This federal contract award to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) covers the full suite of Standard NASA S-NPP and JPSS-1 Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) active fire and burned products. The $789,838.00 grant is for research and development, with no set-aside designation. UMD, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, will provide these VIIRS data products to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The award is associated with a larger,...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to develop a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) burned area product that will continue the 17-year Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) record into the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) era. The $345,163 grant will fund the completion of the existing prototype VNP64A1 production code,...
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)...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $110,000 research grant from the Shared Services Center (a civilian federal agency) to support maintenance of the MODIS Global Active Fire and Burned Area Product. The contract, awarded on October 1, 2024, runs through September 30, 2026, and represents a non-set-aside award made directly to the university's Office of Research Administration & Advancement. MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data products are critical...
This federal contract award NNX16AG37G was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The $274,500.68 grant funds research to identify and quantify climate indicators that drive biomass burning characteristics, develop a better understanding of the potential predictability of severe wildfires, and explore feedback mechanisms and assess the risk of increased wildfires in a warmer climate. The research will utilize satellite...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K1526, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for support and maintenance of near real-time Landsat and harmonized geostationary satellite active fire data in NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS). The contract, valued at $149,698.42, is a grant for research with an ultimate completion date of August 3, 2024. UMD, a...
This federal contract is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for research and maintenance work related to the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite instruments. The $209,376.78 contract has a period of performance from April 5, 2018 to June 30, 2020. Under this award, UMD will monitor the impacts of orbit changes, instrument aging, and changes to input data...
The University of Maryland, College Park has been awarded a $77,207 research grant by NASA to support the NASA Earth Action Wildland Fires Program through project augmentation. The grant, effective January 1, 2025, and running through December 31, 2026, will fund the management and coordination of research projects within the program's portfolio to ensure alignment with established goals and timelines. The work will be performed at the university's College Park, Maryland campus through the...
This is a $209,547.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for research related to the FIRESENSE implementation team. The grant is for basic research and does not have a set-aside designation. UMD is a prominent U.S. state government entity, 1862 land grant college, and state-controlled institution of higher learning with extensive capabilities in conducting advanced scientific research and developing...
This is a $312,395.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for a project titled "PROPOSAL FOR FIRESENSE IT MEMBERSHIP". The contract is for research and has a period of performance through June 20, 2027. UMD, a prominent U.S. state-controlled institution of higher learning, has a strong track record of federal contract and grant work across diverse technical domains...
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, building on the heritage of NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) fire product. Key objectives include customizing the fire detection algorithms for the latest VIIRS sensor data, improving fire radiative power retrievals, and designing Level 3 and 4 gridded data products. The aim is to maintain continuity of the long-running MODIS fire data record into the upcoming Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) era. There was no set-aside designation for this competitively awarded grant. As a state-run university, UMD has a history of supporting NASA's Earth observation research and data processing activities through both prime contracts and subcontract relationships.