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MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, 2008-2013

THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

UCAR MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCAR) 2003-2008

JOINT UCAR/NOAA ACTIVITIES IN CLIMAGE CHANGE PROGRAM

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE NOAA SCIENCE COLLABORATION PROGRAM

NWSC CONSTRUCTION

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S AVIATION WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAM (FAA AWA) SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES CONTINUING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN NOAA AND UCAR, FOR WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE NOAA SCIENCE COLLABORATION PROGRAM (SCP). CPAESS WILL CONTINUE BEST PRACTICES LEARNED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS (2016-2021) FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OF A NEW NOAA SCP COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND WILL BRING NEW LEVELS OF INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY TO THE COLLABORATION. BUILDING A RESILIENT NATION ABLE TO PREDICT AND RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, REQUIRES BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARTH AS A PLANET OF DYNAMIC AND INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS. ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE, PROPERTY, AND ECONOMIES. CPAESS DRAWS ON ITS PROVEN STRENGTHS TO MANAGE: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS; VISITING SCIENTIST RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, AND MEETINGS; THE FREE AND OPEN SHARING OF THE SCHOLARLY OUTPUT OF RESEARCHE

NOAA SCIENCE COLLABORATION PROGRAM

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES CONTINUING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN NOAA AND UCAR, FOR WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE NOAA SCIENCE COLLABORATION PROGRAM (SCP). CPAESS WILL CONTINUE BEST PRACTICES LEARNED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS (2016-2021) FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OF A NEW NOAA SCP COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND WILL BRING NEW LEVELS OF INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY TO THE COLLABORATION. BUILDING A RESILIENT NATION ABLE TO PREDICT AND RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, REQUIRES BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARTH AS A PLANET OF DYNAMIC AND INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS. ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELEMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE, PROPERTY, AND ECONOMIES. CPAESS DRAWS ON ITS PROVEN STRENGTHS TO MANAGE: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS; VISITING SCIENTIST RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS, CONFERENCES, AND MEETINGS; THE FREE AND OPEN SHARING OF THE SCHOLARLY OUTPUT OF RESEA

THE ETCD PROGRAM'S GOAL IS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF ALL OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGISTS AND HYDROLOGISTS WORLDWIDE. IMPROVING HUMAN PERFORMANCE FOR ENHANCED DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES IS DONE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION. ETCD IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH COLLABORATION BETWEEN OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGISTS/METEOROLOGISTS, SCIENTISTS, AND ACADEMIC STAFF WITH EXPERTISE ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. THESE ACTIVITIES ENGAGE OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGISTS, METEOROLOGISTS, RESEARCHERS, INSTRUCTORS, AND STUDENTS IN APPLIED TRAINING AND SIMULATION EXERCISES WHICH ARE PIVOTAL TO THE OPERATIONAL CLIMATE, WATER, AND WEATHER COMMUNITIES. THE GOAL OF IMPROVING PERFORMANCE IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM. BY MEETING THE GOAL OF ETCD, FORECASTS AND WARNINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS WILL BE IMPROVED.

U.S. ARMY DUGWAY PROVING GROUND SUPPORT FOR NCAR ACTIVITIES, 2008-2013

PROPOSAL FOR A MULTI-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR WEATHER, WATER AND CLIMATE FORECASTING (ETCD)

HALF OF THE WORLDS COUNTRIES ARE CURRENTLY NOT PROTECTED BY MULTI-HAZARD EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (MHEWS; WMO, 2022). THE COMET PROGRAM, PART OF THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (UCAR), IS POISED TO SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY OF OPERATIONAL NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES (NMHS) WORLDWIDE TO IMPLEMENT END-TO-END EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS BY: (1) DESIGNING AND DEPLOYING SUSTAINABLE 3D PRINTED AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS (3D-PAWS), RAIN GAUGES, STREAM GAUGES, STORM SURGE GAUGES, AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING OBSERVATION NETWORKS; (2) PROVIDING ROBUST TRAINING, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; AND (3) FACILITATING IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATIONAL END-TO-END MHEWS AT NMHS. AS OF 2024, COMET AND PARTNERS HAVE DEPLOYED 3D-PAWS, STREAM GAUGES, STORM SURGE GAUGES, AND SNOW DEPTH SENSORS IN 18 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS, COMET HAS PUBLISHED OVER 180 ONLINE LESSONS AND CONDUCTED OVER 40 MULTI-WEEK RESIDENCE AND VIRTUAL COURSES FOR FORECASTERS AND FORECASTER-TRAINERS SPANNING A RANGE OF NMHS-RELEVANT TOPICS. COMET AND ITS PARTNERS (CLIMATE HAZARDS CENTERS LOCATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA, SYNOPTIC DATA AND UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND - COLLEGE PARK) BRING DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO SUCCESSFULLY LEAD THIS MULTIFACETED EFFORT TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN BUILDING THEIR RESILIENCE TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE-BASED HAZARDS. IMPLEMENTING PEOPLE-CENTERED, END-TO-END EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS REQUIRES AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES BEING SERVED. COMETS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK INCLUDES NEEDS ASSESSMENT, TAILORED SOLUTIONS BASED ON REQUIREMENTS, IMPLEMENTATION AND TRAINING, FOLLOW-UP TO GALVANIZE SKILLS, AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE LESSONS LEARNED TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. TRAINING IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF ANY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND, AS AN ESTABLISHED WORLD LEADER IN INNOVATIVE, INDUSTRY-LEADING WEATHER, WATER, AND CLIMATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SOLUTIONS, COMET WILL LEVERAGE ITS TRAINING EXPERTISE AND THE COMET METED ONLINE LEARNING PORTAL IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT. COMET WILL ADDRESS ALL TEN OF THE PRIORITY AREAS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR WEATHER AND CLIMATE FORECASTING AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM. SPECIFICALLY, COMET WILL INCREASE EARLIER DETECTION OF HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL HAZARDS BY EXPANDING SUSTAINABLE OBSERVATION NETWORKS; FACILITATING AND DEVELOPING ROBUST TRAINING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; IMPROVING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; INTEGRATING AND STREAMLINING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF END-TO-END MHEWS; AND SKILLFULLY MANAGING OUTREACH PARTNER DEVELOPMENT AND SUB-AWARDS. OVERALL, COMET WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES BY MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE, ADAPTING THE END-TO-END EARLY WARNING PROCESS TO WORK WITH THEIR EXISTING SYSTEMS WHILE EMPOWERING NMHS THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TRAINING TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM.

NOAA SCIENCE COLLABORATION PROGRAM

FUNDING FOR THE COMET PROGRAM FOR THE YEAR 2007 - 2011

DOE AND UCAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT - CLIMATE MODELING AND COMPUTER HARDWARE ADVANCED MATHEMATICS AND MODEL PHYSICS

THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF COSMIC IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL AND RESEARCH APPLICATIONS FOR YEARS 2012-2015

AIR FORCE WEATHER AGENCY (AFWA) SUPPORT FOR NCAR ACTIVITIES (2008-2013)

UNIDATA: NEXT-GENERATION DATA SERVICES AND WORKFLOWS TO ADVANCE GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

DOE AND UCAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT - CLIMATE MODELING AND COMPUTER HARDWARE, ADVANCEDBOULDEMATICS AND MODEL PHYSICS (CHA

UNIDATA 2018: TRANSFORMING GEOSCIENCE THROUGH INNOVATIVE DATA SERVICES

ARMY TEST AND EVALUATION COMMAND SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

UNIDATA 2013: A TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY FACILITY FOR THE ATMOSPHERIC AND RELATED SCIENCES

NOAA SCIENCE COLLABORATION PROGRAM

THE KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE GLOBE IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE: ENGAGING AND CONNECTING GLOBAL COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE 2019-2024 PROPOSAL IS TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE SUPPORT THAT THE GLOBE IMPLEMENTATION OFFICE (GIO) PROVIDES THE GLOBE COMMUNITY. GIO WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT PROVEN STRATEGIES IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE GLOBE COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDES STUDENTS TEACHERS ALUMNI PARTNERS COUNTRY COORDINATORS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AND COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN GLOBE IN MORE THAN 120 COUNTRIES. GIO WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE ITS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN SIX GLOBE REGIONS (NORTH AMERICA EUROPE AND EURASIA AFRICA ASIA AND PACIFIC AND LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN) TO PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND EXPANSION OF THE GLOBE PROGRAM. TO DO THIS GIO WILL UTILIZE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SUCH AS EXISTING INTERNATIONAL NETWORK AND FRAMEWORK FOR FACE-TO-FACE REGIONAL MEETINGS VIRTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS (VIRTUAL MEETINGS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS SUCH AS THE IVSS AND GLOBE CAMPAIGNS). GIO WILL SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO USE AND ENHANCE GLOBE TOOLS (THE GLOBE WEBSITE APPS DATABASE) TO FURTHER INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. THESE STRATEGIES WILL CONTINUE WHILE EVEN MORE EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON KEY ENGAGEMENT AREAS SUCH AS THE INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM (IVSS) THE GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. GIO AIMS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS WHILE ENCOURAGING GROWTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE GLOBE COMMUNITY (ANNUAL MEETING REGIONAL MEETINGS GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS) AND REQUESTS FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON PROPOSED EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES. UNDER THE LAST STATEMENT OF WORK GIO LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE PROGRAM. THIS PROPOSED WORK ALIGNS WITH THE GLOBE STRATEGIC PLAN 2018-2023 (GOALS ARE LISTED UNDER EACH SECTION). ADDITIONALLY GIO IS FACILITATING THE COMMUNITY S ROLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. THE PLAN IS A MORE FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY ALREADY DOES AND SHOULD PROVIDE GLOBE MEMBERS GUIDANCE ON IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES AND PARTNERSHIPS. GIO WORKS CLOSELY WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES SUCH AS NASA NOAA NSF AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO CARRY OUT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS. GLOBE AND THE GIO ARE FUNDED BY NASA AND AS SUCH GIO IS PLANNING TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER NASA FUNDED GLOBE-BASED PROJECTS. THIS CONNECTION ALREADY EXISTS WITH A GROUP OF GIO LIAISONS TO FOUR FUNDED SCIENCE ACTIVATION PROJECTS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF STEM ENGAGEMENT. GLOBE IS ALSO EVOLVING MORE INTO A STEM PROGRAM WHILE STILL MAINTAINING ITS STRONG CONNECTIONS TO THE EARTH SCIENCES. THIS WILL BE SOLIDIFIED BY TWO OF THE FOUR FUNDED SCIENCE ACTIVATION PROJECTS THAT HAVE A FOCUS ON ENGINEERING AND GLOBE AS PART OF THEIR WORK AND BY ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO THINK ABOUT ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF THEIR EARTH SCIENCE PROJECT SUBMISSIONS TO THE IVSS. ALSO GIO WORKS CLOSELY WITH SSAI THE TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP THE GLOBE OBSERVER (GO) TEAM AND OTHER NASA-FUNDED PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF APPS PROBES AND OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PROGRAM. IN ADDITION GIO WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE GLOBE OBSERVER (GO) TEAM IN THE PROMOTION AND USE OF THE GO APP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. GIO WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE GO AND IS COMMITTED TO SOLIDIFYING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THESE TWO TEAMS. IN SUMMARY THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES THE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT THAT GIO WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TO THE GLOBE COMMUNITY TO HELP REALIZE THE GOALS OF THE 2018-2023 STRATEGIC PLAN AND IN TURN STRENGTHEN AND BROADEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PROGRAM.

