← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Western Environmental Technology Laboratories, Inc
$1,442,241
Total funding
5
Grants
Funding over time
peak $1.1M · FY2008–14$2M$1.5M$1M$500K$0
'08
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'11
'12
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'14
Funding mix
By agency
NASA$1,262,240 · 4
DOD$180,001 · 1
By mechanism
—$1,442,241 · 5
Investigators at Western Environmental Technology Laboratories, Inc
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT ACCURACY OVER THE LIFETIME OF SATELLITE-BASED OCEAN-VIEWING RADIOMETRY MISSIONS ( OCEAN COLOR RADIOMETRY ; OCR) REQUIRES A ROBUST VICARIOUS CALIBRATION PROGRAM TO ENABLE ROUTINE VERIFICATION OF THE OCEAN COLOR INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION WHILE ON ORBIT. IN ADDITION TO A SMALL NUMBER OF HIGHLY INSTRUMENTED SITES A SPATIALLY EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF VICARIOUS CALIBRATION MATCH-UP DATA POINTS PERMITS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DESIRED LEVEL OF CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY. HERE WE PROPOSE TO BUILD ON A STRONG HERITAGE TO ACHIEVE AN EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW HYPERSPECTRAL RADIOMETER SYSTEM CAPABLE OF MEETING NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECTRAL RESOLUTION (<3 NM) FOR OBSERVATIONS IN THE UV AND NEAR IR (350-900 NM) AND WHICH WILL MAINTAIN THE DEMONSTRATED ACCURACY PRECISION AND STABILITY OF EXISTING RADIOMETERS. WORKING WITH NIST THE RADIOMETERS WILL BE FULLY CALIBRATED AND CHARACTERIZED FOLLOWING EXISTING PROTOCOLS. THE INSTRUMENTS WILL BE INTEGRATED ONTO AUTONOMOUS PROFILING FLOATS FOR UNTENDED OPTICAL PROFILING OVER PERIODS OF 3+ YEARS IN THE OPEN OCEAN. LASTLY FIELD EVALUATIONS AND VALIDATIONS ARE PLANNED NEAR THE TWO FIXED CALIBRATION SITES NEAR HAWAII AND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. THE BENEFIT WILL BE A NEW VICARIOUS CALIBRATION CAPABILITY FOR PACE AND OTHER OCEAN COLOR REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS. A THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE IS PLANNED WITH ENTRY AT TRL 3 AND EXIT AT TRL 6/7.$997,852
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
TRANSITIONING SUBMERSIBLE CHEMICAL ANALYZER TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINED, AUTONOMOUS OBSERVATIONS FROM PROFILING MOORINGS, GLIDERS AND OTHER AUVS$180,001
· FY2008 · Department of the Navy
MICHAEL TWARDOWSKI / WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES, INC. PHYSICS-BASED OCEAN-COLOR ALGORITHMS FOR WATER-QUALITY PRODUCTS OF COASTAL A$175,277
· FY2009 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ONE CORE OBJECTIVE IS TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL OF USING POLARIZED RADIOMETRY MEASUREMENTS TO DERIVE THE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT REMOTELY. RECENT EXTE$59,111
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
P/I NAME: MICHAEL TWARDOWSKI, WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES, INC PROPOSAL TITLE: IMPROVING COASTAL OCEAN COLOR VALIDATION CAPABILITIE$30,000
· FY2009 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration