Awards
Fiscal Year 2016-17
July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017
AMPAC, Inc.
N. Nidzieko
AMPAC0180-17-012 6/1/17-12/31/17 $81,865
Test of bi-static underwater optical imager from an autonomous underwater vehicle
Arizona State University/Tempe
R. Rudnick
EAR-1338810 9/1/16-8/31/18 $140,000
FESD Type 1: The Dynamics of Earth System Oxygenation
Boise State University
B. Hacker
6800-G 6/1/16-5/31/18 $74,452
PIRE: ExTerra Field Institute and Research Endeavor (E-FIRE)
Cal Department of Fish and Wildlife
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
P1696006 1/1/16-12/31/18 $997,095
North Campus Open Space Coastal Wetland Restoration Project
Cal Department of Transportation
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
05-6300F15 1/19/17-11/1/20 $2,449,000
UC Santa Barbara, North Campus Open Space Multi-Modal Trail Project
California Coastal Conservancy
K. Seltmann
15-124 6/27/16-12/31/17 $40,000
Kids in Nature Explore the Coast (KIN2)
California Ocean Protection Council
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
P01-1-07 9/1/16-8/31/19 $1,000,000
North Campus Open Space Coastal Wetland Restoration
California Wildlife Conservation Board
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
WC-1589DC 7/27/16-6/30/20 $3,820,000
Upper Devereux Slough Restoration
City of Santa Barbara
P. Holden
21700093 11/8/16-12/31/17 $29,999
Research in New Source Detection
CSU San Diego State University
J. Florsheim
SA0000537 10/1/16-9/30/17 $13,943
Evaluating Potential Environmental Impacts from Channel Morphology and Habitat Changes to the Santa Ana River Downstream of Prado Dam
DA Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
J. Dozier, N. Bair
W913E5-16-C-0013 9/15/16-9/14/17 $148,489
Methods to Robustly Assess the Snow Water Resource in Remote Mountains
Department of Agriculture
S. Sweet, C. Evelyn
2016-CS-11052007-086 8/15/16-12/31/17 $46,778
Conservation Status of California Amphibians and Reptiles
Evolving Earth Foundation
E. Keller, D. Morel
SB170164 5/1/17-6/30/18 $2,840
Chronology and Deformation of the Gaviota Coast near Santa Barbara, California
Ford Foundation
P. Homyak, J. Schimel
SB170159 6/1/17-5/31/18 $45,000
Evaluating paradigms in phosphorus (P) biogeochemical cycling: The paradox of high P
availability in ecosystems developing on P-poor parent material
NASA Shared Services Center
T. DeVries
NNX16AI22G 7/1/16-6/30/19 $86,468
Quantifying the ocean's biological carbon pump with remotely sensed and in-situ observations
J. Dozier, W. Brandt
NNX16AO25H 9/1/16-8/31/17 $30,000
9/1/16-8/31/18 $45,000
Using the spatial variability of snow accumulation to evaluate the orographic effect in California's Sierra Nevada
S. Maritorena, D. Siegel
NNX15AC65G 11/25/14-11/24/17 $107,258
How useful will the PACE UV bands be for IOP retrievals and atmospheric correction?
J. Melack, S. MacIntyre
NNX17AK49G 5/3/17-5/2/20 $97,157
Methane fluxes from tropical aquatic systems: Integration of measurements, hydrological and biogeochemical models
and remote sensing
D. Siegel
NNX16AR49G 8/25/16-8/24/19 $256,599
Data Mining Global Ocean Ecosystem & Carbon Cycling Observations for EXPORTS Planning & Synthesis
D. Siegel, J. Allen
NNX15AN87H 9/1/15-8/31/17 $30,000
9/1/15-8/31/18 $45,000
Retrieval of Phytoplankton Size Distribution from Satellite Imagery
D. Siegel, D. Catlett
NNX16AO44H 9/1/16-8/31/17 $30,000
9/1/16-8/31/18 $45,000
Linking Ocean Optical Properties with Marine Microbial Diversity Assessed by Next-Generation Sequencing
D. Siegel, N. Nelson, S. Maritorena
NNX15AE72G 3/1/15-2/28/20 $267,802
North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES)
NASA Shared Services Center Subtotal $1,040,284
National Academies Keck Futures Initiative
K. Bisson, D. Siegel
NAKFI DB53 5/15/17-6/30/19 $50,000
Project ROAM: Rendering Oceanography in Artistic Mediums
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
N. Nelson, D. Siegel
NNX14AM83G 7/2/14-7/1/18 $212,450
Bermuda Bio-Optics Project: Continuation of Time-series and Retrospective Data Analysis
D. Siegel
NNX14AL94G 7/7/14-7/6/18 $238,000
Plumes and Blooms: A Multi-Decadal Coastal Bio-Optical Time-series and Retrospective Data Analysis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Subtotal $450,450
National Park Service
D. Booth, T. Dunne
P15AC01121 7/1/15-11/30/18 $115,412
Yosemite Valley Merced River Restoration
National Science Foundation
J. Cottle
1650265 1/15/17-6/30/19 $86,426
Collaborative Research: Andean plutonic perspectives on generation, storage, and eruption of rhyolite
T. DeVries
1658392 7/1/17-6/30/20 $274,355
Collaborative research: Combining models and observations to constrain the marine iron cycle
M. Jackson
1624840 7/1/16-6/30/19 $299,928
Preservation of Hadean geochemical signatures in the Icelandic high 3He/4He mantle domain
A. Keller, P. Holden, G. Stucky, J. Schimel, R. Nisbet, S. Suh, R. Miller, B. Harthorn
SB140059 9/1/16-8/31/17 $997,311
CEIN (2013-2018) Predictive Toxicological Assessment and Safe Implementation of Nanotechnology in the Environment
