This is a $460,468 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona to conduct research on the coupling between terrestrial water, ecosystems, and climate. The research aims to analyze the seasonal and interannual variability of these interactions, develop an optimality-based dynamic root model to improve the realism of the Noah Land Surface Model, and couple the enhanced model with NASA's Unified Weather Research and Forecasting Model to...
The University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, was awarded a $445,328.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to quantify long-term dynamics of the sun-climate system using annual carbon-14 measurements from tree rings over the Holocene period. This grant supports NASA's "Long Term Variability and Predictability of the Sun-Climate System" research focus area. The University of Arizona, as a major public research institution,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $126,000.00 grant to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, to demonstrate the feasibility of monitoring carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from global power plants using satellite remote sensing. The project aims to quantify how much the emissions from this population of point sources deviates from existing bottom-up global inventories, and establish the threshold for detectable CO2 point sources....
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Arizona (doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents) on September 1, 2019. The grant is for a research study aimed at using satellite imaging to understand how tropical evergreen forests respond to extreme climate events, such as drought, in order to improve predictions of ecosystem and global carbon cycle responses to climate change. This grant does not have a set-aside...
This is a $693,909 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northern Arizona University (NAU) to develop enhancements to the Madingley ecosystem model. The goal is to better incorporate data on 3D forest structure and animal traits in order to improve the model's ability to simulate and predict the impacts of factors like forest fragmentation and climate change on tropical forest biodiversity and ecosystem services. The project will leverage data from...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $134,658 grant for research to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, on September 1, 2019. The grant supports research into dryland ecosystems and their role in terrestrial carbon uptake, a phenomenon known as gross primary productivity (GPP). The research will be conducted at the University of Arizona's facilities in Tucson, Arizona, and the grant is scheduled for completion on August 31,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $147,669.01 grant to the University of Arizona (doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents) to develop an Advanced Pheno-Climatic Information System (APIS). The objective is to create a data framework that consolidates phenological (seasonal natural phenomena) and climate data to improve research collaboration and the speed of results publication related to the impact of climate change on plant and animal populations. The...
This is a $451,796 grant awarded by NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Earth Science Division (ESD) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2021 with a period of performance through August 31, 2026. The grant is for research related to NASA's on-orbit Earth science missions. As a public research university, the University of Arizona has extensive capabilities in scientific research, technical services, and...
This is a $299,817 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, for a research project to quantify and reduce errors in observational elements of the water cycle in order to better understand the Earth system, weather processes, and changes in water and energy cycles. The grant is part of the University of Arizona's broader portfolio of research contracts and grants across disciplines...
This is a $472,351 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, for the project "ADVANCING CAPABILITIES FOR SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF PBL AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH THE EARTH SYSTEM." The grant is for research and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Arizona is the prime recipient, and the State of Arizona is the parent organization. This grant award supports NASA's...
This is a $1,099,778.46 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona for a study focused on using satellite remote sensing to understand what controls the response of photosynthesis in Amazonian forests to seasonal and inter-annual variations in climate. The grant will enable the University to deploy a network of innovative ground-based sensors, including hyperspectral imaging systems and chlorophyll fluorescence spectrometers, to collect detailed observations of forest reflectance, radiation, and photosynthetic activity. These observations will be combined with advanced 3D canopy radiative transfer models to improve understanding of tropical forest photosynthesis and guide enhancements to Earth system models. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and runs through February 2022. This effort supports NASA's broader research programs aimed at advancing the scientific understanding of Earth's climate and ecosystems.