This is a $104,922.03 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) for a project to improve the ability to predict Atlantic tropical cyclones. The goal is to use data assimilation techniques to incorporate satellite observations of aerosols, such as dust, into numerical weather prediction models in order to better simulate the impact of dust on tropical cyclone genesis and evolution. The project builds on...
This $697,139 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop a comprehensive understanding of atmospheric processes responsible for changes in midlatitude circulation and weather extremes under a changing climate. The research will leverage reanalysis products, satellite data, and climate model simulations to evaluate the influence of internal variability, tropical-midlatitude-arctic interactions, and...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to conduct research on low clouds and stratocumulus clouds. The $135,000.00 grant, awarded on September 1, 2020, is aimed at improving the understanding of these cloud types, which cover a significant portion of the Earth's surface, particularly in regions with temperature inversions. UC Davis, a major public land-grant research university, frequently receives...
The University of California, Davis received a $406,716 research grant from a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, awarded on February 4, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of August 3, 2026. This grant supports observational and modeling studies examining the relationship between total column water vapor and mean precipitation, with a focus on understanding the rapid onset of precipitation in atmospheric columns that exceed critical moisture thresholds. The research aims to...
This is a $278,019 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to conduct research related to land surface change and associated natural hazards. The grant supports the development of predictive capabilities and early warning technologies for major earthquakes, focusing on modeling the dynamics of tsunamis using the Tsunami Squares method. The work builds upon previous NASA-funded efforts to model earthquakes,...
This $630,555 federal research grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to assimilate three-dimensional (3D) wind data from airborne and space-based Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) instruments. The goal is to improve weather forecasting and advance the understanding of dust-cloud interactions over the tropics. The work will involve integrating LIDAR wind data from NASA's Doppler Aerosol Wind LIDAR (DAWN)...
This federal contract award, valued at $147,986.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). The contract, which is not set aside for small businesses, is for a research grant titled "SMOKE AND OPTICS - ASSESSING ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY IN THE PRESENCE OF FIRE-RELATED AEROSOLS THROUGH A SCALED REMOTE SENSING APPROACH." The grant aims to study the impact of fire-related...
This is a $504,609.82 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to conduct research related to improving dust and storm forecasts over North Africa and the East Atlantic. The project has two main objectives: 1) Assimilate aerosol backscatter, aerosol optical depth, and other observation data to improve dust and storm forecasts, and 2) Determine the impact of dust-radiation-cloud interactions on storm development,...
The University of California, Davis was awarded a $544,663.74 research grant by a civilian federal agency to investigate the thermodynamic properties of rocky planets during collisional growth. This research effort, which commenced on January 1, 2021 and concludes on December 31, 2024, is fundamental to understanding planetary formation and evolution. The work will be performed at UC Davis's Davis, California campus. No set-aside designation was applied to this award, indicating open competition...
This is a $33,141.53 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to conduct research on the "Incipient Weathering of Mars Analog Soils in Iceland". The work will develop a cross-scale understanding of rock-derived elemental cycling, which supports NASA's scientific research needs. UC Davis, a major public research university, frequently receives federal awards across a wide range of scientific disciplines, including...
This federal contract award to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) supports a research project titled "TEMPEST EXTREMES: INDICATORS OF CHANGE IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EXTREME WEATHER". The $519,927.79 grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aims to develop a better understanding of changes in extreme weather phenomena like tropical and extratropical cyclones, atmospheric blocks, and temperature/precipitation extremes. The project will leverage the "TEMPEST EXTREMES" software package to analyze historical climate datasets and assess trends in extreme weather characteristics. It also includes an effort to integrate the software into the NASA Earth Exchange platform to enable high-throughput analysis of submitted datasets. The award does not have a set-aside designation. UC Davis, a major public land-grant research university, frequently receives federal contracts and grants to support scientific research across diverse fields. The project's objectives align with NASA's interests in understanding the impacts of climate change on extreme weather patterns.