This federal contract award, NNX16AO16H, was granted by a civilian federal agency to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The $117,146.74 contract supports research to better understand the interactions between the biosphere and atmosphere, with the goal of improving weather, climate, and ecological forecasting models. The work will involve analyzing satellite remote sensing data using a novel statistical...
The federal contract award with ID 80NSSC21K1498 was granted to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, a prestigious private research university, to conduct research on "Quantifying Uncertainty and Constraining Parameterizations of Clouds in Earth System Models Using NASA Observations." The $245,762.00 grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), does not have a set-aside designation and will be performed in New York, NY. The award...
This is a $125,088 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York for the project "DEVELOPING A SATELLITE-BASED CONVECTIVE MASS FLUX DATASET FOR EVALUATING AND IMPROVING GCM CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION". The grant is for research and does not have a set-aside designation. The project aims to develop a satellite-based dataset to support the evaluation and improvement of general circulation model (GCM)...
This federal contract award, Contract ID 80NSSC20M0282, is a Cooperative Agreement valued at $11,790,826.00 awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The scope of the research under this agreement involves the integration of multidisciplinary expertise to study and model the Earth's climate. The award has no set-aside...
This federal contract award, valued at $135,000.00, was granted to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract, which is not set-aside, supports research to fulfill the 2018 NASA Science Mission Directorate Earth Science Division's strategic goal of improving weather forecasts and predicting catastrophic events. As a renowned private...
This is a $104,999.80 federal contract award issued by NASA to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on the Asian monsoon response to human-induced climate change. The objective is to analyze observational data and climate model outputs to understand the physical mechanisms by which greenhouse gases and aerosols impact the Asian monsoon system, including effects on precipitation and water resources. The research leverages NASA satellite data as well as...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K1134, was granted to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University, to conduct research focused on improving the understanding of low-cloud feedbacks and their representation in the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Earth System Model (NASA-GISS ESM). The award, valued at $409,547.00, is a grant for research to be completed by May 26, 2026. The funding agency is the Shared Services...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $134,999.10 grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on recent and future changes in stratospheric ozone and their impact on the climate system. This three-year project utilizes NASA satellite datasets, reanalysis products, and general circulation models to better understand these phenomena. Columbia University, a renowned private research institution, will perform the scientific...
This federal contract award, number NNX15AJ51A, is a grant for research provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Duke University for a project aimed at improving atmospheric composition-climate modeling capabilities at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). The $572,884.23 grant will fund a collaboration between the Shindell Research Group at Duke University and NASA GISS, bringing together expertise in atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, and climate...
This $10,982,144.66 cooperative agreement was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia University) to support research related to the observation and modeling of the Earth's climate system. The research covers climate variability, long-term climate change, and the impacts of climate change, with a focus on advancing the study of climate sensitivity to natural and anthropogenic forcings. Columbia...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX17AF46G, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The $193,351.79 grant funds research to optimize free parameters of global climate models using NASA observational datasets. The goal is to assess the impact of incorporating observational uncertainty into model performance metrics, and determine how this affects model tuning and the range of acceptable parameter combinations. This work leverages multiple NASA satellite datasets and aims to improve transparency in the climate model adjustment and tuning process. The contract does not have a set-aside designation and is not associated with a larger contract vehicle.