This is a $106,953.51 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) on September 1, 2018. The contract is focused on using data from airborne imaging spectrometers to quantify the impact of the 2012-2016 California drought on vegetation across urban landscapes. The goal is to assess the capabilities of these imaging spectrometers to track changes in vegetation health and condition over time in urban areas....
This federal contract award, NNX16AO58H, was issued by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The $117,250 training grant aims to leverage HYSPIRI-like hyperspectral and thermal imagery to quantify the effects of urban vegetation and materials on local microclimates. The project will analyze data collected during NASA's 2013-2015 Airborne HYSPIRI Preparatory Campaign over Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, California to map sub-pixel urban surface...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $828,460.00 grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) for "ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENTS BASED ON EARTH OBSERVATIONS TO INFORM MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE.ICEPLANT FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION". This research grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is focused on using earth observation data to assess ecosystems and manage invasive plant species in order to support biodiversity conservation efforts....
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) for a research project on understanding the causal relationships between ecosystem dynamics, characterized by vegetation changes, and climatic factors as well as anthropogenic disturbances. The $551,406.50 grant aims to use a regression technique called symbolic regression to uncover new relationships among climate variables and identify latent factors...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) for the development of hyperspectral equivalent water thickness retrievals to monitor water stress. The award is not set aside and has an ultimate completion date of October 3, 2026. UCSB, as a public research university, has extensive expertise in areas such as climate research, remote sensing, and measurement devices, which it will leverage to...
This federal contract award is a $150,000.00 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which is acting through its Office of Research Administration division. The contract is for a project titled "UNCOVERING WATER AND CARBON TRADEOFFS IN THREE CALIFORNIA OAK SPECIES WITH HYPER SPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING" with a period of performance through August 31, 2027. The award has no set-aside...
This is a $1,099,778.46 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona for a study focused on using satellite remote sensing to understand what controls the response of photosynthesis in Amazonian forests to seasonal and inter-annual variations in climate. The grant will enable the University to deploy a network of innovative ground-based sensors, including hyperspectral imaging systems and chlorophyll fluorescence spectrometers, to collect...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) on September 1, 2018. The $135,000.00 training grant seeks to improve estimates of oceanic net primary production (NPP) by assimilating global-scale in-situ oceanographic tracer data with satellite-based observations. The proposed work aims to produce biogeochemically-consistent NPP estimates that can support NASA Earth science...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), operating through its Office of Research, has been awarded a $657,405.59 research grant (Contract ID: 80NSSC20K0159) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The objective of this grant is to partner with the Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) to co-develop improved decision support tools (DSTs) that translate Earth observation (EO) data into enhanced in-season drought and agricultural mapping...
This is a $185,501.00 grant award to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The award is for research related to the 2018 National Academies' "Thriving on Our Changing Planet" decadal strategy for Earth observation from space. UCSB, a renowned public research university and Hispanic-Serving Institution, has a history of conducting cutting-edge scientific research and developing advanced...