Federal Contractor Profile
Atmospheric & Environmental Research INC
$55.4M obligated·42 awards·4 agencies·6 NAICS
Federal Contracts
Showing contracts 151–200 of 213 total. Sorted by action date, most recent first. Excludes $0 modifications.
| Date | Agency | PIID | NAICS | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945317C0036 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF SPACE ENVIRONMENT SENSOR DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS | $215K |
| Sep 26, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $86K |
| Sep 25, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL | FA865017C1074 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF SOFTWARE ON CHIP FOR CLASSIFICATION, EXPLOITATION AND RECONNAISSANCE (SOCCER) | $81K |
| Sep 7, 2017 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH16CT05C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF UNDER THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR WILL USE THE PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MICROWAVE DATA FROM SMAP AS PART OF A LARGER PROCESS STUDY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION AND FEATURES OF FLASH DROUGHT AND ITS COUNTERPART, FLASH RECOVERY. FLASH DROUGHT, CHARACTERIZED BY THE RAPID ONSET OF ABNORMALLY WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO THE RAPID DEPLETION OF SOIL MOISTURE AND RAPID DETERIORATIONS IN VEGETATION HEALTH, CAN BE VERY COSTLY BECAUSE ITS RAPID ONSET DOES NOT ALLOW VULNERABLE STAKEHOLDERS ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE FOR ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS. FLASH RECOVERY IS CHARACTERIZED BY A SHORT PERIOD(S) OF INTENSE PRECIPITATION WHERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE QUICKLY ERADICATED AND MAY BE REPLACED BY WATERLOGGED SOILS AND FLOODING. SMAP SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS WILL BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH IN-SITU SOIL MOISTURE OBSERVATIONS AND MODELED SOIL MOISTURE AND DYNAMIC GREENNESS VEGETATION FRACTION DATA FROM THE LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM (LIS) TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT AND VEGETATION HEALTH OVER LARGE REGIONS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOIL MOISTURE AND VEGETATION CONDITIONS AND THE RESPONSE OF THE VEGETATION TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS WILL BE ASSESSED USING THE SATELLITE THERMAL INFRARED BASED EVAPORATIVE STRESS INDEX THAT DEPICTS ANOMALIES IN EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, ALONG WITH OTHER VEGETATION DATASETS DERIVED USING MODIS OBSERVATIONS. TOGETHER, THE OBSERVED AND MODELED DATASETS WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE SOIL MOISTURE AND VEGETATION CHANGES DURING THESE EVENTS AND ALSO PERMIT AN EVALUATION OF THE LIS LAND SURFACE MODELS. THE CONTRACTOR WILL ATTEMPT TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC TASKS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE NASA SMAP SCIENCE TEAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, WITH THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF EVALUATING THE LAND SURFACE PROCESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO RAPID CHANGES IN SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT AND ASSESSING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOIL MOISTURE ANOMALIES AND VEGETATION HEALTH: EXAMINE THE EVOLUTION OF TOPSOIL MOISTURE CONTENT USING SMAP SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL TO ASSESS ITS ABILITY TO ACCURATELY CAPTURE SOIL MOISTURE CHANGES DURING FLASH DROUGHT AND FLASH RECOVERY EVENTS; CONDUCT PROCESS STUDIES WITH LIS SIMULATIONS THAT ASSIMILATE SMAP DATA: TO ASSESS THE ROLE OF SOIL MOISTURE MEMORY ON LAND SURFACE PROCESSES DURING TRANSITIONAL HYDROLOGIC PERIODS; USE THE NOAH-MP LAND SURFACE MODEL IN THE LIS FRAMEWORK: TO DETERMINE THE IMPORTANCE OF SOIL MOISTURE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WATER, CARBON, AND ENERGY CYCLES, WITH SMAP OBSERVATIONS SERVING AS AN IMPORTANT OBSERVATION DATASET; ASSESS THE ABILITY OF DIFFERENT LAND SURFACE MODELS IN LIS TO ACCURATELY REPRODUCE OBSERVED CHANGES: IN SOIL MOISTURE AND VEGETATION CONDITIONS DURING FLASH DROUGHT AND FLASH RECOVERY EVENTS USING SMAP SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS AND OTHER DATASET; ASSESS THE IMPACT OF RAPID DRYING OR WETTING PERIODS ON EVAPOTRANSPIRATION: OVER DIFFERENT VEGETATION AND SOIL TYPES USING THE ENERGY-BASED EVAPORATIVE STRESS INDEX DATASET. | $150K |
