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The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $306,686 Project Grant to The University of Southern Mississippi to develop a 1,500-year record of African dust deposition in the western Atlantic (Bermuda and Bahamas). The research aims to investigate the relationships between dust, climate, and North Atlantic sea surface temperatures and hurricane frequency. This award is part of NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports fundamental...

This $198,591 National Science Foundation project grant supports research on understanding the formation and impacts of warm-season trans-Atlantic African dust extremes. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the University of Kansas Center for Research will examine atmospheric circulation and land surface processes responsible for extreme dust events. Using satellite data, ground observations, and reanalysis, the researchers will identify causes of high dust loadings over the...

This $784,389 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research into the causes of sea surface temperature fluctuations in the North Atlantic Ocean and their climatic impacts. The University of California, Riverside will conduct climate model simulations using the Community Earth System Model to explore the roles of natural variability versus external forcing factors like anthropogenic aerosols in driving the temperature changes. Specific...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to enhance the understanding of the role of aerosols, such as Saharan dust, in modulating tropical cyclone rainfall in the Atlantic basin. The $198,702 award to Western Michigan University, granted on January 1, 2025, will employ cutting-edge machine learning techniques and numerical weather models to investigate the complex processes driving tropical cyclone rain rates and...

This $800,565 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research by the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography to explore the meteorological drivers of global mineral dust emissions. The project will leverage high-resolution climate model simulations to investigate the role of two key wind event types - downslope windstorms and haboobs - in generating atmospheric dust, and incorporate the...

This three-year $247,784 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research investigating the effects of upper ocean mixed layer depth variability on sea surface temperature (SST). The awardee, University of Washington, will develop a conceptual framework and metrics to analyze data collected throughout tropical and subtropical oceans. Statistics will identify specific ocean-atmosphere coupled processes essential for SST prediction in...

This $1,185,628 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) funds research at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science examining the evolving role of the ocean and atmosphere in decadal to multidecadal climate variability modes. The principal investigators aim to determine if climate modes characterized by alternating 20-40 year warming and cooling episodes in the North Atlantic, such as the Atlantic Multidecadal...

The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $325k project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on July 15, 2021 to conduct collaborative research quantifying the global and regional impacts of the slowdown in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation through June 30, 2024. The research aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system by expanding fundamental knowledge of the impacts of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA Program 47.050 (Geosciences) provides $702,603 to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) to conduct a comprehensive study of large-scale deep cycle turbulence (DCT) variations in the equatorial oceans and their impacts on sea surface temperature (SST) and heat transport. The 3-year project, commencing on September 1, 2024, will utilize state-of-the-art ocean general circulation model (OGCM) simulations with a...

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...