluating NASA's SnowEx 2020 L-band InSAR for the future of snow remote sensing. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. CSU is the...
This is a $239,894.94 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) to conduct research on improving the evaluation of bin and bulk microphysics in winter precipitation modeling. The research will leverage data from NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) campaigns and initial GPM satellite data, along with a mesoscale model using state-of-the-art bin microphysics, to advance the understanding of mixed...
This federal contract award, valued at $525,408.00, was granted to Colorado State University by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to use data from the CloudSat and CALIPSO satellite missions to understand the role of clouds in extratropical climate variability. The contract runs through October 16, 2026. Colorado State University, a public land-grant research university, will provide research services through its Sponsored Programs division. This award is not associated...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) for a research project titled "Towards Improved Estimates of Cloud Feedbacks Using High Resolution Climate Simulations and CERES Observations". The contract has a period of performance ending on October 3, 2026. CSU, which is designated as a U.S. State Government, 1862 Land Grant College, and Educational Institution, will be the prime contractor for this...
This is a $439,499.25 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Colorado State University (CSU) for research related to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The research has three main objectives: 1) Improving GPM rainfall estimation by linking drop size distribution to environmental variables, 2) Validating GPM rainfall and snowfall estimates against ground-based observations in complex terrain using OLYMPEX data, and 3)...
This is a $1,438,971.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University on June 15, 2020. The grant is for research on changes in the tropical West Pacific water cycle and inconsistencies between observed evaporation, precipitation, and water vapor divergence. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled to be completed by June 14, 2025. Colorado State University, through its Sponsored Programs division, has extensive...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University for a project titled "NASA's Next Generation Cold Land Processes Experiment(s) (NG-CLPX)." The objective is to develop a data-model fusion system that integrates ground-based, airborne, and satellite observations to create value-added snow property products for the snow science community. This work supports NASA's efforts to advance remote sensing tools and predictive understanding of snow's role in land-atmosphere interactions and the climate system. The $380,867.46 grant, awarded on March 2, 2018, does not have a set-aside designation and is intended to be completed by September 28, 2022. Colorado State University, through its Sponsored Programs division, has extensive experience providing research, technical assistance, and educational services to federal agencies on topics like snow hydrology, weather forecasting, and climate modeling.