The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $9,899 - Wednesday the 27th of June 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  DROPPING IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND OPERATING EDUCTION RIG IN 2.2 SECOND DROP TOWER AS WELL AS DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING PROCEDURES FOR THE EDUCATION RIG. EVALUATE, DIAGNOSE, AND ASSIST IN REPAIR AND REWORK OF STUDENT EXPERIMENTS. RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATION OF WING TEAM UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROGRAM NEEDS, SUCH AS DESIGN UPDATES AND SAFETY INFORMATION AS WELL AS MENTOR FOR ALL WING TEAMS. PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO AN INTERN THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING THE WING AND DIME ACTIVITIES. ASSIST WITH THE EVALUATION OF STUDENT PROPOSALS, SCHEDULING OF OPERATION ASSIGNMENT DURING DROP DAYS AND PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF THE TEACHER WORKSHOPS.

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• $980,621 - Monday the 21st of November 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE "GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH" (GESTAR) STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS WILL CARRY OUT OBSERVATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL, AND THEORETICAL RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF NASA STRATEGIC EARTH SCIENCE MISSION OBJECTIVES RELATING TO: . A COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) AND THE RECIPIENT (GESTAR); . THE MAXIMUM USE OF AVAILABLE FACILITIES; . AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC IDEAS AND . THE STIMULATION OF RESEARCH IN GENERAL AREAS WHILE ENCOURAGING PRIVATE SECTOR USE OF THE RESEARCH RESULTS. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW FOR SUBSTANTIAL PROGRAMMATIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE FORM OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) AND THE GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (GESTAR) AS WELL AS JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH OBJECTIVES. THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A FOCUSED PARTNERSHIP THAT: A. BRINGS TOGETHER GSFC AND EXTERNAL SCIENTISTS TO IMPLEMENT THE NASA STRATEGIC GOALS IN EARTH SCIENCE; B. BUILDS ON THE CAPABILITIES AND STRENGTHS OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS IN EARTH SCIENCE; C. PROVIDES ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT TO EVOLVING RESEARCH PROGRAM NEEDS; D. INCREASES THE INVOLVEMENT OF MINORITY AND WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH; AND E. FACILITATES ACCESS TO STUDENT TALENT AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN NASA PROGRAMS. THE "GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH" ( GESTAR) WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. IT IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE RECIPIENT AND GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS IN THE GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES DIVISION (ESD CODE 610), AND WILL PROVIDE A VEHICLE TO INCREASE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE EXTERNAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY IN THE PURSUIT OF NASA GOALS. THE GESTAR WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH COLLABORATIVELY MAINLY WITH THE EARTH SCIENCES DIVISION, BUT ALSO WITH THE HELIOPHYSICS SCIENCE DIVISION, THE PLANETARY EXPLORATION SCIENCE DIVISION AND THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT FUTURE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL EVOLVE AS A FUNCTION OF PRIORITIES, BUDGETS, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND SUCCESS OF PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS.

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• $95,815 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS FOR THE NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER RESEARCH AND SUPPORT. THE NSSTC IS A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NASA S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC) AND THE SEVEN ALABAMA UNIVERSITIES COMPRISING THE SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE( SSTA), INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (UAH). USRA WILL BRING THE NSSTC NATIONAL ACCESS TO PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS NEEDS IN ANY DISCIPLE AND RAPIDLY RESPOND TO NEW NEEDS. USRA WILL ENGAGE THE BROAD COMMUNITY IN THE NSSTC THROUGH USE OF VISITING SCIENTIST PROGRAMS, WORKSHOP AND COLLOQUIA SPONSORSHIP, SHORT AND LONG TERM VISITOR APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING PROFESSORS ON SABBATICAL, GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, POST-DOCTORAL APPOINTMENTS, INVOLVEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. USRA BRINGS THE TOOLS ENABLING THIS WORK, INCLUDING A UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER DATABASE (URD), CONTRACTS PERSONNEL EXPERIENCED IN PLACING SUB-AWARDS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND EXISTING EPO PROGRAMS. USRA WILL EMPLOY THE 25-MEMBER STRONG SCIENTIFIC STAFF ENGAGED IN CURRENT NSSTC CORE RESEARCH. USRA SCIENTISTS HAVE PROVIDED EXPERTISE IN SUPPORT OF MSFC MISSIONS AND EXCELLED IN TEAMING WITH NASA SCIENTISTS TO WIN COMPETITIVE AWARDS. TO BUILD SCIENTIFIC STAFF IN AREAS OF NEW WORK, USRA WILL RECRUIT NATIONALLY USING IS 101-MEMBER UNIVERSITY NETWORK. USRA WILL BRING THE RESOURCES OF ITS ESTABLISHED INSTITUTES, INCLUDED THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE, THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPACE EXPLORATION, TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WORK WITHIN THE NSSTC. CONTACTS BETWEEN USRA INSTITUTE DIRECTORS AND SCIENTISTS AT MSFC AND OTHER NSSTC PARTNERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE TO EXPLORE HOW USRA CAPABILITIES REPRESENTING DECADES OF INVESTMENT BY NASA, CAN BE LEVERAGED AT THE NSSTC. USRA IS TEAMED WITH UAH, ITS LOCAL MEMBER INSTITUTION, TO OPTIMIZE EACH ORGANIZATION S PARTICIPATION IN THE NSSTC. USRA WILL LEAD THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (CA) AND DRAW UPON UNIVERSITY RESOURCES, SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO OFFER FACULTY APPOINTMENTS IN RECRUIT USRA STAFF. TEAM USRA- USRA WITH UAH- WILL EXTEND THE EXCELLENT COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH DEFINES THE NSSTC AND WILL BUILD THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES TO ENABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WORK.

