HYDROSAT INC — Department of Commerce SBIR Phase I: 9.4
HYDROSAT INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Commerce.
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- Amount
- $174,956
- Agency
- Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- 9.4
- Solicitation
- NOAA-OAR-TPO-2023-2007691
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- DC
- Period
- 2023-09-01 → 2024-02-29
Description
Temperature is the critical signal that allows monitoring of a myriad of Earth’s processes. From direct measurements of wildfire and urban heat to more complex relationships with drought, agriculture, aquaculture, and biodiversity, maintaining a steady pulse on Earth’s surface temperature enables us to mitigate for and adapt to the impacts of extreme events and increasingly variable water availability under a changing climate. All these Earth processes are highly dynamic in space and time; the underlying problem is that they require high spatial and high temporal resolution measurements of temperature. Hydrosat is innovating through this space-time barrier to provide 20 m surface temperature data every day, globally. We propose in this 6-months Phase I investigation to conduct a sensitivity analysis and impact assessment framework to determine how much high spatiotemporal resolution surface temperature can improve applications across: I) wildfire; II) drought; III) urban heat; IV) agriculture; and, V) aquaculture. The results of this analysis will streamline a Phase II investigation into a subset of these applications and will integrate the technology development with the Hydrosat satellite constellation.