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History of Funded Research |
| Boston College |
| Title: | Upper Atmosphere Density Data and models |
| Agency: | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| Dates: | 1 Oct. 75-30 Sept. 78 |
| Amount: | $166,000 |
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| Title: | Structure of the Thermosphere |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Dates: | 1 Feb. 77- 1 Feb. 81 |
| Amount: | $66,000 |
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| Title: | Theoretical Studies of Atmospheric Tides |
| Agency: | Naval Research Laboratory |
| Dates: | 1 Oct. 77 - 30 Sept. 78 |
| Amount: | $50,000 |
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| Title: | Atmospheric Density Models, Including Tides |
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| Agency: | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| Dates: | 28 March 79 - 28 March 82 |
| Amount: | $173,382 |
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| Title: | Tides in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation |
| Dates: | 15 Oct. 79 - 15 Oct. 81 |
| Amount: | $92,000 |
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| Title: | Dynamical-Chemical Coupling in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Dates: | 1 Feb. 81 - 31 Dec. 83 |
| Amount: | $165,407 |
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| Title: | Thermospheric Structure Variations during High Solar and Magnetic Activity Conditions |
| Agency: | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| Dates: | 10 Mar. 82 - 31 Dec. 83 |
| Amount: | $108,717 |
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| Title: | Dynamics of the Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Lower Thermosphere |
| Agency: | ational Science Foundation |
| Dates: | 1 Apr. 82 - 31 Dec. 83 |
| Amount: | $94, 350 |
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| Boston University |
| Title: | Dynamics of the Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Lower Thermosphere (Re-awarded from Boston College) |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation |
| Dates: | 1 May 84 - 1 May 85 |
| Amount: | $35,650 |
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| Title: | Structure and Variability of Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Densities and Temperature |
| Agency: | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (via subcontract from Boston College) |
| Amount: | $93,783 |
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| Title: | Dynamical-Chemical Coupling in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (Re-awarded from Boston College) |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Dates: | 1 May 84 - 31 Dec. 84 |
| Amount: | $19,326 |
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| Title: | Mesosphere and Thermosphere Tides and Related Phenomena |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation |
| Dates: | 1 July 84 - 30 Sept. 87 |
| Amount: | $211,824 |
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| Title: | Global Density Specification in the Lower Thermosphere |
| Agency: | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| Dates: | 1 June 85 - 1 June 88 |
| Amount: | $192,000 |
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| Title: | Electromechanical Feedback Processes in the Ionosphere |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Dates: | 1 Dec. 84 - 31 Nov. 87 |
| Amount: | $150,360 |
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| Title: | Lower Thermosphere Coupling Study |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation |
| Dates: | 1 Oct. 87 - 30 Sept. 90 |
| Amount: | $372,975 |
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| Title: | Self-Consistent Modelling of the Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Magnetosphere System |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Dates: | 1 Aug. 88 - 31 July 91 |
| Amount: | $197,500 |
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| Title: | Dynamics of the Antarctic Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere |
| Agency: | Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation |
| Dates: | 1 Dec. 89 - 30 Nov. 91 |
| Amount: | $79,673 |
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| Title: | Upper Atmosphere Neutral and Plasma Density Modeling |
| Agency: | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| Dates: | 26 Feb. 90 - 26 May 93 |
| Amount: | $590,909 |
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| Title: | Lower Thermosphere coupling Study |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation |
| Dates: | 1 Sept. 91 - 31 Aug. 94 ($45,000 residual funds transferred to U. Colorado with no-cost extension to 31 May 96) |
| Amount: | $345,000 |
