NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.

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Real-time matched channel filter algorithms for satellite communications and radar systems to mitigate ionospheric signal disturbances

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · nwra.com

Sector: Defense
Headquarters: Bellevue, WA
Total capital: $105M

Federal grants: $2.5M; 6 awards · 2016–2026; Rank in peer group#147 of 161
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $102M; 158 awards · NASA, Defense, General Services A; Rank in Defense#83 of 1442
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

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Sep 2026Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase I "DAFFS-4PI" For Full-heliosphere Solar Event Forecasting$225K
Sep 2026Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR Phase I "DAFFS-4PI" For Full-heliosphere Solar Event Forecasting$225K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · Software Support And Development Of Signal Processing System.$175K
Dec 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · 873AUTHORITY$140K
Dec 2025Federal contractDefense · 873AUTHORITY$140K
Oct 2024Federal contractNASA · Support The Strive Phase A Work For The Alice Instrument.$98K
Sep 2024Federal contractDefense · Whisper Support$250K

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May 2024Federal contractDefense · Topic No. SF233-0005, SBIR Phase 1 Proposal SF233-0005-0583 - High Fidelity Sporadic E Model$150K
May 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Topic No. SF233-0005, SBIR Phase 1 Proposal SF233-0005-0583 - High Fidelity Sporadic E Model$150K
May 2024Federal contractDefense · The Purpose Of This Effort Is To Provide Research, Development, And Testing Of The Afcap Capability. This Research And Development Is Critical To The Advancement And Maturing The Technology To A Higher Trl And Inclusion In Future DOD Systems.$4.8M
Oct 2023Federal contractDefense · The Objective Of This Contract, Is "to Provide Real-time Modeling Capabilities To Specify The High Frequency Field Aligned Backscatter Of The Ionosphere In Order To Meet Various Air Force Ionospheric Diagnostic Needs.$968K
Oct 2023Federal contractDefense · To Create A Land Scatter Model That Is Based Off A Global Map Instead Of A Constant Number. To Create An Hf Relevant Vegetation Model. To Produce An Electric Permittivity Map From Global Salinity And Rainfall.$698K
Oct 2023Federal contractDefense · The Scope Of The Effort Is Labor And Travel To Support The Development Of Software That Will Enable Accurate Simulation Of Sporadic-e Ionization Layer Effects On Othr.$908K
Aug 2023Federal contractDefense · Professional Services$94K
Nov 2022Federal contractDefense · Ionospheric Modeling And Propagation Assessment Capability (impac)$4.1M
Aug 2022Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Nuclear Scintillation Mitigation by Matched Channel Filtering$1.1M
Apr 2022Federal contractDefense · Dr. Spooner Prof. Services$110K
Mar 2021Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Nuclear Scintillation Mitigation by Matched Channel Filtering$167K
Dec 2020Federal contractDefense · Professional Services$128K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Dr. Spooner Prof Srvcs$75K
Oct 2019Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services Pr# 81-0632-19$56K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · Baa FA9453-19-S-001, Call 003 - D-region Absorption Models And Associated Solar Drivers And Tools$940K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · BAA19S0001 Seem Call 002 - Solar, Solar Wind, And Ionospheric Effects: Characterization Of Hf Backscatter Noise Environm$2M
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · High Frequency Ionospheric Visualization Environment (high-five)$736K
Sep 2019Federal contractDefense · SBIR II - Automated Scaling Software For Oblique Incidence Ionograms$825K
Jun 2019Federal contractDefense · Multi-physics Simulation Services$78K
Apr 2019Federal contractInterior · Space Environment Exploitation (see)$5.4M
Oct 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Engineering Services Pr# 81-0649-18$110K
Aug 2018Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf "statistics Of Optical And Quasi-optical Line-of-sight Propagation Through The Stably Stratified, Optically Clear Atmosphere"$499K
Jul 2018Federal contractDefense · High-frequency Ionospheric Visualization Environment (high-five)$150K
Oct 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Engineering Services Pr# 81-0627-17$150K
Sep 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf "effects Of Non-kolmogorov Turbulence And Aerosols On Longe-range, Optical Propagation Through The Atmosphe$1.6M
Aug 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf ASRTV2$98K
