Project Grant 2437878
- This $408,862 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to investigate the mechanisms underlying extreme rainfall events in South Asia. The research aims to: (1) document how low pressure systems, which drive intense rainfall in the region, respond to climate variability; (2) develop a mechanistic understanding of how large-scale atmospheric conditions control low pressure system formation, movement, and...
- This two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences provides $190,000 to leverage high-resolution modeling and dynamical theory to elucidate changes in extreme precipitation in a monsoonal regime. The funding will support basic research from October 2021 through September 2023 aimed at strengthening understanding of the integrated Earth system, as outlined in the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) of enhancing fundamental knowledge and...
- This $1,389,411 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the continuing research efforts of the Principal Investigator to understand the probability distribution of rainfall intensity and its relationship to climate change. The key objectives include: Explaining why increases in precipitation intensity in a warming climate exceed expectations based solely on increased water vapor content. Exploring how the suppression of convection due...
- This $1,201,906 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research at Cornell University to address three fundamental questions aimed at advancing the understanding of extreme precipitation events. The key objectives are to: 1) investigate how precipitation distribution depends on spatial and temporal scales, 2) assess the comparative roles of aerosol and greenhouse gas forcing in determining precipitation distribution, and 3)...
- This $289,672 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research to reconstruct rainfall intensity and variability in mainland Southeast Asia over the past 200,000 years. The research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will analyze geochemical data from cave deposits in Laos and Vietnam, along with climate model simulations, to understand the mechanisms driving changes in the Asian Summer...
- This $127,918 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research effort to study the impacts of climate change on warm-season extreme events in North America. The research aims to improve understanding of the large-scale drivers and local feedbacks affecting the severity and frequency of extreme events such as flooding, heat waves, fires, and droughts. The award to North Carolina State University will fund climate...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $476,878, granted under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program, will fund collaborative research to reconstruct rainfall intensity in mainland Southeast Asia over the last 200,000 years. The project will use geochemical measurements of cave deposits from Laos and Vietnam, along with climate model simulations, to improve understanding of the mechanisms driving variability in the Asian Summer Monsoon and Asian Winter Monsoon. The...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) award in the amount of $220,934 provides funding to William Paterson University of New Jersey from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028 for a collaborative research project to reconstruct rainfall intensity and variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon and Asian Winter Monsoon in mainland Southeast Asia over the past 200,000 years. The project will use geochemical measurements of cave deposits from Laos and Vietnam, along with...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $399,996 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) to conduct collaborative research on identifying non-linearities in rainfall and river responses to consecutive Paleogene global warming events. This 3-year project, starting September 1, 2025, aims to advance fundamental understanding of how rainfall patterns and river systems respond to a changing climate by collecting new...
- This $417,307 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research to reconstruct the Austral-Asian monsoon over the last 1,000 years. The project will compile data from cave deposits, corals, and tree rings, including new records from the Philippines and northern Australia, to produce a comprehensive reconstruction of monsoon behavior. Climate model simulations will then be used to identify the external (solar, aerosol,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $862,940 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Columbia University to conduct collaborative research on extreme rainfall events in South Asia. The project aims to: (1) document how low pressure weather systems change in response to climate variability; (2) develop a mechanistic understanding of how large-scale atmospheric conditions influence the formation, movement, and intensity of these weather systems; and (3) evaluate climate models' ability to simulate these weather systems and their interactions with large-scale conditions. The research contributes to basic science understanding of global climate variability and regional precipitation, while also addressing practical issues of water resource management, agricultural planning, and disaster preparedness in South Asia, where rainfall extremes directly impact food security and economic stability. The project leverages recent advances in high-resolution rainfall datasets, storm tracking algorithms, theoretical frameworks, and climate modeling capabilities. The grant period runs from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $862.9k | 8/1/25 |