| Aug 21, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $1.1M |
| Aug 2, 2017 | Department of CommerceDEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA | DOCRA133R17SE0999 | 541690 | IGF::OT::IGF REGIONAL INVERSE MODELING IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. | $65K |
| Aug 1, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $15K |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $589K |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $135K |
| Jun 19, 2017 | Department of DefenseW2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB | W913E517C0006 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF AER RIF BAA GEOSPATIAL WEATHER SERVICES (GWX) U437G00 | $876K |
| May 31, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945314C0224 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF SPACE ENVT SENSOR DATA MGT AND ANALYSIS BASIC | $66K |
| May 22, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $225K |
| May 16, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $80K |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA8810 SPACE SENSING SSC/SNK | FA881017C0009 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE TOOLS, APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESSING LAB | $198K |
| Apr 12, 2017 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH16CT01C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. REGIONAL SEA LEVEL REFLECTS OCEANIC HEAT, MASS, AND FRESHWATER CONTENT INTEGRATED OVER THE WATER COLUMN, AND IS THUS AN INFORMATIVE INDEX OF OCEAN CIRCULATION AND CLIMATE. SEA LEVEL RISE (SLR) IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS -- THROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, INUNDATION, FLOODING, EROSION, AND SALTWATER INTRUSION. THIS RISK IS GEOGRAPHICALLY VARIABLE, AS BOTH THE RATE OF SLR AND SOCIOECONOMIC EXPOSURE VARY WITH LOCATION. BECAUSE REGIONAL SEA LEVEL IS A VALUABLE TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING AND MONITORING CLIMATE, AND BECAUSE OF ITS ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS, MANY RECENT GOVERNMENT REPORTS HAVE UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR A STANDARDIZED SET OF REGIONAL SEA LEVEL INDICATORS. HOWEVER, THE OPTIMAL NUMBER AND SPATIAL SCALE OF SUCH INDICATORS, AND THUS THE INFORMATION BEST USED TO MONITOR AND PROJECT THEM, REMAINS UNCLEAR. FURTHERMORE, THE UNDERLYING GAP BETWEEN REGIONAL AND COASTAL SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY CLOUDS THE RELEVANCE OF REGIONAL INDICATORS TO LOCAL DECISION-MAKING. THIS EFFORT WILL IMPROVE THE UTILITY OF REGIONAL SEA LEVEL INDICATORS BY: 1) OBJECTIVELY DEFINING THE NUMBER OF INDICATORS, AND THEIR SPATIAL SCALE, USING ALTIMETER AND CLIMATE MODEL OUTPUT; AND 2) RELATING REGIONAL SEA LEVEL INDICATORS TO LOCAL SEA LEVEL AT COASTAL SITES, USING ALTIMETER AND TIDE GAUGE OBSERVATIONS. THIS TWO-PRONG APPROACH WILL PROVIDE: THE OPTIMAL SPATIAL SCALES AT WHICH TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL AND INTERPRET CLIMATE MODEL PROJECTIONS, MAXIMAL USE OF NASA DATA IN REGIONAL SEA LEVEL INDICATORS, A MEANS TO CAPTURE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEA LEVEL AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE COHERENT SCALES OF SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY IN OBSERVATIONS AND CLIMATE MODELS. | $113K |
| Apr 6, 2017 | Department of DefenseW2R2 COLD RGNS RSCH ENG LAB | W913E517C0004 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF DRI BAA TITLED "IMPROVING PREDICTIONS OF TERRESTRIAL AND TARGET SIGNATURE BEHAVIOR IN COMPLEX NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS" U437G00 | $279K |