THE GLOBE PROGRAM: COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES: THIS PLAN CONTAINS PROGRAMMATIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAIL RELATED

MID-SCALE RI-2: AIRBORNE PHASED ARRAY RADAR (APAR) -THIS AWARD SUPPORTS THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AIRBORNE PHASED ARRAY RADAR (APAR), WHICH WILL PROVIDE A GENERATIONAL LEAP IN SEVERE STORM AND CLIMATE RESEARCH. OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCAR), APAR WILL MAKE MEASUREMENTS OF CLOUDS AND SEVERE STORMS ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING OVER OCEANS, ROUGH LAND, AND FORESTED REGIONS, WHICH ARE MOSTLY UNREACHABLE BY CONVENTIONAL RADAR SYSTEMS THEREBY ELIMINATING A DATA GAP IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE RESEARCH. AS THE NEXT-GENERATION OPERATIONAL WEATHER OBSERVING CAPABILITY FOR THE UNITED STATES, APAR MEETS A CRITICAL NEED FOR NEW WEATHER OBSERVATIONS. WITH NEW CAPABILITIES TO SEE DEEP INTO THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF INTENSE STORMS AND CLOUD SYSTEMS, CRUCIAL NEW INSIGHTS ARE GAINED INTO THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER VAPOR, PRECIPITATION, AND ASSOCIATED RADIATIVE PROCESSES THAT GOVERN EARTH'S ENERGY BALANCE. APAR MEASUREMENTS WILL BE USED TO TEST PREDICTIONS ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER, INCLUDING TROPICAL CYCLONES, TORNADOES, DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, HAIL, AND FLASH FLOODING, AND ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO RECORD THE COMPLEX AND CHANGING LIFECYCLE OF SEVERE SYSTEMS. APAR WILL BE A REQUESTABLE COMMUNITY FACILITY IN THE GEO /AGS LOWER ATMOSPHERE OBSERVING FACILITIES POOL. THE IMPLEMENTATION AND SUBSEQUENT OPERATION OF APAR WILL OFFER THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY ACCESS TO HIGH-RESOLUTION RADAR DATA FOR ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES, AND HELP MITIGATE THREATS AND RISKS TO TRANSPORTATION, FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, ECONOMY, AND HEALTH. OTHER INNOVATIONS INCLUDE MAPPING OUT CHARACTERISTICS OF INSECT/BIRD MIGRATIONS OVER THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS. FUNDING FOR APAR WILL ENABLE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE BY INCORPORATING EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL DRAW FROM UNDERREPRESENTED AND MINORITY STUDENT, EDUCATOR, AND RESEARCHER POPULATIONS. MULTI-FACETED AND -LINGUAL OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EVENTS AND PRODUCTS ARE PLANNED TO REACH A BROAD AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE THROUGH THE NCAR EXPLORER SERIES. APAR WILL BE THE WORLD?S FIRST PHASED ARRAY C-BAND (5 CM WAVELENGTH), DUAL-DOPPLER, DUAL-POLARIZATION RADAR WITH FAST-SCAN AGILITY TO BE CARRIED ON AN AIRCRAFT. IT WILL CONSIST OF FOUR REMOVABLE ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY ANTENNAS THAT WILL BE MOUNTED ON THE FUSELAGE OF THE NSF/NCAR C-130. THE ENGINEERING BREAKTHROUGHS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT APAR PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF CURRENT PHASED-ARRAY-RADAR TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING ANTENNA PERFORMANCE NEVER PREVIOUSLY ACHIEVED AND TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES (INCLUDING SIGNAL PROCESSING TO DERIVE A MULTITUDE OF STORM CHARACTERISTICS) TO HARVEST THE COPIOUS VOLUMES OF DATA TO BE COLLECTED. COMPARED TO GROUND-BASED PLATFORMS WHICH MUST ALTERNATE BETWEEN DATA COLLECTION AND TRANSIT MODES, APAR WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN CONTINUOUS THREE DIMENSIONAL, VERY HIGH SPATIOTEMPORAL RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF STORM KINEMATICS AND MICROPHYSICAL CLOUD PROPERTIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM (CAMP) CONTINUATION

PROPOSAL FOR A MULTI-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR FIVE-YEARS TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CLIMATE, WATER, AND WEATHER

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) AND THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (UCAR) FOR WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE NOAA CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM (CAMP) BY UCARS COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE (CPAESS). CPAESS WILL BUILD UPON BEST PRACTICES LEARNED FROM ITS 2016-2021 AWARD AND ITS HISTORY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH NOAA TO PROVIDE EFFICIENT AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR A NEW CAMP COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. CPAESS WILL LEVERAGE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN NOAA, OTHER AGENCIES; WITHIN UCAR: ITS LEADERSHIP IN THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE (ESS) COMMUNITY AND ITS CONSORTIUM OF 120 MEMBER UNIVERSITIES; WITHIN THE UCAR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS (UCP); AND WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCAR) LABORATORIES, TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CAMP.

A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH A NUMERICAL PREDICTION DEVELOPMENTAL TESTBED CENTER

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

UNIDATA REIMAGINED: NEW APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY DATA SERVICES -NSF UNIDATA ENGAGES AND SERVES RESEARCHERS AND EDUCATORS WHO ARE ADVANCING THE FRONTIERS OF THEIR FIELDS; IT SUPPORTS THEIR EFFORTS BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM MANY BACKGROUNDS AND DISCIPLINES TO SHARE DATA, KNOWLEDGE, METHODS, AND EXPERTISE. AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, UNIDATA PROVIDES WELL-INTEGRATED DATA SERVICES AND SOFTWARE TOOLS THAT ADDRESS THE ENTIRE GEOSCIENTIFIC DATA LIFECYCLE, FROM LOCATING AND RETRIEVING USEFUL DATA, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING AND VISUALIZING DATA EITHER LOCALLY OR REMOTELY, TO CURATING AND SHARING THE RESULTS. NSF UNIDATA SERVES MORE THAN 1,500 UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES WORLDWIDE, WHICH FORMS THE CORE OF A MEMBER COMMUNITY SPANNING THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS WORLDWIDE THAT RELY ON UNIDATA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND PUBLIC POLICY LANDSCAPE ARE TRANSFORMING THE WAYS OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONDUCT THEIR RESEARCH AND EDUCATE NEW GENERATIONS OF SCIENTISTS. TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES, UNIDATA IS REIMAGINING HOW THE PROGRAM CAN BEST FULFILL ITS MISSION. BELOW IS A DESCRIPTION OF HOW UNIDATA PLANS TO SERVE ITS COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD BY FOCUSING ON FOUR TYPES OF ACTIVITIES: ?PROVIDING DATA AND TOOLS: ENSURING FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ESS AND OTHER DATA FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, ALONG WITH CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS TO ANALYZE AND VISUALIZE THAT DATA. ?REDUCING BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION: BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS AND UNDER-RESOURCED GROUPS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION; HELPING TO BUILD A BROADER, MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF ESS PRACTITIONERS. ?FOSTERING COMMUNITY ACTION: ENGAGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADVANCE ADOPTION OF INITIATIVES LIKE FAIR AND CARE DATA PRINCIPLES TO PROMOTE OPEN SCIENCE CONCEPTS. ?PROVIDING INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS: GUIDING THE ESS COMMUNITY TOWARD TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS THAT LEVERAGE INNOVATIONS IN AI/ML, MODERN OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE, AND CLOUD-CENTRIC TOOLS. WITHIN THESE BROAD CATEGORIES, NSF UNIDATA PROPOSES A VARIETY OF ACTIONS GUIDED BY CONCEPTS LIKE CONVERGENCE SCIENCE, COMMUNITY HUBS, ELEARNING, AND SCIENCE GATEWAY THAT BRING TOGETHER VARIED DATA, SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION, AND LEARNING RESOURCES. IN ADVANCING THE AFOREMENTIONED GOALS, THE PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ITS PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, COLLABORATING WITH TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND OTHER MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE U.S. TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ALONGSIDE DATA SERVICES AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR RESEARCHERS AND EDUCATORS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CAMP PROJECT DESCRIPTION:THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) AND THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (UCAR) FOR WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE NOAA CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM (CAMP) BY UCAR'S COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE (CPAESS). CPAESS WILL BUILD UPON BEST PRACTICES LEARNED FROM ITS 2016-2021 AWARD AND ITS HISTORY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH NOAA TO PROVIDE EFFICIENT AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR A NEW CAMP COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. CPAESS WILL LEVERAGE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN NOAA, OTHER AGENCIES; WITHIN UCAR: ITS LEADERSHIP IN THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE (ESS) COMMUNITY AND ITS CONSORTIUM OF 120 MEMBER UNIVERSITIES; WITHIN THE UCAR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS (UCP); AND WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCAR) LABORATORIES, TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF CAMP.

NCAR SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AGENCIES

INSPRIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS: THE GLOBE PROGRAM.

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS, ANALYSIS, AND PREDICTION. PR 75-019C-16

CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM (CAMP) CONTINUATION

NASA SUPPORT FOR USGCRP, 2009-2011

CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM (CAMP)

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA) SUPPORT FOR NCAR ACTIVITIES (2008-2013)

CONTINUED OPERATION OF COSMIC GPS RADIO OCCULTATION CONSTELLATION IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH APPLICATIONS IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

AIRCRAFT INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS

NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE PREDICTION OF HIGH-IMPACT WEATHER EVENTS AND ADVANCE PROCESSES IN EARTH SYSTEM MODELS FOR THE FUTURE IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE RESEARCH. THIS IS A CHALLENGE THAT BOTH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) AND THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL COMMUNITIES RECOGNIZE AS AN URGENT AND ACUTE PUBLIC NEED. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF AIRBORNE DOPPLER RADARS IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO: A) CLOSE THE CAPABILITY GAP IN AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING OF PRECIPITATING SYSTEMS CREATED BY THE RETIREMENT OF THE ELECTRA DOPPLER RADAR (ELDORA) AND THE ANTICIPATED RETIREMENT OF THE TAIL DOPPLER RADAR (TDR) IN THE NEXT DECADE, AND B) PROVIDE REMOTE SENSING OBSERVATIONS AT WAVELENGTHS CAPABLE OF PENETRATING DEEPER INTO HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND WITH DUAL-POLARIMETRIC CAPABILITIES NECESSARY FOR MICROPHYSICAL RETRIEVALS AND AGILE SCANNING. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCAR), THROUGH A PARTNERSHI

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO ANALYZE VARIABILITY, CHANGE AND PREDICTABILITY IN THE EARTH SYSTEM (CATALYST)

NCAR SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA), 2008-2013

THE CENTRAL OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE (1) CREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT FOSTERS, DEVELOPS AND SUPPORTS GLOBE COMMUNITIES O

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

THE NEXT TWO YEARS ARE CRITICAL FOR THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF THE GLOBE PROGRAM. USING THE 2016 INDEPENDENT NASA REVIEW PANEL REPORT AS A GUIDING DOCUMENT THIS STATEMENT OF WORK INTEGRATES A NUMBER OF KEY POINTS WITHIN THE PLANNED OPERATIONS OF THE GIO. INDEED WE AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT FROM THE PANEL THAT GIVEN THIS CURRENT MOMENT IN HISTORY GLOBE CAN MAKE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTH SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS THE GLOBE PROGRAM S FOCUS ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CONTINUES THE GIO WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A NUMBER OF THE INITIATIVES AS OUTLINED IN THIS DOCUMENT. AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD THE GLOBE PROGRAM SHOULD BE VIEWED TO AN EVEN GREATER EXTENT AS A LEADER IN EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE EDUCATION. WITH AN INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT CANNOT BE EASILY REPLACED OR REPLICATED THE GIO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA AND NSF IS POISED AND READY TO MOVE THE GLOBE PROGRAM FORWARD TO HELP ENSURE THAT 21ST CENTURY STUDENTS TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONAL AND CITIZEN SCIENTISTS HAVE THE 21ST CENTURY STEM TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO EFFECTIVELY EXPAND OUR COLLECTIVE CONCERTED ABILITY TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS THROUGH SCIENCE AND EDUCATION.

UNIDATA 2008: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF DATA USE IN THE GEOSCIENCES

ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES FACING THE LIVING WITH A STAR PROGRAM (LWS) IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESEARCH COMMUNITY THAT CROSSES TRADITIONAL DISCIPLIN

NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER SUPPORT FOR NCAR ACTIVITIES, 2008-2013

WINDCUBE: A CUBESAT THERMOSPHERIC WIND INSTRUMENT

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES CONTINUING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN UCAR AND NASA FOR WORK IN SUPPORT OF NASA HELIOPHYSICS LIVING WITH A STAR INFRASTRUCTURE. CPAESS WILL CONTINUE BEST PRACTICES LEARNED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS (2016-2021) FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

