The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $797,203 Project Grant under its Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine). The goal of this 3-year project, with an end date of January 2027, is to better understand how photochemical reactions in the solid or liquid phase of organic compounds affect the key properties of organic aerosol in the atmosphere. The research will focus on secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and/or biomass burning organic aerosol...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $816,275 will fund research at the University of California, Davis from July 2022 through June 2025 to improve understanding of how photo-oxidants form and influence the chemistry of atmospheric particles under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Specifically, the award will support measuring photo-oxidant concentrations and reaction kinetics in aerosol liquid water extracts from particles collected in Davis, California. It will also...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $214,606 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley on May 1, 2021 for research concluding on April 30, 2023. The grant is part of NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to enhance understanding of the integrated Earth system. Specifically, the grant funds research into the dynamics of large buoyant plumes through April 2023. As part of NSF's mission to strengthen the national scientific enterprise, this award...
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, received a $366,086 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on September 1, 2021. The grant will fund a collaborative research proposal titled "Harnessing Simulation Data to Characterize Transition Layer Mixing Rates and Mechanisms" through August 31, 2024. Under this award, UC Berkeley researchers will leverage simulation data to better...
The National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $675,323 Project Grant to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) to study the role of urban and agricultural landscapes in biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions and their impact on atmospheric ozone and aerosols. The project combines field and laboratory measurements with numerical modeling to quantify BVOC emissions from managed landscapes and their contribution to air pollution and...
The University of California, Merced was awarded a $488,406 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant supports research into the "Atmospheric Lifecycle of Highly Oxygenated Multifunctional Compounds" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. 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 sciences....
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, received a $159,728 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences to operate an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site titled "Advancing Space Sciences through Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE)" from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022. The grant supported hands-on research experiences for undergraduate...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support research to quantitatively assess the influence of salt on the aqueous partitioning of water-soluble organic gases in the atmosphere. The $709,720 project, which runs from December 2024 to November 2027, will involve field and laboratory measurements, reanalysis of prior atmospheric chemistry data, and the development of parameterizations for implementation in chemical transport models....
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, received a $827,001 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities to support the EARTHCUBE CAPABILITIES: REDUCING TIME-TO-SCIENCE FOR TERRESTRIAL SENSOR NETWORKS BY INTEGRATING FIELD NOTES, MANAGEMENT, AND QA/QC INTO DATA CURATION project. Under this three-year award beginning September 1, 2021 and ending August 31, 2024, UC Berkeley will develop...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program Project Grant award to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) provides $772,000 over a 3-year period from February 2024 to January 2027. The award supports research to study secondary organic particle oxidation mechanisms using novel mass spectrometry techniques, including Matrix Assisted Ionization Mass Spectrometry (MAI-MS) and Easy Ambient Sonic-Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (EASI-MS). The objectives are to: 1)...