Project Grant N000142612000

Computational Physics, Inc. was awarded a $235,831 project grant from the National Science Foundation on June 1, 2021 to complete work by May 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to enhance understanding of Earth's integrated system. Through this funding, Computational Physics will conduct collaborative research to study the effects of thermospheric winds on equatorial spread-F. Equatorial spread-F refers to...

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 $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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $210,153 to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to conduct collaborative research on the ionospheric density response to solar eclipses across the United States. The research project aims to quantify the impact of solar eclipses on the ionosphere, a crucial region of the atmosphere that affects radio communication and navigation, and to identify the key factors driving these ionospheric...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $166,193 to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct collaborative research on the ionospheric density response to solar eclipses across the United States. The primary objectives are to: 1) quantify how solar eclipses impact the ionosphere's electron density and variations in the F-region height, and 2) identify the key factors driving these ionospheric responses, including reduced solar...

The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $224,797 Project Grant to The Johns Hopkins University from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Effects of Thermospheric Winds on Equatorial Spread-F" under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge of Earth's integrated system through basic atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences research. This...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $523,833 will fund research into impacts of atmospheric waves and geomagnetic disturbances on space weather through April 2025. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to increase understanding of the integrated Earth system, the awardee Clemson University will collaborate with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Virginia...

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 from the National Science Foundation, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $289,807 to The Regents of the University of California from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The funding supports analysis of new data from NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer spacecraft to understand the drivers of variability in the pre-reversal enhancement phenomenon in Earth's ionosphere. Specifically, the grant will validate plasma drift and pre-reversal enhancement...

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...