Grant For Research NNX16AP31G
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- This is a $562,161 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) to conduct research on the response of low clouds to changing atmospheric composition. The work aims to gain a better understanding of the spatial and temporal relationships between precipitation, microphysics, and cloud radiative properties, which are critical for improving climate model physics. The research will leverage data from...
- This federal contract award to the University of Washington (UW) was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, valued at $108,402.99, is for research services to analyze data from the CALIPSO spaceborne lidar and CERES satellite measurements to understand the relationships between low cloud cover, cloud droplet concentration, integrated attenuated backscatter, and albedo. The goal is to examine trends in these parameters,...
- This federal contract award, valued at $109,477.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW). The contract is for research services to analyze data from the CloudSat and CALIPSO satellites in order to advance the understanding of polar cloud and precipitation processes, enable the development and validation of cloud parameterizations in global climate models, and improve the detectability and reliability...
- This is a federal grant award from a civilian agency to the University of Washington (UW) for $133,576.46 to conduct research on improving cloud-snow discrimination and understanding the snow energy balance in mountains using satellite data. The results will be important for guiding future satellite mission design and will be communicated to the NASA International Snow Working Group. UW is the prime contractor and there is no set-aside designation. UW is a prominent public research university...
- This federal contract award, valued at $599,804.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) as the prime contractor. The contract is a grant for research to understand spatiotemporal transitions in marine low cloud systems using observations from various Earth observation satellites. There is no set-aside designation for this award. The University of Washington is a leading research university that has...
- This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Washington for a research project titled "LOW CLOUDS IN THE EXTRATROPICS: MESOSCALE MORPHOLOGIES AND RADIATIVE EFFECTS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE". The award, valued at $150,000.00, will run from October 4, 2023 through October 3, 2026. The University of Washington is the prime contractor on this research grant, which is not set aside for any specific business type. The award supports...
- This federal grant award to the University of Washington (UW) supports research to improve the measurement and modeling of mountain snow, which is critical for understanding water supplies and ecosystems. The $1,174,641 grant is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, reflecting UW's status as a large educational institution. As a leading...
- This federal contract award is for a grant to the University of Washington (UW) for research on the role of giant cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) in influencing warm rain production from shallow liquid clouds. The award, valued at $200,884, is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and has an ultimate completion date of April 16, 2026. The University of Washington is the prime contractor for this grant and has no set-aside designation. UW is a prominent research...
- This is a $989,657.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington (UW) for research on using new combinations of remote sensing data to estimate surface density and ice layers. The goal is to provide estimations that may equal or surpass the accuracy of computationally expensive multi-layer snow models. This is not a set-aside award. UW, as a leading research university, has a history of prime federal contract...
- This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC21K1724, was granted by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) to the University of Washington (UW) to conduct research focused on cloud, precipitation phase, and stratocumulus microphysical properties. The $621,968.00 grant does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by August 5, 2026. UW, a prominent public research university, has an extensive track record of securing federal contract awards and grants across...
This federal contract award to the University of Washington (UW) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center focuses on understanding the processes controlling variability in low cloud albedo from process to climate scales. The $558,184.27 grant will leverage data from the CloudSat radar, CALIPSO lidar, and other A-Train sensors to examine factors that control cloud albedo, including cloud droplet concentration, precipitation, and meteorological conditions. This research aims to improve understanding of how these elements affect cloud transitions and albedo variability over regional and seasonal timescales. The award does not have a set-aside designation, as UW is a state-controlled institution of higher learning and a leading research university. UW has a history of securing prime federal contract and grant awards from various civilian and defense agencies to support research, education, and healthcare objectives.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| 7 | Funding Only Action | ($563) | 5/27/20 | |
| Not listed | ($563) | 5/27/20 | ||
| 6 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 8/8/19 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 8/8/19 | ||
| 5 | Funding Only Action | $135.2k | 11/14/18 |