Nov 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - Characterizing The Impact Of Ionospheric Wave Structures - Othr - Basic Award$11.9M
Aug 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Automated Scaling Software For Oblique Incidence Ionograms$746K
Jul 2016Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Influence of Long-range Ionospheric and Atmospheric Effects on Surveillance and Communication Systems$750K
Jul 2016Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf "other Functions" - This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II For FY2015'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 15-2-040 A Project Titled "monitoring Active Region Development On The Far-side Of The Sun."$400K
Jul 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Engineering Services$180K
May 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Software Development And Integration$39K
Feb 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Engineering Service$114K
Sep 2015Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf "other Functions" - This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For FY2015'S Program Announcement For The Technology Parternships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md This Award Is For Proposal 15-1-040 A Project Titled "monitoring Active Regional Development On The Far-side Of The Sun."$95K
Aug 2015Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Analysis Of Aircraft Measurements Of Various Chemical Compounds$100K
Jul 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf - Automated Scaling Software For Oblique Incidence Ionograms - SBIR I$150K
Jun 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf -SBIR I - Influence Of Long-range Ionospheric And Atmospheric Effects On Surveillance And Communication Sys$150K
Apr 2015Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Engineering Services$216K
Sep 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Goal Of The Proposed Work Is To Study The Global Eddy-field At Scales As Small As 20 Km Using The Available Long-term Altimetric Records. By Accessing The High Spatial Resolution That Is Present In The Along-track Altimeter Data, We Are Able To Resolve The Impacts Of Eddies At Scales 2.5-10 Times Smaller Than Is Possible Using The Present Generation Of Blended Multi-satellite Maps That Are Currently Widely Used For Eddy-related Studies. New Research Has Revealed An Eddy Field -$487K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Argus Beach Monitoring$46K
Aug 2014Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf "other Functions" - This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II For FY2013'S Program Announcement For The Technology Parternships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md This Award Is For Proposal 13-2-102 A Project Titled "delivering A Solar Flare Forecast Model That Improves Flare Forecast (timing And Magnitude) Accuracy By 25%."$400K
Aug 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Impact Of Ionospheric Wave Structures On Coordinate Registration$1.5M
Jul 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf STTR II: Extended Euv Solar Spectral Irradiance Forecast$736K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR 1 - Forecasting Of Solar Eruptions Using Statisical Mechanics, Ensemble, And Bayesian Forecasting Methods$150K
Jun 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Service$66K
Mar 2014Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Service$124K
Sep 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Research Effort On The Dynamical Effects Of Sudden Stratospheric Warming Events On The Thermosphere. The Dynamically Active Stratosphere During Northern Hemisphere Winter Sometimes Undergoes Dramatic Changes, Called Stratospheric Sudden Warnings (ssw). During A Ssw Event, Temperatures Can Increase Dramatically Over A Period Of Days And The Normally Strong Polar Westerly Winds May Reverse To Easterlies. These Events Also Have Impacts Both Above And Below, Causing Dramatic Cooling In$284K
Sep 2013Federal contractDefense · Argus Beach Monitoring$87K
Sep 2013Federal contractTransportation · Wake Vortex Investigative Research TAS::69 8108::TAS Igf::ot::igf Igf::ot::igf$247K
Aug 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf SBIR Ph I Po$150K
Jul 2013Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf "other Functions" - This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For FY2013'S Announcement For The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 13-1-102 A Project Titled "delivering A Solar Flare Forecast Model That Improves Flare Forecast (timing And Magnitude) Accuracy By 25%." Phase I Is Due To Be Completed Six Months After Award.$95K
Jun 2013Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research&dev Title: Mitigation Of The Effects Of The Ionosphere On Uewr Igf::ot::igf$986K
Feb 2013Federal contractDefense · Igf::ct::igf Euv Solar Spectral Irradiance Forecast$150K
Feb 2013Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services$31K
Dec 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Aura Mls Project, Dynamical Context/consistency, Utls Through Uslm Research And Validation Studies Under This Contract, The Contractor Shall Perform Inspection Of Incoming HNO3 Data; Work With Research Scientists Who Are Also Members Of The Mls Science Team On Ongoing Validation Of Mls V3 HNO3 Data Participate In Testing Of Version 4 Mls Data Processing Algorithms Continue Analyses Of Daily Meteorological Products, And Work With Research Scientists Who Are Members Of The Mls Science$561K
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Modification Of Wideband Model (wmbod)$100K
Sep 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions: The Implementation Of The ME0 Disambiguation Into The Hmi Pipeline Will Be Completed, Including Relevant Documentation. This Task Includes Writing And Submitting A Peer-reviewed Manuscript Describing The Code And Its Implementation. Additional Duties Will Be Performed As Assigned And As Mutually Agreeable To All Parties.$50K
Sep 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions: Nra Award For Proposal Entitled: Photospheric Properties Of Flaring Vs. Flare-quiet Active Regions: Can We Use Hmi Vector Magnetogram Sequences To Quantify, "when And Why Does The Sun Go Boom?". The Proposed Investigation Will Focus On Understanding The Physics Of When A Solar Flare Is Imminent. We Will Test The Hypothesis Put Forth By Schrijver (2009) That, If Solar Flares Are The Result Of Self-organized Criticality In The Corona, No Combination Of Presently Ava$461K
Sep 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions: NASA Research Announcement: A Fundamental Question In Solar Physics Is How Magnetic Fields Emerge From The Solar Convection Zone Into The Solar Atmosphere And Form Sunspots Which Can Remain Stable For Timescales Up To Weeks Or Even Months. Local Helioseismology Can Probe The Subsurface Conditions Of Active Regions Including Flows Which May Be Associated With The Formation And Stability Of Sunspots. The Main Science Goals Of Our Investigation Are The Following: Char$482K
Aug 2012Federal contractTransportation · Option Year 3 Task Order Northwest Research Contract #DTFAAC-10-D-00099 Spend Plan #12-AJP-6700-0005 TAS::69 8108::TAS Igf::ot::igf$400K
Jul 2012Federal contractDefense · 36 Month Incrementally Funded Cpff R&d Contract$635K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$286K
Jun 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions A Search For Rising Magnetic Flux Concentrations Under This Contract, The Contractor Shall: - Carry Out Forward Modeling To Determine The Helioseismic Signatures That Would Be Expected To Be Associated With Models Of Rising Magnetic Flux, - Identify A Sample Of Relatively Isolated Emerging Active Regions That Have Been Observed In The Gong And Hmi/sdo Data, - Apply Helioseismic Holography To These Emerging Active Regions, Observing The Archived Data As Far Back$483K
May 2012Federal contractDefense · Nwra SBIR Phase I - Calculation Of Impulse Response Function During Realistic Scenarios$150K
May 2012Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Other Functions Nra Award, Proposal Title: Investigation Of The Sources Of The Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Detected By The Tiddbit Sounder Near Wallops Island The Key, Central Objective Of This Proposal Is To Perform A Detailed Analysis Of The Tiddbit Sounder Data During A Select 12-15 Day Period In October-november 2007 During Which Primary And Secondary Gws From Convective, Mountain Wave Breaking, Thermospheric Body Force/heating And Auroral Sources May Be Been Detected By $448K
Apr 2012Federal contractDefense · Advanced Hf Signal Processing (hfgeo)$1.4M
Feb 2012Federal contractDefense · Ph I Research&development$150K
Feb 2012Federal contractDefense · SBIR II- Multimode Tracking For Next Generation Over The Horizon RADAR- Create A Next-generation Over-the-horizon RADAR Tracking Capability That Operates In Geographical Position Space And Automatically Subsumes The Coordinate Registration (cr) Process, Obviating The Need For Explicit Mode Linking. Make Use Of Multimode Propagation From Known Reference Points (krps, E.g., Known Faa Targets) To Improve The Current Ionosphere Model.$757K
Jan 2012Federal contractNASA · Effort Entitled: Using Sdo/hmi Data To Investigate The Energization Of The Coronal Magnetic Field. The Energy To Power Solar Energetic Events Must Ultimately Originate At Or Below The Solar Photosphere, And Is Likely To Build Up In The Coronal Magnetic Field Before Release In An Event. We Propose Here To Use The Unique Properties Of The Data From Sdo/himi To Follow The Flux Of Free Energy From Below The Photosphere Into The Corona, And Out Into The Heliosphere, To Try To Understand The Mechanis$525K
