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....
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The award, valued at $294,162.97, is for research to enhance the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Combined Algorithm, which combines data from GPM's radar and radiometer to improve precipitation retrievals. The primary objectives are to implement an improved Ku-band radar profiling algorithm and more accurate...
This federal contract award to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $243,557.38 grant is for research to develop methodologies that combine observational data and models to improve numerical weather prediction and produce better analyses and downscaling of satellite precipitation estimates. This work supports the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)...
This is a $98,057.23 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Morgan State University, a historically Black university, for research to improve cloud anvil modeling in numerical weather and climate models. The project aims to develop a new microphysical scheme based on the dew-drop/frost formation process and evaluate it using CloudSat, CALIPSO, and MODIS satellite data. The research is directly related to NASA's goal of advancing the understanding of changes in the Earth's radiation...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Morgan State University, a historically Black university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The $114,122.00 grant is for a research project focused on improving the representation of clouds and their radiative effects in Atmospheric Global Climate Models (AGCMs). The goal is to create a new framework for evaluating clouds using satellite-based cloud and radiative flux observations,...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was granted to Morgan State University, a historically Black university, to support contributions to the Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team. The $283,603.23 grant funds the development of (1) global modeling and assimilation methodologies to utilize all-sky Global Microwave Imager (GMI) radiance data in the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-5) 4D-Ensemble Variational (4D-EnVar)...
This $206,421 federal grant was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Morgan State University, a historically Black university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant is focused on evaluating models for drop size distribution (DSD) and assessing uncertainties in dual-polarization radar (DPR) rain retrievals, as well as estimating snow microphysical properties and developing snow algorithms. The award supports research across multiple atmospheric science and remote...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Morgan State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), is focused on studying atmospheric convection and its impacts on precipitation using data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core satellite. The $110,336.31 grant will support research to evaluate methods for identifying convective cells from GPM observations, derive insights into atmospheric convection and its...
This is a $140,410.98 grant award to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant supports research to investigate constraints on the variability and spatial correlation structure of hydrometeors in the atmospheric column, and the impacts of hydrometeor variability on GPM (Global Precipitation Measurement) estimation of falling snow water equivalent rates. The work leverages data from GPM...
This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland. The $314,331.74 grant is for research focused on mitigating ground clutter issues that negatively impact precipitation detection and quantification from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) radar observations, particularly in cold season,...
This is a $190,186.31 grant award to Morgan State University, a historically Black university, to conduct research on ice particle microphysics and its impacts on satellite precipitation retrieval algorithms. The research aims to better constrain ice particle collection efficiencies, a major source of uncertainty in cloud models, using long-term observations from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission as well as field campaign data. The work will leverage Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) and Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) models with spectral bin microphysics schemes to simulate and compare against satellite and in-situ measurements. This will help improve the representation of ice-phase processes in numerical weather prediction models and remote sensing algorithms, particularly those from the GPM core and constellation satellites. The award does not have a set-aside designation and was made by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The research aligns with the agency's interests in advancing understanding of the Earth's climate system.