This federal contract award was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Wisconsin System's Research and Sponsored Programs division, located in Madison, Wisconsin. The $355,538 grant is for research to understand the impact of terrain on snowfall patterns and processes, utilizing data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite program. The research aims to develop a comprehensive, global assessment of terrain-influenced snowfall and its...
This is a $323,704.94 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin - Madison, a division of the University of Wisconsin System, to study the impact of water vapor intrusions (WVIs), also known as atmospheric rivers, on high-latitude precipitation events. The research aims to leverage data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission to quantify the frequency, intensity, and spatial structure of WVI-enhanced snow and...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC20K1651, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System for a research project titled "Investigating the Processes Underlying Convective Organization and Their Impacts on the Local Environment." The $135,000 grant, classified as a research contract, aims to enhance precipitation forecasting and predictions related to changing surface temperatures. The University of...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System for a research project titled "QUANTIFYING SATELLITE PRECIPITATION AND HYDROLOGIC MODEL PARAMETER UNCERTAINTIES TO ADVANCE FLOOD PREDICTION IN UNGAUGED REGIONS". The project will run from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027. This award is not set aside and represents open competition. The University of Wisconsin System has a strong track record of...
This federal contract award is for $142,150 and was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a division of the University of Wisconsin System, to support the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission Ground Validation Team. The goal is for researchers at the university to work with Dr. Larry Bliven to transfer knowledge of the Particle Imaging Package (PIP) instrumentation and software, and to support the use and application...
This federal contract award, NNX16AE87G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System, operating through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, to conduct research on the characterization of precipitation microphysical properties aloft using ground validation observations. The objective is to leverage concurrent aircraft and ground-based observations from past NASA precipitation measurement campaigns to quantify vertical...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $242,000 grant to the University of Wisconsin System, operating through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, for research related to satellite precipitation data and error estimation. The grant aims to address user needs around understanding uncertainties and potential errors in satellite precipitation observations, in order to better integrate this data into decision-making processes and quantify its impacts on...
This federal contract award, with the ID 80NSSC22K0600, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System, through its division at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The $428,224.00 grant is for a research project titled "GLOBAL MULTISCALE UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION FOR SATELLITE PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION." The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Wisconsin System, a...
This $113,003.54 federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System's University of Wisconsin - Madison division, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The contract supports the objectives of NASA's Earth Science Research Program by leveraging satellite observations from the A-Train mission to advance the understanding of polar cloud characteristics and their impact on the cryosphere. The work aims to...
This federal contract award to the University of Wisconsin System provides $275,906.00 to quantify cloud and radiation processes involved in Arctic air mass formation using remote sensing data. The award is a grant for research and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Wisconsin System, through its Research and Sponsored Programs division at the flagship University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, will be performing the research work. This contract is associated with the...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was granted to the University of Wisconsin System for a research project titled "Snowfall in the GPM Era: Assessing GPM Snowfall and Ice Microphysical Retrievals Using Independent Spaceborne and Ground-Based Observations." The $113,744.30 grant will fund an evaluation of snowfall detection and snowfall rate retrieval capabilities of NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, using precipitation retrievals from GPM and affiliated sensors as well as independent spaceborne, modeling, and ground-based datasets. The research activities aim to improve GPM precipitation retrievals, especially at higher latitudes, by identifying systematic retrieval deficiencies and enhancing the representation of snowfall microphysics in the GPM algorithms. This award is not associated with a set-aside contract and was granted directly to the University of Wisconsin System as the prime contractor.