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• $95,000 - Wednesday the 5th of September 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  EXPLORATION MEDICAL CAPACITY (EXMC. THIS TASK SHALL BE BROKEN INTO ONE (1) SUBTASK: 1) IMM COMPUTATIONAL MODELS. SUBTASK 1: THE GOAL OF THE IMM WORK IS TO DEVELOP A PROBABLISTIC MODEL OF THE URINARY SYSTEM SUFFICIENT TO ESTIMATE THE RISK OF KIDNEY STONE FORMATION IN ASTRONAUTS AND TO UTILIZE THE MODEL TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECT OF THE POTASSIUM CITRATE COUNTERMEASURE ON THE PROBABILITY OF RENAL STONES.

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• $90,000 - Thursday the 20th of August 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST WILL LEAD THE EFFORT IN OBSERVING, MAPPING AND INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT CRATER MORPHOLOGY RECORD ON VESTA. OBSERVATION PLANNING WILL EMPHASIZE INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS (THE FRAMING CAMERA [FC] AND THE VIR VISIBLE AND INFRARED MAPPING CAMERA) TO ENHANCE OVERALL SCIENTIFIC RESULTS RELATING TO IMPACT CRATERING (FOCUSING ALSO ON DISTINCTIVE AND DIAGNOSTIC IMPACT CRATERS IDENTIFIED IN LOW RESOLUTION APPROACH AND SURVEY ORBIT MAPPING), THE CREATION OF NEW DERIVED DATA SETS (PRINCIPALLY HIGH RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING USING MULTIPLE TECHNIQUES), DATA ANALYSIS AND COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF IMPACT RELATED PHENOMENA ON A LARGE ASTEROID, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF SPECIAL DATA PRODUCTS AND IMPACT CRATER OBSERVATIONS TO THE PUBLIC IN THE FORM OF PEER-REVIEWED SURVEY PAPERS AND ON-HNE REPORTS. THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATIONS WILL FOCUS ON IMPACT CRATERING AND ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING MISSION-LEVEL OBJECTIVES: DETERMINE THE EVOLUTION OF VESTA; CHARACTERIZE THE SHAPE AND TOPOGRAPHY OF VESTA; AND IDENTIFY, MAP AND CHARACTERIZE GEOLOGICAL AND CRATERING PROCESSES. THESE OBJECTIVES ARE ADDRESSED BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VESTA S UNIQUE CHARACTER. VESTA IS THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE OF ROCKY, OR SILICATE, BODIES OF SIZE AND SURFACE GRAVITY INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SMALLER ASTEROIDS SUCH AS GASPRA, IDA AND EROS THAT WILL BE EXPLORED BY SPACECRAFT. VESTA (AND SUBSEQUENTLY CERES) WILL BE THE FIRST ASTEROIDS EXPLORED TO HAVE COMPLEX CRATER MORPHOLOGIES, AND WILL CONSTITUTE A KEY TEST OF THE INVERSE-GRAVITY SCALING OF IMPACT CRATER MODIFICATION (I.E., FORMATION OF TERRACES AND CENTRAL PEAKS). THIS SCALING IS ALSO CONTROLLED BY SURFACE COMPOSITION AND COMPARISON OF CRATERS ON VESTA AND CERES WILL HELP CONSTRAIN WHETHER CERES## MANTLE AND CRUST ARE ICE-RICH. THE MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF VESTA##S VERY LARGE SOUTH POLAR IMPACT BASIN WILL BE MAPPED AND COMPARED WITH SIMILAR SIZED BASINS ON MIDSIZE