The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is pleased to announce an opportunity for the Canadian space science community to pursue research and development activities in priority areas of the High-altitude Aerosols, Water vapour and Clouds (HAWC) mission.
HAWC is a Canadian-led initiative that serves as a contribution to NASA's Atmosphere Observing System (AOS). Measurements made by HAWC and the rest of the AOS will target information gaps in near-term predictions of weather, air pollutants/aerosols and surface hydrology, and in long-term climate projections.
With this Announcement of Opportunity (AO), the CSA solicits proposals for projects that will contribute to the following objectives:
- Advance primary HAWC/AOS science objectives;
- Advance applications enabled by HAWC/AOS for a healthy and climate-resilient Canada.
The objective of this AO is to support science and applications development activities related to the HAWC/AOS initiative.
More specifically, through this AO, the CSA seeks to:
- Advance HAWC/AOS science and applications through research and development;
- Increase Canadian participation in the HAWC/AOS initiative;
- Increase Earth system model developments and/or the use of data acquired and processed with CSA support.
Projects selected from this CSA competition must have as their objective to increase scientific knowledge that will contribute to the objectives of the HAWC/AOS initiative and enable the development of applications.