This is a $250,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan for research related to improving the quantification of surface scattering in radar snow retrievals. The research will be conducted at low (L-band), medium (C-band), and high (X/Ku bands) frequencies, using data from satellite and airborne radar observations as well as ground truth from field campaigns. The expected outcome is an improved understanding of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $120,000.00 grant for research to the Regents of the University of Michigan Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, doing business as the University of Michigan. The grant will advance the development of the Ultra-Wideband Software-Defined Microwave Radiometer (UWBRAD) instrument, which was previously deployed on a tower in Antarctica and during an airborne campaign over Greenland. The research aims to enhance the use of...
This federal contract award, NNX15AQ16G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, to develop a novel model for remote sensing of snowpacks using microwave technology. The $450,000 grant aims to enhance the accuracy of scattering models for dense random volumes, such as snow, by leveraging a statistical S-matrix approach in the spatial spectral domain. This approach enables...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $235,000.00 grant for research to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan). The grant is for a research project focused on the densification of snow into solid ice, a process known as firn. The contract has a completion date of May 31, 2025 and was awarded on June 1, 2021. No set-aside designation was used for this award. The University...
This federal contract is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. The $149,642.76 grant is for research to improve surface elevation retrievals from the ICESat-2 satellite, which uses green photon time-of-flight to measure snow and ice elevations. The University of Michigan, a leading research institution, will conduct this work to address...
This is a $361,995 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the Regents of the University of Michigan for research related to "LEVERAGING ENHANCED IMAGING WITH GROUND VALIDATION OBSERVATIONS TO AID GLOBAL SNOW REMOTE SENSING". The grant is for a period of approximately 4 years, with a completion date of May 23, 2026. The University of Michigan, a prominent public research institution, will be conducting this cutting-edge scientific research without any set-aside designation....
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, a prominent U.S. state government-owned educational institution. The contract is for research to leverage assets from NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission to evaluate atmospheric river snowfall properties. The award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Michigan has an...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division, doing business as the University of Michigan. The award, valued at $9,673.84, is for a hydrological test bed scoping study for snow albedo under Contract Number 80NSSC21K0975. The award does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Michigan is a highly regarded public research university that has...
The University of Michigan was awarded a $563,420 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to be a team member in planning and participating in the radar and radiometer experiments for the Next Generation Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX). The grant will fund the university's work on physical models, retrieval algorithms, snow and background characterization, and international collaborations related to the remote sensing of snowpack parameters using microwave data...
This is a $112,932.44 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research under the "ENABLING COMPREHENSIVE LOW LATENCY SNOW PIT DATA (ENCLLASP)" project. The grant is for the period of September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2023. The Regents of the University of Michigan is the prime awardee, and there were no set-aside designations indicated for this award. The University of Michigan is one of the top...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $864,006.00 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, doing business as the University of Michigan, for the development and demonstration of a wideband autocorrelation radiometer receiver to directly measure terrestrial snow and ice accumulation. This technology is intended to improve upon existing passive microwave methods for quantifying global snow pack, which can be limited by factors like vegetation scattering. The grant aims to create a radiometer system that can rapidly observe the time delay of thermal emissions propagating through snow cover, providing a more direct measurement of snow depth and water equivalent. The award does not mention any set-aside designation. The University of Michigan is a leading public research institution that has received numerous prime and subcontract awards from federal agencies like the Department of Defense and Department of Energy to conduct advanced research and development.