This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Utah for a research project titled "Marine Boundary Layer Clouds are Central Actors in the Climate System." The $425,246.63 grant aims to investigate how marine boundary layer shallow cumulus clouds respond to changes in aerosol levels, particularly sulfate aerosols, and how this impacts the climate system. The research will leverage data from the MODIS and A-Train satellite instruments to analyze cloud properties and aerosol impacts. The project will build on the university's previous work in this area, which found little evidence of a large first aerosol indirect effect, but did observe increased sub-1 km cloud fraction with higher aerosol levels. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Utah, as the prime contractor, will be conducting this multi-year (completion date of April 27, 2024) research project through its Office of Sponsored Projects Division.
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