This is a $462,074.52 grant for research awarded by NASA to Odysea LLC, a woman-owned small business, for the "Salinity Continuity - Optimizing Relevance & Engagement (SCORE)" project. The grant will run from May 2021 through May 2024 and aims to serve the needs of NASA, the scientific community, and the public by emphasizing the societal relevance of ocean salinity data. Odysea LLC has previously received prime contracts and grants from NASA for related physical oceanography...
This is a $1,980,000.00 grant awarded to Odysea LLC, a woman-owned small business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the "NASA Physical Oceanography Relevance & Engagement (NPORE)" project. The grant is for oceanographic research to further NASA's goals around relevance, engagement, and modeling climate impacts of ocean dynamics. Odysea LLC has previously received other NASA grants and contracts for related physical oceanography research, including the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $111,578.00 grant to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private non-profit research organization, to host a 5-day workshop on global ocean salinity and the water cycle. The workshop builds upon prior salinity-focused meetings and aims to further ocean salinity science. Key motivations include the completion of the Aquarius salinity satellite mission, ongoing Salinity Processes Upper-ocean Regional Studies (SPURS) field...
This is a $673,339.99 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Odysea LLC, a woman-owned small business, for the "Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO)" project. The goal of the ECCO project is to make the best possible estimates of ocean circulation and its role in climate. This grant, awarded on January 1, 2020, has a period of performance through June 30, 2024. Odysea LLC has previously received prime federal contract and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $168,472.72 grant to Earth And Space Research (ESR), a nonprofit research institute, for the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) and Aquarius missions, which provide valuable observations of sea surface salinity (SSS). The grant is for research and was awarded on July 24, 2018, with a completion date of January 31, 2019. ESR has been awarded multiple prime contracts and subcontracts by NASA and the National Science Foundation for...
This $442,503.36 grant award to Earth And Space Research (ESR), a nonprofit oceanographic research institute, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study near-surface salinity stratification. The research aims to investigate the processes controlling the generation and evolution of freshwater lenses in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, which create discrepancies between satellite-derived sea surface salinity data and in-situ measurements. ESR will combine...
This federal contract award is a $128,422 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Earth and Space Research (ESR), a non-profit research institute. The goal of this 1-year study is to extend and improve the continuity of sea surface salinity (SSS) satellite data from the previous NASA Aquarius mission to the ongoing NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission. ESR, which has extensive experience with the Aquarius data, will validate the satellite SSS variations...
This is a $556,146 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Earth and Space Research (ESR), a nonprofit oceanographic research institute. The three-year study aims to improve the existing sea surface salinity (SSS) satellite data validation framework beyond the previous Aquarius mission, in order to support NASA's ongoing ocean salinity science program. The grant will enable ESR to enhance the Aquarius Validation Data System (AVDS) to a more versatile Salinity...
This federal contract award is a $289,443.64 grant to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private, non-profit research organization, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The grant is for research to test and improve hypotheses about the drivers of sea surface salinity variability in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool, leveraging new satellite salinity data. The research will involve field observations collected during the Salinity Processes in the Upper...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private non-profit organization focused on ocean research. The $441,148.13 grant will fund research to improve the understanding of seasonal and long-term variability in subtropical sea surface salinity, which is important for monitoring the ocean water cycle. The research will analyze satellite and Argo data to study the relationships...