This is a $459,895 grant award to Colorado State University by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research to improve the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's rainfall retrieval algorithms. The objective is to better understand and mitigate errors in the passive microwave rainfall retrieval from the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) sensor. Key focus areas include improving precipitation detection over ocean and land, especially in mountainous regions, and...
This is a $470,584 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) to conduct research related to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission. The research will focus on three main objectives: 1) validating and improving GPM precipitation algorithms over land, ocean, and complex terrain using field campaign data; 2) investigating the three-dimensional characteristics and lifecycle of extratropical cyclones using GPM...
This is a $374,611.74 grant award made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University for research to improve precipitation retrieval algorithms for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) and GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) instruments on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite. The goal is to better understand light rainfall processes and associated drop size distribution variability, in order to improve precipitation estimates at light...
This federal grant award to Colorado State University from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is for $424,125.51 to support research related to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The objective is to develop analytical techniques and study precipitation microphysical parameters using space-based observations from the GPM satellite as well as ground-based radar and in-situ measurements. Key focus areas include validating and enhancing the Dual-frequency...
This is a $449,980.58 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of NASA to Colorado State University for research to continue the development, validation, and enhancement of algorithms for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite platform. The key objectives are to: (A) test and refine the DPR profile classification algorithms, (B) test and refine the precipitation type module including ground snowfall index, (C) develop a strategy to...
This is a $239,894.94 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) to conduct research on improving the evaluation of bin and bulk microphysics in winter precipitation modeling. The research will leverage data from NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) campaigns and initial GPM satellite data, along with a mesoscale model using state-of-the-art bin microphysics, to advance the understanding of mixed...
This is a $439,499.25 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Colorado State University (CSU) for research related to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The research has three main objectives: 1) Improving GPM rainfall estimation by linking drop size distribution to environmental variables, 2) Validating GPM rainfall and snowfall estimates against ground-based observations in complex terrain using OLYMPEX data, and 3)...
This is a $367,584 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) for research in support of the Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) program. The primary research objectives include studying the variability of drop size distribution and column microphysics related to tropical convection, as well as validating the microphysical parameterizations in the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) model using in-situ and radar data. The research...
This is a $455,920.57 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) to develop a physically-based global satellite precipitation climate data record (CDR) extending back to the launch of the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) satellite in 1987. The goal is to leverage work done for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission to create a homogeneous long-term precipitation dataset that eliminates the need for empirical...
This federal contract award, valued at $520,034.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) for a research project focused on improving the performance and applicability of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF), a key component of NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The research aims to develop methods for generalizing validation statistics collected in specific regions, allowing GPROF performance to be...