The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $968,823 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to advance research on the impacts of surface waves on ocean chemistry and ecosystems. The 3-year project, titled "SWEL: Surface Wave Effects on Upwelling and Ecosystem Linkages", will utilize advanced computer models and real-world data to investigate small-scale ocean phenomena, such as currents and wave dynamics, and...
The University of California, Los Angeles will receive $214,006 from the National Science Foundation under a Project Grant award titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ICE FORCING IN ARC MAGMA PLUMBING SYSTEMS (IF-AMPS)." The funding period is from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2026. As part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), the research aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences....
The University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography was awarded a $596,824 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant funds research to enhance understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the award supports research to improve knowledge of how ocean surface gravity...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was awarded a $399,277 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to research particle acceleration by foreshock transients from October 1, 2021 to January 31, 2023. As the primary awardee, UCLA will investigate transient foreshock phenomena and their capacity to accelerate particles using in situ spacecraft measurements. The NSF Geosciences program supports basic research in atmospheric, earth,...
The University of California, Los Angeles received a two-year, $271,259 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research to support research titled "NEAR-INERTIAL WAVE - MESOSCALE - SUBMESOSCALE INTERACTIONS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC SUBPOLAR GYRE" under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). This program aims to stimulate basic and applied research at educational institutions that has the potential to improve naval operations and train...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $899,544 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to leverage emergent climate model evaluation techniques to reduce uncertainty in regional climate change projections, particularly related to the water cycle. This 3-year project will focus on applying these methods to high-resolution climate model simulations of the western United...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was awarded a $534,210 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant supports research titled "Time Domain Structures Driven by Whistler and Kinetic Alfven Waves in a Laboratory Plasma" from July 15, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Under this award, UCLA researchers will investigate time-dependent structures in plasma driven by whistler and kinetic Alfven waves. This work furthers...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) received a $362,219 project grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on June 15, 2021 to support research under the NSF's Geosciences program. Specifically, UCLA will conduct a collaborative research project titled "Multi-Phase Sulfur and Nitrogen Chemistry in Air and Snow during Alaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis (ALPACA)" through May 31, 2024. As part of the NSF's...
The University of California, Los Angeles was awarded a $294,956 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant funding will support research activities related to the description provided, titled "WELL-POSEDNESS FOR INTEGRABLE DISPERSIVE PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS." As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal of strengthening...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $944,511 Geosciences program Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Office of Research Administration on September 1, 2024. Under this award, UCLA will conduct research to understand changes in summertime continental temperature extremes, including the physical mechanisms driving faster warming of the hottest days compared to average temperatures. The research will analyze observational data and climate model...