This is a $460,468 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona to conduct research on the coupling between terrestrial water, ecosystems, and climate. The research aims to analyze the seasonal and interannual variability of these interactions, develop an optimality-based dynamic root model to improve the realism of the Noah Land Surface Model, and couple the enhanced model with NASA's Unified Weather Research and Forecasting Model to...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, a public research university, for $150,000 to conduct evaluations and improvements for LiDAR retrieval of snow depth and other properties. The award has a period of performance through March 21, 2026. The University of Arizona, which is the prime contractor, does not have a set-aside designation for this award. The University has extensive capabilities in astrophysics, planetary...
The University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, has been awarded a $2,078,624.00 Cooperative Agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a next-generation global precipitation data record with improved accuracy, consistency, timeliness, and resolution for climate change, early warning, and scientific analyses. This 5-year award, spanning from October 2023 to October 2028, does not have a set-aside designation. The University of...
This is a $556,840 grant awarded by NASA to the University of Arizona (UA) to conduct research related to the water and energy cycle, one of NASA's Earth science focus areas. The University of Arizona, a public research institution and Hispanic Serving Institution, will perform theoretical and experimental work in areas such as climate and environmental studies, space sciences, and advanced materials. The grant supports UA's broad scientific and technical capabilities, including expertise in...
This is a $503,565.00 grant award from the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Arizona for the "Soil Water Potential as Predictor of Vegetation Water Stress (SWAP-STRESS)" research project. The award has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027. The University of Arizona, a public research university recognized as a 1862 Land Grant institution and Hispanic Serving Institution, will be performing the research. The university has extensive experience...
This is a $451,796 grant awarded by NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Earth Science Division (ESD) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 with a period of performance through August 31, 2026. The grant is for research related to NASA's on-orbit Earth science missions. As a public research university, the University of Arizona has extensive capabilities in scientific research, technical services, and...
This is a $303,864.00 grant awarded by NASA to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, for a project titled "SNOWFALL ANALYSIS IN HIGH LATITUDES TO ADVANCE NASA IMERG". The grant supports research and analysis to improve NASA's Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) product, which estimates global precipitation. The University of Arizona, a public research university and Hispanic Serving Institution, has...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, a public research university and 1862 land grant institution, to address research questions related to carbon pools and land-atmosphere exchanges in response to environmental change. The $702,794.69 cooperative agreement aims to improve the mechanistic representation of biogeochemical processes within the Community Earth System Model (CESM) in order to evaluate the...
This federal contract award to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is for the deployment of ground-based precipitation instrumentation for the 2015 Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) Validation Experiment (SMAPVEX15) in Arizona. The goal is to collect enhanced hydrometeorological observations to provide research-quality ground truth data for developing high-resolution, spatially distributed precipitation estimates to support the synergistic use of SMAP and NASA's Global...
The University of Arizona, a public research university and state government entity, was awarded a $403,086 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to advance the understanding of the early evolution of the Earth-Moon system during the first few tens of millions of years of the solar system's history. This grant, awarded on February 1, 2020, has a performance period through December 31, 2025. The award does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Arizona...
This federal contract award supports the use of data from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and variable bedrock depth data to evaluate and improve land surface models. The $504,063.36 grant was awarded by NASA to the University of Arizona, a public research university and land grant institution, to address four key questions related to the spatiotemporal variability of SMAP data and its integration with land models. The work will focus on utilizing SMAP data for process studies, model evaluation, and improvement, contributing to NASA's priorities around understanding water, carbon, and energy cycles. The University of Arizona, as the prime contractor, will leverage its expertise in soil moisture measurements, land surface modeling, and satellite data analysis. This grant award is not associated with a set-aside designation.