Project Grant D23AP00092

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports research to explore the dynamics and predictability of coastal El Niño events and their relationship to the broader El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. The $644,460 award, which commenced on June 1, 2024, will be led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The research investigates the underlying mechanisms driving coastal El Niño events, which can cause heavy...

This $419,055 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) supports a collaborative research effort between the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Texas A&M University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The project aims to advance understanding of how increased model resolution can improve seasonal to decadal predictability of sea surface temperatures in the...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa will conduct collaborative research on the relationship between El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) diversity and tropical cyclones through a $229,504 National Science Foundation Project Grant. The research aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences, as part of NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Specifically, the three-year award beginning March 15, 2021 will support...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) provides $239,986 to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to advance the understanding of climate prediction models and improve seasonal to decadal climate forecasting. The project aims to explore how increased horizontal model resolution can enhance predictive skill for sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific and related impacts on...

This $440,785 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research at the University of Miami to model how El Niño-Southern Oscillation patterns may change under future climate conditions and how those changes could alter related terrestrial impacts across North America. Over a three-year period ending in October 2025, the grantee will use sophisticated computer simulations to systematically test scenarios of potential ENSO variability and...

This Project Grant award of $711,800 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research by Colorado State University to investigate the impact of tropical Pacific Ocean rain layers on weather and climate patterns, such as the Madden-Julian Oscillation and El Niño events. The research explores how the formation of a cold lid, or stable layer, from fresh rainwater on the ocean surface can delay and then intensify convective cloud development, with...

This three-year, $834,774 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into further studies of dynamics for El Niño-Southern Oscillation diversity and complexity under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The University of Hawaii at Manoa will conduct a systematic investigation of spatiotemporal complexity in the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon. Researchers will develop new theoretical approaches and use a range of models together with observations and climate model...

North Carolina State University received a four-year, $480,580 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on El Niño/Southern Oscillation predictability. The university will use numerical simulations with the Community Earth System Model to test the hypothesis that some ENSO events are inherently more predictable than others due to factors like subsurface ocean preconditioning that can render the system less...

This three-year National Science Foundation project grant of $1,309,760 will fund research into the relationship between tropical Pacific climate influences and atmospheric blocking events across different timescales. Specifically, the University of Hawaii at Manoa will investigate how El Niño-Southern Oscillation diversity and changes in the tropical Pacific mean state impact blocking characteristics and extreme weather event frequency in observations, past climate experiments, and new...

This $341,117 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to improve understanding of potential changes to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) impacts from climate change. The awardee, North Carolina State University, will use sophisticated computer modeling to systematically test scenarios of how different possible future changes to ENSO could alter temperature and precipitation patterns over North America. The research seeks to...