This federal contract award, valued at $598,660.20, was granted to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) division by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract funds research to monitor and analyze the horizontal and vertical redistribution of heat in the ocean, using satellite and in-situ observations. The research aims to understand the processes behind the accumulation of heat in the subtropical South Pacific and...
This federal contract award, valued at $176,767.85, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Division. The award is part of a larger NASA program focused on using observations to advance the understanding and predictability of hurricane processes. Under this contract, the University of Miami RSMAS Division will be responsible for running ensemble forecasts of several past...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center is a $281,346 grant to the University of Miami Office of Research - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) division for hurricane research and modeling. As the prime contractor, RSMAS will utilize subawards to complete analyses of dropsonde, HAMSR and S-HIS moisture data to study hurricane intensification, accumulate radar data from prior NASA field programs to...
This federal contract award, valued at $115,494.98, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Division. The award supports research to develop a new precipitation-based index for tracking the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), a dominant mode of tropical intraseasonal variability that affects global weather patterns. The research aims to leverage data from the Tropical Rainfall...
This federal contract award, valued at $135,000.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Miami for a research grant. The contract has a completion date of August 31, 2024 and was awarded on September 1, 2021. The University of Miami, through its Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science division, provides a range of research services to federal agencies such as NASA, NOAA, DOI, DOD, and EPA. This grant is...
This federal contract award to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) division will investigate the use of CloudSat satellite data to improve the understanding of how convective structure affects tropical cyclone intensity changes. The $479,852.50 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will involve modeling and diagnostic analyses to determine if CloudSat reflectivity profiles and water content retrievals, combined with...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $177,138.16 grant to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to study the relationship between precipitation and environmental factors that influence tropical cyclone formation. The research aims to quantify the evolution of precipitation patterns in developing and non-developing disturbances across different ocean basins, and analyze the impact of precipitation on inner core thermodynamics....
This federal contract award to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) will support the production of global sea surface temperature (SST) data products from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor that are compatible with the historical dataset from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument. The $662,350 grant award, with a period of performance through February 15, 2026, was provided by the National...
The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) was awarded a $1,031,220.00 grant (Contract ID 80NSSC19K0340) by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the dynamics and chemistry of the summer stratosphere over North America. This grant, titled "Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS)," aims to address knowledge gaps in understanding the coupling between deep...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a USD 514,261.60 grant to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to conduct research on characterizing radiative feedbacks within the climate system using Earth Observing System (EOS) and Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite data. The research aims to quantify the strength and spatial/temporal characteristics of radiative feedback processes, such as those related to...
This federal contract award to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Division, part of the University of Miami, aims to analyze radiative feedbacks and forcings that impact the global hydrological cycle. The $110,967.77 contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will leverage satellite observations and climate model simulations to investigate the physical processes controlling precipitation changes, sensible heat flux, and energy balance components related to the hydrological cycle. The research will address NASA's Earth Science goals around understanding the global water cycle and climate variability. This award is not associated with a set-aside designation. The University of Miami, as the prime contractor, has an established history of supporting federal agencies like NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense through both contract and grant awards focused on oceanographic, atmospheric, and climate research.