R. Matoza
1620576 3/1/17-2/29/20 $290,000
Investigating the seismic signatures of volcanic unrest and eruption: Spatiotemporal distribution and source origin of tiny long-period seismicity
N. Nidzieko
1745258 7/1/16-7/31/17 $11,657
Collaborative Research: Circulation and mixing in a coastally trapped river plume
S. Porter
EAR-1411594 9/1/14-8/31/18 $141,245
Collaborative Research: Toward a global timeline of biological and ocean geochemical change during the early Cambrian
S. Pulver
1534976 1/1/16-8/31/18 $150,599
1/1/16-8/31/18 $101,404
Egregious Polluters: A socially-structured explanation of disproportionality in the production of pollution
M. Rioux
1636678 8/1/16-7/31/18 $210,557
Collaborative Research: The four-dimensional distribution of magmatism during the growth of lower oceanic crust: High precision U-Pb dating of IODP Hole U1473A, Atlantis Bank, SWIR
M. Rioux
1650407 4/15/17-3/31/19 $231,072
Formation of the metamorphic sole of the Semail ophiolite: High-precision U-Pb dating of the preserved remnants of a subducted slab
R. Rudnick, J. Cottle
1650260 2/15/17-1/31/20 $133,329
U-Pb thermochronology of lower crustal xenoliths -- estimating Moho temperature in order to constrain crustal heat production
C. Sorlien, B. Luyendyk
PLR-1341585 1/1/14-12/31/17 $15,000
Subsidence, Tilting, Sedimentation, and Oligocene-middle Miocene paleo-depth of Ross Sea
F. Spera
1551056 2/15/16-1/31/19 $97,506
Collaborative Research: Thermodynamics of magma mixing
T. Tanimoto
1547523 3/1/16-2/28/18 $95,600
Extreme Interaction Between Atmosphere and Solid Earth: Understanding the Forcing Mechanism by Hurricanes and its Application for Monitoring
National Science Foundation Subtotal $3,135,989
Northrop Grumman Corporation
N. Nidzieko
8200199216 7/1/16-9/30/16 $188,794
Annual Naval Technology Demonstration
Office of Naval Research
L. Romero
N00014-16-1-2936 7/1/16-6/30/19 $86,041
7/1/16-6/30/19 $86,590
Numerical Modeling of Wave-Current interactions in the Presence of Submesoscale Ocean Features
Oregon State University
D. A. Siegel
NS257A-A 6/30/14-6/29/17 $72,596
MODIS-based phytoplankton carbon and photoacclimation: responses to climate variability
Princeton University
K. Caylor
SUB0000189 8/1/16-7/31/19 $27,518
Hazards SEES: Understanding cross-scale interactions of trade and food policy to improve resilience to drought risk in Zambia
Santa Barbara County
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
SB170097 3/1/16-6/30/17 $18,000
North Campus Open Space (NCOS) Public Access Design Project
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
J. Florsheim
1016 11/21/16-6/30/17 $25,000
11/21/16-6/30/18 $25,000
Biophysical Approach Toward Riparian Conservation and Floodplain Ecosystem Functionality
State Coastal Conservancy
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
16-051 1/1/17-12/31/21 $1,053,126
North Campus Open Space Wetland Transition
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
16-044 1/1/17-12/31/21 $980,000
North Campus Open Space Vernal Pool Complex Restoration Project
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
16-044 1/1/17-12/31/21 $692,463
North Campus Open Space Vernal Pool Complex Restoration Project
State Coastal Conservancy Subtotal $2,725,589
The Institute of Museum and Library Services IMLS
K. Seltmann
MA-30-16-0387-16 10/1/16-9/30/18 $112,749
Upgrade of the historical Wenner insect collection: Utilizing collection data in Restoration Ecology
University Corp For Atmospheric Research - UCAR
M. Jackson
Z17-28065 3/15/17-8/31/17 $24,770
Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program
University of California, Berkeley
J. Schimel
00009485 10/1/16-9/30/17 $41,122
Carbon sequestration potential of rangeland soils
University of California, Irvine
P. Holden
2017-3429 1/1/17-12/31/19 $76,262
Fighting Drought with Stormwater: From Research to Practice
University of California, Merced
N. Tague
EAR-1331939 10/1/13-9/30/17 $98,583
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory
University of California, Riverside
C. D'Antonio, D. Roberts
00009434 9/1/16-2/28/17 $56,284
Restoration and Resilience of Endemic Bigcone Douglas-Fir after the 2007 Zaca fire
University of Connecticut
D. Siegel
137828 10/1/16-9/30/17 $69,233
Water Quality Monitoring Enhancements to Support the Hypoxia Management in Long Island Sound
University of Southern California
R. Archuleta, J. Crempien
10450329 6/1/16-5/31/17 $35,000
SCEC4 Participation, Project U: High Frequency Path and Source Parameters Determined from Recorded Ground Motion in Central California
J. Steidl
10456511 7/1/16-6/30/17 $200,000
Central California Special Project: Temporary Seismic Deployment
University of Southern California Subtotal $235,000
University of Washington
Q. Ding
UWSC9314 8/1/16-7/31/18 $161,045
CVP: Seasonal to interannual variability and predictability of Arctic summertime sea ice associated with tropically forced planetary wave patterns
Grand Total: $17,811,772