This federal contract award to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aims to enhance the science value of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) sulfur dioxide (SO2) data product. The $732,900.50 grant-funded research will improve the OMI SO2 retrieval algorithm using principal component analysis, producing significantly better estimates of anthropogenic SO2 and volcanic SO2 cloud height. This will enable new air quality and...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to produce new and improved sulfur dioxide (SO2) measurements from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite. The grant, valued at $311,752.24, will fund the development and implementation of an advanced Iterative Spectral Fitting (ISF) algorithm to retrieve SO2 data with higher accuracy and precision, as well as an Extended ISF (EISF)...
This is a $368,388.65 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to conduct a three-year research project on calibrating and inter-comparing data from two satellite instruments that measure trace gas species like formaldehyde. The project aims to improve the consistency and long-term trends in these satellite products by reconciling differences between the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and Global Ozone...
This is a $504,960.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for a research project titled "The Future Recovery of Stratospheric Ozone: Influence of ODSs, VSLs Cl, and GHGs". The award has an ultimate completion date of April 20, 2026. UMD is a prominent U.S. state government entity, 1862 land grant college, and state-controlled institution of higher learning with extensive federal research...
This $608,878 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was made to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on surface ozone formation and atmospheric composition in the Mid-Atlantic region. The research will leverage observations from prior aircraft field missions, including the NASA-sponsored DISCOVER-AQ, OWLETS, and LISTOS campaigns, to characterize the vertical distribution and diurnal variations of ozone precursors. This analysis,...
This is a $379,999.63 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park for air quality and bromine research. The grant is focused on two main tasks: 1) evaluating and improving air quality models using NASA satellite and field campaign data to understand the relationship between surface ozone, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds; and 2) computing the stratospheric burden of bromine monoxide to quantify the...
This is a $55,646.23 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) to derive surface nitrogen dioxide (NO2) measurements from orbital and suborbital observations. The purpose is to maximize the use of current and future NASA data for tropospheric composition and air quality studies. UMBC is a public research university that is part of the University System of Maryland, which has a long history of providing research, measurement, and...
This federal grant award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to support a research program focused on advancing data analysis techniques and incorporating new observations related to atmospheric O2, H2O vapor, and aerosols. The $232,130.01 grant does not have a set-aside designation. UMD, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, is the prime awardee. The grant will fund this scientific research through...
This is a $188,104.11 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to develop a global surface nitrogen dioxide (NO2) dataset using observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite. The project aims to enhance the relevance of NASA satellite data to tropospheric composition, health, and air quality studies by improving methods to infer surface NO2...
This federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) on May 25, 2018. The $101,434 award funds research to analyze results from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite to improve inverse models of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. The key objectives are to identify and address biases in atmospheric transport modeling, develop methods for optimizing inverse...
This $277,499.12 federal grant award to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) supports the development and production of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) data products from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instrument. The goal is to continue the critical Earth Observing System (EOS) data records for these key air quality and climate indicators that were previously provided by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite. UMD will leverage its expertise in advanced retrieval algorithms to ensure consistency between the OMI and OMPS datasets, enabling long-term monitoring of trends in atmospheric composition. The award is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and does not utilize a set-aside designation. This effort will further UMD's role as a key participant in NASA's Aura science team and support operational users requiring the SO2 and NO2 data for air quality forecasting and aviation hazard mitigation.