Nov 2011Federal contractNASA · Modeling Of Gravity Wave And Tidal Influences On Low- And Mid-latitude Plasma Dynamics The Central Objectives Of This Effort Are To Advance Our Understanding Of Gravity Wave (gw) And Tidal Motions, Their Interactions, And Their Influences On Plasma Dynamics And Instabilities, Specifically Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (tlds), Equatorial Plasma Bubbles (epbs), And Sporadic-e Layers And Their Coupling To The F Layer, Occurring In The Low And Mid-latitude E And F Regions. Specific Objectives I$301K
Nov 2011Federal contractNASA · The Abundance, Precision, And Precise Error Information That Characterize Ocean Surface Vector Wind (svw) Retrievals From Scatterometer Data Will Be Exploited In Three Bayesian Hierarchical Model (bhm) Applications To: 1) Construct Global (e.g. Surface And 500 Hpa) Wind Ensembles, 4-TIMES Daily, At 0.25 Degree Resolution; 2) Diagnose Properties Of The Madden-julian Oscillation Including Most Probable Propagation Mechanisms, Initiation Mechanisms, And Interactions With Background States; And 3) D$258K
Sep 2011Federal contractNASA · The Contractor Shall Perform The Work Required By This Sow To Advance The Understanding Of Aircraft Wake Vortices By: (i) Characterizing Sensors For Data Collection, (II) Planning Data Collection Activities, (III) Collecting Wake Vortex And Meteorological Data And (IV) Assessing And Improving Numerical Wake Vortex Models Such As The Fast-time, Deterministic And Probabilistic Models.$4.8M
Sep 2011Federal contractTransportation · Wake Vortex Studies$350K
Sep 2011Federal contractNASA · The Goal Of This "data Services Continuation Proposal Is To Establish The Resident Archive For Data From The Lmaging Vector Magnetograph ("lvm") At The U. Hawaii/mees Solar Observatory. In Synoptic Operation 1991-2006 With Standard Observing Programs That Included "movie-mode" Magnetogram Time Series, Data From The Ivm Have Proved Extremely Scientifically Valuable, Yet Their Availability To The Broad Community Has Been Very Limited. In The Single Year Of Funding, We Have Upgraded And Streamlined$153K
Sep 2011Federal contractNASA · Proposal Title. Data Services Upgrade: Enhancement Of Windii Measurements For The Virtual Observatory The Wind Imaging Interferometer (windii) Aboard The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (uars) Measured Winds And Temperatures In The 90-270 Km Range Between 1991 And 1997. Windii Remains The Only Source Of The Global Wind And Temperature Fields Between 120-270 Km. These Data Have Remained Relatively Unexploited, Yet They Have Very High Value For Studies Of Thermosphere-ionosphere Coupling, And $44K
Sep 2011Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services$85K
Aug 2011Federal contractNASA · Proposal Title: Quantifying Gravity Wave Effects On Climate Using High-resolution Aqua Observations. High-resolution Imagery Acquired By The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (airs) Will Be Used To Characterize The Three-dimensional Structure Of Stratospheric Gravity Waves And Their Effects On Climate. The Research Will Utilize Both Infrared Radiance Imagery And Specially Developed Airs-only Full-resolution Temperature Retrievals To Accomplish These Goals. Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit A (amsu-a$310K
Jul 2011Federal contractNASA · We Propose A 3-YEAR Program Of Observational Analysis And Modeling Studies Designed To Understand The Dynamical Processes In The Tropical Tropopause Layer And Stratosphere That Influence Chemistry And Climate. Temperature Measurements From The High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (hirdls) Instrument On The Aura Satellite Will Be Analyzed To Provide A Unique Set Of Observations Of Both Gravity Waves And Global-scale Tropical Wave Modes That Fully Utilize The Unprecedented Combination Of Horizon$450K
Jun 2011Federal contractDefense · High Frequency Over The Horizon RADAR$737K
Jun 2011Federal contractNASA · Champs Sounding Rocket Mission: Finalize Design Of The Weber Na LIDAR Measurement Configurations, Based On Rocket Trajectories And Measurement Needs. Perform A LIDAR Measurement Campaign In Support Of The Champs Sounding Rocket Mission And Begin Analysis Of The Resulting Profiles Of Temperature, Wind, And Sodium Density.$43K
Apr 2011Federal contractNASA · New Firm Fixed Price Contract Under NASA Research Announcement (nra) NNH10ZDA001N.$120K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · Alternative Constitutive Relation For Transition To Turbulence (ACT3)$265K
Jan 2011Federal contractDefense · Multimode Tracking For Ng Over The Horizon RADAR (othr)$100K
Dec 2010Federal contractDefense · Professional Engineer$42K
