Project Grant 2538932
- This $191,762 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to assess the predictability of annual to decadal sea level variability on global scales. Funded through the Geosciences program under the NSF Division of Ocean Sciences, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research will collaborate with the National Center for Atmospheric Research to conduct simulations using the Community Earth System Model. The simulations at 1 and 0.1 degree resolutions will be evaluated against...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $409,185 will support research to assess the predictability of annual to decadal sea level variability on global scales. Funded through the Geosciences program under the CFDA number 47.050, this research aims to quantify the ability of community Earth system models to simulate and predict sea level changes over timeframes relevant for coastal planning. Specifically, the awardee Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. will determine the...
- This $134,207 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund collaborative research to transform the scientific community's understanding and forecasting of coastline changes in response to shifting storm climates and sea-level rise. The project will develop new techniques to downscale global climate model outputs to produce detailed forecasts of the winds, waves, and water levels affecting specific coastlines, such as the Carolina...
- This $221,255 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to better understand spatial variability in sea level change during the last interglacial period approximately 120,000 years ago. The grantee will develop high-resolution global models of mantle flow to predict dynamic topography change across the greater Caribbean region over this timeframe. They will also compile a comprehensive dataset of interglacial sea level indicators...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $286,967 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct collaborative research on deciphering sea-level changes during the last interglacial period. The project aims to better constrain the sensitivity of ice sheets to future melting by examining fossil coral reefs and cave deposits in the Yucatan Peninsula, which preserve an exceptional record of sea-level...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will provide $358,322 to the University of Florida to research sea-level changes during the last interglacial period. The project aims to better understand how quickly and how high sea levels rose during this warmer period, around 129,000 to 116,000 years ago, in order to improve future projections of sea-level rise and inform coastal planning efforts. The researchers will collect and analyze fossil...
- This three-year, $361,678 National Science Foundation project grant supports research investigating the importance of sea-level feedbacks in stabilizing marine-based ice sheets during retreat. Funded under the Geosciences program, which supports basic research expanding understanding of the integrated Earth system, the University of California, Santa Barbara will combine new late Pleistocene/Holocene relative sea-level data from Scotland with ice sheet and glacial isostatic adjustment...
- This Project Grant award of $322,497.00 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to improve understanding of sea-level changes during the Last Interglacial period, approximately 125,000 years ago, to help project future ice sheet and sea-level responses under continued global warming. The University of Wisconsin - Madison will lead the research, which will analyze existing fossil coral reef samples from Western Australia and the Seychelles to reconstruct...
- This three-year, $563,324 National Science Foundation project grant funds research by Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. on observing and modeling the spatiotemporal variability of the seasonal cycle in sea level. The awardee will analyze satellite and in situ data, as well as output from global ocean models, to examine the seasonal cycle in sea level over global oceans and coastal regions. Specific objectives include analyzing the seasonal cycle's mean and year-to-year variability...
- The National Science Foundation's Geosciences program awarded a $429,311 project grant to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on March 1, 2024 to investigate the factors that generate and amplify coastal flooding related to high tides and storm surge in the United States. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Analysis of publicly available data, simplified ocean dynamics modeling, and evaluation of results from a global ocean community model...
CONFERENCE: UNDERSTANDING PROJECTIONS OF SEA LEVEL CHANGE AND THE DRIVERS -SEA LEVEL PROJECTIONS HAVE IMPACTS ON COASTAL ADAPTATION DECISION-MAKING WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. PRODUCING USABLE PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE GLOBAL, LOCAL AND EXTREME SEA-LEVEL CHANGE REQUIRES HARMONIZING AND INTEGRATING INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS. IT ALSO REQUIRES ASSESSING THE LIKELIHOOD OF DIFFERENT OUTCOMES UNDER BOTH DIFFERENT POTENTIAL FUTURE SCENARIOS AND DIFFERENT SETS OF STRUCTURAL MODELING ASSUMPTIONS. THE GOAL OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO UNDERSTAND RECENT AND ONGOING PROGRESS RELATED TO PROJECTING SEA-LEVEL CHANGE AND ITS DRIVERS, AS WELL AS USER PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT HAS AND HAS NOT WORKED IN THE USE AND COMMUNICATION OF PRIOR SEA-LEVEL PROJECTIONS. THE WORKSHOP WILL FOCUS BOTH ON PROCESS UNDERSTANDING AND ON THE ABILITY TO DERIVE STATISTICAL AND/OR PHYSICAL RELATIONSHIPS FROM PROCESS UNDERSTANDING. THE WORKSHOP WILL ALSO FEATURE DISCUSSIONS OF PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE OBSERVATIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTIES IN LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS. EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE, AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE PROVIDED. WITH THIS WORKSHOP, THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION AIMS TO SYNTHESIZE THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SCIENCE ON SEA LEVEL PROJECTIONS IN A MANNER THAT BUILDS AN ACTIONABLE ROADMAP TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF INTEGRATED SEA-LEVEL PROJECTIONS. TO DO SO REQUIRES UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS ARE INTEGRATED, AS WELL AS ASSESSING THE PROBABILITY OF DIFFERENT OUTCOMES UNDER FUTURE SCENARIOS AND WITH DIFFERENT SETS OF ASSUMPTIONS. IT FURTHER REQUIRES CONSIDERATION OF BOTH THE CENTRAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF LIKELIHOODS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PROCESSES CHARACTERIZED BY A LACK OF AGREEMENT ON LIKELIHOOD (AND THUS DEEP UNCERTAINTY). WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS IN MIND, THIS WORKSHOP WILL COVER TOPICS SUCH AS STERODYNAMIC SEA-LEVEL CHANGE, GLACIERS, LAND WATER STORAGE, ICE-SHEET FEEDBACKS AND INSTABILITIES, LARGE-SCALE OCEAN CIRCULATION CHANGES, VERTICAL LAND MOTION, SEA-LEVEL EXTREMES, APPLICATION, AND USABILITY. THE 4-DAY WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE TALKS, PANELS, POSTERS, AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS, AS WELL AS FULL DAY FOR SYNTHESIS AND WRITING THE ROADMAP. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTISTS IN THE CONFERENCE WILL STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS AMONG THE RISING GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS IN THIS AREA. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $100.0k | 8/7/25 |