NCAR SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FROM CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES FACING THE LIVING WITH A STAR PROGRAM (LWS) IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESEARCH COMMUNITY THAT CROSSES TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINE BOUNDARIES TO ATTACK SYSTEM-WIDE PROBLEMS CENTRAL TO UNDERSTANDING AND MODELING THE SUN-SOLAR SYSTEM CONNECTION. THE VISITING SCIENTIST PROGRAMS OFFICE (VSP) OF THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (UCAR) HAS PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP A FOCUSED HELIOPHYSICS SUMMER SCHOOL (HELD YEARLY SINCE 2007) AND A SUCCESSFUL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (SINCE 2009) TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE. THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A FIVE-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH NASA FOR THE CONTINUATION OF VSP S SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO FACILITATE THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF A NEW GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND SUPPORT INTERACTIONS WITHIN THE HELIOPHYSICS COMMUNITY. VSP S MISSION: TO HELP PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTIFIC LEADERS AND WORKFORCE BY SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE FELLOWSHIP VISITOR AND WORKSHOP PROGRAMS THAT MEET EMERGING TRAINING AND RESEARCH NEEDS. IN SUPPORT OF THE NASA HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION S LONG-TERM GOAL OF DEVELOPING THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING NEEDED FOR THE UNITED STATES TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THOSE ASPECTS OF THE CONNECTED SUN-EARTH SYSTEM THAT MAY AFFECT LIFE AND SOCIETY THE VISITING SCIENTIST PROGRAMS OFFICE HELPS EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENTISTS DEVELOP A NEW RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND BUILD PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS. TO REACH THIS GOAL VSP: ORGANIZES HOSTS AND ADMINISTERS THE ANNUAL HELIOPHYSICS SUMMER SCHOOLS TO FOSTER LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF HELIOPHYSICS AS A BROAD COHERENT DISCIPLINE. THIS INCLUDES SUPPORT IN DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL TEACHING TOOLS THAT MAY INCLUDE TEXTBOOKS PROBLEMS SETS LABS AND DISTANCE LEARNING MODULES. EVERY YEAR VSP PROVIDES PROJECT LEADERSHIP FOR THE HELIOPHYSICS SUMMER SCHOOL. WHILE THE CONTENT OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL IS DESIGNED BY AND FOR THE SCIENTISTS INVOLVED VSP CONTRIBUTES PLANNING AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT EFFICIENT ON-LINE REGISTRATION MECHANISMS CREATION AND PUBLICATION OF AGENDAS AND SCHEDULES AND ON-SITE SUPPORT WHILE THE SUMMER SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. ESTABLISHED AND ADMINISTERS THE JACK EDDY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WHICH MATCHES EARLY CAREER PHDS WITH HOSTING MENTORS IN ORDER TO BUILD A NEW GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS. EACH YEAR VSP WILL RECRUIT CANDIDATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR THREE OR MORE JACK EDDY FELLOWSHIPS. A UCAR-APPOINTED STEERING COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS IN THE SPRING AND RECOMMEND THE MOST HIGHLY-QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR TWO-YEAR APPOINTMENTS. FELLOWS ARE MATCHED WITH EXPERIENCED HOST SCIENTISTS AT U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS OR RESEARCH LABS TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS. ESTABLISHED A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND TEAM TO BROADEN THE REACH OF HELIOPHYSICS SCIENCE TO A LARGER AUDIENCE. AS WITH ALL COMMUNICATION IN THE SOCIAL AND MOBILE AGE A KEY OBJECTIVE OF UPDATING HELIOPHYSICS COMMUNICATION IS NOT SIMPLY REACHING A MODERNDAY AUDIENCE BUT ALSO PROMOTING ACTIVE EXCHANGE AMONG THE HELIOPHYSICS COMMUNITY RESEARCHERS WRITERS EDUCATORS AND EVEN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTERS. HOSTS AND ADMINISTERS EDUCATIONAL AND COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR THE BENEFIT OF VSP FELLOWS AND THE LARGER EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE COMMUNITY. WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS FOSTER THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS IN AN INFORMAL SETTING AND HELP THE ATTENDING SCIENTISTS FORM AND NURTURE PRODUCTIVE ONGOING SCIENTIFIC RELATIONSHIPS. VSP PROVIDES EFFICIENT ONLINE REGISTRATION MECHANISMS FOR WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS AND PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT WHEN THE WORKSHOPS ARE IN SESSION. HOSTS AND ADMINISTERS THE LIVING WITH A STAR INSTITUTE THAT IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE A BRIDGE BETWEEN CUTTING-EDGE HELIOPHYSICS RESEARCH AND A SOCIETALLY RELEVANT TECHNOLOGY AREA THAT IS AFFECTED BY SPACE WEATHER. COMPETITIVELY SELECTED WORKING GROUPS WILL DEFINE AND SCOPE NEW RESEARCH THAT WILL MAKE A CRITICAL DIFFERENCE TO THIS TECHNOLOGY.

UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM

NSDL CENTER FOR SUSTAINING BROADER IMPACTS

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES PLANS THAT CONTINUE COLLABORATIONS WITH NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER THROUGH THE JOINT CENTER FOR SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION (JCSDA) IN SUPPORT OF NASA MISSIONS AND ASSOCIATED SCIENCE. JCSDA WILL WORK WITH NASA TO PROVIDE

EXPLORING THE TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE WITH ADVANCED RADIO OCCULTATION: PROCESSING, SERVING, AND ANALYZING RADIO OCCULTATION DATA TO ADVANCE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INTEGRATED ARCTIC DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES (IADS) TO SUPPORT ARCTIC RESEARCH

2019 - 2020 AIRBORNE PHASED ARRAY RADAR (APAR)

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

NSF SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED OPERATION OF COSMIC RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS, 2008-2012

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: TURBO: TOWARDS ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION COMMUNITY EARTH SYSTEM MODEL (CESM) WITH MOM6 AND OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY -WEATHER EVENTS, SUCH AS HEAT WAVES, WINTER STORMS, DROUGHTS, FLOODS, AND HURRICANES, SEVERELY IMPACT HUMAN WELL-BEING. SUCH EVENTS ALSO CAUSE SEVERE DISRUPTIONS TO AGRICULTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY DELIVERY AND USE, INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY, AND FISHERIES. TO BETTER PROTECT LIFE, PROPERTY, AND FOOD SOURCES, IT IS IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO PROVIDE POLICYMAKERS AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE RELIABLE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. THE PROVISION OF SUCH INFORMATION REQUIRES EARTH SYSTEM MODEL SIMULATIONS THAT CAN RUN FAST AT INCREASINGLY FINER SCALES ON EMERGING COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORMS. IN ADDITION, ADVANCING THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESSES OCCURRING AT THESE SCALES AND HOW THEY FEED BACK TO THE LARGER SCALES IS NEEDED. THE PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS THIS EARTH SYSTEM MODELING CHALLENGE BY ADVANCING THE CAPABILITIES OF ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED EARTH SYSTEM MODELS THROUGH THE CREATION OF OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATIONS OF ITS OCEAN COMPONENT THAT CAN RUN EFFICIENTLY ON ADVANCED SUPERCOMPUTERS. THE PROJECT WILL MAKE A CRUCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE EARTH SYSTEM MODEL, PROVIDING CRITICAL INFORMATION AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCALES AND ENHANCING THE PLANET'S RESILIENCE TO NATURAL HAZARDS. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE BROADER RESEARCH, POLICYMAKING, AND STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITIES, THROUGH SPECIFIC CLASSES, TUTORIALS, AND WORKSHOPS. THE PROJECT CREATES AN INNOVATIVE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE LATEST VERSION OF THE COMMUNITY EARTH SYSTEM MODEL (CESM3), PARTICULARLY FOR ITS OCEAN COMPONENT, MODULAR OCEAN MODEL VERSION 6 (MOM6). IT ENABLES NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION (HR; ~10-25 KM) AND ULTRA-HR (~3-5 KM) FRONTIER APPLICATIONS AND SCIENCE, THUS BROADENING CESM3'S USE CASES DOWN TO THE KILOMETER SCALE. SPECIFICALLY, THE PROJECT AIMS TO CREATE GRAPHICS PROCESSOR UNIT (GPU)-ENABLED AND OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATIONS OF MOM6, ANTICIPATING THE AVAILABILITY OF MORE GPU-BASED SYSTEMS IN THE FUTURE. ONE OF THE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATIONS IS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE AMREX SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK WITHIN MOM6. THE PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES, INCLUDING UPPER-OCEAN AND AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS, TELECONNECTION PATTERNS, AND THEIR INTERPLAY WITH OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AT UNPRECEDENTEDLY SMALL SPATIAL SCALES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

US CLIVAR PROJECT OFFICE

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION

EARTHCUBE SCIENCE SUPPORT OFFICE (ESSO)

NOAA SUPPORT FOR USGCRP, 2009-2011

DRAS 19 IFAA: UCAR JOINT CENTER FOR SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION SUBPROJECTS 4B-2-1 AND 4B-1-2B

THE SOARS PROGRAM - ENHANCING AND EXPANDING A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR BUILDING DIVERSITY IN THE ATMOSPHERIC AND RELATED SCIENCES

U.S. AIR FORCE (USAF) SUPPORT FOR NCAR, 2009-2013

DRAS 19 IFAA: UCAR JOINT CENTER FOR SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION SUBPROJECTS 4C-2-2 AND 4C-2-3

GLOBE WILL ENGAGE HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS IN TARGETED ZIKA-AFFECTED COUNTRIES TO BETTER TRACK AND CONTROL MOSQUITOES. COMBAT ZIKA TRANSMISSION

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES PLANS THAT CONTINUE THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE S (CPAESS) COLLABORATIONS WITH NASA AND THAT CONSOLIDATE AND MANAGE A SERIES OF ONGOING PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS IN SUPPORT OF NASA MISSIONS AND ASSOCIATED SCIENCE. PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES SUPPORT BOTH EXISTING AND EVOLVING SUSTAINED OCEAN OBSERVING ACTIVITIES IN RESPONSE TO SCIENCE AND SOCIETAL NEEDS. CPAESS WILL WORK WITH NASA TO OVERSEE AND MANAGE ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES REQUIRED TO EFFECTIVELY IDENTIFY AND COORDINATE THE OCEAN OBSERVING ACTIVITIES OF SCIENTISTS ENGINEERS AND PROGRAM MANAGERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THE GLOBE. THE FOCUS WILL BE ON OPTIMIZATION OF NASA S INVESTMENT IN OCEAN SCIENCE AND OBSERVATION. CPAESS PROPOSES A NEW MULTI-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA FOR THE PROPOSAL PERIOD OF MAY 1 2017 THROUGH APRIL 30 2022. IN SERVICE OF NASA S GOALS FOR SUPPORTING EXISTING AND EVOLVING SUSTAINED OCEAN OBSERVING ACTIVITIES CPAESS BRINGS PROVEN EXPERTISE IN SCIENTIFIC SERVICE AREAS INCLUDING: 1) LARGE-SCALE PARTNERSHIPS AND INITIATIVES; 2) COMMUNITY-BUILDING EVENTS MANAGEMENT; 3) POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS VISITING SCIENTIST APPOINTMENTS AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES A HUB FOR ONGOING ACTIVITIES AND CREATES SYNERGIES BY IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATION. CPAESS WILL MANAGE AND OVERSEE MEETINGS AND PROJECTS THAT FOSTER THE COORDINATION OF THESE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AMONG NASA PARTNERS AND ACROSS DISCIPLINES TO FORM AN ACCURATE SYSTEMATIC SUSTAINED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM FROM BOTH SATELLITE AND IN SITU OBSERVATIONS. PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS WILL ALSO FOSTER OCEAN-OBSERVING ACTIVITIES THAT ARE MULTI-USE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND REPRESENT NEW UNDERSTANDINGS OF KEY PHYSICAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL REGIMES AND PHENOMENON. CPAESS WILL CREATE LINKAGES AMONG APPROPRIATE RESEARCH INTERGOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AND FUNDING AGENCIES TO ACHIEVE SOCIETAL OBJECTIVES THROUGH SCIENCE.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: A COMMUNITY PLATFORM FOR ACCELERATING OBSERVATIONALLY-CONSTRAINED REGIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC MODELING -OCEANS ARE A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF THE CLIMATE SYSTEM AND GLOBAL CARBON BUDGET. OCEANS ALSO SUPPORT FOOD SECURITY, GLOBAL TRADE, AND ENERGY PRODUCTION. A FUSION OF OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS FROM HIGH-FIDELITY MODELS OF THE OCEAN'S STATE ARE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE THESE USES AND THEIR IMPACTS. PRESENTLY, THIS CAPABILITY IS AVAILABLE TO ONLY A SMALL EXPERT COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT AUGMENTS THE CAPABILITIES OF THE COMMUNITY EARTH SYSTEM MODEL (CESM) TO ENABLE A LARGER AND MORE MULTIDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY OF USERS TO ADDRESS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH'S OCEANS. NEW OBSERVATIONAL EFFORTS, SUCH AS THE OCEAN VITAL SIGNS NETWORK (OVSN), CAN LEVERAGE THE TOOLS GENERATED BY THIS PROJECT TO DESIGN BETTER OBSERVING SYSTEMS, MAXIMIZE INFORMATION GAINED FROM OBSERVATIONS, AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDE THE DECISION SUPPORT NEEDED TO MEET STAKEHOLDER NEEDS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO GREATLY EXPAND COMMUNITY ACCESS TO FIT-FOR-PURPOSE OCEAN SIMULATIONS AND STATE ESTIMATES, THEREBY ENABLING APPLICATIONS BY A MORE DIVERSE COMMUNITY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL EXPLICITLY SUPPORT ROBUST USABILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF END-TO-END WORKFLOWS. THE PROJECT WILL PRODUCE CLEAR DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDE EXPLICIT MECHANISMS FOR DISSEMINATING THE TOOLS, AND FEATURE CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORTS TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF USERS, INCLUDING FROM BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY. INTERNSHIPS WILL SUPPORT PARTICIPATION OF HISTORICALLY UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS AND A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WILL BUILD CAPACITY IN TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THIS PROJECT WILL DELIVER SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITATING RAPID CONFIGURATION, DEPLOYMENT, AND ANALYSIS OF THE MODULAR OCEAN MODEL VERSION 6 (MOM6) WITHIN THE CESM. A COMMON FRAMEWORK WILL SUPPORT HIGH-RESOLUTION REGIONAL DOMAINS FORCED LATERALLY BY DATASETS OR EMBEDDED ONLINE WITHIN A GLOBAL MODEL FOR FULLY-COUPLED OR OCEAN-ONLY SIMULATIONS. THESE CONFIGURATIONS WILL SUPPORT FLEXIBLE OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY SIMULATIONS USING THE MARINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY LIBRARY (MARBL) AND THE APPLICATION OF DATA ASSIMILATION USING THE DATA ASSIMILATION RESEARCH TESTBED (DART). DEVELOPMENT WILL BE TESTED AND MOTIVATED BY THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF A NOVEL USE CASE: DESIGNING AND SUPPORTING INTERPRETATION OF AN INTENSIVE, COMMUNITY-ORIENTED OBSERVATIONAL ARRAY, THE OVSN, WHICH SEEKS TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE CAPACITY TO MEASURE AND UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTION AND FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THE OCEAN'S PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, WITH A FOCUS ON CARBON CYCLING. THIS PROJECT WILL REDUCE TECHNICAL BOTTLENECKS WITHIN ALL STAGES OF MODELING WORKFLOWS. THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS TO ACCELERATE ADVANCES IN REGIONAL OCEAN STATE ESTIMATION AND FACILITATE APPLICATIONS BY A DIVERSE COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD BY THE NSF OFFICE OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION, SYNERGIES, AND EDUCATION (RISE) AND THE DIVISION OF OCEAN SCIENCES (OCE) WITHIN THE NSF DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES, AND FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL DISCOVERY CLOUD (NDC) FOR CLIMATE. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES IN ATMOPHERIC RESEARCH AND SCIENCE (SOARS)

NATIONAL GROUND INTELLIGENCE CENTER (NGIC) SUPPORT FOR NCAR (2008-2013)

DOE SUPPORT TO ANALYZE VARIABILITY, CHANGE AND PREDICTABILITY IN THE EARTH SYSTEM

INTEGRATED WATER PREDICTION, AVAILABILITY, AND ASSESSMENTS, OBJECTIVE 1: INTEGRATED WATER PREDICTION, AVAILABILITY, AND ASSESSMENTSAWARD PURPOSE: THROUGH THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER MISSION AREA (USGS WMA) AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NSF NCAR) SEEK TO CONTINUE THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO ENGAGE IN COLLABORATIVE WORK TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY EARTH SYSTEM MODELING CAPABILITIES FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING WATER SUPPLY, QUALITY, AND USE AND TO LEVERAGE INTEGRATED MODELING STRATEGIES TO CHARACTERIZE HOW WATER AVAILABILITY IS CHANGING DUE TO CLIMATE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DRIVERS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: NSF NCAR WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH USGS TO: EVALUATE, IMPROVE, AND STANDARDIZE CURRENT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PRACTICES USED TO DEVELOP HYDROLOGIC MODELS, INCLUDING MODEL COUPLINGS SUPPORT USGS HYDROCLIMATE DATA ANALYSIS AND USE AND CONTINUE PRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF A HIGH-RESOLUTION, LONG-TERM HISTORICAL AND FUTURE HYDROCLIMATE DATASET FOR USE IN NATIONAL-TO-REGIONAL SCALE WATER AVAILABILITY ASSESSMENTS PROVIDE MODEL DEVELOPMENT, APPLICATION, AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATED MODELING, OBSERVING SYSTEM CO-DESIGN, DATA-DRIVEN MODELING, REGIONAL BASELINE EVALUATION, AND INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER USE DATA SYSTEM LEAD AND CONTRIBUTE TO SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS, COMMUNITY DATA RELEASES, COMMUNITY MODEL ARCHIVES, AND MODEL AND DATA DOCUMENTATION.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE COLLABORATION WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED MODEL CODES AND MODEL INTERFACES NEW MODEL APPLICATIONS FOCUSED ON BETTER UNDERSTANDING WATER AVAILABILITY NEW COMMUNITY DATASETS IMPROVEMENTS TO DATA INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTEROPERABILITY PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND METHODS ON INTEGRATED MODELING FOR WATER AVAILABILITY ASSESSMENTS. DATASETS, MODELS, WORKFLOWS, AND KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE SHARED WITH THE BROADER RESEARCH COMMUNITY.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER MISSION AREA, COLLABORATORS, AND THE BROADER HYDROLOGIC AND EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITIES.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N A

A PUBLIC-PRIVATE-ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE SOLAR POWER FORECASTING

HAZARDS SEES TYPE 2: HAZARD PREDICTION AND COMMUNICATION DYNAMICS IN THE MODERN INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

UCAR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM AND OTHER UCAR ACTIVITIES

SCALING THE EARTH SYSTEM GRID TO PETASCALE DATA

SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BATTLESPACE ENVIROMENTS INSTITUTE

CLIMATE AND WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH AND RELATED TECHNICAL SUPPORT

A SCALABLE AND EXTENSIBLE EARTH SYSTEM MODEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EASM2: MECHANISMS, PREDICTABILITY, PREDICTION, AND REGIONAL AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: SCI-SWIM: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STABLE WATER ISOTOPE MODELING ENABLING EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH -WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE AND CONNECTS MANY PARTS OF EARTH?S COMPLEX SYSTEM. YET SCIENTISTS STILL STRUGGLE TO PREDICT HOW THE WATER CYCLE WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE CURRENT MODELS DO NOT FULLY AND ACCURATELY CAPTURE HOW WATER MOVES THROUGH AND IS TRANSFORMED BY THE EARTH SYSTEM. STABLE WATER ISOTOPES---SPECIAL FORMS OF OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN IN WATER---CARRY UNIQUE FINGERPRINTS THAT REVEAL WHERE WATER COMES FROM, HOW IT TRAVELS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEAN, AND LAND SURFACE, AND HOW IT INTERACTS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, MOST OF TODAY?S EARTH SYSTEM MODELS DO NOT SIMULATE THESE ISOTOPES, LEAVING VALUABLE DATA FROM FIELD CAMPAIGNS, SATELLITES, AND ANCIENT GEOLOGICAL RECORDS UNDERUSED. PAST EFFORTS TO BUILD ISOTOPE-ENABLED EARTH SYSTEM MODELS HAVE FACED SEVERAL OBSTACLES; OUTDATED SOFTWARE AND SOFTWARE PRACTICES MAKE THE MODELS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN, AND A LACK OF TRAINING RESOURCES MAKES IT CHALLENGING TO HELP NEW RESEARCHERS COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY TO ENHANCE WATER CYCLE SCIENCE. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS BY USING ADVANCED SOFTWARE CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES TO DEVELOP THE ISOTOPE-ENABLED COMMUNITY EARTH SYSTEM MODEL (ICESM). THE INNOVATIVE EARTH SYSTEM MODEL IS RIGOROUSLY VALIDATED USING DIVERSE OBSERVATIONAL DATASETS. THE PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THE PROFOUND OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED BY ICESM BY PROVIDING NEW INSIGHTS INTO ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS, PLANT-WATER AND ECOSYSTEM HYDROLOGY, AND CHANGES TO ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS. IT ENABLES BROADER RESEARCH ON WATER PROCESSES AND IMPROVES PREDICTIONS OF WATER-RELATED CHANGES, HAZARDS, AND RISKS, DRIVING NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES. THE PROJECT ALSO SUPPORTS GLOBAL TRAINING FOR RESEARCHERS AND DEVELOPERS AND HELPS ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN UNDERSTANDING WATER ON A CHANGING PLANET. ICESM LEVERAGES NOVEL MEASUREMENTS OF STABLE OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS, WHICH CONTAIN CRUCIAL INFORMATION ON WATER-RELATED PROCESSES (E.G., CLOUD FORMATION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, OR HEAVY RAINFALL) ACROSS TIME AND SPACE WHERE MEASUREMENTS OF TRADITIONAL BULK WATER FIELDS AND FLUXES MAY FALL SHORT. ICESM ENABLES TRACKING AND PERTURBATION OF HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN A COMPLEX EARTH SYSTEM MODEL FOR DEEPER MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES. LEVERAGING THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF CESM AND FLEXIBLE PHYSICS FUNCTIONALITY SUCH AS THE CONSTITUENTS OBJECT IN THE COMMON COMMUNITY PHYSICS PACKAGE, THE PROJECT OFFERS PORTABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ISOTOPE FUNCTIONALITIES, COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION, AND USER-FRIENDLY ANALYSIS TOOLS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ADOPTION AND SUSTAIN CO-DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. THE PROJECT FURTHER AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE ICESM?S INNOVATIVE CAPABILITIES IN THREE SCIENCE USE CASES: 1) IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF SHALLOW CONVECTION AND CLOUD FEEDBACKS, 2) INVESTIGATING HYDROCLIMATE PROCESSES IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS TO DISENTANGLE LAND-SURFACE PROCESSES FROM ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT, AND 3) EXPLORING POST-DEPOSITIONAL ATMOSPHERE?SNOW?ICE INTERACTIONS AND ICE-SHEET DYNAMICS TO ENHANCE INTERPRETATION OF CRITICAL POLAR ICE-CORE RECORDS. THIS AWARD BY THE OFFICE OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC AND GEOSPACE SCIENCES IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

NSF SUPPORT FOR U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM (USGCRP) SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

NCAR-WYOMING SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER (NWSC) PROJECT OFFICE (NPO)

UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HELIOPHYSICS SCIENCE THIS PROPOSAL REQUESTS A FIVE-YEAR CO

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORK: QUACS - QUICK UPDATES TO AEROSOL AND CHEMISTRY SYSTEMS FOR NEXT GENERATION MULTI-SCALE MODELS -UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING AIR QUALITY AND HOW CHEMICALS MOVE AND CHANGE IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS IMPORTANT FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH, SUPPORTING AGRICULTURE AND ENERGY SYSTEMS, IMPROVING WEATHER FORECASTS, AND SHAPING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES. TO DO THIS EFFECTIVELY, ADVANCED COMPUTER MODELS ARE NEEDED THAT CAN CONNECT ATMOSPHERIC AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES, WHILE ALSO MAKING IT EASIER FOR SCIENTISTS TO TEST NEW IDEAS, COMPARE RESULTS, AND WORK TOGETHER. THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS CHEMPAS-A, A NEW ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY MODELING SYSTEM THAT INCORPORATES ADDITIONAL CHEMISTRY FEATURES INTO A MODERN GLOBAL WEATHER MODEL, THE MODEL FOR PREDICTION ACROSS SCALES-ATMOSPHERE (MPAS-A), AND PROVIDES A SEAMLESS FRAMEWORK FOR SIMULATING ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL SCALES. A KEY PART OF CHEMPAS-A IS A FLEXIBLE, EASY-TO-USE CODING SYSTEM THAT HELPS RESEARCHERS QUICKLY EXPLORE, TEST, AND IMPROVE HOW ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY IS REPRESENTED, MAKING SCIENCE FASTER AND MORE COLLABORATIVE. BY ENCOURAGING SHARED DEVELOPMENT, UTILIZING UP-TO-DATE SOFTWARE PRACTICES, AND HELPING TO TRAIN FUTURE SCIENTISTS, CHEMPAS-A TRANSFORMS INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH INTO TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT BENEFIT BOTH SCIENCE AND SOCIETY. THIS PROJECT TACKLES TWO CRITICAL CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES IN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY MODELING: (1) CREATING STABLE, PORTABLE, HIGH-PERFORMANCE, AND USER-FRIENDLY MODELING SOFTWARE, AND (2) DEVELOPING AN EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATING NEW SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES AND ALGORITHMS. THE PROJECT AUGMENTS MPAS-A WITH A STABLE AND FUNCTIONAL CHEMISTRY CAPABILITY BY INTEGRATING THE MULTI-SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CHEMISTRY AND AEROSOLS (MUSICA) LIBRARY. AN INNOVATIVE SCRIPTING CAPABILITY CALLED QUACS OR QUICK UPDATES TO AEROSOL AND CHEMISTRY SYSTEMS FOR NEXT GENERATION MULTI-SCALE MODELS ENABLES THE INTEGRATION OF CUSTOM PARAMETERIZATIONS THROUGH A HIGH-LEVEL, OPEN-SOURCE, AND GLOBALLY USED SCRIPTING LANGUAGE. QUACS EMPOWERS DOMAIN SPECIALISTS AND STUDENTS TO INNOVATE. ENHANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS AND PRE- AND POST-PROCESSING TOOLS FURTHER IMPROVE FLEXIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY WITHOUT COMPROMISING CORE STABILITY. THE OUTCOME OF THIS WORK IS DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS AND SUSTAIN SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION IN ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY MODELING. THIS AWARD BY THE OFFICE OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC AND GEOSPACE SCIENCES AND THE DIVISION OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION, SYNERGIES, AND EDUCATION IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

INTEGRATED MODELING OF THE ATMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE SYSTEM:WE PROPOSE TO ADVANCE THE STRATEGIC CAPABILITY FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE COUPLED ATMOS

THE GLOBE PROGRAM: COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AT LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALES

NATIONAL GROUND INTELLIGENCE CENTER (NGIC) SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES IN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND SCIENCE (SOARS): SUSTAINING AND ADVANCING AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM

AIRBORNE PHASED ARRAY RADAR (APAR) DEVELOPMENT AND RISK MITIGATION PROJECT

COMMON MODELING INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUPPORT OF THE US CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PROGRAM.

