Project Grant N000142412121

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) has awarded a $194,361 collaborative research project grant to the University of Illinois, the University of California, Berkeley, and SRI International. The five-year project, "An Observational Network to Enable Investigations of Gravity-Wave and Storm-Time Impacts on the Mid-Latitude Thermosphere-Ionosphere," aims to operate and maintain the existing Mid-Latitude All-Sky-Imaging Network for Geophysical...

This five-year $106,548 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to enable upper atmospheric investigations by operating the Mid-Latitude All-Sky-Imaging Network for Geophysical Observation (MANGO) network. The project, led by the University of California, Berkeley in collaboration with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and SRI International, will maintain and operate the 19 MANGO instruments (15 all-sky imagers and 4 Fabry-Perot...

This three-year, $406,141 National Science Foundation Project Grant through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research examining the vertical structures of ionosphere-atmosphere coupling using decadal observations and ionospheric models. Key products include analyses of reanalysis data and satellite observations from the past two decades to derive vertical electron density structures related to the solar cycle, quasi-biennial oscillation, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and Pacific...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $263,830 five-year Project Grant under its Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to a collaborative research team led by SRI International, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University of California, Berkeley. The project aims to operate and maintain the existing Mid-latitude All-sky-imaging Network for Geophysical Observation (MANGO) to enable investigations of gravity-wave and storm-time impacts on the mid-latitude...

This three-year, $178,427 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research exploring the response of the magnetosphere to terrestrial weather. The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research will collaborate with other institutions to investigate how sudden stratospheric warmings impact the spatial and temporal variability of the upper ionosphere and magnetosphere using the Multiscale Atmosphere-Geospace Environment model....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) provides $498,760 to Trustees of Boston University to conduct research on "SIMULATIONS AND THEORY OF ELECTROJET TURBULENCE: EFFECTS ON CONDUCTIVITIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OBSERVATIONS" over the period from Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2028. The research aims to better understand the physical processes behind plasma irregularities in the lower ionosphere, a critical region for communications and space...

This $212,120 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) funds research into the impacts of atmospheric waves and geomagnetic disturbances on space weather conditions. Led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with Clemson University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025, the research will advance...

This Project Grant award of $320,709 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to investigate the correlation between quiet-time ionosphere day-to-day variability and quiet-time thermosphere composition day-to-day variability over the American continent. The project aims to characterize how these quiet-time variabilities impact one another, which is essential for effective space weather forecasting. The research utilizes ground-based...

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,...