Oct 2010Federal contractNASA · NASA Research Announcement (nra) For The Living With A Star (lws) Targeted Research And Technology (tr&t) Program, NNH09DA001N For Research Opportunities In Space And Earth Science - 2009 (ROSES-2009). This Nra Is The Proposal Entitled "fast Processing Of Spherical Seismic Holography" (NASA Proposal Number 09-LWSTRT090128. The Goal Of Nasa's Living With A Star (lws) Program Is To Develop The Scientific Understanding Needed For The United States To Effectively Address Those Aspects Of Heliophys$158K
Sep 2010Federal contractTransportation · Base Year - Labor In Accordance With The Attached Task Performance Work Statement. Estimated Labor Amount $340,119.10 (funded $310,000.00) Sr. Research Scientist/principal Investigator = Est. 176 Hours @ $226.60 Per Hour. Research Scientist III = Est. 120 Hours @ $158.27 Per Hour. Research Scientist III = Est. 1,055 Hours @ $142.06 Per Hour. Research Scientist II = Est. 320 Hours @ $132.89 Per Hour. Research Scientist I = Est. 360 Hours @ $117.26 Per Hour. Research Scientist I = Est. 200 $350K
Sep 2010Federal contractNASA · Contractor Shall Use Measurements From The Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (attrex) To Understand Wave Dynamics In The Tropical Tropopause Layer (ttl). Attrex Is An Aircraft Atmospheric Sampling Mission Using Nasa's Global Hawk High Altitude Aircraft. This Contract Will Include A Base Period Of Performance And Four (4) Option Periods Of 12 Months Each.$653K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · 56732-EV$234K
Jul 2010Federal contractNASA · The Key, Central Objective Of This Proposal Is To Calculate The Changes To The Dynamics And Variability Of The Thermosphere And Ionosphere From The Dissipation Of Convectively-generated Gravity Waves (gws) For Select Weeks During The Minimum Of Solar Cycle 24 (MNSC24) And In The Comparison Years. Key Components Of This Proposed Research Are To Estimate The Global Distribution Of Deep Convective Objects During Select Weeks In MNSC24 And In The Comparison Years, Ray Trace The Excited Gws Into The $440K
May 2010Federal contractNASA · A Critical Element Of Active-region Helioseismology Is Understanding The Effects Of The Near-surface Layers Of Magnetic Regions On Seismic Signatures In Active-region Photospheres. Major Theoretical Developments Have Come From Recognition Of The Connection Between Wave Absorption By Active Regions And A Strong Inequality Between In-going And Out-going Acoustic Travel Times Therefrom. A Major Contributor To The Travel-time Inequality Is Now Thought To Be Strong Coupling Between Fast And Slow Ma$320K
May 2010Federal contractDefense · PR-76-0052-10 Basic Research Effort - Investigate Methods For Deriving Ionospheric Total Electron Content (tec) From GPS Observations For Use In Calibration And Validation Of Satellite-borne Ultraviolet (uv) Sensors$75K
May 2010Federal contractDefense · Engineering Service$143K
May 2010Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$265K
Mar 2010Federal contractDefense · SBIR II Northwest Research Associates$100K
Mar 2010Federal contractNASA · Meteoroids 2010 International Conference By Northwest Research Associates$8K
Feb 2010Federal contractNASA · Hosting & Services For Meteoroids 2010 International Conference To Be Held In Breckenridge, Co$9K
Jan 2010Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$412K
Oct 2009Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services$17K
Sep 2009Federal contractNASA · Under This Research Effort, The Contractor Proposes To Develop And Refine Tools For The Modeling And Interpretation Of Local Helioseismic Measurements, In Particular, For Time-distance, Holography, And Ring-diagram Analysis. We Will Focus On Tools For: (1) Obtaining Approximate Solutions Of Forward Problems, And (2) Solving Inverse Problems. We Will Use Numerical Simulations Of Wave Propagation And Comparisons Between Different Methods Using Mdi/soho And Hmi/sdo Data To Validate These Tools. The$787K
Sep 2009Federal contractNASA · This Award Is A Result Of NASA Research Announcement NNH07ZDA001N-VXO. The Key Objectives Under This Proposed Research Effort Include: (a) Recover A Unique Archive Photospheric Vector Magnetogram Data, (b) Subject The Data To Quality-evaluation And An Automated Yet Quantitative Data Reduction, Inversion, And Ambiguity Resolution, To (c) Provide Physically Meaningful Data To The Community, With The Later Goal Of (d) Full Access Of All Archive Data Through The Virtual Solar Observatory. The Scope $48K
Sep 2009Federal contractNASA · We Propose To Improve Current Measurements Of Solar Meridional And Zonal Flows By Analyzing The Nearly Continuous 12 Year Sequence Of Dopplergrams From The Soho/mdi MEDIUM-1 Helioseismology Program. The Analysis Technique We Will Use Is Based On Measuring A Mode-leakage Matrix Which Is Sensitive To The Distortion Of Mode Eigenfunctions By Flows Significant Effort Will Be Devoted To Identifying, Understanding, And Modeling Instrumental Error. We Are Proposing (1) To Model And Correct For Instrume$856K
