This federal contract award is a grant for $134,019.62 from a Civilian agency, the Shared Services Center, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for research on the Terrestrial Systems Snow Network (TSSN), specifically examining cloud electrification and precipitation processes related to heavy-banded snowfall. The research will utilize GOES ABI/GLM and NU-WRF data and is set to be completed by August 31, 2024. UAH is a public research university that acts as a prime federal...
This federal contract award, valued at $150,000.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to improve space weather predictions through the synergy of simulations, data analysis, and machine learning. The contract is a grant for research with a performance period ending on August 31, 2026. UAH is a public research university that provides a range of research, engineering, space science, and information technology services to federal agencies,...
This federal contract award, valued at $187,376.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to support research and development related to analyzing severe convective storms using data from the next-generation GOES-R weather satellite. The contract will leverage the advanced capabilities of the GOES-R satellite's instruments, including the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), to...
This is a $402,026 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for a research project titled "Linking Convective Processes and Satellite Lightning Measurements: New Insights from Modern Analysis of Cloud, Precipitation, and Lightning Data Collected During 2017 NASA ER-2 Field Campaign Flights". The award, which has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2026, is not set aside. UAH is a non-profit,...
This $126,723 federal grant was awarded by the Shared Services Center to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) for research on the detection and analysis of hazardous convective storms. The project aims to leverage deep learning methods applied to geostationary satellite data, radar data, and lightning detection to improve the understanding and automated identification of critical convective storm features like overshooting tops and above-anvil cirrus plumes. This work supports several...
This federal contract award is a grant for research awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The contract has a total potential value of $129,185.96 and a completion date of June 30, 2024. The purpose of the grant is to leverage existing projects to disseminate global surface water mapping from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and optical data to global stakeholders. The contract is not set aside for any specific business type. UAH...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC19K1106, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on October 2, 2019. The $860,998.00 grant is for research, with UAH serving as the prime contractor. The research will be conducted through a large collaboration involving the principal investigator, a postdoc, and several research groups, including those from Zank, Benz, Dahlin, Antiochos, Boardsen, and the Magnetospheric...
This $197,286.03 grant contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) on December 15, 2020. The contract will deliver a machine-learning based model to improve the specification and forecasting of near-Earth solar wind conditions, which are critical inputs for space weather research and operations. The project leverages two decades of solar wind observation data to develop a more accurate model compared to the...
This federal contract award to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) supports the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) and its use of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS), a global climate model, to produce high-resolution atmospheric data for weather forecasting, subseasonal to seasonal forecasts, and climate research. The $99,999.93 cooperative agreement has a completion date of June 8, 2023. UAH is a public research university with expertise in areas such as...
This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC20K1604, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The $93,221 grant is for research work to adapt the IPATH model for operational use at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) for the Space Environment Predictions (SEP) Scoreboard used by the Solar Resources Analysis Group (SRAG). The goal is to enhance the user-friendliness and robustness of this operational tool....