MID-LATITUDE DAY AND NIGHT THERMOSPHERIC WIND OBSERVATIONS

THE NDACC HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE GROUND-BASED, HIGH PRECISION, LONG-TERM, CALIBRATED MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS OF STRATOSPHERIC

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY (DTRA) SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

REPOSITIONING NSDL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF DIGITAL LEARNING

OVERVIEW: GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) RADIO OCCULTATION (RO) DATA HAVE BECOME A POWERFUL AND INDISPENSABLE COMPONENT OF THE GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM. THE OBSERVATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RO TECHNIQUE INCLUDING HIGH VERTICAL

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EASM2--LINKING HUMAN AND EARTH SYSTEM MODELS TO ASSESS REGIONAL IMPACTS AND ADAPTION IN URBAN SYSTEMS AND THEIR HINTERLANDS

GROUND BASED INFRARED OBSERVATIONS FROM MAUNA LOA HAWAII AND THULE GREENLAND IN SUPPORT OF THE NETWORK FOR THEDETECTION OF ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION CHANGE (NDACC)THE NETWORK FOR THE DETECTION OF ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION CHANGE (NDACC) HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE GROUND-BASED HIGH PRECISION LONG-TERM CALIBRATED MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS OF STRATOSPHERIC AND TROPOSPHERIC IMPORTANCE. THESE STATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS ALSO PROVIDE FOR SATELLITE VALIDATION FROM A GLOBALLY DIVERSE AND REPRESENTATIVE NETWORK OF SITES. THIS PROPOSAL IS PRIMARILY FOR CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR OPERATION OF AND ANALYSIS OF MEASUREMENTS FROM THE INFRARED FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER (FTS) OBSERVING SYSTEMS AT THE HIGH LATITUDE SITE IN THULE GR (76 N) AND FOR THE SUB-TROPICAL HIGH ALTITUDE SITE AT MAUNA LOA HAWAII (19 N). THE THULE OBSERVING SYSTEM HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION SINCE LATE 1999. THE KEY INSTRUMENTATION THE BRUKER 125HR FTS AND THE SOLAR TRACKER HAVE BEEN RECENTLY UPGRADED (2015) TO CURRENT NDACC STANDARDS. OBSERVATIONS AT MAUNA LOA HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED SINCE 1991 (BY DENVER UNIVERSITY UNTIL 2008 AND BY NCAR SINCE) MAKING IT ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING INFRARED SITES IN THE NDACC. THE FTS ONLY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO A STANDARD BRUKER 125HR IN 2011. RETRIEVALS OF VOLUME MIXING RATIO (VMR) OF THE 10 TARGET SPECIES DEFINED BY THE INFRARED WORKING GROUP (IRWG) ARE ROUTINELY DERIVED VIA NDACC STANDARD PROCESSING AND SUBMITTED TO THE NDACC DATA HANDLING FACILITY (DHF) IN STANDARD HDF FORMAT. WE HAVE USED THE LONG TERM DATA IN NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS INCLUDING FOR SATELLITE VALIDATION ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN OZONE AND OTHER SPECIES OBSERVING AND ANALYZING CHANGES IN STRATOSPHERIC DYNAMICS REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CHEMISTRY AND ESTIMATING ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS OF NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS (NMHC). THIS PROPOSAL WILL OUTLINE OUR PLANS TO IMPROVE DATA QUALITY AND DEPENDABILITY OF OUR OBSERVING PROGRAM AND SOME OF OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

TRANSITION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NCAR-WYOMING SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER (NWSC) FACILITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DEVELOPING A NEXT-GENERATION APPROACH TO REGIONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION AT HIGH RESOLUTION

NASA SUPPORT FOR THE CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY (CLIVAR) PROJECT OFFICE ACTIVITIES, 2009-2014

NSF SUPPORT FOR CLIVAR PROJECT OFFICE ACTIVITIES, 2009-2014

ENHANCED OCEAN POLICY OBSERVATIONS LITERACY AND COLLABORATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EASM2--ADVANCED CLIMATE AND REGIONAL MODEL VALIDATION FOR SOCIETAL APPLICATIONS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: COMMUNITY-BASED WEATHER AND CLIMATE SIMULATION WITH A GLOBAL STORM-RESOLVING MODEL

THE NETWORK FOR THE DETECTION OF ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION CHANGE (NDACC) WAS DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1980 S TO PROVIDE GROUNDBASED HIGH PRECISION LONG-TERM CALIBRATED REMOTELY SENSED MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS OF STRATOSPHERIC.

THE HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) IS A MULTI-YEAR MISSION SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO INVESTIGATE THE PROCESSES THAT UNDERLIE HURRICANE FORM

UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (UCAR) GROUND BASED INFRARED OBSERVATIONS FROM MAUN

SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES IN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND SCIENCE (SOARS) -THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE CONTINUATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES IN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND SCIENCE (SOARS) PROGRAM OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. SOARS IS A WELL-ESTABLISHED AND EVALUATED UNDERGRADUATE-TO-GRADUATE BRIDGE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN THE ATMOSPHERIC AND RELATED SCIENCES. THE PROGRAM IS A STUDENT-CENTERED, SOCIAL LEARNING MODEL THAT INCLUDES RESEARCH, MENTORING, COMMUNITY, AND MULTI-YEAR ONGOING SUPPORT FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED STUDENTS IN STEM, CALLED PROT?G?S. SOARS HAS PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN SUPPORTING TALENTED DIVERSE STUDENTS TO ENTER AND SUCCEED IN GRADUATE SCHOOL, POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS, AND BEYOND. THERE REMAINS A STRONG NEED FOR THE SOARS PROGRAM, AS THE PERCENTAGE OF UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN THE ATMOSPHERIC AND RELATED SCIENCES REMAIN FAR BELOW THOSE OF THE MAJORITY POPULATION. THE WORK PROPOSED FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS INCLUDES CONTINUALLY MAINTAINING A LARGE CADRE OF MENTORS WHO SUPPORT THE SOARS MISSION, ENJOY INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, AND PARTNERING LABORATORIES; AND CONTINUE TO ENGAGE A STRONG ALUMNI NETWORK. THE PROGRAM WILL BE PREPARING PROT?G?S FOR LEADERSHIP AS THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE MENTORING AND GUIDANCE. SOARS WILL SUPPORT 15 STUDENTS OVER 11 WEEKS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. OVER THIS TIME, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE TO INCLUDE TECHNICAL WRITING, COMMUNICATION, COMPUTER SOFTWARE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, CONDUCTING RESEARCH, AND ORAL PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

FY08 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT AVIATION WEATHER RESEARCH TOWARD ENHANCING DECISION SUPPORT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

A SOIL TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FIR AGRICULTURE-IN RESPONSE TO NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) NNH05ZDA001N, RESEARCH OPPORT

"HIGH ALTITUDE INTERFEROMETER WIND OBSERVATION (HIWIND)" WE PROPOSE TO BUILD A BALLOON-BORNE FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER(FPI) TO OBSERVE THE DAYTIM

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES PLANS THAT CONTINUE THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE'S (CPAESS) COLLABORATIONS WITH NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND THAT MANAGE THE JOINT CENTER FOR SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION (JCSDA) IN SUPPORT OF NASA MISSIONS AND ASSOCIATED SCIENCE. CPAESS WILL WORK WITH NASA TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT FOR JCSDA ACTIVITIES. CPAESS PROPOSES A NEW TWO-YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA FOR THE PROPOSAL PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1 2017 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 2019. IN SERVICE OF NASA'S GOALS FOR SUPPORTING JCSDA ACTIVITIES CPAESS BRINGS PROVEN EXPERTISE IN SCIENTIFIC SERVICE AREAS BY COORDINATING AND ADMINISTERING RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS IN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR EARLY CAREER TO SENIOR LEVEL AND DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS. THESE APPOINTMENTS HELP ADVANCE RESEARCH TO OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES. CPAESS HAS ADMINISTERED NUMEROUS VISITOR AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS FOR FEDERAL PROGRAM SPONSORS INCLUDING SHORT-AND LONG-TERM APPOINTMENTS ASSOCIATED SUMMER SCHOOLS COLLOQUIA AND WORKSHOPS AND CONVENED EXPERT PEER-REVIEW WORKING GROUPS AND STEERING COMMITTEES. THE JCSDA'S MISSION IS TO ACCELERATE AND IMPROVE THE QUANTITATIVE USE OF RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL SATELLITE DATA IN WEATHER OCEAN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION SYSTEMS. THE MISSION WILL BE FULFILLED BY PROVIDING SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ORDER TO FULLY EXPLOIT THE ASSIMILATION OF SATELLITE DATA FOR OPERATIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES AND TO TRACK THE PROGRESS OF THE JCSDA SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS. THE DIRECTOR AND THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE TEAM WILL FACILITATE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COORDINATION TO PROVIDE DAY-TO-DAY LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF THE JCSDA TO ENSURE ONGOING ACTIVITIES ARE DIRECTED TOWARD THE GOALS AND RELATED ANNUAL DELIVERABLES OF THE JCSDA.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, IPY: A COOPERATIVE ARCTIC DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE (CADIS)

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: G-RDC-2024-003905, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING SUPPORT, OBJECTIVE 2: WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING SUPPORTAWARD PURPOSE: THROUGH THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER MISSION AREA (USGS WMA) AND THE UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (UCAR) SEEK TO CONTINUE THEIR PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS SKILLS GAPS, DEVELOP TRAINING AND TRAINING MATERIALS, AND TRACK AND MANAGE TRAINING FOR ALL WATER ENTERPRISE SCIENCE JOB SERIES. THE BENEFIT IS TO BUILD A WORKFORCE CAPABLE AND READY TO TAKE ON THE WATER CHALLENGES OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING SUPPORT TEAM WILL CONTRIBUTE THEIR WIDE BERTH OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF TRAINING PRODUCTS EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING CONTENT AND LEARNER COMPETENCY AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT COURSE DEVELOPMENT CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PROGRESSIONS ACROSS ALL WATER ENTERPRISE JOB SERIES AND CAREER LEVELS CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF MODELING AND PREDICTION TRAINING COURSE INSTRUCTOR MANAGEMENT, PARTNERSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT OF BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS AND FUNDING OF TRAINING INITIATIVES AND PROPEL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT INCLUDE TECHNICAL TRAINING, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY COMPETENCE-BUILDING, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, FIELD SITE SAFETY, EARLY-CAREER MENTORSHIP, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC SCIENCE EDUCATION AND INTEREST THROUGH THE NEW USGS WATER SCIENCE SCHOOL.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: IN THE FIRST YEAR, THE FUNCTION WILL DEVELOP A STRUCTURE, PLANNED COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND REVISION SCHEDULE DEVELOP AND EXPAND ITS MOBILE TRAINING INITIATIVE TO DELIVER HIGH-PRIORITY TECHNICAL TRAINING GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED WATER SCIENCE CENTERS AND OFFICES ESTABLISH CONSISTENT EVALUATION PROCESSES AND GUIDELINES ACROSS ALL WATER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES DEVELOP AN INSTRUCTOR DATABASE TO TRACK AND RETAIN A ROBUST POOL OF EDUCATIONAL TALENT REFINE THE CURRENT ONLINE WATER COURSE CATALOG DEVELOP NEW AND SUPPORTIVE TRAIN-THE-TRAINER AND INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT RESOURCES REFINE BUDGET AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS COMPLETE FULL LABORATORY SCIENTIST AND HYDROLOGIST TRAINING GAP ANALYSES AND FULLY INTEGRATE THE LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE OF THE NEWLY-FORMED WATER TRAINING COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE FUNCTION.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER MISSION AREA, COLLABORATORS, AND THE BROADER HYDROLOGIC AND EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITIES.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N A

