This is a $745,825.75 grant awarded by NASA to Columbia University to conduct research on variability and trends in tropospheric oxidation and its interactions with regional air quality, global atmospheric composition, and climate. The research aims to advance the understanding of oxidation chemistry in the global troposphere, identify trends and variability in oxidation regimes induced by changes in pollutant emissions and climate variability, and construct a seasonal climatology of hydroxyl...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $134,999.10 grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on recent and future changes in stratospheric ozone and their impact on the climate system. This three-year project utilizes NASA satellite datasets, reanalysis products, and general circulation models to better understand these phenomena. Columbia University, a renowned private research institution, will perform the scientific...
This is a $929,964.70 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on using satellite products and models to quantify changes in air pollution levels and associated health effects in New York State over the past decade. The research aims to: 1) conduct a multi-pollutant health impact analysis, 2) attribute background versus U.S. anthropogenic sources, and 3) estimate uncertainties in...
This federal contract award, valued at $806,723.67, was granted by the Shared Services Center (an agency of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The contract is for research aimed at improving the use of aerosol and trace gas remote sensing data from sources like the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer...
This federal contract award, NNX16AO16H, was granted by a civilian federal agency to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The $117,146.74 contract supports research to better understand the interactions between the biosphere and atmosphere, with the goal of improving weather, climate, and ecological forecasting models. The work will involve analyzing satellite remote sensing data using a novel statistical...
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...
This federal contract award, valued at $160,991.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center (SSC) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a non-profit consortium that manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The award will fund a 2-year study to better understand the tertiary ozone maximum, a seasonal feature in the upper atmosphere, using data from various satellite and ground-based...
This is a $188,104.11 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) to develop a global surface nitrogen dioxide (NO2) dataset using observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite. The project aims to enhance the relevance of NASA satellite data to tropospheric composition, health, and air quality studies by improving methods to infer surface NO2...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $847,118 grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division, to conduct research on quantifying decadal decreases in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across New York State and associated county-level health impacts using satellite and other Earth observation data and modeling products. The grant has an ultimate completion date of June 30,...
This is a $279,880.44 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Trustees of Boston University, a private university, to conduct research on intra-urban and intra-pixel variability in the concentrations of short-lived atmospheric trace gases and its impact on satellite-based observations. The research aims to quantify and explain intra-urban variability in tropospheric column densities of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and formaldehyde (HCHO), reconcile satellite remote...
This is a $89,161.72 federal contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on using satellite data to analyze the spatial and temporal variability of ground-level ozone formation and its sensitivity to precursor emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The research aims to facilitate the application of satellite remote sensing to characterize the complexities of ozone chemistry across different scales, from urban to global, and from daily to decadal. The work involves constructing long-term global datasets of the HCHO/NO2 ratio as an indicator of ozone sensitivity, assessing its relationship with surface ozone trends, and using the data to refine and expand modeling of ozone responses to emission reductions. This contract is not a set-aside and is part of the university's broader portfolio of federal research and development work with agencies like the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation.