This federal contract award to Colorado State University (CSU) for $654,996.92 is to enhance the current passive microwave retrieval algorithm for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite constellation. The work involves four specific tasks: 1) improving deep convective precipitation estimates using convective available potential energy (CAPE), 2) better accounting for extratropical precipitation, 3) resolving issues with non-linear rainfall regressions, and 4) restructuring the algorithm to retrieve rain/no rain thresholds instead of precipitation probabilities. These improvements must be made to all GPM constellation radiometers for the real-time, standard, and climatological versions of the algorithm. The award is part of the larger GPM project, which relies on a combination of NASA, university, and private sector contributions to develop the science and operational algorithms. There is no set-aside designation indicated for this contract.
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