Sep 2009Federal contractNASA · The Proposed Research Would Address A Compelling Problem Of High Relevance To A Number Of NASA Research Interests, Especially Mesosphere And Lower Thermosphere (mlt) Dynamics, Thermosphere-ionosphere (ti) Coupling, And The National Space Weather Conditions Of Equatorial Spread F (esf) And Plasma Bubbles Penetrating To The Topside F Layer.$409K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · 33 Mo Cpff Contract W/ Increments$375K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Base Year North Head - Abms Initial &$445K
Sep 2009Federal contractNASA · The Mesopheric Equatorial Zonal Mean Zonal Wind Is Dominated By A Semiannual Oscillation (msao) That Is Predominantly Wave-driven. Little, However, Is Known About The Actual Waves Responsible For The Msao. Mechanistic Models With Observation-driven Convective Wave Forcing Provide Indirect Evidence That Diurnal Inertia-gravity Waves (igws) Play A Critical Role In Forcing The Msao (garcia 2000). Lieberman Et Al. (2006) Provided The First Observational Evidence Of Diurnal Igw Variance In The Mesosp$229K
Aug 2009Federal contractNASA · The Physics Of The Sun's Atmosphere Is Governed By The Interaction Between The Plasma And The Magnetic Field. We Propose To Use Existing And Future Data From The Mission Of Nasa's Heliospheric Great Observatory. Specificaly From The Solar Dynamics Observatory's Helioseismic And Magnetic Imager And The Himode Soi/spectropolarimeter, Forbetter Understanding The Solar Magnetic Field. The Proposed Research Continues Our Efforts To Develop Refine And Test Physics-based Azimuthal Ambiguity Resolutio$400K
Apr 2009Federal contractNASA · The Number Of Published Approaches To Flare Forecasting Has Proliferated, With Widely Varying Claims About How Well Each Works. Because Of The Different Analysis Techniques And Data Sets, It Is Essentially Impossible To Compare The Results From The Literature. The Contractor Proposes To Host Two Workshops In Which Researchers Will Be Invited To Compute Their Own Forecasting Parameters For Common Data Sets. The Performance Of The Parameters Will Be Judged In A Consistent Fashion, With A Focus $277K
Apr 2009Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$75K
Mar 2009Federal contractNASA · The Primary Objective Of The Proposed Research Is To Determine The Internal And Subsurface Structure Of The Small-scale Magnetic Elements That Populate The Solar Photosphere. This Will Be Achieved Through A Combination Of Local Helioseismic Measurements And Theoretical Modeling Of The Interaction Between Solar Oscillations And Small-scale Magnetic Elements. We Will Measure The Helioseismic Signature Of The Small-scale Magnetic Elements With Time-distance Helioseismology And Hankel Analysis By $548K
Mar 2009Federal contractNASA · The Contractor Shall Provide Future Missions Radiation Climantology Support To The Office Of Chief Engineer In Accordance With The Attached Statement Of Work.$1.3M
Mar 2009Federal contractNASA · The Contractor Shall Perform The Research Effort As Described In Its Proposal Entitled, "stopping And Asking Directions: Exploiting DIV(B)=0 For Azimuthal Ambiguity Resolution" Dated Feb, 2008.$447K
Mar 2009Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services$103K
Jan 2009Federal contractDefense · " Magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere (m-i-t) Modeling"$4.3M
Oct 2008Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services$30K
Sep 2008Federal contractNASA · The Contractor Shall Perform The Work Required By This Sow To Advance The Understanding Of Aircraft Wake Vortices By: (i) Assessing And Improving Fast-time, Deterministic, Numerical Wake Vortex Models, (II) Quantifying The Accuracy Of Current Pulsed LIDAR Measurements Of Vortex Position And Strength, And (III) Developing A Probabilistic Wake Vortex Model.$5.3M
Sep 2008Federal contractNASA · This Proposal Is Part Of A Collaborative Research Effort "collaborative Research: Midlatitude Spread F Exploring Correlations With Geophysical Forcing And Gravity Wave Propagation Conditions" Led By A Pi At The University Of Texas. A Complete Solar Cycle (1996 2006) Of Digital Ionograms From Wallops Island, Va Have Been Archived And Statistically Analyzed At The University Of Texas, Dallas. The Ionograms Were Taken Around The Clock Every Day Of The Year With A 15-MINUTE Cadence; Hence, The Stati$203K
Aug 2008Federal contractTransportation · Labor The Contractor Shall Provide Technical Expertise And Services As Needed To Perform The Tasks Identified And Iaw The Sow$975K
Aug 2008Federal contractDefense · Basic Award$344K
Aug 2008Federal contractNASA · NASA Research Announcement NNH07ZDA001N Award Entitled "combining High-resolution Limb And Nadir Satellite Views For The Characterization Of Gravity Wave Properties: Hirdls And Airs". Global Momentum Flux Calculations, Mountain Wave Case Studies, Management Responsibilities. Heating Input For The Global Model. Global Modeling And Analysis.$422K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · 76-0093-08 Gravity Wave Characterization Using Aqua Radiances$229K
