
NSF Org: |
OPP Office of Polar Programs (OPP) |
Recipient: |
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Initial Amendment Date: | August 16, 2021 |
Latest Amendment Date: | September 13, 2024 |
Award Number: | 2129685 |
Award Instrument: | Cooperative Agreement |
Program Manager: |
Vladimir Papitashvili
vpapita@nsf.gov (703)292-7425 OPP Office of Polar Programs (OPP) GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
Start Date: | September 1, 2021 |
End Date: | August 31, 2025 (Estimated) |
Total Intended Award Amount: | $7,117,195.00 |
Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $8,847,521.00 |
Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2022 = $3,136,304.00 FY 2023 = $2,682,224.00 FY 2024 = $402,399.00 |
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Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
2221 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100 MINNEAPOLIS MN US 55414-3074 (612)624-5599 |
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Primary Place of Performance: |
1954 Buford Ave. Saint Paul MN US 55108-1062 |
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NSF Program(s): |
ARCTIC RESEARCH PROJECTS, Human-Envi & Geographical Scis, Instrumentation & Facilities, ANT Instrum & Facilities, Antarctic Operations Support, Polar Cyberinfrastructure |
Primary Program Source: |
0100CYXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 0100XXXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01002223RB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01002324RB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01002425RB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01002324DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
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Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050, 47.075, 47.078 |
ABSTRACT
The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) is a polar science and logistics support organization at the University of Minnesota. By distributing and using high-resolution optical imagery made available by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to U.S. Government-funded researchers, PGC is able to solve various geospatial problems for scientists to study both the Arctic and Antarctic with mapping and remote sensing projects. This helps to support the National Science Foundation's mission to understand the Earth and its global and regional system by facilitating innovative new techniques and products - such as Digital Elevation Models for both polar regions, mapping seasonal changes of sea ice coverage and dynamics of continental ice sheets (e.g., ice loss due to global climate change and quantification of meltwater on the ice sheet surface in Greenland and Antarctica), preparing detailed topography maps for polar atmospheric and ocean studies, glaciology, geology, geophysics, and permafrost changes, identifying actual coastlines masked by ice or meltwater and impacts of extreme weather events, watching polar flora seasonal changes and climate-driven ecosystem shifts, and even counting vertebrate (e.g., polar bears, penguins, etc.) populations.
The PGC facilitates scientists' access to geospatial resources and respective domain knowledge by providing the following products and services to the NSF polar community: (1) Access to billions of square kilometers of repeat-coverage commercial satellite imagery licensed from multiple companies by U.S. Government agencies for the Antarctic and Arctic; (2) The PGC's specific institutional knowledge to solve a broad range of geospatial, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence problems; and (3) Geospatial educational courses and online materials to translate the PGC?s expertise and experience to the NSF polar science community and encourage diverse graduate and undergraduate students to participate in the polar remote sensing and geospatial science. PGC educates the next generation of scientists with the use and manipulation of geospatial products through online educational materials, accessible documentation, and student employment and mentorship. PGC will work to broaden participation in polar (and) geospatial science through partnership with minority-serving institutions. PGC is also a source of public geospatial data that empowers researchers, educators, and others from outside the NSF polar community to investigate the limits of the current understanding of Earth surface processes. PGC?s partnership with industry (Google, ESRI) and other government agencies (NASA, NGA) further enhance availability and accessibility of geospatial data via these partners? platforms.
This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
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