This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University, a large public research university located in Fairfax, Virginia. The grant, valued at $456,029.97, aims to integrate satellite soil moisture data, primarily from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, into weather, emission, and air quality modeling. The goal is to evaluate weather fields, improve weather-dependent emissions, and assess the role of modeled weather fields in...
This is a $81,514.07 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The George Washington University (GWU) Student Accounts Office / Third Party Division for a project titled "Multi-Frequency Soil Moisture Measurements and Analysis". The project consists of two parts: (1) data analysis for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Level 2 soil moisture passive-only products, and (2) integrating a P-band GNSS receiver into the COMRAD (Combined...
This $266,328 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington to develop a data assimilation approach that integrates precipitation accumulation data from the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) with surface soil moisture retrievals from the Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission. The goal is to enhance the utility of these satellite-based products for improved hydrologic modeling and water...
This is a federal grant award to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education associated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The $397,649.43 grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is for research to develop a joint data assimilation system that can simultaneously incorporate precipitation data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission and soil moisture data from the Soil...
George Mason University was awarded a $520,126 research grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center with an ultimate completion date of September 2, 2026. The award, issued on September 3, 2020, supports a research initiative to quantify and investigate land-atmosphere interactions and feedbacks that operate primarily through water and energy cycles as controlled by soil moisture state. This grant represents civilian scientific research funding focused on understanding...
This is a $464,245.69 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to characterize regional drought impacts using satellite observations from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission. The project aims to quantify the role of soil moisture variability from SMAP and total terrestrial water storage changes from GRACE in relation to...
This is a $600,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University, a public research university in Fairfax, Virginia, for a project titled "EO14042 SHORE-BREAK: ASSESSING AND PREDICTING ARCTIC COASTAL EROSION HAZARDS WITH ICESAT-2". The award has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2026. The grant is part of NASA's Earth Observing System and does not utilize any set-aside designations. The project will leverage the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $294,663.81 grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to improve the accuracy and resolution of the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service's (USDA-FAS) Remote Sensing Soil Moisture (RZSM) information. The project will utilize alternative NASA resources, including hydrologic models, forcing data, and satellite-based soil moisture data sets. This grant contract is not associated with a...
This $698,440 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University, doing business as Mason, will fund research to provide timely and accurate information on agricultural productivity. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. As a large public research university, George Mason University has extensive experience performing scientific research and technology development work as a prime contractor and subcontractor for various federal...
This federal contract award is a grant for research from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Ohio State University. The grant, valued at $764,984, is focused on investigating the relationship between soil moisture and the initiation of deep convection, which is not well understood. The project will use the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite mission data, along with in-situ soil moisture data and radar observations, to evaluate whether deep convection...
This is a $280,415.69 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to George Mason University for research to improve estimates of hyperresolution root zone soil moisture. The research aims to develop a high-resolution hydrological modeling system to better characterize soil moisture and its impact on local weather, climate, and water resources management. The project will leverage data from NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite, as well as airborne instruments and in-situ soil moisture networks, to validate and calibrate the hyperresolution soil moisture products. This grant award is not associated with a set-aside program, and George Mason University serves as the prime awardee without any listed major subcontractors. The grant supports NASA's Earth Science program and its efforts to advance hyperresolution land modeling and data assimilation capabilities.