The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,300,000 Project Grant to Applied Ocean Sciences, LLC through the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021). The grant supports the continued development of the company's visibility risk assessment tool, which leverages ensemble forecasts of environmental variables and machine learning techniques to improve accuracy in predicting reduced visibility conditions that impact maritime operations. The project aims to expand the company's shipping economics model to quantify the impacts of poor visibility on maritime commerce, and to deliver discretized spatial risk maps and a cloud-based API to provide customers with valuable insights for informed planning, decision-making, and navigation. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026.
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