ICY SATELLITES TO DETERMINE WHAT COLLAPSE PROCESSES FORMED THIS BASIN, AND HOW THEY DIFFER ON ROCKY AND ICY WORLDS. A SEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR GLOBAL EFFECTS OF THIS AND OTHER POSSIBLE LARGE BASINS, RANGING FROM ANTIPODAL SEISMIC DISRUPTION OF TERRAINS TO RADIAL FRACTURES AND CONCENTRIC COMPRESSION RIDGES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON OTHER PLANETARY PLANETS AND SATELLITES. SOME OF THESE EFFECTS ARE CONTROLLED BY INTERIOR STRUCTURE AND HENCE CAN BE USED TO PROBE VESTA##S INTERIOR. THE DEGREE TO WHICH CRATER RELAXATION MAY HAVE OCCURRED WILL ALSO BE ASSESSED TO DETERMINE IF HIGH HEAT FLOW HAS LEFT A SIGNATURE ON THE SURFACE. EJECTA DEPOSITS WILL ALSO BE MAPPED BOTH PHYSICALLY AND COMPOSITIONALLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER VESTA##S UPPER CRUST IS LAYERED, IN CASES WHERE CRATERS HAVE EXCAVATED MATERIAL FROM DEPTH AND DEPOSITED IT ON LAYERS OF DIFFERENT COMPOSITION. THESE INVESTIGATIONS WILL BE CARRIED OUT USING GLOBAL FC IMAGING AT 60 TO 260 M AND TARGETED HIGH (-10 M) RESOLUTION AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING USING BOTH FC AND (AT 200-1000 M RESOLUTION) VIR COORDINATED BY THE INVESTIGATOR, TOGETHER WITH HIGH RESOLUTION TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS PRODUCED BY THE INVESTIGATOR FROM STEREO AND LOW-SUN IMAGING. CRATER MORPHOLOGY IS CONTROLLED BY BOTH SURFACE GRAVITY AND CRUSTAL COMPOSITION. THE CHARACTERIZATION AND MAPPING OF IMPACT CRATER MORPHOLOGIES ON VESTA, WHICH IS LIKELY ROCKY WITH LITTLE WATER ICE, WILL BE A KEY COMPONENT OF DAWN MISSION OBJECTIVES AT VESTA, ESPECIALLY FOR LATER COMPARISON WITH CERES. WHETHER CERES HAS A DIFFERENTIATED WATER ICE MANTLE MAY BE REVEALED OR CONFIRMED BY FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES IN IMPACT CRATER MORPHOLOGY, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY STUDY OF IMPACT CRATER MORPHOLOGIES ON ICY SATELLITES. CRATERS ON THOSE BODIES, INCLUDING LARGE BASINS SIMILAR IN SIZE TO VESTA##S LARGE BASIN, WILL SERVE AS BENCHMARKS FOR COMPARISON WITH THOSE ON VESTA (AND FOR COMPARISON LATER IN THE MISSION WITH ICY CERES).

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• $90,000 - Monday the 6th of August 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  FIRE PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND SUPPRESSION (FPDS). THIS TASK COVERS TASKS IN THE AREA OF MATERIAL FLAMMABILITY, PARTICULATE DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND FIRE SUPPRESSION. THE BACKGROUND AND, IN SOME CASES, THE FACILITIES, USED IN THESE TASKS WERE DEVELOPED IN PREVIOUS FY, THIS TASK WILL CONTINUE THIS WORK TO SUPPORT FY11 DELIVERABLES OF THE FPDS PROJECT. THIS TASK DRAWS ON THE EXPERTISE OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL IN THE AREAS OF LOW-G MATERIAL FLAMMABILITY AND SMOKE DETECTOR INSTRUMENTATION AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF LOW-GRAVITY FIRE SAFETY ISSUES.

