New York University has been awarded a $1.32M grant by a civilian federal agency to conduct research on submesoscale ocean transport estimation using Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite observations. Under contract 23-SWOTST23-0089, NYU will leverage machine learning algorithms, realistic oceanographic simulations, and in-situ observations to infer submesoscale transport directly from SWOT-derived sea surface height data. The research is scheduled for completion by August 1,...
This is a $1,220,743 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to New York University (NYU) to conduct research on quantifying the distribution of vertical exchange between the ocean surface and interior. The research aims to improve understanding of global carbon and energy budgets. The grant has a period of performance ending on June 4, 2026. NYU is the prime contractor for this grant and there is no indication of any subcontractors. The award is not...
This is a $629,489.67 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin for research related to the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission. The purpose is to develop advanced ocean state estimation techniques to take advantage of the increased resolution, accuracy, and coverage provided by SWOT data, while addressing challenges in interpreting the new measurements. The University of Texas at Austin is the prime...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $353,970 grant to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) to support research and development activities related to the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission. The tasks to be completed under this grant include implementing and testing a data assimilation framework, producing and evaluating SWOT Level 4 data products, testing the use of derived runoff products for hydrologic model calibration, and assessing...
This is a $249,013.45 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan for a research project titled "MODELING INTERNAL WAVE SIGNALS AND THEIR PREDICTABILITY FOR SWOT". The objective is to characterize the global internal tide and internal wave fields, and their predictability, to improve the accuracy of modeled tides and internal tides for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. The research will...
This federal contract award to the University of Washington (UW) provides $668,427.00 in funding for research related to the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. SWOT is a joint satellite mission between NASA, the French space agency CNES, the Canadian Space Agency, and the UK Space Agency that will observe the 2-D structure of sea surface height on 15-120 km wavelength scales, potentially transforming understanding of ocean dynamics at these scales. The contract, awarded by the...
This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington to determine if river discharge and subsurface river dynamics can be described from a Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) measurement of the surface height anomaly within an estuary and at the river mouth. The $103,758.67 grant involves a laboratory experiment, analysis of field data, and development of an analytical model to predict...
This is a $350,947.23 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The objective of the research is to provide guidance to the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) project to achieve the best possible measurements of ocean surface slope for applications in marine geophysics. The SWOT altimeter mission has the potential to significantly improve gravity accuracy and spatial...
This federal contract award, identified as NNX16AH65G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington. The $352,925.31 grant will fund research to quantify ocean variability at 15-100 km wavelengths, assess how submesoscale to mesoscale processes will be captured by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, and develop sampling strategies for SWOT validation and integrated regional observational...
The University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography was awarded an $482,888 research grant on August 5, 2024, to conduct a multi-system, multi-timescale analysis exploring estuarine sea level fluctuations and dynamics using the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. The work will be performed in La Jolla, California, with an ultimate completion date of August 4, 2028. This non-set-aside grant supports fundamental oceanographic research aimed at...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to New York University (NYU) for a project titled "Fluxes of Heat, Carbon and Oxygen at SWOT Scales." The grant, valued at $837,314.74, aims to investigate the underlying dynamics that control lateral and vertical fluxes of tracers at the submesoscale, which will be observed by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite. The project also seeks to develop methods to infer vertical fluxes directly from SWOT data. The grant involves collaborators from several international institutions, including the Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat (LOCEAN) in Paris, NYU Abu Dhabi, and the University of New South Wales in Sydney. This award is not associated with a set-aside contract and is intended to support research and development activities related to NASA's broader mission in understanding Earth's climate and ocean systems.