“Coupling Regional and Global Processes: Towards the Next Generation of Space Missions,” ($196,340). JPL Investigators: Duane Waliser, Qinbin Li, Annmarie Elderling, Yi Chao. UCLA Investigators: Kuo-Nan Liou, Robert Fovell, Alex Hall, Yongkang Xue. (DRDF: Director’s Research and Development Fund)

“A High Resolution Regional Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model for the Southern California Region,” ($40,000). JPL Investigator: Yi Chao. UCLA Investigators: James McWilliams, Alex Hall. (SURP: Strategic University Research Program)

“Gas and Aerosol Remote Sensing Measurements from the SART Site and Comparisons with an Urban/Regional Air Quality Model,” ($49,980). JPL Investigators: Stanley Sander, Qinbin Li, David Diner. UCLA Investigator: Jochen Stutz. (SURP: Strategic University Research Program)

“Radiatively Important Thin Cirrus: Characterization from AIRS Observations and Insights into Formation Mechanisms,” ($10,003). JPL Investigator: Annmarie Eldering. UCLA Investigator: Kuo-Nan Liou.

“Joint Distribution of Clouds, Water Vapor and Temperature: Analysis of CloudSat and AIRS Observations,” ($25,215). JPL Investigator: Annmarie Eldering. UCLA Investigator: Kuo-Nan Liou.

“Evaluating Key Uncertainties in IPCC Climate Change Projections in California Snowpack:  Topography, Snow Physics and Aerosol Deposition,” ($140,000).  JPL Investigators: Duane Waliser,  Qinbin Li, Annmarie Elderling, Yi Chao, Sassan Saatchi.  UCLA Investigators: Kuo-Nan Liou, Jinwon Kim, Alex Hall, Robert Fovell, Yongkang Xue. 

“Enabling Environmental Prediction Capabilities in California Using Satellite Data and JIFRESSE’s New Regional Earth System Model,” ($60,500). JPL Investigator: Duane Waliser. UCLA Investigators: Alex Hall, Jinwon Kim, Xin  Qu.

“Earth Climate Sciences:  Collaborative Investigations with UCLA Graduate Students,” ($25,000).  JPL Investigator:  Annmarie Elderling. UCLA Investigator: Kuo-Nan Liou.

“Characterizating Snow Pack Accumulation and Melt and the Resulting Spring Streamflow in Sierra Basins Using a Novel Data Assimilation and Modeling Approach,” ($47,269).  JPL Investigator: Eni Njoku. UCLA Investigators:  Steve Margulis, Terri Hogue, Noah Molotch.

“Gas and Aerosol Remote Sensing Measurements from Mt. Wilson, California,” ($52,000).  JPL Investigator, Stanley Sander.  UCLA Investigator: Jochen Stutz.

“California Climate Projections for the 21st Century: Air Quality Predictions from the JPL-UCLA Regional Earth System Model,” ($140,000).  JPL Investigators: Annmarie Elderling, Qinbin Li, and Yi Chao.  UCLA Investigators: Kuo-Nan Liou, Robert Fovell, Alex Hall and Jinwon Kim. (DRDF: Director’s Research and Development Fund)

“Evaluating the Impacts of Large-Scale Urbanization on Regional Energy and Water Cycles Using a Coupled Modeling and Remote Sensing Framework,” ($55,645).  JPL Investigators: Eni Njoku.  UCLA Investigators: Terri Hogue, Steve Margulis. (SURP: Strategic University Research Program).

“Gas and Aerosol Remote Sensing Measurements from Mt. Wilson, California,” ($15,000).  JPL Investigators: Stanley Sander.  UCLA Investigators: Jochen Stutz. (SURP: Strategic University Research Program).

“Response of the Bering Sea Integrated Circulation-Ice-Ecosystem to Forcing by Climate and the Adjacent North Pacific and Artic Oceans,” ($200,000, 2-year award). Investigators: Yi Chao (JPL/UCLA) and James McWilliams (UCLA). (NPRB: North Pacific Research Board)

“Impacts of NASA Data and Models on Decision Support Tools in Prince William Sound, Alaska,” ($113,125, 1 year award). Investigator: Yi Chao (JPL/UCLA). (University of Alaska, Fairbanks)

“A Smart Sensor Web for Ocean Observation: System, Design, Modeling and Optimization,” ($90,000, 1 year award). Investigator: Yi Chao (JPL/UCLA). (University of Washington)

"Aerosol Impacts on Cirrus Clouds and High Power Laser Transmission: A Combined Satellite Observations and Modeling Approach." ($155,000, 1st year). Investigators: K.N. Liou and Steve Ou (UCLA). (Air Force office of Scientific Research)

“Simulating and Understanding Variability in Runoff from the Sierra Nevada,” ($59,019, 2 year award). Investigator: Alex Hall (State of California)

“Climatic Impacts of Contrail and Contrail-Cirrus.” ($50,000, 1 year award). Investigators: Steve Ou and Kuo-Nan Liou (UCLA). (US Department of Transportation/Federal Aviation Agency)

“Upper Tropospheric Clouds: Developing a Global Long-Term Dataset with Quantitative Error Estimates,” ($382,000, 3 year award)/ Investigator: Annmarie Elderling (JPL/UCLA). (NASA)

“A Study on the Hydrological Cycle of the MJO” ($363,748, 3 year award). Investigator: Kuo-Nan Liou (UCLA).

“The Impacts of the Offshore Transport of Carbon and Nutrients from the Continental Margins on the Carbon Cycle and Air-Sea CO₂ Balance of the Pacific Ocean” ($344,778, 3 year award). Investigator: Xin Jin (UCLA).

“Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Project,” ($344,444-2 year award). Investigator: Kuo-Nan Liou (UCLA). (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

“Studies of Polar Stratospheric Clouds, Tropical Stratospheric Clouds and Tropospheric Aerosols Using CALIPSO Data,” ($124,536-3 year award). Investigator: Kuo-Nan Liou (UCLA). (University of Colorado, Boulder)