| Mar 1, 2017 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH15CM75C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) AWARD FOR PROPOSAL ENTITLED: REFINED ATMOSPHERE DATA PRODUCTS FROM CRIS AND ATMS. THE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING ALGORITHM DEVELOPED BY THE ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER (AIRS) SCIENCE TEAM (AST) RESULTED FROM A LARGE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT AND HAS PROVIDED VALUABLE SCIENCE PRODUCTS. IN PARALLEL, THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT IN AN ALGORITHM THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE INTERFACE DATA PROCESSING SEGMENT (IDPS) AND IS PROCESSING DATA FROM THE SOUNDING INSTRUMENTS ON THE SUOMI NATIONAL POLAR-ORBITING PARTNERSHIP (S-NPP) PLATFORM. THE AST AND IDPS HAVE EACH BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO PERFORM WELL AND HAVE WELL-DEVELOPED COMPONENTS, BUT NEITHER IS FULLY SUITABLE FOR EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS OF DATA FROM AIRS, CRIMSS, AND BEYOND. THE NPP SOUNDING GROUP REPORT PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME OF WHICH REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE ALGORITHM APPROACHES, TO ADDRESS SHORTFALLS IN THE SUITABILITY OF THESE ALGORITHMS. BUILDING ON THESE EXISTING CAPABILITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WE PROPOSE TO: ESTABLISH A MODULAR, FLEXIBLE ALGORITHM SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE, BASED ON OUR CURRENT ALGORITHM, ALLOWING EASY COMPARISONS OF THE VARIOUS KEY ELEMENTS OF THE ALGORITHMS INCORPORATE FEATURES FROM THE AST AND IDPS ALGORITHMS AND ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS, DRAWING ON FINDINGS OF NPP SOUNDING GROUP REPORT TO IMPROVE TREATMENTS OF: CLOUDS, RADIATIVE TRANSFER, SURFACE EMISSIVITY AND REFLECTIVITY, BACKGROUND DATA, PROFILE REPRESENTATION METHODS, VALIDATE THE ALGORITHM, COMPILE AND UPDATE ERROR AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS THE PROPOSED ALGORITHM WILL MAKE OPTIMAL USE OF THE S-NPP SOUNDING MEASUREMENTS, EXPLOITING CURRENT STATE-OF-THE ART FEATURES AND NEW ADVANCES, AND WILL HAVE ERROR PROPERTIES THAT MAKE ERROR CHARACTERIZATION STRAIGHTFORWARD AND RELIABLE. THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE ALGORITHM IS SUCH THAT IT CAN BE APPLIED WITH VIRTUALLY NO REVISIONS (OTHER THAN DATA INPUTS) TO AIRS DATA, TO SUPPORT A CONSISTENT DATA RECORD SPANNING AIRS AND S-NPP. THE PRODUCTS OF THIS ALGORITHM WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ADDRESS EARTH SCIENCE QUESTIONS AND LEAD TO FINDINGS FOR WHICH PRIOR DATASETS WERE INSUFFICIENT. | $282K |
| Feb 14, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $561K |
| Feb 8, 2017 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH15CM65C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF DEVELOPING RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS FOR NH3 AND CO FROM NPP CRIS MEASUREMENTS. AMMONIA (NH3) AND CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) PLAY KEY ROLES IN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY: NH3 AS PART OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE AND CO AS A PRECURSOR FOR OZONE AND CARBON DIOXIDE. CONTINUING INDUSTRIALIZATION ACROSS THE GLOBE IS ALTERING THE SOURCE INTENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THESE GASES BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. IN TURN THESE SPECIES ALSO AFFECT THE CLIMATE: NH3 IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF PM2.5 AEROSOLS THAT HAVE A SMALL BUT HIGHLY UNCERTAIN RADIATIVE EFFECT. CO IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE AN INDIRECT FORCING OF 0.2 W/M2. FEEDBACKS ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE WILL MODULATE THE EFFECT NH3 AND CO HAVE ON ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, AIR QUALITY AND THE CLIMATE ITSELF. BOTH SPECIES ARE HIGHLY VARIABLE IN SPACE AND TIME NH3 MORE SO THAN CO AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT FUTURE EMISSIONS BASED ON THE CURRENT DATABASES, WHICH ARE SPARSE OVER MUCH OF THE EARTH. NASA EOS INSTRUMENTS LIKE TES, MOPITT, AND AIRS HAVE PROVIDED A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE GASES, AND SHOWN THAT CO LEVELS ARE IS DECREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. HOWEVER, THEY ARE WELL PAST THEIR DESIGN LIFE AND SO THE FUTURE OF THESE CRITICAL NASA EOS RECORDS IS ENDANGERED. THE CRIS INSTRUMENTS ON THE SUOMI NPP SATELLITE AND ON THE FUTURE JPSS PLATFORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MONITOR THESE SPECIES ACROSS THE GLOBE OVER MANY YEARS ACCURATELY AND CONSISTENTLY. OUR PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DEVELOP THE ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE TO RETRIEVE NH3 AND CO BASED ON THE OPTIMAL ESTIMATION APPROACH AND CONSTRAINTS THAT WE ADOPTED FOR TES NH3 AND MOPITT CO. THIS WILL ENABLE NASA TO CREATE CONSISTENT EXTENDED NH3 AND CO DATA RECORDS THAT WILL PROVIDE MODELERS WITH THE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES IN WHICH EACH ARE INVOLVED. THIS IN TURN WILL INFORM THE POLICY DECISIONS THAT ULTIMATELY AFFECT HUMAN HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. | $162K |