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| Title: | Metallic Ions and Atoms in the Upper Atmosphere |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Dates: | 1 Jan. 92 - 31 Dec. 93 |
| Amount: | $163,419 |
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| University of Colorado |
| Title: | Planetary Wave Signatures in Upper Atmosphere Density 80-250 Km |
| Agency: | Air Force Phillips Laboratory (via subcontract from Boston University) |
| Dates: | 1 Nov. 93 - 31 Dec. 95 |
| Amount: | $162,734 |
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| Title: | Planetary Waves in the Antarctic Mesopause Region |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation/Office of Polar Programs |
| Dates: | 15 Aug 94 - 31 Dec 96 |
| Amount: | $113,433 |
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| Title: | Planetary Waves in the Ionosphere |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Dates: | 1 Jan 95 - 31 Dec 97 |
| Amount: | $173,256 |
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| Title: | Operation of the CEDAR Science Steering Committee |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation ATM/Aeronomy Program |
| Dates: | 1 Jun 94 - 31 May 97 |
| Amount: | $70,569 |
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| Title: | Advanced Data Assimilation for CEDAR (R. Akmaev, P.I.; J. Forbes, Co-P.I.) |
| Agency: | NSF/ATM/CEDAR Program |
| Dates: | 1 Jan 96 - 31 Dec 97 |
| Amount: | $100,592 |
| Co-P.I.: | no support |
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| Title: | Lower Thermosphere Coupling Study |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation/Aeronomy Program |
| Dates: | 1 Sept 94 - 31 May 96 (Transfer of residual funds from B.U.; full amount of award, $390,000 over 1 Sept 91 - 31 Aug 94) |
| Amount: | $45,000 |
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| Title: | Wave-Wave Interactions and Mean Flow Accelerations in the MLT Region |
| Agency: | National Science Foundation ATM/Aeronomy Program |
| Dates: | 1 Jan 95 - 31 Dec 98 |
| Amount: | $304,605 |
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| Title: | Natural Oscillations of the Thermosphere-Ionosphere System |
| Agency: | NASA/Hq Space Physics Division |
| Dates: | 1 May 95 - 30 Apr 98 |
| Amount: | $123,178 |
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| Title: | Dynamical Influences on Chemistry and Emissions in the MLT Region (funded As continuation of "Natural Oscillations of the Thermosphere-Ionosphere system") |
| Agency: | NASA/Hq Space Physics Division |
| Dates: | 1 May 97 - 30 Apr 02 (includes 1-year phase-down) |
| Amount: | $308,054 |
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| Title: | Thermospheric Density Variability and Forecast Model Development (T. Fuller-Rowell, Co-P.I.) |
| Agency: | U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory |
| Dates: | 1 Jan 96 - 31 Dec 99 |
| Amount: | $432,154 |
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| Title: | Meteorological Influences on the Thermosphere-Ionosphere System |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AASERT Award) |
| Dates: | 1 Jun 96 - 31 May 99 |
| Amount: | $114,409 |
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| Title: | Data Assimilation for Thermospheric Forecasting, with Application to Satellite Ephemeris Prediction |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AASERT Award) |
| Dates: | 1 Jun 97 - 31 May 01 |
| Amount: | $103,384 |
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| Title: | Dynamics of the Mesospheres and Lower Thermospheres of the Arctic And Antarctic |
| Agency: | NSF/ATM |
| Dates: | 1 May 98 - 30 Apr 01 |
| Amount: | $307,829 |
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| Title: | Vertical Coupling and Variability in the Tropical Atmosphere/Ionosphere System |
| Agency: | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| Dates: | 1 Jan 98 - 31 Dec 01 (with 1-year NC extension) |
| Amount: | $196,269 |
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| Title: | Waves Structures and Vertical Coupling in the Martian Atmosphere |
| Agency: | NASA Mars Data Analysis Program |
| Dates: | 1 Jun 99 - 31 May 02 |
| Amount: | $128,854 |
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| Title: | Intercalibration of Mesosphere/Lower Thermosphere Winds from Space-Based and Ground-Based Measurements |
| Agency: | NASA JURISS Program |
| Dates: | 15 Aug 99 - 14 Aug 02 |
| Amount: | $48,000 |
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| Title: | Tides and Zonal Mean Circulation from Satellite-Based Measurements |
| Agency: | NASA Goddard (GSRP-grad student support only) |
| Dates: | 1 Jul 99 - 30 Jun 02 |
| Amount: | $66,000 |
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| Title: | Density Structures in the Thermosphere of Mars: Assimilative Analyses of MGS Accelerometer and TES Data |
