Project Grant NA11NES4400004

This $277,610 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research comparing in-situ and polarimetric radar hail observations. The University of North Dakota will use existing polarimetric radar and storm-penetrating aircraft data to improve estimates of hail properties from radar. Researchers will process hydrometeor images, analyze radar data to identify times when sweeps intersected hail, and...

This federal Project Grant award of $175,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) aims to develop low-cost, micro dual-polarization Doppler weather radars that can be mounted on towers to supplement the NEXRAD weather radar network. The goal is to fill gaps in the NEXRAD system's coverage and enable rapid local response to severe weather events, particularly in rural areas. The funding...

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 award of $174,988 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences will support the development of a millimeter-wavelength (mmWave) rapid scan image phased array radar technology demonstrator unit. The objective is to evaluate the feasibility of a future ground-based, mobile phased array cloud radar system that could provide high-resolution measurements of cloud processes, which are crucial for understanding the Earth's climate and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $298,441 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Oklahoma, operating through its Office of Research Administration, for a collaborative research project on using polarimetric radar observations, cloud modeling, and in situ aircraft measurements to improve large hail detection and warnings. The project aims to better understand the microphysical processes of hail generation and develop more advanced...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $326,956 Project Grant to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to develop a free, online, customizable, college-level course in radar meteorology. This 5-year project, beginning on September 1, 2023, aims to create a series of interactive, multimedia lessons that will educate the general public, professional partners, and students on the uses, applications, and limitations of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) award to Purdue University, totaling $219,584, aims to improve radar detection and monitoring of hail, provide critical ground-truth information for materials science, and enhance the nation's hailstorm prediction and impact assessment capabilities. The 4-year "In-Situ Collaborative Experiment for Collection of Hail in the Plains" (ICECHIP) field campaign will utilize a range of modern instrumentation,...

This three-year, $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research comparing in-situ and polarimetric radar hail observations. Colorado State University will analyze existing dual-polarimetric radar and storm-penetrating aircraft data to improve estimates of hail properties from radar signatures. Researchers will process hydrometeor images and compute polarimetric radar signatures...

This federal Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences provides $655,096 to the University of Oklahoma for research related to improving weather prediction through analysis of polarimetric radar data. The award's stated goal is to advance fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through supporting basic research in atmospheric sciences, as outlined in the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Over a three-year...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports research to develop a theory of tropical convective precipitation and its relationship to large-scale atmospheric conditions. The $655,738 award to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) aims to advance the understanding of tropical convection over oceans, building on previous field campaigns such as OTREC and PREDICT. The key products of this...