This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) for a project titled "Relating Lightning Flash Characteristics to Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change and Convective Evolution." The $92,985.00 contract has a performance period running from September 21, 2023 to September 20, 2026. CSU, a public land-grant university, will be conducting research through its Sponsored Programs division to study the...
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 $420,505.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) to improve the Next-Generation Weather Research and Forecasting (NU-WRF) model through the assimilation of latent heating data from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) series. The award, which has a period of performance through July 31, 2026, is part of NASA's Earth Science Research, Observation, and Services program. This grant builds...
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 $135,000 training grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The University, a U.S. state government entity and institution of higher learning, will conduct research to improve understanding of thunderstorm processes and their association with severe weather phenomena, such as lightning, wind, and...
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...
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 $134,499.67 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Colorado State University (CSU) for research to improve satellite retrievals of high-latitude precipitation by better constraining drop size distributions. The grant was awarded on September 1, 2019, with a completion date of January 26, 2023. Colorado State University, a public land-grant research university, is performing the work through its Sponsored Programs division....
This federal contract award, valued at $785,833, was granted to Colorado State University (CSU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to execute a balanced science program. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The award requires CSU to conduct scientific research in areas such as lunar, Mars, and deep space exploration, as well as applied programs like Earth science applications, space weather, planetary defense, and space situational awareness. CSU will...
This federal contract award, valued at $520,034.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) for a research project focused on improving the performance and applicability of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF), a key component of NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The research aims to develop methods for generalizing validation statistics collected in specific regions, allowing GPROF performance to be...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Colorado State University (CSU) to conduct research on the use of spaceborne lightning observations to improve satellite rainfall estimation and global lightning modeling. The $404,302.16 grant will fund three main research objectives: 1) validating lightning flash rate estimates from the International Space Station Lightning Imaging Sensor (ISS-LIS) and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Global Lightning Mapper (GLM) against ground-based lightning mapping arrays; 2) improving geostationary satellite infrared-based rainfall estimation by combining lightning data from ISS-LIS and GOES-R GLM; and 3) developing an enhanced lightning parameterization scheme for use in global atmospheric chemistry models. This grant is not associated with a set-aside designation and is part of NASA's broader "Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics" research program. As a public land-grant university, CSU has substantial expertise in meteorology, climate science, and remote sensing that it leverages to support federal agencies like NASA through both contract and grant awards.