Formula Grant 14G010

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory will provide aircraft-derived atmospheric observations to improve weather forecasting models under a $520,500 cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Through the award's two-year period, MIT Lincoln Laboratory will extract meteorological data from commercial aircraft equipped with Mode S transponders using airport surveillance radars. This effort aims to increase the number, spatial resolution,...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $281,037 to develop online and classroom training materials for careers in the weather, water and climate industry. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Research Application Lab will collaborate with private industry subject matter experts and atmospheric science...

This $124,643 Formula Grant from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program, COVID-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs (CFDA 20.106) will fund a feasibility study to analyze installing an automated weather observing system at airports associated with Augusta, Maine. The study aims to enhance safety and efficiency of aircraft operations by providing accurate, current and site-specific weather information. The Maine Department of...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431), provides $189,992 to Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. (AER) to develop diagnostics for evaluating the simulation of low-level jets (LLJs) in climate models. The project aims to: 1) validate model ability to simulate the spatial and frequency distribution of LLJs; 2) test the formation mechanisms of LLJs; 3) quantify...

Weathervane Labs LLC will receive $300,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop Climatize, a cloud-based software platform for personalized weather and thermal comfort forecasting. The Phase I project will demonstrate proof-of-concept for delivering user-specific information on thermal comfort and weather-ready decision making. By accounting for individual physiology, psychology, behavior and location,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports research to investigate the cognitive processes that underlie how students and experts reason about complex atmospheric processes, including the prediction of extreme weather events. The $203,017 award to Towson University aims to 1) contribute to cognitive science by developing new theories of human reasoning about fluid phenomena, 2) understand how atmospheric science...

The County of Putnam Commissioners Office in Ottawa, Ohio received a $208,334 Project Grant award from the Federal Aviation Administration under the Airport Improvement Program and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs to install a Type III PT automated weather observing system. The system will enhance safety and efficiency at the Ottawa airport by providing accurate, current and site-specific weather information for aircraft operations. The award period is from June 14, 2023 through...

This Project Grant award, provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106), funds the design and acquisition of a new Automated Weather Observing System Type III to provide site-specific weather information for airports associated with Bakersfield, California. The $135,585.56 grant, awarded on September 5, 2024, will cover Phase 1 of the project, which consists of the design of this weather reporting equipment installation. The project...

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York was awarded a $225,915 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) to conduct the "EYE-TRACKING THE STORM: INFORMATION PROCESSING OF VISUAL RISK COMMUNICATION" project from March 1, 2021 through February 29, 2024. The project will advance weather research and communication for protection of life and property through online...

This $5,500,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617), aims to increase knowledge about local weather systems in the lower atmosphere. The key objectives are to: 1) create a method to standardize and trace commercial UAS and advanced air mobility (AAM) atmospheric measurements, 2) develop protocols and standards for the Unmanned Aircraft Meteorological Data Report, 3) evaluate...