| Feb 7, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $301K |
| Feb 3, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945314C0224 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF SPACE ENVT SENSOR DATA MGT AND ANALYSIS BASIC | $135K |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $203K |
| Dec 22, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $160K |
| Dec 21, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $135K |
| Dec 15, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $25K |
| Nov 22, 2016 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH16CT00C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE IS A FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE OF THE EARTH SYSTEM, AS IT RELATES TO CHANGES IN THE OCEAN MEAN MASS AND FRESHWATER CONTENT, HORIZONTAL MASS REDISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CURRENTS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS ON LAND ICE, THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND THE EARTH'S ENERGY BALANCE. DATA COLLECTED BY GRACE AND ITS FOLLOW-ON MISSION PROVIDE A MOUNTING RECORD OF OBP FIELDS WITH UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL SPATIAL COVERAGE, BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN IN THEIR PROCESSING AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE PLAN TO MAKE SYNERGISTIC USE OF AVAILABLE AND FUTURE GRAVITY DATA, OTHER SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS, AND MODELS TO LEARN ABOUT THE OCEAN AND ITS ROLE IN EARTH'S CLIMATE, GRAVITY AND ROTATION. | $206K |
| Nov 15, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $80K |
| Nov 1, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $140K |
| Oct 25, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945314C0224 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF SPACE ENVT SENSOR DATA MGT AND ANALYSIS BASIC | $180K |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $175K |
| Sep 15, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $250K |
| Sep 14, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945314C0224 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF SPACE ENVT SENSOR DATA MGT AND ANALYSIS BASIC | $1K |
| Sep 1, 2016 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH16CT05C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF UNDER THIS CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR WILL USE THE PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MICROWAVE DATA FROM SMAP AS PART OF A LARGER PROCESS STUDY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTION AND FEATURES OF FLASH DROUGHT AND ITS COUNTERPART, FLASH RECOVERY. FLASH DROUGHT, CHARACTERIZED BY THE RAPID ONSET OF ABNORMALLY WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO THE RAPID DEPLETION OF SOIL MOISTURE AND RAPID DETERIORATIONS IN VEGETATION HEALTH, CAN BE VERY COSTLY BECAUSE ITS RAPID ONSET DOES NOT ALLOW VULNERABLE STAKEHOLDERS ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE FOR ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS. FLASH RECOVERY IS CHARACTERIZED BY A SHORT PERIOD(S) OF INTENSE PRECIPITATION WHERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE QUICKLY ERADICATED AND MAY BE REPLACED BY WATERLOGGED SOILS AND FLOODING. SMAP SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS WILL BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH IN-SITU SOIL MOISTURE OBSERVATIONS AND MODELED SOIL MOISTURE AND DYNAMIC GREENNESS VEGETATION FRACTION DATA FROM THE LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM (LIS) TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT AND VEGETATION HEALTH OVER LARGE REGIONS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOIL MOISTURE AND VEGETATION CONDITIONS AND THE RESPONSE OF THE VEGETATION TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS WILL BE ASSESSED USING THE SATELLITE THERMAL INFRARED BASED EVAPORATIVE STRESS INDEX THAT DEPICTS ANOMALIES IN EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, ALONG WITH OTHER VEGETATION DATASETS DERIVED USING MODIS OBSERVATIONS. TOGETHER, THE OBSERVED AND MODELED DATASETS WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF THE SOIL MOISTURE AND VEGETATION CHANGES DURING THESE EVENTS AND ALSO PERMIT AN EVALUATION OF THE LIS LAND SURFACE MODELS. THE CONTRACTOR WILL ATTEMPT TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC TASKS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE NASA SMAP SCIENCE TEAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, WITH THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF EVALUATING THE LAND SURFACE PROCESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO RAPID CHANGES IN SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT AND ASSESSING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOIL MOISTURE ANOMALIES AND VEGETATION HEALTH: EXAMINE THE EVOLUTION OF TOPSOIL MOISTURE CONTENT USING SMAP SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL TO ASSESS ITS ABILITY TO ACCURATELY CAPTURE SOIL MOISTURE CHANGES DURING FLASH DROUGHT AND FLASH RECOVERY EVENTS; CONDUCT PROCESS STUDIES WITH LIS SIMULATIONS THAT ASSIMILATE SMAP DATA: TO ASSESS THE ROLE OF SOIL MOISTURE MEMORY ON LAND SURFACE PROCESSES DURING TRANSITIONAL HYDROLOGIC PERIODS; USE THE NOAH-MP LAND SURFACE MODEL IN THE LIS FRAMEWORK: TO DETERMINE THE IMPORTANCE OF SOIL MOISTURE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WATER, CARBON, AND ENERGY CYCLES, WITH SMAP OBSERVATIONS SERVING AS AN IMPORTANT OBSERVATION DATASET; ASSESS THE ABILITY OF DIFFERENT LAND SURFACE MODELS IN LIS TO ACCURATELY REPRODUCE OBSERVED CHANGES: IN SOIL MOISTURE AND VEGETATION CONDITIONS DURING FLASH DROUGHT AND FLASH RECOVERY EVENTS USING SMAP SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS AND OTHER DATASET; ASSESS THE IMPACT OF RAPID DRYING OR WETTING PERIODS ON EVAPOTRANSPIRATION: OVER DIFFERENT VEGETATION AND SOIL TYPES USING THE ENERGY-BASED EVAPORATIVE STRESS INDEX DATASET. | $150K |
| Aug 17, 2016 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH14CM13C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF THE OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO USE NASA'S UNIQUE REMOTE SENSING CAPABILITIES, OBSERVATIONAL DATASETS, AND ANLYSIS AND MODELING TOOLS FOR THE QUANTIFICATION AND PROCESS-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF SPATIOTEMPORAL GRADIENTS IN THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C.--BALTIMORE AREA DURING THE PERIOD 2001 TO PRESENT. PROJECT TITLE: UNDERSTANDING SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN URBAN MIXED LAYER HEIGHTS THROUGH OBSERVATIONS AND MODELING | $232K |
| Aug 10, 2016 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH13CJ92C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF RESEARCH EFFORT ENTITLED: ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PRECIPITATION, WATER VAPOR AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN MERRA AND THE GISS MODEL E S AMIP5/CMIP5 RUNS USING SATELLITE-BASED MEASUREMENTS. ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE PROCESSES ARE KEY DRIVERS OF THE EARTH S CLIMATE AND MUST BE ACCURATELY REPRESENTED IN GLOBAL CIRCULATIONS MODELS (GCMS) TO ALLOW FAITHFUL SIMULATIONS OF THE PLANET S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. IN ADDITION, THE SPECTRAL SIGNATURE OF RADIATION EXITING THE ATMOSPHERE CONTAINS DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES AND COMPOSITION, INFORMATION OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF NUMEROUS GEOPHYSICAL PROCESSES AND CYCLES. THESE TWO ASPECTS OF RADIATION ARE BOTH ESSENTIAL TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GODDARD EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEM (GEOS), WHICH INCLUDES BOTH A COUPLED ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GCM THAT REQUIRES AN ACCURATE PARAMETERIZATION OF RADIATIVE FLUXES AND HEATING RATES, AND A DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM THAT CAN UTILIZE SPECTRALLY RESOLVED RADIATION MEASUREMENTS FROM A DIVERSE SET OF SATELLITE-BASED INSTRUMENTS. THIS PROPOSAL