Project Grant 2440497
- This $124,226 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Washington. The grant supports a collaborative research project to examine the generation and release of potential energy in the oceanic circulation. The project will utilize modeling, observations, and mathematical analysis techniques to investigate how mesoscale ocean eddies of 200-500 km size generate potential energy through upwelling and downwelling...
- 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...
- This three-year, $406,381 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research examining submesoscale frontal dynamics and exchange processes in San Luis Obispo Bay, California. A team of four researchers from different institutions will conduct high-resolution measurements of turbulent mixing using ship surveys and moorings to collect hydrographic, velocity, and microstructure profile data. They will...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to investigate the interactions between internal waves and submesoscale currents in the ocean's bottom boundary layer. The total award is $418,382 over a period of 3 years, from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027. The research will combine theoretical concepts, analyses of existing measurements, and computer modeling to assess how these wave-current interactions affect mixing and...
- This $406,274 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research examining submesoscale frontal dynamics and exchange processes in San Luis Obispo Bay, California. The University of California Santa Cruz will conduct high-resolution measurements of turbulent mixing using ship surveys, moorings, and hydrographic profiling to study how persistent thermal fronts are generated and dissipated downstream of...
- This $405,861 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research examining physical processes associated with fronts that develop off the coastline in San Luis Obispo Bay, California. The award supports collaborative research between four researchers from different institutions to derive information on flows, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen from ship-based and ocean-bottom...
- This $410,828 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Maryland, College Park on August 15, 2025. The project, titled "Strain and Symmetric Instabilities in Submesoscale Fronts: Effects on Energetics," will employ high-resolution numerical modeling to examine the transfers of energy between spatial scales at oceanic fronts. The focus is on investigating the joint effects of mesoscale strain and symmetric...
- 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 was awarded a two-year $436,735 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support the numerical investigation and validation of stratified up-side down Langmuir turbulence from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. As part of its mission to strengthen the national scientific enterprise's understanding of the integrated Earth system, the Geosciences program aims to expand...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $340,730 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Washington (UW) on July 15, 2025. This collaborative research project will examine how the dissipation of shoaling internal waves, known as "internal bores", can drive along-shelf currents on the inner continental shelf. The project will utilize idealized modeling, analyses of field observations, and high-resolution circulation model output to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $913,292 Project Grant under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program to the University of Washington (UW) to study the dynamics and impact of submesoscale density fronts in the global ocean. The 5-year research project will use existing shipboard and satellite data to investigate the global patterns of submesoscale variability and the role of these small, energetic ocean fronts in heat and property exchange, energy transfer, and biogeochemical processes. Additionally, the grant will support a graduate student and engage 9 undergraduate art students in science communication activities, integrating creativity with the scientific research. This project aims to expand understanding of a currently underdeveloped area of oceanographic research and may motivate future observational, theoretical, and modeling studies on submesoscale fronts worldwide.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $913.3k | 8/18/25 |