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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $812,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) to Colorado State University (CSU) to develop the Impact-based Decision Support Services Engine (IDSSE). This innovative tool is designed to enhance the ability of forecasters, emergency managers, and decision-makers to assess and respond to weather hazards more effectively. By integrating probabilistic data...

Ensemble Government Services, LLC, a certified 8(a) digital consultancy, was awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) SBIR Program (CFDA 11.021) to develop a proof-of-concept neutral density monitoring and alert service for commercial satellite operators. The project will extract, functionalize, analyze, and store daily data from the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center's WAM-IPE model to generate global average...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,197,654 cooperative agreement to RPS Group, Inc. under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program to support the "REACHING FOR THE CLOUD: ARCHITECTING A CLOUD-NATIVE SERVICE-BASED ECOSYSTEM FOR DMAC" project. RPS Group will deliver products and services aimed at developing and sustaining a national and international integrated ocean observing system to collect, monitor, and disseminate marine...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) provides $960,000 to develop a prototype climate service system that will deliver information on climate-related risks to decision-makers across various sectors. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028. The proposed system will leverage existing infrastructure and new cloud-based platforms to provide climate...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Hydrosat Inc. a $1,943,820 Phase II grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to develop high spatiotemporal resolution global satellite thermal infrared data products. Through this project, Hydrosat aims to mature the commercial onramp of its cutting-edge thermal infrared data, which has demonstrated significant potential to improve uncertainty reduction and anomaly detection for...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $705,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) to The Regents of the University of Colorado. The goal is to redesign the Weather Prediction Center's website to make precipitation forecasts and related information more accessible and user-friendly for the public. The project will leverage insights from a companion usability study to guide the website...

This $2,701,090 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program will support a multi-year project led by the University of Delaware. The project integrates seven key tasks focused on upgrading aging infrastructure, enhancing coastal flood observation capabilities, developing user-driven data products, and improving the stability and performance of the Glider Data Assembly Center. The...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) to Windborne Systems Inc., a small business based in Palo Alto, California. The funding supports the development of four key capabilities for Windborne's Global Sounding Balloon (GSB) platform: A dropsonde capable of measuring temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and wind speed/direction that can be deployed from the GSB....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Windborne Systems Inc. $886,375.16 under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) for a cooperative agreement running from August 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023. Windborne will utilize its high-altitude balloon platform to conduct observation campaigns evaluating the impact of atmospheric data collection on forecast skill. The company's long endurance balloons can actively control altitude from sea level to the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.431) provides $200,000 in funding to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) to develop an end-to-end data management system for Arctic research data. The key objectives are to 1) simplify data and metadata submission for scientists, and 2) improve the discoverability and accessibility of the data, including for...