Project Grant 2509861
- Northwest Research Associates, Inc. was awarded a $399,852 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct modeling studies of tropical cyclone intensification from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. Under this award, the company will use reduced and full-physics computer modeling to study the transitions of underdeveloped tropical cyclones into powerful hurricanes. The modeling studies aim to improve understanding of intensification processes under...
- Northwest Research Associates, Inc., dba Nwra, was awarded a $350,109 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on July 15, 2021 to complete the project by June 30, 2025. The grant was awarded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences through the expansion of fundamental knowledge and increased understanding of the integrated Earth system. Specifically, the funding will support Nwra's...
- This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences provides $360,306 to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates LLC (doing business as Orion Space Solutions) for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CEDAR--A WHOLE-ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE ON CONNECTIONS BETWEEN INTRA-SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN THE TROPOSPHERE AND THERMOSPHERE." The research will be conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050),...
- Northwest Research Associates, Inc. was awarded a $211,208 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs on August 15, 2021 to complete the project by July 31, 2024. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CLOUD RADIATIVE IMPACT ON THE SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA," will be performed in Redmond, WA. Under the grant, Northwest Research Associates will conduct basic research on cloud radiative impacts in the Antarctic Peninsula...
- This $719,982 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research to investigate how the breaking of mountain waves affects space weather at altitudes of 100-200 miles above the Earth's surface. The research team from Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra) will study the impact of these mountain wave-driven turbulence and large-scale waves on the formation of traveling ionospheric...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded the University of Utah $240,286 on September 1, 2026, for collaborative research on cloud transitions during marine cold-air outbreaks through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The research uses airborne observations and numerical modeling to investigate how precipitation, sublimation, and surface fluxes drive the transition of organized cloud rows to deeper, open-cell clouds as frigid Arctic air moves...
- Northwest Research Associates, Inc., doing business as Nwra, received a $981,611 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on September 1, 2021 for work completing August 31, 2025. The award supports Nwra's COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GLOBAL ESTIMATES OF ENERGY PATHWAYS AND STIRRING BY INTERNAL WAVES AND VORTICAL MODE project under the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050). The Geosciences program seeks to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system...
- This $941,193 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to further develop a theory on the invariance of cloud size distribution under varying climate conditions. The research aims to evaluate whether certain cloud properties, such as the relationship between cloud size and number, remain consistent despite changes in atmospheric climate and chemical composition. The work seeks to understand the underlying physical mechanisms...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $532,712, supports collaborative research to investigate the physical processes underlying transitions in marine stratocumulus cloud cover over the eastern North Atlantic region. The research aims to develop a causal framework to better understand the complex interactions that drive changes in cloud structure, from continuous stratocumulus layers to more broken...
- Global Atmospheric Technologies And Sciences, Inc. was awarded a $117,746 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on October 1, 2021 to complete work by September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Specifically, the grant will fund collaborative research to determine the climatology of atmospheric unstable...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded Northwest Research Associates, Inc. $381,966 on August 15, 2026, to conduct a realistic and multi-scale dynamical study of thin tropical cirrus cloud life cycles under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The project combines balloon observations from the STRAT-OLE-2 long-duration balloon campaigns with detailed cloud-microphysics simulations using the Community Aerosol and Radiation Model for Atmospheres (CARMA) to determine how atmospheric waves—ranging from small gravity waves to planetary-scale waves—control the formation and persistence of cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause at 16–18 kilometers altitude. These clouds regulate water vapor entry into the stratosphere, affecting stratospheric ozone and UV protection, and influence tropical heat balance by blocking outgoing infrared radiation. The project will improve representation of these clouds and stratospheric water vapor in atmospheric models to support more reliable assessments of their effects on weather and environmental conditions, while also strengthening connections between researchers studying cirrus clouds and those studying wave dynamics. Performance occurs in Seattle, Washington, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. Northwest Research Associates is a for-profit scientific research organization specializing in atmospheric science, space physics, and geophysical research and modeling.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $382.0k | 8/7/26 |