The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), operating under its parent organization the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), was awarded a $594,905 grant by NASA to conduct continuous multi-species volatile organic compound (VOC) measurements aboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the Asia-AQ field campaign. This research grant, issued on May 1, 2023, extends through April 30, 2026, and will be performed at NCAR's facilities in Boulder, Colorado. The award carries no...
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), operating under its parent organization the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), was awarded a $82,912 research grant (22-ACMAP22-0042) by a civilian federal agency on June 1, 2023, with a completion date of May 31, 2026. The grant supports an improved assessment of recent trends in nitrogen oxide (NOx) and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions and ozone production sensitivity regimes using satellite data. The work...
This is a $416,451 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a nonprofit consortium of over 115 universities, to develop an estimate of shallow convective mixing using more than a decade of tropical and subtropical satellite retrievals. The grant is intended to address a specific need identified by the agency. The work will be performed at UCAR's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in...
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), operating as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), received a $522,375 grant award from NASA to support the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) science campaign. The contract, designated 22-ASIAAQ22-0019, funds the deployment of Charge-Coupled Device Actinic Flux Spectroradiometers (CAFS) on the NASA DC-8 aircraft platform to measure spectrally resolved solar radiation and calculate...
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), operating as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), was awarded a $695,407 grant by the National Science Foundation to support the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) field campaign. This research initiative will develop multi-scale chemistry model forecasts and analyses to facilitate flight planning and post-campaign interpretation of observations. UCAR will deploy a suite of atmospheric...
NASA awarded a $629,940 grant to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), operating as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), for research focused on in situ measurements of nitrogen oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3) from the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the ASIA-AQ campaign. The grant, awarded May 1, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2026, supports UCAR's atmospheric chemistry research capabilities. UCAR is a nonprofit...
This is a $359,943.47 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a non-profit organization that manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The grant will fund a project to use NASA field and satellite data to study the conditions leading to mixed-phase (liquid and ice) clouds and their evolution. This award is not associated with a set-aside contract. UCAR frequently collaborates...
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) was awarded a $524,975.63 federal grant (Contract ID: 80NSSC18K0681) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide satellite products, emissions estimates, and chemical and tracer forecasts to support the FIRECHEM aircraft experiment. UCAR, which manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), will leverage its expertise in satellite observations, fire emissions modeling, and chemical transport...
This is a $859,336.32 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a nonprofit consortium managing the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The grant is focused on improving the representation of cloud processes in Earth system models used for both weather and climate prediction. The goal is to develop a unified treatment of cloud microphysics that can integrate with different...
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), operating as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), received a $396,900 research grant from a civilian federal agency with a completion date of May 31, 2027. This award supports research on the global impact of convection on upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) clouds, composition, and dynamics, leveraging NASA satellite and airborne measurement data. The grant will be performed at NCAR's primary facility in...
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a division of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), was awarded a $508,559.76 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the KORUS-AQ field campaign. Under this grant, NCAR will provide near-real-time satellite data, regional and global chemical forecasts, and full chemistry simulations that incorporate satellite CO observations. The analysis will compare the model outputs to aircraft, ground-based, and satellite measurements to identify limitations in the chemistry models and improve air quality forecasting. This effort will leverage NCAR's expertise in atmospheric research and modeling to support NASA's objectives for the KORUS-AQ campaign. The grant does not have a set-aside designation.