This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA) to investigate and understand the lifecycle of the solar magnetic field. The grant, valued at $145,785.00, supports the use of data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission's Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument to model the propagation of solar eruptions and their effects on Earth and space-based assets. The grant aims to better...
This is a $188,534.51 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), a scientific research organization in Redmond, Washington. The grant is for the development and application of a new algorithm to compute helioseismic maps of the sun's far hemisphere using Doppler seismic observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The algorithm will improve the sensitivity and accuracy of these maps, increasing the number of...
This is a $307,738.62 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) to develop temporally stable, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI) vector magnetograms and accurate, self-consistent photospheric flows in active regions that can be used to characterize the near real-time state of the solar corona. The grant runs from November 17, 2017 to June 8, 2023 and is focused on advancing the understanding of...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization, to determine the physical properties of the subsurface meridional circulation in the Sun's convection zone through the application of helioseismic techniques. The $259,342.08 grant will leverage data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) as well...
This is a federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a non-profit organization that manages astronomical observatories and telescopes. The $524,743.00 grant is for a research project to perform a comprehensive study of the subsurface and surface flows associated with active regions and their evolution using data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) to develop an algorithm that combines different methods for estimating the radial magnetic field on the visible hemisphere of the Sun. The goal is to generate the best instantaneous radial magnetic field map for use as input to the Wang-Sheeley-Arge (WSA) solar wind model, in order to improve predictions of solar wind properties and coronal hole locations. The...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) to conduct research addressing two key goals from the Heliophysics Decadal Survey. The research combines analysis of data from the current NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft with numerical simulation to gain insights into the solar dynamo and magnetic activity cycles, which can help predict the arrival of new solar active...
This is a $141,780.01 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a scientific research organization specializing in geophysical and space sciences. The grant is part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate and is focused on studying the role of the Lorentz force in solar flares. The project will involve retrieving the variation in height and lateral space of the magnetic field vector using data from the Hinode/SOT...
This is a $155,546.82 federal grant award to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Heliophysics Supporting Research program. The grant's objective is to study the solar meridional circulation, which plays a critical role in the transport of angular momentum and magnetic flux within the sun's convection zone. The research will utilize data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory to...
This is a federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a division of the Smithsonian Institution, for a project titled "Time-Distance Study of Emerging Active Regions Using HMI Observations". The grant's purpose is to investigate emerging active regions on the Sun and look for potential precursor indicators of their emergence, using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Solar...