AWARDEE NAME: UCARG25AC00350PROJECT PERIOD 7 1 25-6 30 30PROJECT TITLE: HOSTING THE USGS-1 HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEM AT THE NSF NCAR-WYOMING SUPERCOMPUTING CENTERAWARD PURPOSE: THIS AWARD ESTABLISHES A COOPERATIVE HOSTING AGREEMENT FOR THE USGS PATHFINDER (HPC-1) SUPERCOMPUTER AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS NCAR-WYOMING SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER (NWSC). IT FUNDS INSTALLATION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING NECESSARY UPGRADES TO POWER AND WATER COOLING SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL COSTS SUCH AS ELECTRICITY, FACILITIES, AND RAPID TIER ONE AND TIER TWO ON-SITE TECHNICAL SUPPORT.THE AWARD SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:INFRASTRUCTURE PREPARATION AND ALIGNMENT: ENGINEERING DESIGN AND REVIEW, PROCUREMENT OF LONG-LEAD HARDWARE TO MEET ELECTRICAL AND COOLING REQUIREMENTS, AND COORDINATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS.INFRASTRUCTURE MODIFICATIONS: UPGRADES TO ELECTRICAL AND COOLING SYSTEMS TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE USGS-1 (PATHFINDER) SYSTEM.SYSTEM INSTALLATION: COORDINATED INSTALLATION OF USGS-1 (PATHFINDER) AT THE NSF NCAR NWSC, INVOLVING COLLABORATION WITH USGS, ON-SITE NSF STAFF, AND THE SYSTEM VENDOR.SYSTEM PROVISIONING AND HOSTING: TRANSITIONING THE SYSTEM TO FULL OPERATIONAL STATUS, INCLUDING COMPUTE CAPABILITIES AND DATA TRANSFER MECHANISMS.COMPUTATIONAL CENTER FOR EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE: THIS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES THE FOUNDATION FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE PARTNERSHIP IN EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE, REDUCING BARRIERS FOR CRITICAL RESEARCH THAT RELIES ON VAST, HISTORICALLY DISPARATE DATA SETS.DELIVERABLES AND OUTCOMESTHROUGHOUT THE AWARD PERIOD, THE FOLLOWING DELIVERABLES WILL BE PROVIDED:INSTALLATION OF THE USGS PATHFINDER (HPC-1) SYSTEM AT THE NSF NWSC.PROVISION OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT PATHFINDER OPERATIONS FOR THE DURATION OF THE AWARD.COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL REGULATIONS RELATED TO ENTERPRISE IT INFRASTRUCTURE, AS REQUIRED FOR NSF-FUNDED FACILITIES.ONGOING ON-SITE TECHNICAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE AWARD PERIOD.INTENDED BENEFICIARIESTHERE ARE NO KNOWN BENEFICIARIES OR SUB-RECIPIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AWARD.

EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENC

EXTREME HEAT IS A LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER-RELATED HUMAN MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN MANY COUNTRIES WORLD-WIDE. DESPITE THE ADVANCES IN MET

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

CNH: COOKING UP CLEAN AIR: SCALED-UP AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF CLEAN COOKSTOVES IN GHANA

SOARS (SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES IN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND SCIENCE): RESPONDING TO THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE WORKFORCE -THE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES IN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND SCIENCE (SOARS) PROGRAM HAS BEEN A NATIONAL LEADER IN SUPPORTING UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE (ESS) RESEARCH FOR NEARLY THREE DECADES. AS THE RESEARCH LANDSCAPE EVOLVES IN RESPONSE TO SHIFTING PRACTICES AND PRIORITIES, SOARS IS ADDRESSING THE GROWING DEMAND FOR WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. DESPITE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY EACH YEAR, MANY GRADUATING STUDENTS REMAIN UNDERPREPARED FOR ROLES IN THIS FIELD. TO BRIDGE THIS CRITICAL GAP, SOARS IS ADAPTING ITS PROVEN MULTI-MENTOR, MULTI-YEAR MODEL BY ADDING AN OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO BE PLACED AT PRIVATE-SECTOR COMPANIES TO CONDUCT THEIR RESEARCH PROJECTS. STUDENTS WILL GAIN EXPOSURE TO CAREERS IN ESS-RELATED INDUSTRIES THROUGH TAILORED EXTERNSHIPS AND TRAINING. THIS REFINED MODEL WILL EMPHASIZE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND FOSTER A STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN ESS FIELDS, BETTER ALIGNING STUDENT PREPARATION WITH TODAY?S EMPLOYMENT LANDSCAPE. SOARS IS INTRODUCING A PIONEERING ACADEMIC?INDUSTRY HYBRID TRAINING MODEL. STUDENTS WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT FROM THE IMMERSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE MENTORSHIP THAT DEFINES THE SOARS EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO GAIN FIRSTHAND INSIGHT INTO HOW PRIVATE RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE. THROUGH MENTORSHIP FROM UP TO FIVE PROFESSIONALS AND SCAFFOLDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, STUDENTS WILL BUILD CRITICAL SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN BOTH ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY. THROUGH THIS INNOVATIVE MODEL, SOARS STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS NEEDED TO BECOME EFFECTIVE CONTRIBUTORS TO, AND LEADERS IN, ALL SECTORS OF THE ESS WORKFORCE, IN SERVICE OF SOCIETY. BUILDING STRONG, CONNECTED COHORTS, INCLUDING ROBUST ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT, WILL ENHANCE SUPPORT FOR EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS AND EXTEND THE PROGRAM?S INFLUENCE. THE SOARS PROGRAM AIMS TO HAVE 1) PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE EMPOWERED TO STEP INTO LEADERSHIP ROLES, 2) PARTICIPANTS WHO MAKE INFORMED CAREER DECISIONS, 3) SUPPORTED WELL CONNECTED PROFESSIONALS WHO THRIVE IN THEIR ESS CAREER AND 4) PARTICIPANTS TRAINED IN MENTORING BEST PRACTICES TO ENHANCE THE ESS WORKFORCE. ONGOING EVALUATION AND A FOCUSED ALUMNI TRACKING EFFORT WILL ENSURE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND GREATER REACH ACROSS THE ESS AND BROADER STEM COMMUNITIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EASM2--QUANTIFYING AND CONVEYING THE RISK OF PROLONGED DROUGHT IN COMING DECADES

PURPOSE: TITLE: DEVELOPING DECADAL CLIMATE PROJECTION SERVICES THROUGH STAKEHOLDER GUIDANCE AND FOUNDATIONAL SCIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY IMPACTING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S., AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE IMPACTS WILL ONLY BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT IN FUTURE DECADES. MID-TO-LONG-RANGE (20 YEARS AND BEYOND) OUTLOOK INFORMATION ON COASTAL INUNDATION, EXTREME HEAT, FLOODING, DROUGHT, AND MANY OTHER CLIMATE EVENTS AIDS INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCE PLANNING AND HELPS ANTICIPATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THE DEMAND FOR THIS INFORMATION IS VERY CLEAR AND INCREASING ACROSS A WIDE VARIETY OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE ENTITIES BUT IS CURRENTLY MET THROUGH A HODGEPODGE OF INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHER-STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS OR GLEANED FROM ONLINE GRAPHICS WHICH ARE NOT APPROPRIATELY TAILORED TO SPECIFIC NEEDS. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL DEVELOP THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING TO UNDERPIN AUTHORITATIVE CLIMATE PROJECTION SERVICES. THE TEAM WILL CONDUCT THE RESEARCH NECESSARY TO SUPPORT RELIABLE AND SCIENTIFICALLY ROBUST CLIMATE PROJECTION SERVICES, ENSURING THAT OUR APPROACHES ARE STATE-OF-THE ART, THOROUGHLY AND TRANSPARENTLY DOCUMENTED, AND DEVELOPED IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS. THE PROJECT IS COORDINATED ACROSS FIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEMES: WESTERN WATER RESOURCES, HEAT WAVES, COASTAL FLOOD RISK, WILDFIRE RISK, AND EXTREME WIND EVENTS. THE PLANNED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY SEEKS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH GROUPS REPRESENTING THESE THEMES TO CO-DEVELOP THE RESEARCH TO SUPPORT CUSTOMIZED, EXPERT-ANALYSIS INFORMED CLIMATE SERVICES. FOUNDATIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTION RESEARCH IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND IS FOCUSED ON THREE AREAS: UNDERSTANDING AND CONSTRAINING UNCERTAINTY, IDENTIFYING THE LARGE-SCALE DRIVERS OF PROJECTED CHANGES, AND DEVELOPING HYPER-LOCAL PROJECTIONS INFORMATION. THE TEAM WILL LEVERAGE MULTI-MODEL LARGE ENSEMBLE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS AND COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT (CMIP) 5 AND 6 ARCHIVES AND WILL EMPLOY CUTTING-EDGE TECHNIQUES SUCH AS EXPLAINABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. BROADER IMPACTS: THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE BEST PRACTICES AND METHODOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPING DECISION-READY CLIMATE PROJECTION INFORMATION THAT CAN BE APPLIED BY A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS BEYOND THOSE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT. DATASETS AND ANALYSIS PROCEDURES WILL BE MADE READILY AVAILABLE FOR ANY EXPERT-ANALYSIS INFORMED CLIMATE SERVICES EFFORT. STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITIES THAT NORMALLY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS EXPERT CLIMATE ANALYSIS WILL BE ENGAGED, AND THE PROJECT TEAM WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CLIMATE PROJECTION TRANSLATORS. PROJECT UPDATES AND RESULTS WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO A BROAD AUDIENCE VIA A WEBSITE, BLOGS, AND INTERACTION WITH NOAAS CLIMATE.GOV. COMPETITION RELEVANCE: THE PROJECT BUILDS BOTH SCIENCE AND STRUCTURE IN LINE WITH NOAAS CLIMATE PROJECTION EFFORTS. DATA FROM GFDLS SPEAR MODEL, AS AVAILABLE, AND OTHER LARGE ENSEMBLE AND PROJECTION DATASETS WILL BE EMPLOYED. THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON HIGH-PRIORITY CLIMATE RISK AREAS, SPECIFICALLY EXTREME HEAT, WATER RESOURCES, WILDFIRE, EXTREME WIND EVENTS, AND COASTAL INUNDATION. SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGIES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS WILL BE WIDELY DISSEMINATED FOR APPLICATION TO OTHER AREAS. THE PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE EXISTING NOAA REGIONAL INFORMATION STRUCTURES, WILL SUPPORT NOAAS MISSION OF SCIENCE, SERVICE, AND STEWARDSHIP IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPING CLIMATE PROJECTION SERVICES TO ENABLE COMMUNITIES TO BETTER ANTICIPATE FUTURE HIGH-IMPACT CLIMATE EVENTS, AND IS CLEARLY ALIGNED WITH THE CHALLENGE AREAS DELINEATED IN NOAAS BUILDING A CLIMATE READY NATION.

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AN IMAGING SPECTRO-POLARIMETER CAPABLE OF CAPTURING 2D IMAGES OF THE SUN WITH FULL POLARIZATION INFORMATION OVER A NARROW SPECTRAL BAND. THIS ENABLES SPECTRO-POLARIMETRIC STUDIES OF SOLAR MAGNETISM BY MEASURING THE FULL STATE

ONE OF THE KEY TOOLS USED BY DECISION MAKERS ACROSS THE U.S. TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS CAUSED BY POOR AIR QUALITY IS THE NATI

CLIMATE AND WATER RESEARCH AND RELATED TECHNICAL SUPPORT

PREEVENTS TRACK 2: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MULTI-SCALE PROCESSES IMPACTING THE PREDICTABILITY OF SEVERE CONVECTIVE WEATHER EVENTS

DEVELOPING AND TESTING A NOVEL STOCHASTIC ICE MICROPHYSICS PARAMETERIZATION FOR CLOUD AND CLIMATE MODELS USING ARM FIELD CAMPAIGN DATA

NEW; TITLE: CHEMISTRY IN CESM-SE: EVALUATION, PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMIZATION; PI: JEAN-FRANCOIS LAMARQUE

JOINT OFFICE FOR SCIENCE SUPPORT (JOSS)

THEREFORE WE PROPOSE TO SYNTHESIZE NASA SATELLITE PRODUCTS WITH HIGH-RESOLUTION URBAN-SPECIFIC SIMULATIONS AND DETAILED DIAGNOSTICS TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF URBAN PHYSICAL PROCESSES ON EP IN URBAN AREAS ESPECIALLY SUB-DAILY EXTREMES.

2020 AIRBORNE PHASED ARRAY RADAR (APAR) PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND RISK MITIGATION

TAS:: 57 3600::TAS "TOWARD IMPROVED SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION THROUGH THE OBSERVATION AND MODELING OF CORONAL MAGNETISM"

NSDL CORE INTEGRATION FINAL TRANSITION

CNH/EID: THE VECTOR MOSQUITO AEDES AEGYPTI AT THE MARGINS: SENSITIVITY OF A COUPLED NATURAL AND HUMAN SYSTEM TO CLIMATE CHANGE

A MODULAR BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING SUITE FOR NEXT-GENERATION OCEAN MODELS

THE PROPOSED WORK WILL INCREASE THE NUOPC-COMPLIANCE OF NASA MODELS AND WILL PROMOTE CODE SHARING AND SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY.