Jul 2008Federal contractDefense · Nwra --SEA-08-P930$1.5M
Jul 2008Federal contractNASA · The Study Proposes To Examine The Dynamics Of Gravity Waves In The Mesosphere And Lower Thermosphere By Performing High-resolution Model Experiments That Resolve Gravity Waves With Horizontal Scales Of A Few Hundred Kilometers And Vertical Scale Of 2-3 Km. These Experiments Will Help NASA Understand How To Constrain Gravity Wave Parameterizations That Are Currently In Use. Nwra Will Use High Resolution Trmm Measurements Of Tropical Convection To Realistically Force A Spectrum Of Gravity Waves. N$306K
Jun 2008Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$42K
Apr 2008Federal contractNASA · In The Tropical Upper Troposphere, Clouds And Water Vapor Interact On A Range Of Spatio-temporal Scales Driven By Various Atmospheric And Coupled Ocean-atmosphere Circulation Patterns Including The El Nino-southern Osscillation, Seasonal Cycle, Madden-julian Oscillation (mjo) And Kelvin Waves. With The Advent Of Eos Satellites, Clouds And Water Vapor In The Tropical Upper Troposphere Can Be Observed As Never Before. In The Proposed Research We Will Combine Several Eos Datasets To Produce A Comp$354K
Feb 2008Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$696K
Nov 2007Federal contractDefense · U437G00 Research And Development - Baa$27K
Sep 2007Federal contractNASA · NASA Research Announcement NNH06ZDA001N - Proposal Selected Entitled: Predicting Active Region Emergence, Evolution, And Flare Productivity Using Local Helioseismic Measurements And Discriminant Analysis. Description Of Effort: Measurement Of Td And Hh Signatures Of Quiet, Pre-emergent, And Developing Active Regions. Obtain Samples Of Each Type Of Active Region. Development Of Both Numerical And Semi-analytical Models For The Helioseismic Signatures Of Active-region-like Magnetic Field Conf$713K
Sep 2007Federal contractNASA · We Propose A Theoretical Investigation Of The Basic Mechanisms That Contribute To Seismic Of Active Regions For The Purpose Of Characterizing Active Regions On The Sun's Far Surface. The Investigation Will Have Two Substantial Parts: (1) Physical Modeling Of How Magnetic Fields Together With Thermal Anomalies Underlying Magnetic Photospheres Reflect P-modes Back Into The Solar Interior, And (2) Spherical Acoustics Of Local Seismic Anomalies Based On The Results Of (1). While This Program Is Bas$347K
Aug 2007Federal contractNASA · "local Helioseismology Of Sunspots: Modeling Magnetic Fields, Thermal Perturbations, And Flows". This Statement Of Work (sow) Results From The Selection Of The Contractor's Proposal, 06-HGI-0028, In Response To NASA Research Announcement (nra) For The Heliophysics Guest Investigator Program, ROSS-2006 NN06ZDA001-HGI. In Its Submission, The Contractor Proposed To Model The Effect Of Magnetic Fields On Solar P-modes So That The Nature And Structure Of Sunspots Can Be Better Understood. This Wil$474K
Aug 2007Federal contractDefense · Engineering Services$174K
Aug 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Contract$745K
Jul 2007Federal contractNASA · Research Effort Entitled: Probing Moderate-scale Solar Subsurface Convection. This Programs Supports Investigations Of The Sun And Planetary Space Environments, Including The Origin, Evolution And Interactions Of Space Plasmas And Electromagnetic Fields In The Heliosphere And In Connection With The Galaxy.$293K
May 2007Federal contractNASA · NASA Research Announcement (nra) NNH06ZDA001N-HGI For Research Opportunities In Space And Earth Science - 2006 (ROSES-2006). Year 1 Of 3; Proposal 06-HGI06-15 Of The Heliophysics Guest Investigator (hgi) Program In Response To NASA Research Announcement (nra) NNH06ZDA001N For Research Opportunities In Space And Earth Science 2006. This Research Will Center On Data From The NASA Rhessi Mission. This Research Is A Crucial Part Of This Program, Which Aims To Understand The Processes At Work In S$91K
May 2007Federal contractNASA · Research Effort Entitled "neutral And Plasma Responses To Gravity Wave Dissipation In The Thermosphere And Ionosphere" Dated July 12, 2006. The Key, Central Objective Of This Proposal Is To Understand The Neutral And Plasma Responses That Result In The Thermosphere And Ionosphere As A Consequence Of Intermittent And Spatially Variable Body Forces Which Arise From The Dissipation Of Gws From The Lower Atmosphere. Our Objective Is To Understand These Processes Locally And Globally As A Function O$171K