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• $875,922 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS FOR THE NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER RESEARCH AND SUPPORT. THE NSSTC IS A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NASA S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (MSFC) AND THE SEVEN ALABAMA UNIVERSITIES COMPRISING THE SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE( SSTA), INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (UAH). USRA WILL BRING THE NSSTC NATIONAL ACCESS TO PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS NEEDS IN ANY DISCIPLE AND RAPIDLY RESPOND TO NEW NEEDS. USRA WILL ENGAGE THE BROAD COMMUNITY IN THE NSSTC THROUGH USE OF VISITING SCIENTIST PROGRAMS, WORKSHOP AND COLLOQUIA SPONSORSHIP, SHORT AND LONG TERM VISITOR APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING PROFESSORS ON SABBATICAL, GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS, POST-DOCTORAL APPOINTMENTS, INVOLVEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH. USRA BRINGS THE TOOLS ENABLING THIS WORK, INCLUDING A UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER DATABASE (URD), CONTRACTS PERSONNEL EXPERIENCED IN PLACING SUB-AWARDS WITH UNIVERSITIES AND EXISTING EPO PROGRAMS. USRA WILL EMPLOY THE 25-MEMBER STRONG SCIENTIFIC STAFF ENGAGED IN CURRENT NSSTC CORE RESEARCH. USRA SCIENTISTS HAVE PROVIDED EXPERTISE IN SUPPORT OF MSFC MISSIONS AND EXCELLED IN TEAMING WITH NASA SCIENTISTS TO WIN COMPETITIVE AWARDS. TO BUILD SCIENTIFIC STAFF IN AREAS OF NEW WORK, USRA WILL RECRUIT NATIONALLY USING IS 101-MEMBER UNIVERSITY NETWORK. USRA WILL BRING THE RESOURCES OF ITS ESTABLISHED INSTITUTES, INCLUDED THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE, THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SPACE EXPLORATION, TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WORK WITHIN THE NSSTC. CONTACTS BETWEEN USRA INSTITUTE DIRECTORS AND SCIENTISTS AT MSFC AND OTHER NSSTC PARTNERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE TO EXPLORE HOW USRA CAPABILITIES REPRESENTING DECADES OF INVESTMENT BY NASA, CAN BE LEVERAGED AT THE NSSTC. USRA IS TEAMED WITH UAH, ITS LOCAL MEMBER INSTITUTION, TO OPTIMIZE EACH ORGANIZATION S PARTICIPATION IN THE NSSTC. USRA WILL LEAD THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (CA) AND DRAW UPON UNIVERSITY RESOURCES, SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO OFFER FACULTY APPOINTMENTS IN RECRUIT USRA STAFF. TEAM USRA- USRA WITH UAH- WILL EXTEND THE EXCELLENT COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH DEFINES THE NSSTC AND WILL BUILD THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES TO ENABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW WORK.

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• $836,551 - Monday the 21st of November 2016
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
  THE "GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH" (GESTAR) STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS WILL CARRY OUT OBSERVATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL, AND THEORETICAL RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF NASA STRATEGIC EARTH SCIENCE MISSION OBJECTIVES RELATING TO: . A COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) AND THE RECIPIENT (GESTAR); . THE MAXIMUM USE OF AVAILABLE FACILITIES; . AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC IDEAS AND . THE STIMULATION OF RESEARCH IN GENERAL AREAS WHILE ENCOURAGING PRIVATE SECTOR USE OF THE RESEARCH RESULTS. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW FOR SUBSTANTIAL PROGRAMMATIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE FORM OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) AND THE GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH (GESTAR) AS WELL AS JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH OBJECTIVES. THE GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A FOCUSED PARTNERSHIP THAT: A. BRINGS TOGETHER GSFC AND EXTERNAL SCIENTISTS TO IMPLEMENT THE NASA STRATEGIC GOALS IN EARTH SCIENCE; B. BUILDS ON THE CAPABILITIES AND STRENGTHS OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS IN EARTH SCIENCE; C. PROVIDES ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT TO EVOLVING RESEARCH PROGRAM NEEDS; D. INCREASES THE INVOLVEMENT OF MINORITY AND WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH; AND E. FACILITATES ACCESS TO STUDENT TALENT AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN NASA PROGRAMS. THE "GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH" ( GESTAR) WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. IT IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE RECIPIENT AND GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS IN THE GODDARD EARTH SCIENCES DIVISION (ESD CODE 610), AND WILL PROVIDE A VEHICLE TO INCREASE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE EXTERNAL SCIENCE COMMUNITY IN THE PURSUIT OF NASA GOALS. THE GESTAR WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH COLLABORATIVELY MAINLY WITH THE EARTH SCIENCES DIVISION, BUT ALSO WITH THE HELIOPHYSICS SCIENCE DIVISION, THE PLANETARY EXPLORATION SCIENCE DIVISION AND THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT FUTURE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL EVOLVE AS A FUNCTION OF PRIORITIES, BUDGETS, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND SUCCESS OF PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS.

