This federal contract award, identified as NNX15AN69H, was granted by a civilian agency, the Shared Services Center, to the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia University). The $104,999.70 Training Grant is part of the agency's "QUANTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING LINKAGES BETWEEN CLOUDS AND THE GENERAL CIRCULATION" major program. The purpose of the contract is to obtain a quantitative understanding of the processes through which the general circulation of the...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC18K0410, was issued by the Shared Services Center (SSC) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University. The $212,429.00 grant funds two parts of Columbia's work under the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) program, which is part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Precipitation Measurements Science Team. The first part involves enhancing the Global Fire Weather Database...
This is a $148,461 grant awarded 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 atmospheric rivers, which are a critical component of the Earth's water budget and produce a significant portion of precipitation. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for research work to be completed by February 2, 2026. Columbia University, a prestigious private research...
This is a federal grant award issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Morgan State University, a historically Black university, for a project titled "Using GPM Data to Examine the Effects of Cloud Dynamics on Microphysics". The $302,682.50 grant will fund research that leverages data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission to study how cloud dynamics, such as updrafts and downdrafts, impact cloud microphysics like ice crystal concentration....
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 was granted to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University, by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. The $390,118.28 grant is for research aimed at understanding the memory effects and climatic drivers of net primary productivity and respiration, which are key uncertainties in projecting future temperature changes. The award is part of Columbia University's extensive portfolio of scientific...
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York received a $379,313 research grant from the Shared Services Center with an ultimate completion date of October 16, 2026. The grant, titled "Inferring Middle- and High-Level Cloud Feedbacks Using A-Train Observations," supports scientific research utilizing data from NASA's A-Train satellite constellation to advance understanding of cloud feedback mechanisms at middle and high altitudes. This non-set-aside award was...
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, identified as 80NSSC21K1134, was granted to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University, to conduct research focused on improving the understanding of low-cloud feedbacks and their representation in the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Earth System Model (NASA-GISS ESM). The award, valued at $409,547.00, is a grant for research to be completed by May 26, 2026. The funding agency is the Shared Services...
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 federal contract award was made by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University. The $374,927 grant is for research to "ANALYZE GPM OBSERVATIONS TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MIDLATITUDE PRECIPITATION: A PROCESS-OR". The goal is to use data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission to evaluate climate models and reanalyses, and explore the seasonal characteristics of precipitation in extratropical cyclones. This work aims to provide insights into how precipitation patterns may change with global warming. The award has no set-aside designation and is a grant for research work with a performance period ending on July 31, 2019.