This federal contract award, valued at $118,288.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Iowa to provide regional-scale air quality modeling in support of the Korea-United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study. The project aims to improve predictions of dynamic air quality using aircraft, ground network, and satellite data observations, particularly in East Asia. The University of Iowa will utilize a comprehensive air quality prediction...
The University of Iowa was awarded a $300,001 research grant (Contract ID: 80NSSC19K0946) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct a multi-year study on characterizing trends in summertime atmospheric composition over North America from 2000-2020. The research will leverage satellite data and advanced modeling techniques to evaluate the impacts of changes in anthropogenic emissions on regional air quality and inform emission reduction strategies. The university...
This federal contract award to the University of New Hampshire (UNH), through its Office of Sponsored Research, provides $373,914.32 in funding for UNH's contributions to the DC-8 aircraft payload for the KORUS-AQ (Korea-United States Air Quality) field campaign led by NASA's Tropospheric Chemistry Program. The award supports two primary objectives: 1) measurement and analysis of inorganic ions in bulk aerosols, and 2) measurement and analysis of atmospheric distributions of nitric acid and fine...
This is a $1,094,794.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Iowa to enrich and enhance the application of TEMPO and GEOS data products for regional air quality and public health management under smoke conditions. The grant has a period of performance through May 12, 2026 and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Iowa is a major public research university that has been awarded multiple federal contracts and grants to...
This federal contract award, valued at $99,917.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Iowa. The contract aims to produce a consistent, multi-sensor, multi-decadal time series of aerosol properties to address global and regional climate questions. The University of Iowa will modify the existing Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol retrieval algorithm for use with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite...
The University of Iowa was awarded a $90,000.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the observation of nighttime aerosol conditions. The grant supports efforts to improve the prediction of aerosol transport, which is important for understanding radiative forcing, visibility, air quality, and public health. The University of Iowa has a long history of conducting research for various federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans...
This federal contract award to the University of Iowa, valued at $339,556.00, is to evaluate and enhance the utility of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite data for air quality and public health applications. The work includes evaluating and improving the use of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aerosol product for monitoring PM2.5 air quality, transferring the estimates to the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN), and evaluating the...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC20K1514, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The University of Iowa, a public research university. The $135,000.00 grant is for a research project focused on studying the drivers and energies of pulsating aurora, with the goal of better understanding their contribution to the coupling between the magnetic field and the atmosphere. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. In addition to this grant...
This is a $78,368.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Iowa for research related to the GEOS-CHEM adjoint model and multi-sensor data. The grant is focused on constraining aerosol source emissions over East Asia in specific years, ascertaining the impact of reducing aerosol emission uncertainty on estimates of aerosol direct radiative forcing and transboundary transport, and characterizing uncertainty and validating results. The...
This federal contract award, with the ID NNX16AT50G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Iowa. The contract, valued at $162,840.00, is for the University of Iowa to conduct and complete 16 different simulations related to El Niño and non-El Niño years, analyze the results, and develop hypotheses to interpret the findings. The work will be summarized in a journal manuscript for peer review. The contract does not have a set-aside...
This federal contract award with ID NNX15AU17G was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The University of Iowa to provide regional air quality modeling in support of the KORUS-AQ (Korea-United States Air Quality) research mission. The $250,499.00 grant will fund an interdisciplinary team to utilize a comprehensive air quality prediction system, including data assimilation, to help design, execute, and analyze the KORUS-AQ experiment. The goal is to improve air quality predictions by evaluating and improving emissions estimates, key atmospheric processes, satellite retrievals, and various aspects of the air quality prediction system. This work builds upon the university's prior experience in NASA experiments and expertise in areas such as anthropogenic and fire emissions development, coupled air quality-weather modeling, and satellite data applications. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.