SUPPORTS BOTH OF THESE GEOS-5 OBJECTIVES BY DEVELOPING AN ENHANCED RADIATION PACKAGE FOR GEOS-5 THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT CALCULATIONS OF RADIATIVE FLUXES, HEATING RATES, AND SATELLITE RADIANCES. A KEY ELEMENT OF THIS RADIATION PACKAGE WILL BE AN IMPROVED VERSION OF AER S RRTMG RADIATION CODE, RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED IN GEOS-5, WHICH WILL BE UPDATED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT SPECTROSCOPIC KNOWLEDGE. IN ADDITION, DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED IN RRTMG WILL BE RESOLVED AND LONGWAVE SCATTERING CAPABILITY WILL BE ADDED. THE ENHANCED RADIATION PACKAGE WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE CAPABILITY TO COMPUTE SATELLITE RADIANCES FROM INSTRUMENTS IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES BY OUR GMAO COLLEAGUES; THIS CODE WILL BE DEVELOPED USING AER S OPTIMAL SPECTRA SAMPLING (OSS) APPROACH, THE FOUNDATION FOR A NEW VERSION OF THE COMMUNITY RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL (CRTM), USED FOR DATA ASSIMILATION AT THE JOINT CENTER FOR SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION (JCSDA). ALTHOUGH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS PROPOSED RADIATION PACKAGE AND CRTM/OSS WILL PROVIDE CONSISTENCY AND SYNERGY BETWEEN GMAO AND JCSDA EFFORTS, A KEY PRIORITY OF THE PROPOSED WORK WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF OSS-BUILT SATELLITE SIMULATION CODE FOR INSTRUMENTS RELEVANT TO SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS OTHER THAN WEATHER. OUR FOCUS IN THIS EFFORT WILL BE SATELLITE CHANNELS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION, THEREBY SUPPORTING GEOS-5 DATA ASSIMILATION OF GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG), ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AEROSOLS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT SATELLITE RADIANCE SIMULATION CAPABILITIES FOR GEOS-5 WILL PROVIDE A KEY MECHANISM TO EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTIES AND EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE ENHANCED RADIATION PACKAGE WILL BE EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE, ALLOWING USERS TO CHOOSE THE DESIRED MIXTURE OF AVAILABLE FLUX AND SATELLITE RADIANCE CALCULATIONS FOR THEIR PARTICULAR APPLICATION, THEREBY MINIMIZING THE COMPUTATIONAL COST. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE GEOS-5 REPRESENTATION OF RADIATIVE PROCESSES, OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES. THIS WORK WOULD THEREBY SUPPORT THE MAP PROGRAM OBJECTIVE OF ATTAINING A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING THE EARTH SYSTEM, AS WELL AS ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF GEOS-5 SIMULATIONS AND REANALYSIS PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY THE MODEL. THE ENHANCED RADIATION PACKAGE WOULD ALSO BENEFIT OTHER MAP PROJECTS RELATED TO GEOS-5, SUCH AS THE GLOBAL MODELING INITIATIVE AND THE NASA UNIFIED WEATHER RESEARCH FORECAST MODEL, OTHER MODELING CENTERS (SUCH AS NCAR, NCEP, ECMWF) THAT USE RRTMG OR MAY ELECT TO IMPLEMENT THE SATELLITE RADIANCE SIMULATION CAPABILITY (GISS), AS WELL AS PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ASSESS FUTURE SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS. | $201K |
| Jul 20, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $330K |
| Jul 18, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945314C0224 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF SPACE ENVT SENSOR DATA MGT AND ANALYSIS BASIC | $100K |
| Jul 7, 2016 | Department of CommerceDEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA | DOCRA133R16SE1026 | 541511 | IGF::OT::IGF INVERSE MODELING FOR NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA | $98K |
| Jun 29, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA8730 KESSEL RUN AFLCMC/HBBK | FA873015F0018 | 541330 | EDCSS, WS-LVC PACKAGE GENERATION&SME SUPPORT | $51K |
| Jun 29, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA8810 SPACE SENSING SSC/SNK | FA881016C0001 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF WEATHER APPLICATIONS FOR ADVANCED MILITARY INFRARED SYSTEMS ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT | $692K |
| May 19, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $351K |
