This federal contract award to Boise State University, a public research university in Boise, Idaho, is focused on leveraging machine learning and data management techniques to better understand the variability of snowpack and its impact on water resource estimates. The $119,592.43 award, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aims to develop efficient methods for managing large cryosphere datasets in a graph database, implement various machine learning algorithms to...
This federal contract award to Boise State University, a public research university in Boise, Idaho, is for the development of a Ku-band active and passive (radiometer/radar) microwave wavelength instrument capable of measuring the spatial distribution of snow-water-equivalent (SWE) from a space-borne platform. The $1,875,079.00 contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, is a grant for research with a completion date of September 1,...
This is a $419,795 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Boise State University for the coordination of high-resolution airborne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data acquisition over SnowEx 2020-21 time series sites. The grant covers both snow-on flights in February 2021 and snow-free flights in September 2021. The research, led by Principal Investigator Dr. Marshall, supports the NASA SnowEx program, which aims to improve the measurement and...
This federal contract award, with identification number NNX15AD56G, was granted by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) to Boise State University, a public research university in Boise, Idaho. The purpose of the contract is to advance the fundamental understanding of how the evolution of seasonal snowpacks impacts remote sensing of snow water equivalent (SWE) at different wavelengths, focusing on the use of multiple-frequency microwave radar. The work will leverage expertise in land...
This is a $151,069 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Boise State University (BSU) to provide support for the NASA SnowEx 2022-23 research project in Alaska. The grant is a research contract with no set-aside designation, and the period of performance runs through September 30, 2024. As a public research university, Boise State University has a track record of receiving federal contract and grant awards to support a variety of...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Boise State University, a public research university in Boise, Idaho, for a project titled "The Snow Albedo Feedback Under a Changing Climate: Improving Energy Balance Snowmelt Modeling in the Anthropocene." The grant, which has a ceiling value of $150,000.00, will fund research to improve energy balance snowmelt modeling in the context of climate change. The project, identified as 21-EARTH21-0249,...
Boise State University received a $90,954 research grant from a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center for the SnowEx DB Open Source Project, awarded on April 26, 2024. The project aims to standardize data access for NASA's SnowEx (Snow Experimental) mission, thereby maximizing the utility of mission-collected data and accelerating related research activities. Work will be performed in Boise, Idaho, with completion targeted for December 31, 2025. This grant reflects no set-aside...
Boise State University was awarded a $288,856.00 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct a terrestrial hydrology investigation leveraging data from NASA's SnowEx campaign. The research will focus on resolving the influence of forest canopies on snow depth distributions across energy gradients in the Grand Mesa, Colorado region. Key objectives include evaluating how forest cover and canopy characteristics impact snow depth distributions from the mesa-scale...
This is a $148,643 grant award to Boise State University, a public research university, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to evaluate the InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) potential of the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite in snow-covered regions. The award has an ultimate completion date of October 3, 2026. Boise State University is a U.S. state government entity and educational institution that has a history of performing...
This is a $237,434 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Boise State University for research to support the upcoming NISAR satellite mission. The project aims to collect data that can be used to refine and evaluate interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)-based retrievals of snow water equivalent and snow depth. The contract is a grant for research with a completion date of June 30, 2027. Boise State University is a public research university that has...
This federal contract award to Boise State University is a $426,831.60 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to analyze spatiotemporal patterns in ground-based snow remote sensing and in-situ observations. The project will leverage large databases of ground-based remote sensing and in-situ measurements collected through prior NASA and European Space Agency snow monitoring efforts, including the CLPX-II, CLPX-III, WISM, SNOWEX, and COREH2O programs. This effort aims to define optimal field site requirements and sampling strategies to support future snow remote sensing research, which is critical for water resource management, hydropower, and flood forecasting globally. The work is being performed in Boise, Idaho and is scheduled for completion by December 20, 2022. This grant does not have a set-aside designation.