The University of Washington was awarded a $553,935 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The three-year award will fund efforts to measure the distribution of stable carbon isotopes and estimate organic matter export rates to advance understanding of the integrated Earth system. As part of the US GEOTRACES OCE project, researchers will collect data on carbon isotope ratios and fluxes that...
The University of Washington was awarded a two-year, $232,025 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support research into the equatorial transport of nitrous oxide from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. As part of its mission to strengthen the national scientific enterprise's understanding of the integrated Earth system, the Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge of...
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will receive $636,471 over five years from the National Science Foundation under a Project Grant award from the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Institution will characterize the evolving distribution of radiocarbon in the global ocean by sampling and analysis during ongoing Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP) cruises and ships of opportunity from 2021 to 2026. As part of its mission to strengthen fundamental...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $109,710 to the University of Washington from June 2021 through May 2024. The grant supports collaborative research to improve the accuracy and uncertainty associated with estimated levels of carbon dioxide partial pressure (pCO2) from pH sensors on autonomous profiling platforms. This work falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $260,366 Project Grant to the University of Washington's Office of Sponsored Programs to support collaborative research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The research aims to conduct shipboard measurements of dissolved aluminum, iron, and manganese to trace inputs to the South Pacific Gyre and Southern Ocean from September 2021 through August 2024. The Geosciences program seeks to expand fundamental knowledge of...
The University of Washington will receive $296,508 under a two-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant will support research into the vertical transport of buoyant, non-spherical particles in the wind-mixed ocean surface boundary layer from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. This work falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $695,977 project grant to the University of Washington for research titled "Nearshore Plume Dynamics: Airborne Observations and Modeling of Surf-Shelf Exchange." The three-year award runs from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The University of Washington will utilize the funding to conduct airborne observations and modeling of the exchange between surf zone and continental shelf waters. This work will...
The University of Washington will receive $920,171 from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research on convection, clouds, and sea surface temperature from November 2021 through October 2024. As part of the Geosciences program's goal of expanding fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences, this three-year Project Grant will support the University's study of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $104,895 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research investigating variability in air-sea carbon dioxide exchange in the Gulf Stream region. Through this award, the Principal Investigators will deploy one autonomous underwater glider and overlap its measurements of subsurface ocean properties in the upper 1,000 meters with data collected by three Saildrones...
The University of California Santa Cruz received a two-year, $142,510 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds collaborative research to uncover marine carbon chemistry dynamics during deglaciation through the use of boron isotopes and radiocarbon dating. The research aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system by increasing understanding of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences processes. The grant...