(FOA)-NOAA
- FY2020 Office of Weather and Air Quality Research Programs
(NOAA-OAR-OWAQ-2020-2006188); September 17, 2019
Agency
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Department of Commerce
(DOC)
Description
The
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Department of
Commerce through
the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) has released
“FY2020 Office of Weather and Air Quality Research Programs”. There will be
three grant competitions from this notification:
1)
Joint
Technology Transfer Initiative (JTTI),
i.
developing
improved methods for incorporating data into forecast modeling and for model
coupling to improve weather forecasting operations,
ii.
testing
for the coupled (hourly to sub-seasonal time scales) Unified Forecast System
(UFS), and
iii.
improving
forecasts of extreme weather and high impact weather
events.
2)
Verification
of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment - Southeast U.S.
(VORTEX-SE),
3)
Climate
Test Bed (CTB)
CTB
projects should improve NOAA’s operational S2S (two weeks to two years)
prediction capability, via:
i.
Development
and maturation of the S2S portions of the Unified Forecast System
(UFS);
ii.
Maturation
and implementation of data assimilation (DA), monitoring products, and data
quality control (QC); and
iii.
Post-processing,
diagnostic and verification tools, and innovative statistical
techniques
leading to improvement of S2S operational predictions.
Through
this funding opportunity, NOAA will support new weather, water, climate, earth
system, and air quality observing and forecasting applications, including
improved analysis techniques, better statistical or dynamic forecast models and
techniques, and communication of that information to better inform the public.
No
cost sharing is required under this
announcement.
Announcement
Number:
NOAA-OAR-OWAQ-2020-2006188
Closing
Date:
Letters
of Intent: Various dates depending on areas identified above; starting
September 17
Full
applications: Various dates depending on areas identified above; starting
November 20
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=319916
Contact
Information
Richard
Fulton
301-734-1289