This $225,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (CFDA 12.300 - Basic and Applied Scientific Research) supports research to determine the size, mixing state, and organic associations of ocean-derived and long-range transported African aerosol over the North Atlantic marine boundary. The research will be conducted by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) over a performance period from November 1, 2024 to...
This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $130,000.00 in funding to the University of Miami to develop improved modeling and theory for directional wave spectrum evolution and underwater sound field dynamics. The work will be performed at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) and is expected to be completed by...
The University of Miami (UM) has been awarded a $452,349 Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Department of the Navy's Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2025, will fund UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to conduct physicochemical measurements of trade wind aerosol to elucidate seasonal differences in marine boundary layer-free troposphere exchange. The...
The Office of Naval Research awarded a $287,000 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to investigate interactions between the tropical cyclone inner core and near environment, and their impacts on intensity change and the evolution of the tropical marine boundary layer across transitional boundaries. The project, with a performance period from October 1, 2024...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $675,000 in funding to the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The grant supports air-sea surface measurements using drifters and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to examine the impact of diurnal warm layers on atmospheric river fluxes. The research aims to advance scientific understanding of ocean-atmosphere...
This Project Grant award for $2,355,000.00 was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), to Nova Southeastern University, Inc. (NSU) for the "COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH SENSOR DEVELOPMENT" project. The award commenced on January 1, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2026. The key objectives of this grant are to develop advanced sensors and imaging technologies for coastal environmental...
This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $449,409.00 to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography to acquire a DURIP A MINI TRIMMING SYSTEM AND SOLO-II FLOATS TO OBSERVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRAJECTORIES. The award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, will enable UCSD to develop and deploy specialized oceanographic observation...
This $237,229 Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports a 3-year research project titled "Between the Clouds: An Unprecedented View of Ocean Surface Currents" at the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The project aims to develop advanced observational technologies and conduct scientific investigations to provide an unprecedented view of ocean surface...
This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $1,053,834.00 to the University of Rhode Island to conduct research on "EXPENDABLE FLOATS FOR OBSERVATIONS OF 3D SUBSURFACE LAGRANGIAN PATHWAYS IN THE UPPER WATER COLUMN". The award commenced on September 1, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2029. The research aims to advance naval capabilities and enhance technological...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $582,463.00, was provided by the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports research at the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to study the combined influence of initial condition errors in surface wave transport simulations (SWTS) and atmospheric river simulations (ARS) on atmospheric river forecasts. The research will apply the moist...