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Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) grant opportunity titled Physical and Dynamic Meteorology (Funding Opportunity Number PD 98 1522) supports scientific and technical research aimed at improving how the atmosphere works, especially the physical processes that drive weather and related phenomena. This is a discretionary NSF research grant program in the Geosciences area (CFDA 47.050) and is designed to fund research and development that advances fundamental understanding of atmospheric behavior, as well as practical advances in how the atmosphere is observed and measured.

The program focuses on a wide range of core topics in meteorology and atmospheric physics. It supports studies in cloud physics, including how clouds form, evolve, and interact with their surrounding environment. It also funds work on atmospheric electricity, which can include phenomena such as charge separation in storms and the electrical structure of clouds, as well as the processes tied to lightning and electrified precipitation. Radiation is another central theme, covering how energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation is absorbed, emitted, and scattered by atmospheric constituents like gases, aerosols, and cloud particles, and how those radiative processes influence atmospheric temperatures, stability, and circulation.

A major emphasis is placed on the boundary layer and turbulence, which are critical for understanding near-surface winds, heat and moisture exchange, pollutant dispersion, and the initiation of clouds and storms. Research on turbulence and boundary-layer dynamics often connects directly to forecasting challenges because small-scale turbulent processes can shape larger-scale weather outcomes. The program also supports investigations into gravity waves, including how they are initiated, how they grow, and how they propagate through the atmosphere. Gravity waves play an important role in transferring momentum and energy and can affect weather patterns and atmospheric circulation across different heights and regions.

In addition, the opportunity explicitly supports work on mesoscale meteorological phenomena, meaning atmospheric systems that are typically larger than individual storm cells but smaller than synoptic-scale weather systems. This includes research on the morphological (shape and structure), thermodynamic (temperature and moisture related), and kinematic (motion and wind field related) characteristics of mesoscale systems. The program is interested in how these systems develop over time, how they organize, and how they produce precipitation. This includes precipitation processes themselves, such as the microphysical pathways that create rain, snow, hail, and mixed-phase precipitation, and how precipitation relates to storm dynamics. Another highlighted goal is improving understanding of how energy moves between different spatial and temporal scales, for example how small-scale turbulence can influence mesoscale organization, or how mesoscale processes can feed back onto larger-scale atmospheric circulation.

Beyond pure research studies, the program also sponsors the development of new techniques and devices for atmospheric measurements. That means proposals can include instrumentation, observational methods, or measurement technologies that improve the ability to observe atmospheric variables (such as winds, temperature, humidity, cloud properties, electric fields, or radiation) with better accuracy, resolution, or coverage. This measurement-development component is important because progress in physical and dynamic meteorology often depends on improved observations that can validate theories, constrain models, and reveal processes that were previously poorly measured.

In terms of logistics, proposals are accepted at any time, rather than being limited to a single annual deadline. The eligible applicant pool is described as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is open broadly to many types of organizations, subject to any specific eligibility notes that may appear in the full program description or solicitation text. There is no stated cost-sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity was posted and created on March 13, 2015, and it remains open with a rolling acceptance schedule.

For access or submission issues, NSF provides support through grants.gov, with the contact email grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov for difficulties accessing the announcement electronically. The opportunity also references an additional information link to the NSF program description for PD 98 1522, which is where applicants would typically find program-specific expectations, scope clarifications, and any submission guidance tied to NSF policies and procedures.

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