This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) for a research project titled "Towards Improved Estimates of Cloud Feedbacks Using High Resolution Climate Simulations and CERES Observations". The contract has a period of performance ending on October 3, 2026. CSU, which is designated as a U.S. State Government, 1862 Land Grant College, and Educational Institution, will be the prime contractor for this...
Colorado State University was awarded a $374,732 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the observability of radiative feedbacks and their dependence on changing surface temperature patterns. The research aims to quantify the realism of climate models' representation of top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiation and sea surface temperature (SST) patterns, assess the influence of local TOA radiation and SST biases on models' ability to reproduce observed...
This is a $119,959.24 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) to study the transition zone between clear and cloudy air. The grant is part of CSU's ongoing work with federal agencies like NASA, providing research, technical assistance, and educational services related to topics such as satellite data analysis, climate modeling, and meteorology. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. As a public land-grant...
This is a $134,970.63 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Colorado State University (CSU) to study the role of clouds in forcing interannual to decadal tropical sea surface temperature (SST) variability driven by extratropical atmospheric variability. The goal is to improve understanding of how cloud feedbacks contribute to this pathway connecting extratropical and tropical climate processes, which may impact long-term...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $373,854.76 grant to Colorado State University (CSU) on October 1, 2019 to conduct research and analysis related to improving Earth system models' ability to predict climate change. The research aims to better understand the carbon cycle feedbacks and the relationship between emissions and atmospheric concentrations, leveraging data from the Japanese GOSAT and NASA's OCO-2 satellites. The grant does not have a set-aside...
This is a $1,438,971.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University on June 15, 2020. The grant is for research on changes in the tropical West Pacific water cycle and inconsistencies between observed evaporation, precipitation, and water vapor divergence. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled to be completed by June 14, 2025. Colorado State University, through its Sponsored Programs division, has extensive...
This is a $150,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University for a research project titled "ASSESSING THE ROLE OF NEAR-CLOUD AEROSOLS IN RADIATION BUDGET USING RETRIEVALS FROM 3D RADIATIVE TRANSFER AND MACHINE LEARNING (STUDENT CHEN-KUANG YANG)". The grant is for a research project to assess the impact of near-cloud aerosols on the Earth's radiation budget using advanced modeling techniques. Colorado State University,...
This is a $367,584 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) for research in support of the Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) program. The primary research objectives include studying the variability of drop size distribution and column microphysics related to tropical convection, as well as validating the microphysical parameterizations in the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) model using in-situ and radar data. The research...
This is a $90,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arizona to study the role of springtime cloud-radiation feedback in modulating Arctic sea ice change. The research aims to investigate the dynamical triggers of initial sea ice melting and the spatial and temporal characteristics of cloud and radiation accompanying the melt, with the ultimate goal of proposing and testing a cloud-radiation feedback mechanism that works across...
This is a $399,897 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) for research on the "Dynamics of Tropical Convective Organization in Weak Balanced Rotation". The grant, which runs through July 2026, will support CSU's expertise in areas like climate science, meteorology, and atmospheric research. As a leading research institution and land-grant university, CSU has a strong track record of securing competitive federal...
This is a $77,725.56 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University to investigate errors in the modeling of Arctic clouds in climate models and the implications for climate change simulations. The project aims to quantify, describe, and understand the statistical linkages between Arctic clouds and atmospheric dynamics, thermodynamics, and sea ice properties, in order to pinpoint the model processes responsible for inaccurate cloud simulation. This research is expected to yield improvements in the prediction of climate change impacts, including sea level rise, carbon cycle changes, and shifts in atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, and no subcontractors are mentioned.