UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Funds are provided to examine the nature and cause of shortterm ice sheet velocity changes. The work field would occur near Swiss Camp, Greenland and focus on the interactions between the ice sheet, the atmosphere and the bed through an integrated observational approach which involves borehole geo- physics, surface-based GPS and modeling. The PIs propose to: (1) measure changes in the subglacial water system over the summer season using borehole water pressure transducers; (2) measure the ice sheet response to changes in basal conditions with surface-based GPS and measured rates of borehole deformation; (3) measure englacial and basal temperatures for input into flow models and to constrain estimates of ice deformation and; (4) correlate these data to melt and surface water volume proxies based on remote sensing data and meteorological data available from GC-Net and measured lake volume. The PIs intend to collaborate with Drs. Martin Funk and Martin Luthi, who have submitted a proposal to the Swiss Nation Science Foundation.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0909454 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$344,845 |
Project Location - City |
Austin |
| Award Date |
08/28/2009 |
Project Location - State |
TX |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
78758-4445
|
| Jobs Reported |
0.26 |
Congressional District |
10 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
|
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
|
Recipient Name
|
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
170230239
|
| Recipient Address |
101 EAST 27TH STREET STE 4308 |
| Recipient City |
AUSTIN |
| Recipient State |
Texas |
| Recipient Zip |
78712-1500 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
25 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Collaborative Research: Subglacial Controls on Greenland Ice Sheet Marginal Acceleration |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
As the lead institution, UT activities include general project supervision, data dissemination to team members, data analysis and interpretation. This quarter we focused on collaboration on data analysis and writing up results. Results have been presented at the Fall American Geophysical meeting. The scientific results from this include the identification of two distinct subglacial drainage systems; one that is well-connected to large, efficiently draining channels; and one that is distributed but not well connected to the channel system. Main activities at NASA analysis of GPS data and data analysis. At ETH, colleagues continue to analyze englacial motion data from strain gauges. At Dartmouth, colleagues are working on understanding the surface mass balance and determining how much surface melt routes through observed moulins. |
| Jobs Created |
0.26 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
Retained RES ENGR/SCI ASSOC IV (0.10 FTE) Retained GRAD RES ASST (0.08 FTE) Retained ASST PROFESSOR (0.08 FTE) |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
08/28/2009 |
| Award Number |
0909454 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$344,845 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$297,913 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$299,942 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
611310 |
| Activity Description |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
0 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$0 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
45 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$63,107 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
30º 23' 7",
-97º 43' 25" |
| Congressional District |
10 |
| Address 1 |
10100 Burnet Road |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Austin |
| County |
Travis |
| State |
TX |
| Zip |
78758-4445 |
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