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• $8,300 - Tuesday the 15th of January 2013
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF - USRP - INTERNSHIP SPRING/SUMMER FALL/WINTER

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• $80,265 - Friday the 10th of July 2015
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  WE PROPOSE ANALYSES OF AURA AND SCISAT SATELLITE DATA AND GLOBAL MODELING INITIATIVE (GMI) SIMULATIONS THAT WILL INCREASE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF STRATOSPHERIC TRANSPORT PROCESSES AND REDUCE THE UNCERTAINTIES IN PREDICTIONS OF THE STRATOSPHERIC OZONE RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION. THIS PROPOSAL IS RELEVANT TO MAP BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES IMPROVEMENT OF OUR ABILITY TO PREDICT FUTURE CHANGES TO THE EARTH SYSTEM THROUGH MODELING AND THE ANALYSIS OF SATELLITE DATA. ITS GOALS INCLUDE UNDERSTANDING PROCESSES THAT CONTROL THE CHEMICAL AND RADIATIVE BALANCE OFTHE UT/LS AND UNDERSTANDING HOW STRATOSPHERIC PROCESSES AFFECT CLIMATE. THE STUDIES FALL BROADLY INTO TWO CATEGORIES: SATELLITE TRACE GAS DATA ANALYSES, AND CHEMISTRY AND TRANSPORT MODEL (CTM) EXPERIMENTS. THE SATELLITE DATA ANALYSES ,",,'ILL INVESTIGATE I) MASS EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TROPICAL UPPER TROPOSPHERE/LOWER STRATOSPHERE AND THE EXTRATROPICS, 2) CROSS-TROPOPAUSE TRANSPORT FROM THE LOWERMOST STRATOSPHERE, AND 3) MIXING INTO THE TROPICAL PIPE, ITS INTERANNUAL AND QBO VARIATIONS, AND HOW THESE PROCESSES ARE CONNECTED TO POLAR COMPOSITION. THE CTM EXPERIMENTS ARE MULTI-YEAR INTEGRATIONS OF THE GMI CTM WITH (,COMBOI. CHEMISTRY USING BOTH GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL AND ASSIMILATED METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS. MODEL ANALYSES WILL ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS RESOLUTION REQUIREMENTS FOR REALISTIC REPRESENTATION OF VARIOUS ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES. THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANT PROCESSES THAT WE GAIN FROM SATELLITE DATA ANALYSES WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE THE REPRESENTATION OF THOSE PROCESSES IN GMI SIMULATIONS. GMI WILL INTEGRATE A MULTI-DECADAL TROPOSPHERIC (,HINDCASTI. EXPERIMENT THAT SUPPORTS ICAC ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND CLIMATE MODELING ACTIVITIES. THE PURPOSE OF THE HINDCAST IS TO DETERMINE IF WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES CONTROLLING THE OBSERVED CHANGES IN TROPOSPHERIC COMPOSITION, ESPECIALLY 03, DURING THE LATE 20TH CENTURY. WE WILL EVALUATE LONG-TERM BEHA'IOR OF LOWER STRATOSPHERIC 03 IN A GMI-COMBO HINDCAST SIMULATION (,GML~MERRAI.).THE EVALUATION WILL USE EXISTING DIAGNOSTICS OF UT/LS TRANSPORT, LONG-TERM 03 DATA SETS, AND SATELLITE AND AIRCRAFT CAMPAIGN 03 AND TRACE GAS DATA FROM 1987 TO THE PRESENT. THE FOCUS OFTHE GMI-MERRA EVALUATION WILL BE TO ASSESS THE CREDIBILITY OF ITS LONG-TERM 03 SIMULATION WITH REGARD TO TREND ANALYSES AND TRANSPORT OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE TO THE TROPOSPHERE. WE HAVE REACHED A POINT IN THE EVALUATION OF MODELS WHERE WE MUST ASK WHETHER OUR USE OF THE DIAGNOSTICS IS TELLING US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. THAT IS, DO THE DIAGNOSTICS DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE MODELS BASED ON THEIR PHYSICAL BEHAVIOR? ARE THESE DIAGNOSTICS HELPING TO REDUCE THE UNCERTAINTIES IN CHEMISTRY-CLIMATE SIMULATIONS? WE WILL INVESTIGATE HOW TO JUDICIOUSLY APPLY THE DIAGNOSTICS WE HAVE, AND IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE PROCESSES REQUIRED FOR A CREDIBLE SIMULATION. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED EVALUATION OF STRATOSPHERIC TRANSPORT IN CHEMISTRY CLIMATE MODELS.

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