This federal contract award, valued at $964,659.52, was granted to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University, to conduct research on tropical cyclones (TCs) using a high-resolution version of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) climate model. The project aims to develop an improved model for simulating TCs on a global scale and study the influence of climate change and the El...
This federal contract award, NNX16AO16H, was granted by a civilian federal agency to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The $117,146.74 contract supports research to better understand the interactions between the biosphere and atmosphere, with the goal of improving weather, climate, and ecological forecasting models. The work will involve analyzing satellite remote sensing data using a novel statistical...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Yale University to conduct research on the interactions between the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and the Arctic in a warming climate. The research will utilize satellite-based observations and model experiments to investigate these climate dynamics. The grant has a period of performance through October 3, 2026. This award is not associated with a set-aside contract. Yale...
This is a $572,981.92 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration Division for research related to the ocean's carbon cycle and its response to climate change. The grant is focused on using Earth system models (ESMs) to understand how anthropogenic climate change will impact the ocean's solubility and biological carbon pumps, which have important implications for the coupled...
This is a $271,257 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University. The grant is for research on extratropical cyclones and their impact on Earth's weather and climate. The research will focus on how these weather systems affect the radiative balance and precipitation patterns in middle and high latitudes. The award does not have a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded a $415,659 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park for research related to measuring ocean currents and winds. As essential climate variables, ocean currents and winds play an important role in air-sea interactions and climate modeling. The research will be conducted over a five-year period ending in 2024. As the prime contractor, the University of Maryland will leverage its expertise in oceanography and meteorology to deliver...
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Sponsored Projects Administration Division (Columbia University) has been awarded a $221,039 research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to analyze the representation of moist processes in frontal extratropical cyclones in NASA models and reanalyses. The research draws upon existing databases of satellite observations to examine changes in cloud vertical structure and the incidence of deep convection...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1259, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University. The $601,756.00 grant is for research on cyclones in the Irminger Sea and their association with the expansion of the sea ice edge into the central Labrador Sea basin, as well as the air-sea fluxes that drive the formation of Labrador Sea...
This federal contract award, NNX16AH60G, was granted to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on ocean-atmosphere interaction across a range of spatial and temporal scales. The $227,653.00 grant aims to re-examine the relative contributions of atmospheric weather and oceanic mesoscale processes to variability in air-sea energy exchange. The study will leverage high-resolution satellite...
This federal contract award was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia University) to conduct research on the impacts of Arctic freshwater loss on biological productivity and carbon export in the North Atlantic Ocean. The $104,999.48 award, which has no set-aside designation, supports the use of satellite data, shipboard observations, and autonomous float measurements to investigate how melting Arctic sea...
This federal contract award, valued at $740,679, was granted by NASA to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on the relationship between air-sea fluxes, mid-latitude cyclones, and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The objectives are to 1) understand how mid-latitude cyclones influence turbulent fluxes and affect Labrador Sea water mass formation and CO2 uptake, 2) assess the skill of the NASA-GISS climate model in reproducing storm regimes and AMOC, and 3) estimate changes in air-sea fluxes, cyclone activity, and AMOC under future climate scenarios. The research will utilize satellite, in-situ, and model data to address a key uncertainty in climate projections related to the connection between weather and climate. This work aligns with NASA's Strategic Plan objectives and the ROSES2015-MAP program focused on improving atmosphere/ocean interaction representation in climate models.