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The Fiscal 2010 FFO is closed as of October 20, 2009.
The JCSDA Visiting Scientist Program is now accepting applications.
The updated JCSDA Roadmap is now available.
JCSDA Research Opportunities
Fiscal Year 2010
Research in Satellite Data Assimilation for
Numerical Weather, Climate and Environmental Forecast Systems
Closing Date for Applications: October 20, 2009
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Description
The NOAA/NASA/DOD Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) is a distributed center that engages units of NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Earth-Sun Exploration Division; NOAA: NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), National Weather Service (NWS) National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)/Environmental Modeling Center (EMC), and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR); US Navy: Oceanographer of the Navy and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL); and US Air Force Air Weather Agency.
The Joint Center's goal is to accelerate the abilities of NOAA, DOD, and NASA to ingest and effectively use the large volumes of data from current satellite-based instruments and planned satellite missions over the next 10 years.
This opportunity supports the JCSDA short-term goal to "contribute to making the forecast skill of the operational NWP systems of the JCSDA partners internationally competitive by assimilating the largest possible number of satellite observations in the most effective way." This announcement calls for proposals for scientific projects in the six areas described in the full announcement. If investigators are uncertain about the applicability of research topics to the priorities of the JCSDA, they should address questions to the appropriate technical point of contact listed in the text prior to submitting their proposals. These questions and corresponding answers will be posted on a Frequently Asked Questions page on the JCSDA website. Accordingly, the potential of the effort to improve weather forecast skill will be a key factor in the evaluation of proposals submitted to this Funding Opportunity, and given the current budget situation of JCSDA, it is not expected that FY2010 funds will be available for new projects that do not align closely with this short-term goal.
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