| Agency: | NASA mars Global Surveyor Data Analysis Program |
| Dates: | 1 Sep 01 - 31 Aug 03 |
| Amount: | $97,000 |
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| Title: | Tidal Variability in the Mesosphere and Thermosphere |
| Agency: | NSF/ATM |
| Dates: | 1 Jan 01 - 31 Dec 03 |
| Amount: | $320,000 |
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| Title: | Planetary-Scale Waves and Ionosphere "Weather" |
| Agency: | NASA Goddard (GSRP - grad student support only) |
| Dates: | 1 Jul 01 - 30 Jun 04 |
| Amount: | $70,000 |
| P.I.: | 0.0 MY |
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| Title: | Space Weather Program: Thermospheric Density and Wind Perturbations during Geomagnetically Disturbed Periods |
| Agency: | NSF/Upper Atmosphere |
| Dates: | 1 Jun 02 - 31 May 07 |
| Amount: | 400,000 |
| P.I.: | .071 MY/year |
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| Title: | Density Variations and Other Parameters from UARS Wind Measurements |
| Agency: | AFOSR |
| Dates: | 1 Mar 03 - 31 Dec 04 |
| Amount: | $92,901 |
| P.I.: | .038 MY/year
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| Title: | Numerical Modeling of Wave Coupling Effects on the Mesosphere-Thermosphere |
| Agency: | NSF/ATM/Aeronomy |
| Dates: | 1 Jan 04 - 31 Dec 08
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| Amount: | $585,527 |
| P.I.: | .079 MY/year |
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| Title: | Gravity Waves and Their Effects on the Mean State and Variability of Mars' Upper Atmosphere |
| Agency: | NASA/MDAP |
| Dates: | 15 May 04 - 15 May 07 |
| Amount: | $253,72 |
| P.I.: | .079 MY/year |
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| Title: | Thermosphere Density Response Characteristics as Derived From CHAMP/SETA Satellite Experiments |
| Agency: | NASA Goddard (GSRP - grad student support only) |
| Dates: | 1 Jul 04 - 30 Jun 07 |
| Amount: | $70,000 |
| P.I.: | 0.0 MY |
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| Title: | Galilean Moons Environments Modeling for JIMO |
| Agency: | JPL |
| Dates: | 15 Sep 04 - 15 Feb 05 |
| Amount: | $75,000 |
| P.I.: | .121 MY/year |
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| Title: | Thermosphere Density Response to Geomagnetic Storms |
| Agency: | AFOSR |
| Dates: | 1 Jan 05 - 31 Dec 07 |
| Amount: | $261,352 |
| P.I.: | .060 MY/year |
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| Title: | CHAMP Atmospheric Density Estimates (R.S. Nerem, PI, J.M. Forbes, Co-PI) |
| Agency: | AFRL via Boston College |
| Dates: | 15 Dec 05 - 14 Jul 05 |
| Amount: | $67,000 |
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| Title: | Mars Upper Atmosphere Density and Wind Variability |
| Agency: | JPL Director's Fund (with Dr. Dong Wu at JPL) |
| Dates: | 1 Sep 06 - 31 Jan 08 |
| Amount: | $67,000 |
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| Title: | Tides, Planetary Waves, and Eddy Forcing of the Mean MLT Circulation for the TIMED Science Working Group |
| Agency: | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Dates: | 07 Jan 02 - 31 Dec 07 |
| Amount: | $2,206,697.00 |
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| Title: | Air Force University NanoSAT Program: Distributed Neutral Density Explorer (DANDE) (Co-Investigator) |
| Agency: | AFOSR |
| Dates: | Phase A |
| Amount: | $0.0 |
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| Title: | Wave and Mean State Interactions in Mars' Middle and Upper Atmosphere for the Mars Scout Mission "The Great Escape" (Co-Investigator and Deputy Chief Scientist) |
| Agency: | NASA Planetary Division |
| Dates: | Phase A |
| Amount: | $20,000 |
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| Title: | Space Weather of the Thermosphere from CHAMP and GRACE Accelerometer Measurements (P.I. with Co-P.I. Prof. R. Steven Nerem) |
| Agency: | NSF/ATM-Space Weather Program |
| Dates: | 1 Sep 07 - 31 Aug 12 |
| Amount: | $537,930 |
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| Title: | Neutral Atmosphere Density Interdisciplinary Research (NADIR) (P.I., with Co-P.I. T. Fuller-Rowell and 10 Co-investigators) |
| Agency: | DoD/AFOSR MURI Program |
| Dates: | 12 Aug, 2007 - 12 Aug, 2012 |
| Amount: | $7.2M |
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| Title: | Thermosphere Variability due to Wave Coupling from Below |
| Agency: | NASA Guest Investigator (TIMED) |
| Dates: | 1 Jun 08 - 31 May 11 |
| Amount: | $304,746 |
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| Title: | Wave Interactions in the Atmosphere of Mars (Co-I; Dr. Y. Moudden is PI) |
| Agency: | NASA Mars Fundamental Research |
| Dates: | 1 Apr 09 - 31 Mar 12 |
| Amount: | $253,751 |
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