Purchase Order ING09PX00299

Remote Sensing Systems (RSS), a Santa Rosa, California-based satellite data processing firm, received a $1.45 million Cooperative Agreement from NASA's Shared Services Center, with performance completion targeted for December 31, 2024. The contract addresses the Access Technology Focus Area 2.1.1.2 requirement for creation of training data by converting a 32-year historical record of satellite microwave observations into datasets compatible with machine learning applications. The project tackles...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $583,126.32 grant for research to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), which operates the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a non-profit consortium of over 100 universities. The goal of this research project, called MAD-WRF, is to develop an improved end-to-end solar irradiance forecasting system by blending a satellite-based cloud analysis system (MADCAST) with a numerical weather prediction...

This is a $234,720.19 grant awarded by NASA to The University Corporation, a non-profit organization affiliated with California State University, Northridge (CSUN). The grant addresses NASA's initiative to develop consistent multi-instrument/multi-platform space-based data sets of solar irradiance, both total (TSI) and spectral (SSI). The project aims to use ground- and space-based proxies, along with space-based solar irradiance data sets, to help define relationships that can support the...

The Regents of the University of Colorado, on behalf of its Office of Contracts and Grants Division, was awarded a $389,940.42 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to enhance solar irradiance variability models. The project aims to incorporate data from the new GOES-16 satellite to increase reliability, increase spectral resolution to enable more detailed atmospheric radiative transfer modeling, and develop alternative models based on total solar irradiance...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $646,166.89 grant to the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography to develop science-quality Level 2 and Level 3 Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (APAR) products from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite data. The APAR products will help improve understanding of biogeochemical cycles and address climate...

This is a $443,854 grant awarded by NASA to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to develop and flight-qualify a low-cost distributed network of CubeSat instruments to monitor solar spectral irradiance. The goal is to maintain continuous measurements of this critical input to climate and atmospheric models, addressing potential coverage gaps between the current Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) and the planned NOAA Total Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS)...

This $153,731.41 grant from NASA to the University of California, Berkeley is funding work to aggregate, analyze, and document the in-situ data from the HELIOS 1 and 2 solar missions, which collected unprecedented measurements of the inner heliosphere over 11 years. The goal is to create a comprehensive public archive of this valuable dataset to support planning for the upcoming Solar Orbiter (SOLO) and Solar Probe Plus (SPP) missions. Key tasks include carefully analyzing and reprocessing the...

This is a $188,534.51 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), a scientific research organization in Redmond, Washington. The grant is for the development and application of a new algorithm to compute helioseismic maps of the sun's far hemisphere using Doppler seismic observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The algorithm will improve the sensitivity and accuracy of these maps, increasing the number of...

This federal contract award from NASA to Applied Geosolutions LLC is for the development of integrated algorithms and operationalization of multi-source synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and optical products to provide near real-time maps of rice extent, rice calendar, and rice crop growth stage in South Asia. The $186,751 grant supports the overall goal of enhancing food security and land use decision-making through the use of these advanced monitoring capabilities. The project aligns with the...

This federal contract award is for the procurement of active pixel sensors for the Heliospheric Imager on the Solar Probe Plus, a project of the Office of Naval Research. The contract was awarded to Sri International, a non-profit research and development institute that provides scientific, engineering, and technical services to the U.S. federal government. The contract has a ceiling value of $1,802,672.00 and is a definitive contract with cost plus fixed fee pricing. The contract does not...