This federal contract award to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) division will investigate the use of CloudSat satellite data to improve the understanding of how convective structure affects tropical cyclone intensity changes. The $479,852.50 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will involve modeling and diagnostic analyses to determine if CloudSat reflectivity profiles and water content retrievals, combined with...
This federal contract award, valued at $176,767.85, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Division. The award is part of a larger NASA program focused on using observations to advance the understanding and predictability of hurricane processes. Under this contract, the University of Miami RSMAS Division will be responsible for running ensemble forecasts of several past...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center is a $281,346 grant to the University of Miami Office of Research - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) division for hurricane research and modeling. As the prime contractor, RSMAS will utilize subawards to complete analyses of dropsonde, HAMSR and S-HIS moisture data to study hurricane intensification, accumulate radar data from prior NASA field programs to...
This federal contract award, valued at $115,494.98, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Division. The award supports research to develop a new precipitation-based index for tracking the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), a dominant mode of tropical intraseasonal variability that affects global weather patterns. The research aims to leverage data from the Tropical Rainfall...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $177,138.16 grant to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to study the relationship between precipitation and environmental factors that influence tropical cyclone formation. The research aims to quantify the evolution of precipitation patterns in developing and non-developing disturbances across different ocean basins, and analyze the impact of precipitation on inner core thermodynamics....
The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) has been awarded a $47,436.08 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to host a joint workshop focused on the CYGNSS and TROPICS satellite missions. The workshop will engage user communities and enable cross-cutting science and applications across weather, climate, and disaster-related focus areas. It will also explore opportunities to extend the use of CYGNSS and TROPICS data to...
This is a $781,558 grant awarded to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Earth Science Division (ESD). The grant supports periodic comparative reviews of on-orbit missions in extended operations to maximize their science return. The award is not set aside and is a grant for research, with other pricing type. The work will be performed in Key Biscayne,...
This federal contract award to the University of Washington (UW) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center aims to better understand air-sea interaction and improve tropical cyclone (TC) prediction using data from the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission and a high-resolution coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean model. The $477,792 grant will support research to: 1) evaluate CYGNSS wind and wave data using field observations, 2)...
This federal contract award, valued at $575,380.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Miami Rosenstiel Marine Division, which is part of the University of Miami, a private research university. The contract is for a research grant titled "CYGNSS-BASED ANALYSIS OF AIR-SEA FLUX IMPACTS ON MIDLATITUDE STORM DEVELOPMENT" and has a period of performance through July 16, 2027. The University of Miami...
This federal contract award to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) Division, part of the University of Miami, aims to analyze radiative feedbacks and forcings that impact the global hydrological cycle. The $110,967.77 contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will leverage satellite observations and climate model simulations to investigate the physical processes controlling precipitation changes, sensible heat...