This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The $355,311 grant is for research to improve the accuracy of subseasonal forecasts (10 days and beyond) by developing a 3D winds product. The proposed effort aims to adapt and expand an existing 3D winds algorithm to leverage additional satellite data...
This federal contract award, valued at $661,509.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The contract is focused on advancing the understanding of the spatial, energetic, and precipitation characteristics of convection on a global scale. The research leverages data from the CloudSat and CALIPSO satellite missions, as well...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to demonstrate the value of using high-resolution satellite data from the next-generation GOES-R satellite to improve forecasts of severe convective storms. The $343,152.86 grant will fund research that aims to show how assimilating GOES-R atmospheric motion vectors and convective initiation products into a state-of-the-art storm-scale ensemble...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC20K1651, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System for a research project titled "Investigating the Processes Underlying Convective Organization and Their Impacts on the Local Environment." The $135,000 grant, classified as a research contract, aims to enhance precipitation forecasting and predictions related to changing surface temperatures. The University of...
This federal contract award, with identification number NNX16AH72G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System for a research project titled "A Regional Analysis Framework for Evaluating Satellite Rainfall Extremes in Complex Terrain for Landslide Hazards Applications." The $170,999.94 grant is focused on developing regional-scale extreme rainfall metrics and evaluating the performance of satellite-based rainfall...
This federal contract award, with the ID 80NSSC22K0600, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System, through its division at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The $428,224.00 grant is for a research project titled "GLOBAL MULTISCALE UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION FOR SATELLITE PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION." The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Wisconsin System, a...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $349,996 research grant contract (Award ID: 80NSSC22K1137) to the University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The contract, titled "From Forecasts to Action (F2A): Enabling Proactive Societal Responses to Hydrological Extremes," aims to conduct research related to improving the societal response to hydrological events...
This $113,003.54 federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System's University of Wisconsin - Madison division, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The contract supports the objectives of NASA's Earth Science Research Program by leveraging satellite observations from the A-Train mission to advance the understanding of polar cloud characteristics and their impact on the cryosphere. The work aims to...
This federal contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), provides funding to the University of Wisconsin - Madison to develop a global, diurnal aerosol data set by fusing observations from geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites. The $655,481 grant will enable the University to apply its established "Dark Target" aerosol retrieval algorithm to imagery from advanced geostationary sensors like the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager, generating three...
The University of Wisconsin System has been awarded a $470,580 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to continue the development of cloud retrieval algorithms for the next generation of geostationary weather satellite imagers. The goal is to provide algorithmic continuity with NASA's existing low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite data record, while adding the high temporal sampling of geostationary satellites to enable new capabilities for the NASA program. This effort will...
This federal contract award with ID NNX15AR61G was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System, operating through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division. The $228,412 grant is for a research project titled "Investigation of Mesoscale Flow Fields in Severe Storm Environments Enabled by the Development and Multiple Application of High Resolution Space and Time, Research Quality Atmospheric Motion Vector Fields Derived from GOES-R Multi Spectral Imagery." The project aims to leverage satellite-based measurements from the GOES-R satellite to improve forecasting and warnings for severe storms and tornadoes. Key activities include deriving atmospheric motion vectors from GOES-R imagery, combining these with radar data to analyze storm dynamics, and assimilating the motion vectors into weather prediction models. The award has no set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by July 30, 2018.