This is a $493,854.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) for a research project titled "RIVER RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: INSIGHTS FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING DATA IN HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA." The project will leverage UCSB's expertise in climate science, remote sensing, and data analytics to study the impacts of climate change on rivers in high mountain regions. The award does not have a...
This is a $530,597.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to improve process-based understanding of how terrestrial water storage can enhance sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) hydrologic forecasting in data-sparse regions. UCSB, operating through its Office of Research, is a public research university that conducts fundamental and unclassified research across various scientific disciplines. This grant does...
This is a $706,162.24 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to conduct research on snow in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, supports UCSB's expertise in scientific research, particularly in areas like climate research, environmental studies, and advanced measurement techniques. As a Hispanic-Serving Institution and...
This is a $140,026.89 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to conduct research on atmospheric rivers (ARs) - narrow corridors of intense water vapor transport that account for over 90% of the poleward transport of water vapor and are a major contributor to extreme precipitation and flooding events. The objectives are to: 1) characterize ARs using satellite data, 2) estimate atmospheric and terrestrial water...
This is a $185,501.00 grant award to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The award is for research related to the 2018 National Academies' "Thriving on Our Changing Planet" decadal strategy for Earth observation from space. UCSB, a renowned public research university and Hispanic-Serving Institution, has a history of conducting cutting-edge scientific research and developing advanced...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop improved seasonal precipitation forecasts for the Middle East and Africa using NASA data and climate models. The $313,996 grant aims to combine statistical forecasting methods with dynamical climate models to enhance the predictive skill for seasonal water deficits in the region, which is critical for drought monitoring and water resource...
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) for the development of hyperspectral equivalent water thickness retrievals to monitor water stress. The award is not set aside and has an ultimate completion date of October 3, 2026. UCSB, as a public research university, has extensive expertise in areas such as climate research, remote sensing, and measurement devices, which it will leverage to...
This is a $90,000.00 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to study riparian woodlands, which are highly productive plant communities in dryland ecosystems. The grant has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2023. UCSB is a public research university with expertise in areas such as quantum computing, photonics, and climate research. The university frequently partners with other leading...
This federal contract award, valued at $150,000.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to conduct research on the South American Low-Level Jet (SALLJ) and its impact on precipitation. The contract is a grant for research, with no set-aside designation, and the ultimate completion date is October 3, 2026. UCSB, operating through its Office of Research, is a public research university with expertise in areas...
This federal contract award to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) aims to quantify the temporal and spatial variability of snow and ice in High Mountain Asia (HMA) using satellite remote sensing from 1985 to the present. The $185,877.84 grant will create a 35+ year daily record of snow/ice surface properties and mass estimates, including snow water equivalent (SWE), snow/ice melt, and sublimation, at 500 m spatial resolution. This extensive data set will serve as a unique...