Awards
Fiscal Year 2017-18
July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
California Department of Conservation
R. Archuleta, C. Ji
1017-561 10/1/17-3/31/18 $49,747
Strong Ground Motion from Earthquakes on Multiple Faults
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
K. Rittger
6/1/18-12/31/19 $331,195
High Resolution Snow Cover Maps for Quantifying Winter Habitat for Wildlife
California Natural Resources Agency
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
E13613-0 5/1/17-1/1/21 $350,000
North Campus Open Space Coastal Habitat Enhancement Program
Centro De Investigacion Cientifica De Ensenada CICESE
L. Romero, J. C. Ohlmann
SB160037 7/1/17-2/28/19 $736,537
Inner-Shelf Near-Surface Horizontal Dispersion
Clark University
K. Caylor
2A325-7533 11/17/17-7/31/19 $103,249
Hazards SEES: Understanding cross-scale interactions of trade and food policy to improve resilience to drought risk in Zambia
K. Caylor
SB180140 1/1/18-12/31/18 $80,267
Developing and Scaling Up The Mapping Africa Active Learning Platform
Clark University Subtotal $183,516
DA Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
J. Dozier, N. Bair
W913E5-16-C-0013 9/27/17-9/26/18 $180,000
Methods to Robustly Assess the Snow Water Resource in Remote Mountains
Goleta West Sanitary District
L. Stratton
SB180076 8/1/17-12/31/18 $75,000
North Campus Open Space (NCOS) Public Access Implementation Project
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
J. Dozier, N. Bair
11/30/17-5/31/19 $16,249
Spatial Dynamics of Grain Size, Radiative Forcing by Impurities, and Spectral Albedo from AVIRIS-NG Data in the Indian Himalaya
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
T. DeVries
NNX16AI22G 7/1/16-6/30/19 $91,222
Quantifying the ocean's biological carbon pump with remotely sensed and in-situ observations
J. Melack, S. MacIntyre
NNX17AK49G 5/3/17-5/2/20 $231,910
5/3/17-5/2/20 $174,120
Methane fluxes from tropical aquatic systems: Integration of measurements, hydrological and biogeochemical models and remote sensing
N. Nelson, D. Siegel
80NSSC18K0736 3/27/18-3/26/21 $293,608
Bermuda Bio-Optics Project: Data for MODIS Algorithm Maintenance
D. Siegel
NNX16AR49G 8/25/16-8/24/19 $245,545
Data Mining Global Ocean Ecosystem & Carbon Cycling Observations for EXPORTS Planning & Synthesis
D. Siegel
80NSSC18K0735 3/27/18-3/26/21 $279,349
Plumes and Blooms MODIS Algorithm Maintenance
D. Siegel, N. Nelson, S. Maritorena
NNX15AE72G 3/1/15-2/28/20 $283,823
North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES)
D. A. Siegel, N. Nelson, U. Passow
80NSSC17K0692 8/15/17-8/14/21 $254,444
8/15/17-8/14/21 $248,135
8/15/17-8/14/21 $2,841,512
8/15/17-8/14/21 $319,634
8/15/17-8/14/21 $144,295
8/15/17-8/14/21 $85,725
Synthesizing Optically- and Carbon Export-Relevant Particle Size Distributions for the EXPORTS Field Campaign
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Subtotal $5,493,322
National Geographic Society
D. McCauley
WW-151R-17 10/1/17-9/30/18 $20,200
Deploying next-generation remote sensing technologies to understand collective behavior in animal groups at multiple scales
National Park Service
D. Booth, T. Dunne
P15AC01121 7/1/15-11/30/18 $144,457
7/1/15-11/30/19 $212,252
Yosemite Valley Merced River Restoration
National Park Service Subtotal $356,709
National Science Foundation
L. Carvalho, C. Jones, R. Church, A. Murray, D. Roberts
1664173 8/1/17-7/31/20 $754,493
PREEVENTS Track 2: Understanding Extreme Fire Weather Hazards and Improving Resilience in Coastal Santa Barbara, California
K. Caylor
1801251 2/1/17-8/31/19 $628,779
WSC-Category 2 Collaborative: Impacts of Agricultural Decision Making and Adaptive Management on Food Security
K. Caylor, L. Carvalho, M. Hall, G. Husak, D. Siegel
1659449 8/1/17-12/31/18 $481,730
CC* Networking Infrastructure: UCSB Network Upgrade to 100 Gigabit
Q. Ding
1744598 6/1/18-5/31/21 $341,590
Collaborative Research: Arctic sea ice variability: Remote drivers and local processes
Z. Eilon
1658214 8/15/17-7/31/21 $22,032
Collaborative Research: Imaging small-scale convection and structure of the mantle in the south Pacific: a US contribution to an international Pacific Array
M. Jackson
1736984 8/15/17-7/31/20 $299,756
Origin of highly heterogeneous 87Sr/86Sr in melt inclusions from oceanic hotspot lavas
A. Keller
1748352 8/1/17-7/31/18 $25,000
Sustainable Nanotechnology Conference
A. Keller, P. Holden, H. Lenihan, G. Stucky, J. Schimel, R. Nisbet, S. Suh, R. Miller, B. Harthorn
SB140059 9/1/13-8/31/19 $921,290
CEIN (2013-2018) Predictive Toxicological Assessment and Safe Implementation of Nanotechnology in the Environment
J. Melack, S. MacIntyre
1753856 7/1/18-6/30/21 $564,136
Aquatic metabolism and carbon dioxide flux: Linking physical and biological processes in Amazon floodplains
K. Morell
