The University of South Florida (USF) received a $441,804 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on characterizing Northern Hemisphere atmospheric variability from Central American wind gap-induced upwelling. This 2-year grant, starting on February 1, 2024, will leverage sediment proxy measurements, climate model simulations, and data product examinations to investigate the driving mechanisms behind the variability...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded $335,145 under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Oklahoma for collaborative research on coral proxy and climate model comparison to understand climate variability in the Intra-Americas Sea region. This three-year project grant, awarded July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024, will support research services focusing on climatology and biogeochemistry through analysis of coral...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $407,336 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Colorado, a U.S. state government entity and institution of higher learning, under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The funding will support data-driven modeling to study the day-to-day and longitudinal variability of the equatorial electrojet, a critical electrodynamic feature of the low- and mid-latitude ionosphere. Key...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded the University of Texas at Austin a $1,150,800 Project Grant under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: P2C2--EL NI?O SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) VARIABILITY CHANGES DURING ABRUPT CLIMATE EVENTS" to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Project Grant award to Colorado State University (CSU) is for $254,826 over 3 years, starting on July 1, 2023. The award is funded under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system. The project focuses on examining the relationship between the trade wind inversion layer and the seasonal development of...
This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $695,256 to support research studying aerosol transport, forcing, and climate feedbacks during the Common and Last Glacial eras. The Desert Research Institute, operating as a division of the Nevada System of Higher Education, will lead a collaborative research effort through August 2024 to strengthen understanding of...
The University of New Mexico received a $148,836 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund collaborative research to test hypotheses of Mesoamerican hydroclimate over the last several glacial cycles through analysis of stable oxygen isotope ratios in stalagmites from caves in southwest Mexico and Sistema Huatla. The research aims to examine whether...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $552,562 Project Grant to Columbia University under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of July 15, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research between Columbia University researchers and the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom to enhance understanding of trans-hemispheric climate variability through analysis of a novel...
This three-year $400,242 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research into the interactions between easterly waves and wind jets in the current and future climate of the east Pacific. The principal investigator and one graduate student at Colorado State University will conduct eddy kinetic energy and vorticity budget calculations to elucidate the effects of Central American gap jets on developing easterly waves. They will also use...
This Project Grant award of $158,689 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to characterize the day-to-day variability in the ionosphere and thermosphere over the American continent during geomagnetically quiet periods. The research involves utilizing ground-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observations, NASA's GOLD mission, and Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model Extended (WACCM-X) simulations to analyze patterns of ionospheric...