SCOPING WORKSHOPS FOR COASTLINES AND PEOPLE

FROM LEARNING TO RESEARCH: DEVELOPING FUTURE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENTISTS AND PROFESSIONALS

MODELING LONG-TERM CHANGES IN CLIMATE, ICE SHEETS AND SEA LEVEL: USING THE PALEO RECORD TO UNDERSTAND

THE SOUTHERN OCEAN IS ONE OF THE FASTEST CHANGING REGIONS ON THE PLANET AND AN EMERGING RESOURCE FRONTIER FOR FISHERIES. IN THE FACE OF THESE THREATS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EASM3 INTEGRATION OF DECISION-MAKING WITH PREDICTIVE CAPACITY FOR DECADAL CLIMATE IMPACTS

IMPACTS OF SECONDARY ORGANICS ON THE EVOLUTION OF CLIMATE RELEVANT AEROSOL PROPERTIES DURING LAGRANGIAN AEROSOL PLUME EXPERIMENTS

PREEVENTS TRACK 2: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MORE RESILIENT COASTAL CITIES AND BETTER HURRICANE FORECASTS THROUGH MULTI-SCALE MODELING OF EXTREME WINDS IN THE URBAN CANOPY

REINTEGRATING BIOLOGY JUMPSTARTS

CONTINUED OPERATION OF COSMIC IN SUPPORT OF RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YEARS 2008-2011

SOUTHERN OCEAN UPTAKE IN THE MPAS-OCEAN MODEL

WE PROPOSE TO FLY THE BALLOON-BORNE FABRY PEROT INTERFEROMETER HIWIND (HIGH ALTITUDE INTERFEROMETER WIND OBSERVATION) FOR LONG DURATION DAYTIME THERM

UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH APPLICATION OF A-TRAIN SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS TO ENHANCE NWP PRODUCTS FOR NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPO

SUBAURORAL POLARIZATION STREAMS (SAPS) ARE A LATITUDINALLY NARROW BAND OF HIGH-SPEED PLASMA DRIFTS OCCURRING MOSTLY IN THE AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT SECTOR. THEY ARE LOCATED IN A REGION THAT IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE AURORAL OVAL OF ELECTRON PRECIPITATION WHERE THE DOWNWARD REGION-2 CURRENTS FROM THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE FLOW THROUGH THE LOW IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY REGION OF MIDDLE LATITUDE PLASMA DENSITY TROUGH AND ARE CLOSED BY THE UPWARD REGION-1 CURRENTS TO THE MAGNETOSPHERE IN THE AURORAL OVAL. THIS REGION IS THUS THE DYNAMIC INTERFACE OF DIFFERENT REGIMES OF THE COUPLED MAGNETOSPHERE IONOSPHERE THERMOSPHERE (M-I-T) SYSTEM. COMPLEX PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF DIFFERENT TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALES OCCUR IN THIS REGION. A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT GOVERN THE OCCURRENCE CHARACTERISTICS VARIATIONS AND EFFECTS OF SAPS IS STILL ELUSIVE AND CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH INVOLVING HIGH-RESOLUTION FIRST PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATIONS OF THE ENTIRE M-I-T SYSTEM. THESE MODELING AND OBSERVATIONAL CAPABILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE UNTIL RECENTLY. HERE WE PROPOSE TO EXPLORE AND UNDERSTAND THESE PHYSICAL PROCESSES THEIR CHANGES WITH SOLAR WIND AND GEOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE M-I-T SYSTEM THROUGH NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND MODEL-DATA COMPARISONS. THIS GOAL WILL BE ACHIEVED BY ADDRESSING THE FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS: 1) HOW DO SAPS CHANGE WITH SOLAR WIND AND GEOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS? 2) WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF SAPS ON THE GLOBAL I-T SYSTEM? 3) WHAT ARE THE FEEDBACK EFFECTS OF THE I-T CHANGES DURING SAPS EVENTS ON M-I COUPLING AND THE MAGNETOSPHERE?

DETERMINING THE ORIGINS OF THE SUN S ACTIVITY AND PREDICTING THE VARIATIONS IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT IS A KEY SCIENCE GOAL OF THE SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS DECADAL SURVEY. DYNAMIC CONDITIONS IN THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE CAN LEAD TO EVENTS SUCH AS FILAMENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IPY: ARCTIC SYSTEM REANALYSIS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SOUTHERN OCEAN CARBON GAS OBSERVATORY (SCARGO)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EASM-3: LOCAL AND REMOTE REGIONAL CLIMATE RESPONSES TO REGIONAL FORCINGS FROM SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE FORCERS

TAS::89 0222::TAS; NEW; TITLE: REGIONAL PROJECTIONS OF CLIMATE AT DECADAL TIME SCALES: HIGH RESOLUTION GLOBAL PREDICTIONS AND REGIONALLY RESOLVED SOU

SCALING THE EARTH SYSTEM GRID TO PETASCALE DATA

CAN DECISION

CC* REGIONAL NETWORKING: CONNECTING COLORADO'S WESTERN SLOPE SMALL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE FRONT RANGE GIGAPOP REGIONAL R&E INFRASTRUCTURE -HIGH-SPEED, RELIABLE, NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE IS VITAL TO AN ORGANIZATION?S ABILITY TO THRIVE AND FLOURISH IN TODAY?S RAPIDLY EVOLVING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS. SUCH NETWORK CONNECTIVITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS, SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION, COMMUNICATION, GLOBAL COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH. WESTERN COLORADO IS GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED FOR NETWORK CONNECTIVITY, WITH EXPANSIVE RURAL AREAS, LOW POPULATION DENSITY, AND NATURAL IMPEDIMENTS OF MOUNTAINS AND ROCKY TERRAIN. COLORADO?S ?FRONT RANGE? BENEFITS FROM LARGER, DENSER POPULATIONS WHERE HIGH-SPEED NETWORK CONNECTIVITY IS PREVALENT AND RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE. A ?CONTINENTAL? DIGITAL DIVIDE SEPARATES THE LEVEL OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (R&E) NETWORK ACCESS AVAILABLE TO THE FRONT RANGE COMPARED TO THE COMMUNITIES WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, THE ?WESTERN SLOPE.? THE PROJECT EXTENDS THE FRONT RANGE GIGAPOP?S (FRGP'S) R&E NETWORK CONNECTIVITY TO TWO UNIVERSITIES (COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY AND WESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY) AND TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY ON THE COLORADO?S WESTERN SLOPES. THIS PROJECT PARTNERS WITH AN ESTABLISHED REGIONAL NON-PROFIT MIDDLE MILE NETWORK PROVIDER TO CREATE A VIRTUAL ROUTING AND FORWARDING NETWORK OVERLAY TO DELIVER R&E SERVICES. THIS CREATES A REGIONAL AGGREGATION POINT WITH ITS PARTNERS AND CONNECTS THE INSTITUTIONS USING 10 GBPS LEASED FIBER CIRCUITS. THE AGGREGATION POINT REPLACES COMMERCIAL, LOW-BANDWIDTH INTERNET SERVICES. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES R&E ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO AGGREGATE THEIR NETWORK TRAFFIC AND FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE FRGP. THIS MODEL CAN BE REPLICATED TO CONNECT ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES TO THE R&E INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH OPTIMIZES THE VALUE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND EXISTING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

SUNRISE BALLOON INVESTIGATION - SECOND SCIENCE FLIGHT. SUNRISE IS A BALLOON-BORNE OBSERVATORY ENABLING SOLAR OBSERVATIONS IN THE NEAR INFRARED, THE V

OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS: MANY WATER RESOURCES PLANNING DECISIONS REQUIRE UNDERSTANDING THE VULNERABILITY OF HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS TO A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT STRESSES. FOR MANY USERS THIS REQUIRES DEVELOPING A SET OF DISCRETE QUANTITATIVE HYDROLOGIC STORYLINES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS THAT CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE ADAPTATION MEASURES. QUANTITATIVE HYDROLOGIC STORYLINES RELY ON MODERN CLIMATE DOWNSCALING TOOLS AND PROCESS-BASED HYDROLOGIC MODELS. EACH STORYLINE REPRESENTS KEY FEATURES FROM THE FULL RANGE OF POSSIBLE CLIMATE SCENARIOS AND TAKEN TOGETHER THE STORYLINES PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE YET CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF POSSIBLE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS. THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS; HOWEVER THE TECHNOLOGIES IN CLIMATE DOWNSCALING AND HYDROLOGIC MODELING HAVE CONSIDERABLE UNREALIZED POTENTIAL AND LACK SUFFICIENT TECHNICAL READINESS TO BE USED WIDELY FOR WATER RESOURCES PLANNING. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF EMERGING SCIENCE ADVANCES IN CLIMATE DOWNSCALING AND HYDROLOGIC MODELING FOR WATER RESOURCES PLANNING. THIS PROPOSED WORK WILL PROVIDE TOOLS AND DATA RESOURCES FOR BOTH RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO BETTER MANAGE CURRENT CLIMATE RISK REVEAL FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS AND MORE EFFECTIVELY EVALUATE FUTURE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION OPTIONS. OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED WORK AND METHODOLOGY: WE PROPOSE TO INCREASE THE READINESS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN CLIMATE DOWNSCALING AND HYDROLOGIC MODELING BY EXTENDING THE NASA LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM (NASA-LIS) TO EVALUATE CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS IN THE WATER SECTOR.

EARTHCUBE IA: ADVANCING NETCDF-CF FOR THE GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY

IPY: NCAR SUPPORT OF DRIFTSONDES FOR THE CONCORDIASI PROJECT

A SCALABLE AND EXTENSIBLE EARTH SYSTEM MODEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE

DISCOVER-AQ WILL FOCUS SQUARELY ON NASA'S GOALS TO STUDY THE EARTH FROM SPACE TO INCREASE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING AND TO ENABLE THE APPLICATION OF

WIND ENERGY PROSPECTING: USING NASA EARTH SCIENCE DATA TO CREATE IMPROVED REGIONAL WIND POWER MAPS THE INCREASING GLOBAL DEMAND FOR THE FINITE (AND

AN INFORMED GUIDE TO CLIMATE DATA SETS WITH RELEVANCE TO EARTH SYSTEM MODEL EVALUATION

IMPLEMENTING A STATE-OF-THE-SCIENCE FIRE BEHAVIOR MODEL IN THE UNIFIED FORECAST SYSTEM PURPOSE FOR THE AWARD: TO CONTRIBUTE TO MITIGATING THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF WILDLAND FIRES BY INCORPORATING A STATE-OF-THE-SCIENCE FIRE BEHAVIOR MODEL INTO THE UNIFIED FORECAST SYSTEM (UFS). ACTIVITIES: CREATING THE FIRE NUOPC IMPLEMENTING THE WRF-FIRE BEHAVIOR MODEL IN THE FIRE NUOPC CONSISTENCY BETWEEN WRF-FIRE AND UFS DELIVERABLE AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: IMPLEMENT IN THE UFS MODEL A STATE-OF-THE-SCIENCE COUPLED WILDFIRE-WEATHER MODEL. INTENDED BENEFICIARY: USERS INTERNAL TO NOAA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC

PROJECT TITLE: IMPROVING NOAA UFS SUBSEASONAL-TO-SEASONAL (S2S) PREDICTION VIA IMPLEMENTING DATA ASSIMILATION OF VEGETATION CHARACTERISTICS IN JEDI AND ENHANCED PLANT HYDRAULICS PHYSICS PROJECT GOAL: THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO INCORPORATE A VEGETATION DATA ASSIMILATION (DA) CAPABILITY INTO JEDI AND A NOVEL PLANT HYDRAULICS SCHEME INTO UFS TO IMPROVE SUBSEASONAL-TO-SEASONAL (S2S) PREDICTIONS IN THE COUPLED JEDI-UFS SYSTEM. PROBLEM STATEMENT: NOAA UFS CURRENTLY RELIES ON CLIMATOLOGICAL VEGETATION REPRESENTATION AND DOES NOT EXPLICITLY REPRESENT PLANT HYDRAULIC PROCESSES, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO CRUCIAL UNCERTAINTIES IN UFS-SIMULATED LAND CONDITIONS, LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS, AND CONSEQUENTLY S2S PREDICTIONS. VEGETATION DA, WHICH IS CURRENTLY LACKING IN JEDI, CAN EFFECTIVELY REDUCE UNCERTAINTIES IN REPRESENTING VEGETATION CHARACTERISTICS IN S2S PREDICTIONS. METHODOLOGY AND ACTIVITIES: 1. IMPLEMENT THE CAPABILITY OF ASSIMILATING LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) AND SOLAR-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (SIF) INTO JEDI AND A NOVEL PLANT HYDRAULICS SCHEME INTO UFS; 2. EVALUATE THEIR IMPACTS ON S2S PREDICTIONS; 3. QUANTIFY PROCESSES/MECHANISMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO S2S PREDICTION PERFORMANCE CHANGES AND ROLES OF VEGETATION DA AND ENHANCED PLANT HYDRAULICS. PROJECT PRODUCTS AND OUTPUTS: NEW VEGETATION DA CAPABILITY AND CODE IN JEDI AND DOCUMENTATION; UPDATED UFS MODEL CODE WITH ENHANCED PLANT HYDRAULICS AND DOCUMENTATION; ENHANCED S2S PREDICTION CAPABILITY IN JEDI-UFS; PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS; EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES VIA THIS PROJECT. EXPECTED OUTCOMES AND BENEFITS: IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE OF VEGETATION EFFECTS ON S2S PREDICTIONS; IMPROVED ACCURACY IN LAND SURFACE PROCESS MODELING AND S2S PREDICTIONS; PROVIDING MORE ACCURATE PREDICTION INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDERS FOR ENHANCED PREPARATION FOR EXTREMES AND HAZARDS, BETTER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING, AND REDUCED LOSSES IN SOCIO-ECONOMY AND HUMAN LIFE. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES AND RECIPIENTS: NOAA/EMC, NOAA/EPIC, JCSDA

