This federal contract award, NNX16AO43H, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop new methods for monitoring the health and predicting changes in Louisiana's wetlands. The $119,991.18 award will integrate NASA's UAVSAR and AVIRIS-NG airborne remote sensing data with field data to map wetland species, estimate aboveground biomass, and model the impacts of sea level rise. The methodologies developed will also be adapted to leverage data from Landsat and spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) missions, simulating the application of NASA's future NISAR and HyspIRI missions for coastal wetland assessment and monitoring. This award has no set-aside designation and is being performed by UCLA's Office of Research Administration, which serves as a prime contractor supporting federal research and development initiatives across scientific domains. UCLA's parent organization is the State of California Controller's Office, which has received both federal contract and grant awards as a prime and subrecipient.