Project Grant N000142012149

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $167,227 to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to advance the understanding and accurate prediction of tropical cyclone formation. The project aims to investigate the multiscale processes and predictability of low-probability tropical cyclogenesis in the western Atlantic and Caribbean regions using conventional and AI-based techniques,...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $459,780 to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to advance understanding of tropical cyclone intensification dynamics in sheared environments. Specifically, the award supports research using the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model and HWRF Ensemble Data Assimilation System (HEDAS) to analyze tropical cyclone energetics, vortex...

This $583,513 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program. The grant aims to leverage interpretable machine learning to better understand and predict how the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), a 30-90 day atmospheric pattern, influences tropical cyclone (TC) genesis at 1-6 week lead times. The research will use deep learning neural networks to uncover the nonlinear relationships between the MJO and TC genesis, which may not be...

This $529,722 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models to improve the prediction of thunderstorm initiation and associated hazards. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant include: Designing and optimizing a state-of-the-art combined prognostic, diagnostic, and generative deep...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc. in the amount of $374,070 aims to better understand how different types of precipitation in tropical cyclones impact their maximum sustained wind speeds. The 4-year project will use airborne Doppler radar data and numerical weather prediction models to examine how precipitation modes, such as convection and stratiform rain, perturb the kinematic...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $701,663 to Florida State University to conduct collaborative research on the intensity and size relationship of tropical cyclones. The research aims to better understand this relationship through exploring how the inward radial loss rate of absolute angular momentum and effective absolute angular momentum values depend on environmental...

The National Science Foundation's Geosciences program awarded a $777,109 project grant to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to study the structure, dynamics, and moisture budgets of tropical cyclones from the lower to upper troposphere. The project will leverage airborne Doppler radar observations, dropsonde measurements, satellite imagery, and high-resolution computer simulations to better understand the three-dimensional structure of the...

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...

This $1,324,092 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Florida International University (FIU), establishes the South Florida Coastal Environmental Data and Modeling Center. The center will focus on developing AI/ML techniques for understanding and predicting key processes affecting coastal environments in Southeast Florida, with an emphasis on addressing challenges like flood damage, sea-level rise, urban flooding, water quality, and...

This $198,702 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to enhance understanding of the role of aerosols, such as Saharan dust, in modulating tropical cyclone precipitation in the Atlantic basin. The project employs advanced machine learning techniques and numerical weather models to analyze the complex environmental factors influencing tropical cyclone rainfall patterns. The research aims to uncover key non-linear...