Title,Recipient,Competition,"Fiscal Year","Award Number","Federal Funding","Principal Investigator",State,City,County,District,Lat/Long,"Grant Dates",Abstract,Partners "Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)","Colorado State University","2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080012,"$1,252,392","Chris Kummerow",Colorado,"Fort Collins",Larimer,CO02,"40.56877, -105.07922","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2015-09-30T00:00:00","The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) is a citizen science program where thousands of volunteers across the country measure and report the amount of precipitation that falls each day in their own neighborhood. In the next three years CoCoRaHS will use strategies from the “Citizen Science Toolkit” and align activities to the “Essential Principles to Climate Science” to engage thousands more participants in collecting, reporting and exploring precipitation. Evapotranspiration measurements will be added to teach and demonstrate the hydrologic cycle in action. Through strong NOAA partnerships with the National Weather Service, the National Climatic Data Center, the Earth Systems Research Lab and the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, precipitation data quality and accessibility for professional users will be enhanced. The CoCoRaHS network will be constructing training, data entry and visualization tools utilizing Web 2.0 concepts, cyberlearning tools and hand-held device applications with a goal of increasing participation and expanding the volunteer network into broader, younger, more diverse audiences.","Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, Cornell University / Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Oregon State University / PRISM Climate Group, Colorado Division of Water Resources, State Engineers Office, University of South Carolina (USC) / Department of Geography, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) / National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Avalanche Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture Headquarters, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)" "Embedding NOAA in a Public Learning Laboratory - The Environmental Scientist-In-Residence Program at the Exploratorium",Exploratorium,"2010: ELG for Informal/Nonformal Education",2010,NA10SEC0080019,"$522,280","Mary Miller",California,"San Francisco","San Francisco",CA11,"37.79594, -122.4","2010-10-01T00:00:00 - 2013-09-30T00:00:00","The Environmental Scientist-in-Residence Program will leverage NOAA's scientific assets and personnel by combining them with the creativity and educational knowledge of the pioneer hands-on science center. To do this, the program will embed NOAA scientists in a public education laboratory at the Exploratorium. Working closely with youth Explainers, exhibit developers, and Web and interactive media producers at the Exploratorium, NOAA scientists will share instruments, data, and their professional expertise with a variety of public audiences inside the museum and on the Web. At the same time the scientists will gain valuable skills in informal science communication and education. Through cutting-edge iPad displays, screen-based visualizations, data-enriched maps and sensor displays, and innovative interactions with visitors on the museum floor, this learning laboratory will enable NOAA scientists and Exploratorium staff to investigate new hands-on techniques for engaging the public in NOAA's environmental research and monitoring efforts.","Oregon State University (OSU) / Hatfield Marine Science Center"