1756943 4/15/18-3/31/21 $285,581
Collaborative Research: Permanent forearc strain partitioning in Northern Cascadia
K. Morell, E. Keller, T. Dunne
1830169 3/1/18-2/28/19 $20,470
The nature and physics of the Montecito debris flows of January 9, 2018, increasing community resiliency to debris flow hazards
R. Rudnick
1757313 2/1/18-1/31/20 $138,655
Chalcophile Element Geochemistry
R. Rudnick, J. Cottle
1650260 2/15/17-1/31/20 $261,124
U-Pb thermochronology of lower crustal xenoliths -- estimating Moho temperature in order to constrain crustal heat production
A. Simms
1644197 9/1/17-8/31/20 $239,459
Collaborative Research: New Constraints on Post-Glacial Rebound and Holocene Environmental History along the Northern Antarctic Peninsula from Raised Beaches
M. Singer, K. Caylor
1700555 8/1/17-7/31/20 $396,566
Collaborative Research: Impacts of Dynamic, Climate-Driven Water Availability on Tree Water Use and Health in Mediterranean Riparian Forests
F. Spera
1551056 2/15/16-1/31/19 $58,149
Collaborative Research: Thermodynamics of magma mixing
S. Stevenson
1805143 7/1/18-6/30/20 $341,402
Collaborative Research: A Model/Proxy Synthesis of Walker Circulation Trends During the Last Millennium
National Science Foundation Subtotal $5,780,212
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
J. Steidl
NRC-HQ-60-15-C-0001 5/1/15-9/29/17 $6,294
Observations and Analysis of Geotechnical Array Data
Office of Naval Research
L. Romero
N00014-16-1-2936 7/1/16-6/30/19 $86,041
7/1/16-6/30/19 $866
Numerical Modeling of Wave-Current interactions in the Presence of Submesoscale Ocean Features
Office of Naval Research Subtotal $86,907
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
J. Florsheim
1016 11/21/16-6/30/19 $75,000
Biophysical Approach Toward Riparian Conservation and Floodplain Ecosystem Functionality
Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
16-051 1/1/17-12/31/41 $29,900
Whittier Channel Restoration
State Coastal Conservancy
J. Michaelsen, L. Stratton
16-051 1/1/17-12/31/41 $150,000
North Campus Open Space Wetland Transition
State University of New York (SUNY)
M. Singer, D. Roberts
550-1142143-79134 4/1/17-12/31/20 $302,235
Linking basin-scale, stand-level, and individual tree water stress indicators for groundwater-dependent riparian forests in multiple-use river basins
The Nature Conservancy
M. Singer
07282017-4691 2/26/18-1/31/19 $31,371
Assessing Riparian Forest Water Sources in the Santa Clara River Basin
The Regents of the University of Colorado
N. Bair
1556287 3/1/18-2/28/19 $41,987
Optimizing the Indus Basin Irrigation System and reservoir operations using remotely sensed snow surface properties in the ParBal model
University of California - Agriculture and Natural Resource
C. D'Antonio
SA17-3877-01 10/1/17-11/30/18 $12,963
Restoration and Resilience of Endemic Bigcone Douglas-fir after the 2007 Zaca Fire
M. Moritz
SA17-3881-01 2/6/18-12/31/19 $179,472
Fire Probability Modeling for Avoided Emissions Projects
University of California - ANR Subtotal $192,435
University of California - Berkeley
R. Archuleta, C. Ji
00009589 6/1/17-11/30/17 $33,000
Modeling of Ground Motion from Intermediate-Depth Earthquakes
M. Buntaine
00009574 3/1/17-8/21/17 $182,820
Citizen Monitoring of Urban Waterways in Jiangsu, China
University of California – Berkeley Subtotal $215,820
University of California - Irvine
P. Holden
2017-3429 1/1/17-12/31/19 $40,940
1/1/17-12/31/19 $91,949
Fighting Drought with Stormwater: From Research to Practice
UC Irvine Subtotal $132,889
University of California - Merced
C. N. Tague
EAR-1331939 10/1/13-9/30/18 $31,939
Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory
University of California – Office of the President
J. Dozier
LFR-18-548316 3/1/18-2/28/21 $1,036,967
Headwaters to groundwater: Resources in a changing climate
University of Southern California
R. Archuleta, J. Crempien, T. Tanimoto
94315331-B 5/1/17-9/30/18 $25,000
SCEC5, 17247: Validation of the UCSB Multi-Segment Kinematic Rupture Ground Motion Code Against Recorded Ground Motion for Several Events
R. Archuleta, J. Crempien, T. Tanimoto
94315251-D 5/1/17-9/30/18 $18,000
SCEC5, 17234: Estimating Path and Source Parameters in the Southern Sierra Nevada Using a Non-Parametric Approach and Special Source Constraints
D. Rood, T. Tanimoto
94315363-C 5/1/17-9/30/18 $22,000
SCEC5 Participation, Project: Testing fault geometry and interaction models using high-precision slip rates on the San Cayetano and Ventura-Pitas Point Faults
J. Steidl, T. Tanimoto
17246 5/1/17-9/30/18 $30,000
SCEC5 Participation, Project A: SCEC Borehole Instrumentation Program
University of Southern California Subtotal $95,000
US Fish & Wildlife Service
L. Stratton
F12AC00683 5/11/17-9/30/17 $5,000
Recovery Activities for Nipomo Lupine
Grand Total $16,006,431