This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to North Carolina State University (NC State) supports research to improve surface particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution modeling using satellite remote sensing data. The $89,250.78 grant aims to develop methods for linking aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements from high-spectral-resolution lidar (HSRL) with the chemical composition of PM2.5 as modeled by the Environmental Protection Agency's Community...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX15AQ02A, was issued by NASA to the San Jose State University Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves as the research arm of San Jose State University. The $4,629,670.00 Cooperative Agreement is to establish a NASA MIRO Center for Applied Atmospheric Research and Education (CAARE) at San Jose State University. The objective is to promote STEM literacy and enhance capabilities to support NASA's Science Mission Directorate goals outlined...
This federal contract award, valued at $75,000.00, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) through its Sponsored Projects Division under the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The contract aims to investigate atmospheric aerosol during extreme air pollution events caused by wildfire smoke in the western United States. NASA satellite remote sensing data and ground-based measurements will be used in...
This federal contract award to Colorado State University (CSU) is a $1,605,887.71 Cooperative Agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a citizen-based monitoring network for atmospheric particulate matter (PM2.5) and aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements. The "Citizen-Enabled Aerosol Measurements for Satellites (CEAMS)" project aims to improve satellite-derived estimates of surface-level PM2.5 concentrations, which are often uncertain due to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,223,033.57 cooperative agreement to the San Jose State University Research Foundation, doing business as San Jose State University, a nonprofit foundation and the research arm of the university. The purpose of the research is to model and calibrate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) indicators across various astrophysical environments, leveraging the tools and data from the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database. The...
This is a $1,607,640 Cooperative Agreement awarded by NASA to the non-profit Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to collect and analyze data from low-cost air quality sensors deployed by citizen scientists in three regions (Raleigh, Los Angeles, and Delhi) to improve the ability to estimate fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations from satellite aerosol measurements. The goal is to enhance the value of NASA's Earth science data products for monitoring air quality near the...
This federal contract award, identified as NNA04CC48A, was a Cooperative Agreement issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to San Jose State University, a public university located in California. The award, with a ceiling value of $66,491.00, was for the analysis of airborne and satellite aerosol measurements, a project referred to as the "JRI CO-OP - ANALYSIS OF AIRBORNE AND SATELLITE AER OSOL MEASUREMENTS." The contract did not have a set-aside designation....
This is a $1,768,332.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the San Jose State University Research Foundation, doing business as San Jose State University. The award is for a project titled "ASTRONOMICAL INFRARED BANDS AS CALIBRATED PROBES OF ASTROPHYSICAL CONDITIONS IN THE JWST-ERA WITH THE NASA AMES PAH IR SPECTROSCOPIC DATABASE". The contract has a period of performance through May 31, 2027 and is not set aside for any...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX17AG61A, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside), a non-profit organization and 1862 land grant college. The $197,521 cooperative agreement is part of a citizen science initiative to study urban climate and air quality in the Los Angeles metropolitan region. The project aims to integrate remotely sensed data, in-situ sensor networks maintained by...
This is a $731,319 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to the San Jose State University Research Foundation, doing business as San Jose State University, to support the "AVIATION MONITORING AND MODELING SUB-ELEMENT SYSTEM WIDE ACCIDENT PREVENTION" project as part of NASA's Aviation Safety Program. The award does not have a set-aside designation. San Jose State University Research Foundation, a non-profit organization that serves as the research arm of San Jose State University, has...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was granted to the San Jose State University Research Foundation, the research arm of San Jose State University, in the amount of $698,979.59. The contract's purpose is to provide satellite-derived PM2.5 grids with dispersion model downscaling to support community-scale air quality health research and policy development.
The key deliverables include: 1) Providing daily satellite-derived 10-km PM2.5 grids for California using an improved algorithm, 2) Developing a web-based visualization platform to view the grids alongside other Earth science data, and 3) Creating a web-based modeling and visualization platform that runs a dispersion model to downscale the PM2.5 fields to community scale. These products will support air quality management districts in the South Coast and Bay Area regions to assess and reduce exposure to PM2.5 and associated pollutants, with a focus on addressing disproportionate impacts on less-wealthy minority populations. The contract has no set-aside designation.