The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $150,000.00 grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division, for a research project titled "Hybrid-Machine Learning Model for the Discovery of Unknown Functional Relationships in the Terrestrial Water and Carbon Cycles". This grant is not a set-aside contract. The project aims to develop advanced modeling techniques to better...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $183,469.47 grant for research to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia University). The research aims to study the transition from shallow to deep convection over tropical oceans using satellite data from Aqua, Suomi NPP, and other sources. The objectives are to demonstrate the feasibility of computing a multi-sensor radiative heating-induced moistening term, and to map twice-daily satellite...
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Sponsored Projects Administration Division (Columbia University) has been awarded a $221,039 research grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to analyze the representation of moist processes in frontal extratropical cyclones in NASA models and reanalyses. The research draws upon existing databases of satellite observations to examine changes in cloud vertical structure and the incidence of deep convection...
This is a $412,164 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University, to develop a new remote sensing-based algorithm for estimating plant transpiration. The objective is to improve the partitioning of evapotranspiration and provide better estimates of plant water use efficiency, which is essential for understanding the water and carbon cycles. The research will leverage...
This is a $461,837.72 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The grant funds research to improve understanding of the variability and physical drivers of droughts and heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere extra-tropics using observations and NASA's GISS General Circulation Model (GCM) MODELE. The research objectives include...
This is a $135,000 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The contract supports research that addresses two of NASA's Earth Science Division goals: enabling better assessment and management of water quality, and furthering the use of earth system science research to inform decisions and provide societal benefits. This grant work is...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $135,000.00 training grant to the Trustees of Clark University's Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Division, operating as Clark University Admissions, to assess the impacts of the Millennium Drought on vegetation in Australia. The research aims to analyze remote sensing data to monitor vegetation decline and recovery across Australia, advancing the understanding of vegetation sensitivity to drought and related impacts...
This is a $125,088 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York for the project "DEVELOPING A SATELLITE-BASED CONVECTIVE MASS FLUX DATASET FOR EVALUATING AND IMPROVING GCM CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION". The grant is for research and does not have a set-aside designation. The project aims to develop a satellite-based dataset to support the evaluation and improvement of general circulation model (GCM)...
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York has been awarded a $188,890 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The grant funds research to construct retrieval algorithms for ocean suite parameters including wind speed, water vapor, and cloud water using passive microwave sensors. It will also develop algorithms for precipitation, sea ice, soil moisture, and snow water equivalent. This supports NASA's objectives to better understand...
This is a $104,999.80 federal contract award issued by NASA to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on the Asian monsoon response to human-induced climate change. The objective is to analyze observational data and climate model outputs to understand the physical mechanisms by which greenhouse gases and aerosols impact the Asian monsoon system, including effects on precipitation and water resources. The research leverages NASA satellite data as well as...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $132,876.91 training grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (Columbia University) to diagnose the physical origins and seasonality of observed wetting trends in the eastern United States over the past century and determine the degree to which these trends are dynamically associated with drying in the western U.S. The research will use satellite data, weather station records, climate model simulations, and tree-ring reconstructions to investigate if anthropogenic forcing has contributed to these zonal contrasting hydroclimatic trends. This work aligns with NASA's strategic goal of addressing the causes of a changing Earth system and improving understanding of climatic processes impacting water resources. The award does not have a set-aside designation.