Project Grant FA86551313052

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),...

The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $600,124 Project Grant to the University of Colorado Boulder to conduct observational and modeling studies on thermosphere-ionosphere metal (TIMT) layers over the Boulder region. This research aims to enhance understanding of metallic ions, plasma-neutral coupling, and thermospheric tides at midlatitudes, which can advance space weather research. The project will utilize lidar observations and regional TIMT...

This three-year, $289,049 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research exploring the response of the magnetosphere to terrestrial weather. Specifically, the awardee Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates LLC (dba Orion Space Solutions) will investigate the extent to which sudden stratospheric warmings can impact the spatial and temporal variability of the upper ionosphere and magnetosphere using the Multiscale...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $196,137 to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), to conduct research on ion energization, heating, and outflow in broadband electromagnetic waves above the high-latitude ionosphere. The research aims to characterize the physics of the interactions that drive the outflow of energized ions from the high-latitude...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $359,725 to the University of Texas at Dallas to explore the variability of the interhemispheric asymmetry (IHA) of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) in the American sector across different solar cycles and unravel the mechanisms driving significant IHA of the post-sunset EIA. The research aims to enhance the prediction of EIA variations and mitigate the impacts on global...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will support a collaborative research effort totaling $559,349 over 3 years to better understand the thermal balance of Earth's upper atmosphere. The key products and services to be delivered include: Laser-based laboratory studies of collisions between carbon dioxide (CO2) and atomic oxygen to measure the rate and temperature...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to investigate the evolution of the global total electron content (TEC) during solar flares. The $112,514 award to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) aims to improve understanding and predictability of how solar flares impact the upper atmosphere and affect critical communication and navigation systems. The research team plans to analyze global TEC data from...

This $359,936 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a three-year observational program to measure winds and temperatures in the thermosphere near the ionospheric peak density from multiple sites along the eastern seaboard of the Americas. The project uses a network of Fabry-Perot interferometers to provide high-precision, real-time data on thermospheric dynamics and conditions that impact critical communication, navigation,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Project Grant award to Colorado State University (CSU) is for $254,826 over 3 years, starting on July 1, 2023. The award is funded under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system. The project focuses on examining the relationship between the trade wind inversion layer and the seasonal development of...