This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The award, valued at $294,162.97, is for research to enhance the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Combined Algorithm, which combines data from GPM's radar and radiometer to improve precipitation retrievals. The primary objectives are to implement an improved Ku-band radar profiling algorithm and more accurate...
This federal contract award to Morgan State University, a historically Black university, is for the development of an effective methodology to mitigate the impact of multiple scattering effects in multi-frequency spaceborne radar retrievals. The $317,838.71 grant is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and will support the incorporation of an efficient 1D Monte Carlo multiple scattering model into a variational retrieval framework to address this challenge. The...
This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The $314,331.74 grant is for research focused on mitigating ground clutter issues that negatively impact precipitation detection and quantification from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) radar observations, particularly in cold season,...
This federal contract award to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $243,557.38 grant is for research to develop methodologies that combine observational data and models to improve numerical weather prediction and produce better analyses and downscaling of satellite precipitation estimates. This work supports the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)...
This is a $352,401.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Baltimore, Maryland. The award is for the development of the GPM Combined Radar Radiometer Precipitation Algorithm, which utilizes a Bayesian estimation methodology to estimate geophysical variables involved in precipitation measurement. The award has a period of performance ending on February 3, 2026 and does...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was granted to Morgan State University, a historically Black university, to support contributions to the Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team. The $283,603.23 grant funds the development of (1) global modeling and assimilation methodologies to utilize all-sky Global Microwave Imager (GMI) radiance data in the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-5) 4D-Ensemble Variational (4D-EnVar)...
This $206,421 federal grant was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Morgan State University, a historically Black university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant is focused on evaluating models for drop size distribution (DSD) and assessing uncertainties in dual-polarization radar (DPR) rain retrievals, as well as estimating snow microphysical properties and developing snow algorithms. The award supports research across multiple atmospheric science and remote...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), is focused on studying atmospheric convection and its impacts on precipitation using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core satellite. The $110,336.31 grant will support research to evaluate methods for identifying convective cells from GPM observations, derive insights into atmospheric convection and its...
This federal contract award, valued at $338,249.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a historically Black university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The contract supports research to investigate the relationship between surface wind variations and cloud population evolution during the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), a major mode of climate variability in the tropics. The research will leverage data from NASA's Cyclone Global...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC21K1725, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The $261,971.00 grant will fund a research project that utilizes the NASA Unified Weather Research & Forecasting (NU-WRF) regional modeling system and satellite/platform observations to investigate atmospheric science topics. The award is a grant for research with an ultimate...
This federal contract award, valued at $362,009.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a historically Black university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The contract aims to develop innovative and versatile retrieval techniques to improve the performance of the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission satellite. Specifically, the research will focus on enhancing the DPR's ability to accurately derive rain rate and raindrop size distribution by utilizing a modified differential frequency ratio (DFR*) approach. The contract also includes establishing a test-bed to assess the accuracy and uncertainties of single- and dual-wavelength profiling retrieval algorithms. This contract does not have a set-aside designation and is a grant for research, with a period of performance through July 31, 2023.