May 2007Federal contractNASA · Research Effort Entitled "multi-platform Studies Of Intermediate-scale Wave And Tides" Dated July 19, 2006. It Has Long Been Recognized By The Mlt Community That The Combination Of Data From Satellite Instruments In Different Orbits Has The Potential To Better Resolve Fast Propagating And Transient Waves And Tides. We Propose To Combine Data From The Saber Instrument Aboard The Timed Satellite And The Mls Instrument Aboard The Eos-aura Satellite. Our Scientific Focus Will Be On Waves That Are Po$296K
Mar 2007Federal contractDefense · Phase II - Basic Effort$848K
Feb 2007Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II - New Start$743K
Sep 2006Federal contractDefense · 200612!000185!5700!FA9550!AFOSR/PK !FA955006C0129 !a!n! !y! ! !20060905!20061130!151471349!151471349!151471349!N!NORTHWEST Research Associates !14508 Ne 20TH St !bellevue !WA!98007!05210!033!53!BELLEVUE !king !WASHINGTON!+000000125000!N!N!000000275000!AJ11!RDTE/PHYSICAL Sciences - Basic Research !S1 !services !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$275K
Jun 2006Federal contractNASA · The Contractor Shall Perform The Research Effort Entitled "gravity Waves With Equatorial Waves In Hirdls Data With Investigations Into Wave And Cloud Interactions$446K
Jun 2006Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase II Research And Development$750K
Apr 2006Federal contractNASA · Research Effort Entitled "local Seismic Diagnostics Of The Shallow Subphotosphere"$332K
Apr 2006Federal contractNASA · Research Effort Entitled "forward Modeling Of Time-distance, Holographic, 'direct Modeling', And Hankel Analysis Measurements Of Supergranulation Flows$258K
Mar 2006Federal contractDefense · 200606!000045!5700!FA9550!AFOSR/PK !FA955006C0019 !a!n! !y! ! !20060321!20061130!151471349!151471349!151471349!N!NORTHWEST Research Associates !14508 Ne 20TH St !bellevue !WA!98007!05210!033!53!BELLEVUE !king !WASHINGTON!+000000064126!N!N!000000199651!AJ11!RDTE/PHYSICAL Sciences - Basic Research !S1 !services !000 !not Discernable !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !999$200K
Mar 2006Federal contractNASA · Research Effort Entitled: Analysis Of Inertial Range Oscillations In Global Ocean Surface Winds Using Time-localized Rotational Spectral Analyses Of Seawinds Data From Quickscat And Adeos-ii$224K
Mar 2006Federal contractNASA · Research Effort Entitled: Medium-scale Atmospheric Waves: Coupling Of Convection, Clouds, And Larger-scale Dynanics$330K
Oct 2005Federal contractNASA · Research Effort Titled "climatology And Variability Of Dinurnal Tides In The Mesosphere And Lower Thermosphere"$258K
Oct 2005Federal contractNASA · Simulating Soho/mdi Data For Local Helioseismology Control Studies$415K
Aug 2005Federal contractDefense · 200511!501137!96CE!W9127N!USA Engineer District Portland !GS23F0197P !c!n! !N!W9127N05F0135! !20050826!20050930!151471349!151471349!151471349!N!NORTHWEST Research Associates !14508 Ne 20TH St !bellevue !WA!98007!05210!033!53!BELLEVUE !king !WASHINGTON!+000000104795!N!N!000000000000!B510!ENVIRONMENTAL Studies & Assessments !S1 !services !000 !* !541620!E! !6! ! ! ! ! !202$412K
Jun 2005Federal contractDefense · 200510!500520!2100!W911NF!USA Materiel Command ACQUISITION!W911NF05C0067 !a!n! !n! ! !20050616!20060314!151471349!151471349!151471349!N!NORTHWEST Research Associates !14508 Ne 20TH St !bellevue !WA!98007!05210!033!53!BELLEVUE !king !WASHINGTON!+000000067503!N!N!000000275809!AZ11!RDTE/OTHER Research & Development-basic Research !S1 !services !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$274K
May 2005Federal contractNASA · Research & Development "title Analysis Using Tidi And Ground-based Neutral Wind Measurements"$241K
May 2005Federal contractNASA · Research & Development: "studies Of The Global Momentum Budget Of The Mesophere And Lower Thermospher Inferred From Direct Wind And Saber Temperatures"$317K
Mar 2005Federal contractDefense · 200510!004222!1700!N00014!OFFICE Of Naval Research !N0001405C0198 !a!n! !n! ! !20050311!20050930!151471349!151471349!151471349!N!NORTHWEST Research Associates !14508 Ne 20TH St !bellevue !WA!98007!05210!033!53!BELLEVUE !king !WASHINGTON!+000000102695!N!N!000000000000!AD92!RDTE/OTHER Defense-applied Research !S1 !services !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$392K
Feb 2005Federal contractDefense · 200510!000074!5700!FA8718!ESC/PKR !FA871805C0026 !a!n! !n! ! !20050210!20050211!151471349!151471349!151471349!N!NORTHWEST Research Associates !14508 Ne 20TH St !bellevue !WA!98007!05210!033!53!BELLEVUE !king !WASHINGTON!+000000375000!N!N!000000746143!AC61!RDTE/ELECTRONICS & Communication Eq-basic RESEARCH!S1 !services !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !202$746K
Feb 2004Federal contractDefense$4.4M
Sep 2003Federal contractGeneral Services A · Ionospheric Sensors Support At Remote Sites$815K
Mar 2003Federal contractDefense$468K
Feb 2002Federal contractNASA · Studies Of Gravity Wave Forcing, Energetics, & Variablity In The Mesophere & Lower Thermosphere$1.5M

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