| May 12, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA8730 KESSEL RUN AFLCMC/HBBK | FA873015F0018 | 541330 | EDCSS, WS-LVC PACKAGE GENERATION&SME SUPPORT | $25K |
| May 3, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $180K |
| Apr 22, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $500K |
| Apr 18, 2016 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH16CT01C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. REGIONAL SEA LEVEL REFLECTS OCEANIC HEAT, MASS, AND FRESHWATER CONTENT INTEGRATED OVER THE WATER COLUMN, AND IS THUS AN INFORMATIVE INDEX OF OCEAN CIRCULATION AND CLIMATE. SEA LEVEL RISE (SLR) IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS -- THROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, INUNDATION, FLOODING, EROSION, AND SALTWATER INTRUSION. THIS RISK IS GEOGRAPHICALLY VARIABLE, AS BOTH THE RATE OF SLR AND SOCIOECONOMIC EXPOSURE VARY WITH LOCATION. BECAUSE REGIONAL SEA LEVEL IS A VALUABLE TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING AND MONITORING CLIMATE, AND BECAUSE OF ITS ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS, MANY RECENT GOVERNMENT REPORTS HAVE UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR A STANDARDIZED SET OF REGIONAL SEA LEVEL INDICATORS. HOWEVER, THE OPTIMAL NUMBER AND SPATIAL SCALE OF SUCH INDICATORS, AND THUS THE INFORMATION BEST USED TO MONITOR AND PROJECT THEM, REMAINS UNCLEAR. FURTHERMORE, THE UNDERLYING GAP BETWEEN REGIONAL AND COASTAL SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY CLOUDS THE RELEVANCE OF REGIONAL INDICATORS TO LOCAL DECISION-MAKING. THIS EFFORT WILL IMPROVE THE UTILITY OF REGIONAL SEA LEVEL INDICATORS BY: 1) OBJECTIVELY DEFINING THE NUMBER OF INDICATORS, AND THEIR SPATIAL SCALE, USING ALTIMETER AND CLIMATE MODEL OUTPUT; AND 2) RELATING REGIONAL SEA LEVEL INDICATORS TO LOCAL SEA LEVEL AT COASTAL SITES, USING ALTIMETER AND TIDE GAUGE OBSERVATIONS. THIS TWO-PRONG APPROACH WILL PROVIDE: THE OPTIMAL SPATIAL SCALES AT WHICH TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL AND INTERPRET CLIMATE MODEL PROJECTIONS, MAXIMAL USE OF NASA DATA IN REGIONAL SEA LEVEL INDICATORS, A MEANS TO CAPTURE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEA LEVEL AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE COHERENT SCALES OF SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY IN OBSERVATIONS AND CLIMATE MODELS. | $104K |
| Apr 14, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA8730 KESSEL RUN AFLCMC/HBBK | FA873015F0018 | 541330 | EDCSS, WS-LVC PACKAGE GENERATION&SME SUPPORT | $51K |
| Apr 6, 2016 | National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA HEADQUARTERS | NNH16CT00C | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD. OCEAN BOTTOM PRESSURE IS A FUNDAMENTAL VARIABLE OF THE EARTH SYSTEM, AS IT RELATES TO CHANGES IN THE OCEAN MEAN MASS AND FRESHWATER CONTENT, HORIZONTAL MASS REDISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATED CURRENTS, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS ON LAND ICE, THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND THE EARTH'S ENERGY BALANCE. DATA COLLECTED BY GRACE AND ITS FOLLOW-ON MISSION PROVIDE A MOUNTING RECORD OF OBP FIELDS WITH UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL SPATIAL COVERAGE, BUT MANY CHALLENGES REMAIN IN THEIR PROCESSING AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE PLAN TO MAKE SYNERGISTIC USE OF AVAILABLE AND FUTURE GRAVITY DATA, OTHER SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS, AND MODELS TO LEARN ABOUT THE OCEAN AND ITS ROLE IN EARTH'S CLIMATE, GRAVITY AND ROTATION. | $206K |
| Apr 4, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945314C0202 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF AER: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT DATA PRODUCTION | $75K |
| Mar 11, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945315C0050 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF:: INTEGRATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES (ISET) | $16K |
| Mar 1, 2016 | Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVK | FA945314C0224 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF SPACE ENVT SENSOR DATA MGT AND ANALYSIS BASIC | $143K |
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