This federal contract award, valued at $459,443.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine), a public research university. The contract is focused on developing a framework for space-time satellite precipitation error diagnostics, uncertainty quantification, and enhanced algorithms for representing the space-time dynamics of precipitation. This research aims to improve the accuracy and representation of...
This $134,999.21 federal research grant was awarded by NASA to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to support the Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) system. IMERG unifies multiple precipitation measurement algorithms such as PERSIANN-CCS and Climate Prediction Center Morphing with Kalman Filter. The grant will fund research and development activities related to this NASA Earth observation system. UC Irvine, a public research...
This is a $429,931 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), a major public research university located in Irvine, California. The grant is for a two-year research project focused on developing a methodology to improve the accuracy and resolution of satellite-based precipitation retrieval estimates. The research aims to incorporate spatial patterns and covariation of satellite...
This is a $498,010 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to study the impact of changes in the water cycle on vegetation productivity. The research will leverage data from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) to evaluate and improve climate models. UC Irvine, a public research university and member of the Association of American Universities, has extensive expertise...
This federal contract award is a grant for $199,122 provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). The grant is for research related to NASA's chemistry and climate models, as well as the MERRA-2 meteorological fields. UC Irvine is a major public research university that has previously received federal funding from agencies like the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and Department of...
This is a $461,480 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) on June 2, 2018. The grant supports research to better quantify the uncertainty and model the runoff production from surface melt, which is a key component of the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet. The research will leverage data from automated weather stations, snow pits, and ice cores to evaluate the ability of regional atmospheric climate models...
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 is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) for research on the impacts of changes in rainfall patterns across the Amazon region. The $893,268.00 grant aims to study how water deficits in the Amazon are affecting both human and natural systems, particularly in the areas of river transportation and agricultural production. The grant has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2025. UC Irvine, a...
This federal contract award to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) is focused on improving the Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks - Cloud Classification System (PERSIANN-CCS) for better estimation of warm rainfall and over high latitudes. The $120,000.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will integrate the developed algorithm into the Integrated Multi-satellite Retrieval for Global...
This is a $353,443.45 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UCI) on July 25, 2016. The goal of the research is to develop advanced algorithms for accurately and robustly retrieving precipitation data from multiple satellites in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) constellation. The research aims to enhance the next generation of operational NASA precipitation retrieval algorithms. This grant is not associated...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC18K0756, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine). The $237,547.16 grant supports research aimed at improving the understanding of global water cycle dynamics in climate models and observations. The study seeks to identify key mechanisms that drive the spread in global mean precipitation across climate models, as well as understand why many models overestimate the present-day global mean precipitation rate. The research will leverage climate model outputs, NASA satellite data, and the GISS-E3 climate model to bridge cloud-scale processes and atmospheric energetic constraints. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. UC Irvine, a public research university and member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, has extensive experience conducting specialized R&D and scientific studies for federal agencies like NASA in areas such as climate science and remote sensing.