This is a $188,534.51 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), a scientific research organization in Redmond, Washington. The grant is for the development and application of a new algorithm to compute helioseismic maps of the sun's far hemisphere using Doppler seismic observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The algorithm will improve the sensitivity and accuracy of these maps, increasing the number of...
This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA) to investigate and understand the lifecycle of the solar magnetic field. The grant, valued at $145,785.00, supports the use of data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission's Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument to model the propagation of solar eruptions and their effects on Earth and space-based assets. The grant aims to better...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), a scientific research company based in Redmond, Washington. The $199,929 grant is for a project to produce a new temporally consistent series of solar vector magnetogram data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory/Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (SDO/HMI) instrument. The goal is to develop an algorithm that can better disambiguate the direction of the magnetic field...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a for-profit scientific research organization. The $289,029.29 grant funds research to measure the Lorentz force density - a fundamental process in solar physics - by analyzing high-resolution magnetic field data from the Hinode and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. The goal is to better understand the origins of...
This is a $320,867 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a scientific research organization based in Seattle, Washington. The grant is for a research project titled "The Origin of the Photospheric Magnetic Field: Mapping Currents in the Chromosphere and Corona" and has a period of performance through November 9, 2026. Nwra has a strong track record of receiving research grants and contracts from...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) on October 16, 2017 with a potential value of $508,407.25. The grant is focused on modeling the storage and release of energy in the Sun's corona that powers solar flares and coronal mass ejections. The work aims to address key science goals from the Heliophysics Decadal Survey, including determining the origins of solar activity and...
This is a $307,738.62 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) to develop temporally stable, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI) vector magnetograms and accurate, self-consistent photospheric flows in active regions that can be used to characterize the near real-time state of the solar corona. The grant runs from November 17, 2017 to June 8, 2023 and is focused on advancing the understanding of...
This is a $521,435 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a scientific research organization in Seattle, Washington. The grant will fund a research project using observations from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft to characterize the subsurface properties of supergranular and active region flows. The project will run through March 14, 2026. No...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to conduct research on particle energization in solar flares. The $459,998.43 grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will fund a project that combines observations from various NASA missions, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Hinode, Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph...
This is a $155,546.82 federal grant award to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Heliophysics Supporting Research program. The grant's objective is to study the solar meridional circulation, which plays a critical role in the transport of angular momentum and magnetic flux within the sun's convection zone. The research will utilize data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory to...