This is a grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The $599,923.77 grant funds a project to quantify the processes controlling the temporal variability of biosphere-atmosphere carbon dioxide (CO2) flux on seasonal and interannual timescales from 1989 to 2018. The research aims to improve predictions from Earth system models by combining remote sensing observations, mechanistic models, and NASA's Goddard...
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 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 federal contract award is a $449,157 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to conduct research on the potential for croplands to stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and mitigate climate change. The grant is part of a larger effort to understand the global carbon cycle, as highlighted in a recent "State of the Carbon Cycle Report" (SOCCR2). The award has a completion date of April 26, 2025 and...
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 $106,465.61 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to conduct research on the impacts of sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, and other climate change effects on coastal wetland ecosystems. The research aims to develop remote sensing modeling techniques to assess the vulnerability of peat collapse and changes in blue carbon sequestration. UMD will leverage existing field observations in the Florida...
This federal contract award, valued at $240,228.32, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) to develop and implement the initial work frame of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) aerosol retrieval algorithm. The participants will further test and improve the aerosol retrieval algorithm, which will generate a research product...
This is a grant award from NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) to support a research project related to the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite. The $42,651.33 grant will fund a validation campaign to collect in-situ measurements of formaldehyde (HCHO) profiles in the troposphere, which will help improve the TROPOMI retrieval algorithms. The award does not have a set-aside designation. UMBC, a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $250,191 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan (doing business as the University of Michigan) for research related to the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) missions. The primary objectives of the OCO missions are to make global observations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere to improve understanding of the various processes controlling atmospheric CO2. This grant will focus on quantifying and attributing...
This 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 applications related to NASA's space-based observations. The $131,769.00 grant supports the continuation of stakeholder engagement and applications efforts started in 2013, with the goal of enabling greater impact of NASA's space-based observations in science and applications. The grant does not have a set-aside designation....
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 models, and assess tropical flux variability and observability. The research aims to support three goals of the solicitation: improving inverse model analyses of satellite CO2 data, enhancing existing bias corrections, and cross-validating CO2 distributions in the undersampled tropics of South America. UMD, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, is the prime recipient, with no set-aside designation noted. The award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle.