This federal contract award to Cornell University, a private research university located in Ithaca, New York, aims to improve the understanding of fault zone behaviors globally through the assimilation of independent data types with InSAR time series analysis. The $397,636.82 grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will support research to study deformation of the solid Earth, including observations of secular and local surface deformation on active faults,...
This federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $452,640.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) to Cornell University, a private, non-profit university located in Ithaca, New York. The contract is for research related to Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), which has been widely used to examine ground displacements associated with earthquakes and volcanoes. The contract is a grant for research and does not have a set-aside designation. Cornell...
This is a $458,985.97 grant awarded by NASA to Cornell University for research on the impact of soil moisture variations on InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) time series analysis. The research aims to evaluate the effect on the upcoming NISAR mission and potential mitigation strategies. Cornell University, a private, non-profit research university, is the prime contractor on this grant, which has a period of performance ending on August 12, 2024. This award is not associated...
This federal contract award (NNX16AO37H) was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornell University, a private research university, to study the 2011-2012 eruption of the Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile. The $75,000 award will fund the use of satellite observations and numerical models to characterize the evolution of magma properties during the eruption and assess the mechanisms responsible for post-eruption ground uplift. This research aims to improve the...
Cornell University has been awarded a $99,025 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant is for a research project titled "Evaluation of Iceye Imagery in Areas with Both Deformation and Agricultural Signals" which will analyze data from space missions to advance understanding of earth deformation and agricultural monitoring. The work will be performed in Ithaca, New York through March 5, 2025. No set-aside designation was...
This federal contract award to Cornell University, a private research university, will facilitate carbon flux monitoring using novel solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) datasets. The $114,092.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center is intended to help reduce the uncertainty of carbon flux estimates. The award does not have a set-aside designation. Cornell University, as the prime contractor, will leverage its expertise in scientific research...
This federal contract award was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Cornell University for the project "ASSESSING CAPELLA SPACE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DATA FOR GLOBAL VOLCANIC HAZARD MITIGATION". The $99,270.68 grant will fund research to assess Capella Space's synthetic aperture radar data for global volcanic hazard mitigation. The award does not have a set-aside designation. Cornell University, a private, non-profit educational institution, is the prime...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC24K1667, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornell University. The $99,999.00 grant is for the project "EVALUATING UMBRA SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR OBSERVATIONS FOR GLOBAL VOLCANO HAZARD ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION", which aims to assess and mitigate global volcano hazards using Umbra synthetic aperture radar observations. The contract has an ultimate completion date of July...
This federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $328,000.00, was granted to Cornell University by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research related to the limits of modern high precision cosmology and astrophysics, which are defined in large part by limitations in detector technology and the warm electronics required to read out those sensors. The contract is a grant for research with a period of performance ending on June 30, 2025. It does not have a set-aside...
This federal contract is a $133,552.70 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cornell University on September 1, 2017. The contract supports research to study the dynamical evolution of multi-planet exoplanetary systems, including the effects of outer companions and the fate of unstable systems. The research aims to advance NASA's goals of understanding the architectures, formation, and evolution of planetary systems. No...
This federal contract award, NNX16AL20G, was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Cornell University, a private research university, to conduct a research project titled "When Does Anthropogenic Deformation Trigger Seismicity (or Not?) - Characterizing the Occurrence and." The $412,937.00 grant will fund activities to generate a global catalog of anthropogenic deformation sources, characterize associated deformation using InSAR data, analyze seismicity anomalies, and ingest independent data sets to improve understanding of InSAR data quality. This research supports NASA's interests in understanding the diverse range of deformation signals associated with human activities and their impact on the solid Earth and fault systems. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.