The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $428,162 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for a research project titled "GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS: UNCERTAINTIES AND TRENDS". The grant, which has a completion date of July 18, 2026, will fund research to study the global patterns and trends of convective precipitation systems. This research grant does not have a set-aside designation. UMD is the prime...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K0905, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Maryland, College Park. The objective of this $119,477.08 grant for research is to enhance existing precipitation algorithms for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission constellation, with a focus on retrieving light precipitation like snow and drizzle. The University of Maryland, College Park is a state-controlled institution of higher learning that...
This federal grant award to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $256,160.00 grant is for a research project titled "Improving GEOS Integrated Earth System Analysis by Strongly Coupled Non Gaussian Assimilation of NASA IMERG Precipitation". The grant does not have a set-aside designation. UMD, a state-controlled institution of higher learning, will be the prime recipient of the...
This federal contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park, supports research to improve precipitation estimates from cross-track passive microwave sensors in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite constellation. The $264,077.03 grant will contribute to NASA's Precipitation Measurement Mission by providing more comprehensive precipitation observations from operational satellite instruments. The research...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) in the form of a $687,658.66 cooperative agreement. The award provides funding for UMD to generate long-term satellite-based precipitation data records using multiple well-founded retrieval techniques. This will help establish a benchmark dataset to monitor the performance of more complex precipitation retrieval schemes and...
This federal contract award, ID 80NSSC20K1415, was granted to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to develop cross-component modeling and data assimilation capabilities for the Integrated Earth System Analysis (IESA). The $75,452.00 grant will fund efforts to directly assimilate satellite altimetry and atmospheric microwave radiometer data into the ocean and atmospheric components of the IESA prototype, with the goal of improving...
This is a $971,541.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for instrumentation, technology development, and planetary analog environment studies. The agreement has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2027. UMD is a prominent U.S. state government entity and 1862 land grant college that regularly performs research and engineering services for federal agencies through contracts and grants. This award is not...
This contract is a $104,244 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) to conduct research related to assessing the LPJWSL model with data from airborne campaigns, ground-based measurements, and existing remote sensing missions in the context of the pan-Arctic carbon-climate system. The contract has no set-aside designation. UMD is a state-controlled institution of higher learning that frequently receives federal...
This is a $821,671.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for a joint modeling project between NASA's Goddard Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) and Mesoscale Atmospheric Modeling Group. The award, which has a period of performance through May 26, 2026, is for research related to this proposed modeling effort. The University of Maryland is performing this work as the prime contractor, and the...
This federal contract award was issued by NASA to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) for the GREENHOUSE GAS EARTH INFORMATION SYSTEM (EIS-GHG) project. The $496,260.00 grant is for research work with a completion date of June 30, 2026. UMD, a prominent U.S. state government entity and 1862 land grant college, leverages its extensive academic and research capabilities to support national objectives across multiple domains for federal agencies like NASA. The award is not set aside....