AS PART OF AN INTEGRATED OBSERVING STRATEGY, SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS PROVIDE A CONTEXT FOR LOCALIZED OBSERVATIONS AND HELP TO EXTEND THESE OBSERVATION

CEDAR WORKSHOP 2018 - 2020 AND COMMUNITY WEB PAGES AND EMAIL SERVICES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH TYPE 2 - MOBY: MODELING OCEAN VARIABILITY AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

23-SMDSS23-0073 COORDINATION OF NASA PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SCALING AND EXPANDING THE STEM CAREER CONNECTIONS MODEL TO PREPARE RURAL YOUTH FOR THE TECHNOLOGICAL WORKFORCE -COLLABORATIVE RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER, UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, AND UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY WILL SCALE AND EXPAND THEIR PRIOR NSF-FUNDED RESEARCH, STEM CAREER CONNECTIONS, ACROSS THREE RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE RURAL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' SKILLS IN TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTING EXPLICITLY REQUIRED FOR WORKFORCE-RELATED TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTING CAREERS. PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE LOCATED IN TOURISM-ORIENTED, RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH LARGE INCOME DISPARITIES AND A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ECONOMICALLY-DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES. STUDENTS HAVE LIMITED EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, INTERNET ACCESS AND BANDWIDTH. MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE INADEQUATE FUNDING FOR TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAVE CHALLENGES IN ADAPTING TECHNOLOGY TO LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS. SUCH CHALLENGES PROFOUNDLY LIMIT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP RELEVANT SKILLS FOR LUCRATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTATIONALLY-INTENSIVE STEM JOBS AND CAREERS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. MOREOVER, TEACHER TRAINING GAPS EXIST IN DIGITAL LITERACY, ALONG WITH ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED TEACHING RESOURCES. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE COURSES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WILL GREATLY EXPAND STUDENTS' PROFICIENCY IN TECHNOLOGY DESIGN, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, AND DEPLOYING SENSOR SYSTEMS USING CORE CURRICULA ALIGNED WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR COMPUTER AND NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, AND BIG DATA. TO ADDRESS THE SHORTAGE OF STEM AND TECHNICAL CAREER TEACHING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE OF TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL SUPPORT STUDENTS' ACCESS TO STEM CAREER PATHWAYS. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, WORKPLACE APPRENTICESHIPS, AND MENTORING BY EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, WILL BROADEN PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS IN STEM-RELATED JOBS AND CAREERS IN TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTING. THE STEM CAREER CONNECTIONS MODEL EMPLOYS RESEARCH-BASED STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH RURAL MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES. THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN WILL INVOLVE DIRECT ENGAGEMENT OF EXPERTS IN CURRICULUM CO-DESIGN WHO WILL COLLABORATE WITH RESEARCHERS, TEACHERS, AND DISTRICT LEADERS ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF MENTORSHIP MATERIALS, AND STEM DISCIPLINARY SUPPORT. THE DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH APPROACH WILL EMPLOY QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS THAT WILL ADDRESS CRITICAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS TO UNDERSTAND PROJECT IMPACTS, INCLUDING (1) HOW AND TO WHAT EXTENT THE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL PARTNERS ARE SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN SUPPORTING STUDENTS' DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTING AND STEM DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS; (2) HOW AND TO WHAT EXTENT STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THEIR ACQUIRED DISCIPLINARY SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDINGS TO SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM-SOLVING; (3) TO WHAT EXTENT WILL THE PROJECT RESULT IN STUDENTS' ASPIRATION TO PURSUE TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTING JOBS AND CAREERS; (4) HOW AND IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE PARTNERSHIP CO-DESIGN PROCESS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE LEARNING MODEL WITHIN RURAL CONTEXTS, AND INFORM A MODEL OF COMMON CHARACTERISTICS FOR TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTING EDUCATION RELEVANT AND BENEFICIAL TO OTHER RURAL COMMUNITIES. DATA SOURCES WILL INCLUDE SURVEYS, OBSERVATIONS OF CLASSROOMS AND PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS, INTERVIEWS WITH YOUTH, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENT ASSESSMENTS, AND ANALYSES OF STUDENT-CREATED ARTIFACTS. DATA ANALYSES WILL EXAMINE STUDENTS' EVOLVING INTEREST, AWARENESS, AND DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE. ANALYSES WILL INFORM PRACTICES FOR RURAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION; BUILD KNOWLEDGE ON THE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF RURAL MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES; AND INFORM HOW LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS CAN COORDINATE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL INTERESTS TO PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND STEM-RELATED TECHNOLOGY JOBS. PROJECT EVALUATION WILL BE CONDUCTED BY UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS (ITEST) PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT BUILD UNDERSTANDINGS OF PRACTICES, PROGRAM ELEMENTS, CONTEXTS AND PROCESSES CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) CAREERS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

NEW; TITLE: ADVANCING MODELS AND EVALUATION OF CUMULUS, CLIMATE AND AEROSOL INTERACTIONS; PI: ANDREW GETTELMAN

EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: "EASM-3": THE ROLE OF OCEAN EDDIES IN DECADAL PREDICTION

THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE FOCUSED SCIENCE TOPIC (FST) #4: UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL-SCALE SOLAR PROCESSES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOLAR INTERIOR WHICH ADDRESSES LWS PROGRAM OBJECTIVE. UNDERSTAND HOW THE SUN VARIES.

SUSTAINABILITY: ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELING -EARTH SYSTEM MODELS (ESMS) SERVE A RANGE OF PURPOSES. CUTTING EDGE ESMS ARE USED TO GENERATE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS FOR THE COMING DECADES, BUT THEY ARE ALSO USED AS TOOLS BY THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO GAIN UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES AND INTERACTIONS THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE CUTTING-EDGE COMPONENTS OF ESMS CONTINUE TO GROW IN COMPLEXITY AND COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE, WHICH IS A NECESSARY EVOLUTION FOR IMPROVING STATE-OF-THE-ART PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE CLIMATE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS REDUCES THE ABILITY OF RESEARCHERS WITH LIMITED COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES TO PERFORM TARGETED EXPERIMENTS TO ADDRESS THEIR PROBLEM OF INTEREST. AS SUCH, THERE IS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY COMPUTATIONALLY STREAMLINED, YET STILL REALISTIC, OPTIONS WITHIN ESMS. THE COMMUNITY EARTH SYSTEM MODEL (CESM) IS AN ESM THAT IS WIDELY USED WITHIN THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY OF THE USA AND WORLDWIDE. THE AIMS OF CESM ARE NOT ONLY TO PRODUCE CUTTING EDGE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS BUT TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY TO GAIN FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE EARTH SYSTEM. THE ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENT OF CESM (THE COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL, CAM) IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPUTATIONALLY EXPENSIVE COMPONENTS OF CESM. CAM IS MOVING TOWARD A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR CONNECTING PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS TO THE HOST MODEL IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PHYSICS PACKAGES MOVING FORWARD. HOWEVER, THIS MEANS THAT SOME PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS THAT CAN BE USED TO BUILD A CHEAPER ATMOSPHERIC MODEL FOR GAINING FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING WILL BE LOST, UNLESS THEY CAN BE REFACTORED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THIS NEW FRAMEWORK. THIS WORK WILL REFACTOR PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS PACKAGES WITHIN CAM TO ALLOW THEM TO REMAIN FUNCTIONAL WITHIN CESM AND CONTINUE TO BE USED AS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE. THIS REFACTORING WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCUMENTATION AND TUTORIALS THAT WILL ALLOW USERS TO CONFIGURE AND SET UP THEIR MODEL SIMULATIONS WITH THEIR OWN CHOICES OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS THAT CAN BALANCE COMPLEXITY, WITH COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE, TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS. THIS WILL ALLOW CESM TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A BROAD AND DIVERSE USER BASE AND TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL THAT CAN ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO GAIN A HANDS-ON CLIMATE MODELING EXPERIENCE AT MINIMAL COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE. THE COMMON COMMUNITY PHYSICS PACKAGE (CCPP) IS A FRAMEWORK THAT IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHYSICS SUITES OR INDIVIDUAL PARAMETERIZATIONS IN ATMOSPHERIC MODELS. CAM IS MOVING TOWARD EXCLUSIVE USE OF THIS FRAMEWORK IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHICH MEANS THAT ANY PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT REFACTORED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH CCPP WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY WITHIN CESM. THIS WORK WILL REFACTOR THE KEY COMPONENTS OF PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF CAM PHYSICS (CAM4 AND CAM5) TO ALLOW RESEARCHERS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ATMOSPHERIC CONFIGURATIONS THAT ARE SCIENTIFICALLY CLOSE TO CAM4 AND CAM5 AND/OR MIX AND MATCH THEIR CAPABILITIES TOGETHER WITH NEWER PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS. THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THESE PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS REMAIN FUNCTIONAL WITHIN CESM, THEREBY RETAINING THEM AS IMPORTANT, YET COMPUTATIONALLY STREAMLINED, RESEARCH TOOLS FOR THE EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH COMMUNITY. THE CCPP FRAMEWORK CONTAINS A LIBRARY OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS THAT CONFORMS TO SELECTED STANDARDS, AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENABLES CONNECTION OF THESE PARAMETERIZATIONS TO THE HOST MODEL. THIS PROJECT WILL PORT CAM4 AND CAM5 PHYSICS PARAMETERIZATIONS TO THE CCPP FRAMEWORK. PART OF THIS PROCESS IS TO IMPLEMENT EXPLICIT INTERFACES WHERE VARIABLES PASSED IN/OUT OF THE PARAMETERIZATION ARE DEFINED IN A VARIABLE DICTIONARY SINCE THE PARAMETERIZATION CAN NO LONGER ACCESS SHARED MEMORY SPACES BETWEEN PHYSICS PARAMETERIZATIONS (KNOWN AS PBUF?S IN CAM) AND ALL VARIABLES MUST BE PASSED EXPLICITLY. HENCE IT WILL BE CLEAR TO THE USER EXACTLY WHAT VARIABLES A PARAMETERIZATION IS USING (AND IF THERE ARE IMPLICIT DEPENDENCIES TO OTHER PARAMETERIZATIONS) TO ULTIMATELY PROVIDE TENDENCIES BACK TO THE HOST MODEL. TO ACCOMPANY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS WITHIN CCPP, DOCUMENTATION AND TUTORIALS WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL ALLOW USERS TO CONFIGURE AND SET UP MODEL CONFIGURATIONS THAT CLOSELY RESEMBLE CAM4 OR CAM5 OR TO MIX AND MATCH DIFFERENT PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS TO SUITE THEIR PURPOSE, THEREBY FILLING OUT THE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL HIERARCHY TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF RESEARCH PURPOSES. THIS AWARD BY THE OFFICE OF ADVANCED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC AND GEOSPACE SCIENCES WITHIN THE DIRECTORATE FOR GEOSCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GCR: MANAGING FUTURE RISK OF INCREASING SIMULTANEOUS MEGAFIRES

MRI: DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL INSTRUMENT THAT MINIMIZES UNCERTAINTIES IN AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS OF PRECIPITATION

THE TITLE OF THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL IS: \"OCEANIC CONVECTIVE WEATHER DIAGNOSIS AND NOWCASTING\"\N\NIT IS IN RESPONSE TO NASA RESEARCH ANNOUCEMENT NUMB

MICROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS AND ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF THE TROPICAL COMPOSITION, CLOUD, AND CLIMATE COUPLING EXPERIMENTTHIS PROPOSAL SEEKS TO INVESTI

SUPPORT AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ANTARCTIC MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEM (AMPS) 2010 - 2012

NNA TRACK 1: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE CLIMATE IMPACTS ON ALASKAN AND YUKON RIVERS, FISH, AND COMMUNITIES AS TOLD THROUGH CO-PRODUCED SCENARIOS

THIS PROPOSED WORK IS HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE LWS PROGRAM GOAL BY PROVIDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOLAR-CLIMATE SYSTEM WITH REALISTIC EARTH S INTERNAL FORCING.

CHANGING DIURNAL ENERGY CYCLES IMPACT NET WATER VAPOR FLUXES IN MOUNTAIN WATERSHEDS