2430849
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Embrace-AGS-seed: Powerful gamma-ray and radio-frequency emissions from thunderstorms.
Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFS) are high energy emissions related to thunderstorm processes.
The scientific community has been able to observe TGFS through satellite and ground-based sensors, but the exact mechanisms by which TGFS are formed and their relationship to lightning are still uncertain.
This award will merge large datasets to address several open scientific questions about TGFS.
The societal impact of the project is through the better understanding of the production of TGFS and how to detect them, which is especially important for aircraft crew and passengers who are subjected to high-energy radiation.
This award also represents a first-time NSF award for an early career PI and will help to establish connections between academia and industry.
A graduate student will also be trained and educated under the award.
This study will take advantage of the combination of massive datasets from ground-based radio observations of lightning/TGFS and space-based observations of TGFS, which became available recently.
Data from the Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor (FERMI-GBM) satellite mission and the atmosphere-space interactions monitor (ASIM) instrument on the International Space Station will be combined with ground-based lightning network data from the Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) and Vaisala’s Global Lightning Detection Network (GLD360) to address three main questions:
1) What is the relationship of TGF high-energy photons launched to the space and their radio signatures seen from the ground?
2) What are the properties of the radio emissions from multi-pulsed TGFS?
3) What is the geographical and seasonal variability of TGFS and lightning?
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.
Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFS) are high energy emissions related to thunderstorm processes.
The scientific community has been able to observe TGFS through satellite and ground-based sensors, but the exact mechanisms by which TGFS are formed and their relationship to lightning are still uncertain.
This award will merge large datasets to address several open scientific questions about TGFS.
The societal impact of the project is through the better understanding of the production of TGFS and how to detect them, which is especially important for aircraft crew and passengers who are subjected to high-energy radiation.
This award also represents a first-time NSF award for an early career PI and will help to establish connections between academia and industry.
A graduate student will also be trained and educated under the award.
This study will take advantage of the combination of massive datasets from ground-based radio observations of lightning/TGFS and space-based observations of TGFS, which became available recently.
Data from the Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor (FERMI-GBM) satellite mission and the atmosphere-space interactions monitor (ASIM) instrument on the International Space Station will be combined with ground-based lightning network data from the Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) and Vaisala’s Global Lightning Detection Network (GLD360) to address three main questions:
1) What is the relationship of TGF high-energy photons launched to the space and their radio signatures seen from the ground?
2) What are the properties of the radio emissions from multi-pulsed TGFS?
3) What is the geographical and seasonal variability of TGFS and lightning?
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.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE GOAL OF THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, "EMPOWERING BROADER ACADEMIC CAPACITY AND EDUCATION", IS IDENTIFIED IN THE LINK: HTTPS://WWW.NSF.GOV/PUBLICATIONS/PUB_SUMM.JSP?ODS_KEY=NSF23617
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Melbourne,
Florida
32901-8995
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Florida Institute Of Technology was awarded
Project Grant 2430849
worth $200,000
from the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences in January 2025 with work to be completed primarily in Melbourne Florida United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 47.050 Geosciences.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity EMpowering BRoader Academic Capacity and Education.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/14/25
Period of Performance
1/1/25
Start Date
12/31/26
End Date
Funding Split
$200.0K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$200.0K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
2430849
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Private Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
490602 DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC AND
Funding Office
490602 DIVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC AND
Awardee UEI
WNN6VH618X58
Awardee CAGE
3B476
Performance District
FL-08
Senators
Marco Rubio
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
Modified: 1/14/25