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 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 $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 to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Division provides funding for a research project focused on utilizing data from the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) satellite mission to study tropical waves, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and tropical cyclones. The project aims to create superior-quality, global 4x daily gridded ocean surface wind products from CYGNSS data for use by NASA and the broader...
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...
This federal grant award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Florida International University (FIU) to conduct research on the relationship between precipitation and environmental forcing during tropical cyclone formation. The goal of the research is to develop a 13-year global database of developing and non-developing tropical disturbances using data from multiple passive microwave satellite sensors. The research aims to identify systematic differences in...
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...
The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) has been awarded a $47,436.08 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to host a joint workshop focused on the CYGNSS and TROPICS satellite missions. The workshop will engage user communities and enable cross-cutting science and applications across weather, climate, and disaster-related focus areas. It will also explore opportunities to extend the use of CYGNSS and TROPICS data to...
This is a $300,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Florida International University (FIU) for a 3-year research project. The project aims to characterize how the symmetric process dictates the evolution of rapid intensification (RI) events in tropical cyclones using NASA satellite and airborne data. The research will develop a comprehensive 18-year global database of RI and slowly intensifying storms, analyzing cloud and...
The University of Miami (UMiami) was awarded two federal contracts by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, for scientific research related to the CYGNSS satellite mission. The first contract, valued at $575,380, is for analyzing air-sea flux impacts on midlatitude storm development using CYGNSS data. The second contract is for quantifying the added value of CYGNSS data for operational-quality analyses and predictions of tropical cyclones. Both contracts are grants for research, with...
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 AMSR-E precipitation measurements, can provide a better characterization of the vertical distribution and intensity of convective heating within tropical cyclones. The research aims to inform tropical cyclone intensity forecasting by examining how convective structure relates to future intensity changes. This award is not associated with any set-aside designation. The University of Miami has a long history of collaborating with federal agencies like NASA, NOAA, and the Department of Defense on oceanographic and atmospheric science research through both contract and grant awards.