Planning Grant: Science and Technology Research Center on Global Change

亚利桑那大学的提案要求支持加强全球变化科学技术中心的规划。该中心的研究、教育和外展活动将集中在地球表面干燥地区对全球变化的敏感性，特别是在气候和大气成分方面。该研究的特点将涉及超越传统科学部门的科学活动的整合水平。期待在许多领域，特别是生物学和地球物理学领域的跨学科合作。规划拨款活动将完善研究策略，确定所需的人员和资源，包括来自机构和机构的人员和资源，并为拟议中心建立必要的机构和个人承诺。鉴于迫切需要更好地了解全球变化与干旱及周边地区条件之间的联系，这项研究将解决国内和国际关注的问题。

This proposal from the University of Arizona requests support toenhance the planning of a Science and Technology Center on GlobalChange. The Center's research, education, and outreachactivities would focus on the sensitivity of dry regions of theEarth's surface to global change, particularly in climate andatmospheric composition. The character of the research wouldinvolve a level of integration of scientific activity beyondtraditional scientific departments. Cross disciplinarycooperation in many fields, especially biology and geophysics, isanticipated. The Planning Grant activity will refine the research strategy,identify the personnel and resources needed, including those fromother institutions and agencies, and establish the necessaryinstitutional and individual commitments to the proposed Center. Given the pressing need for better understanding of the linksbetween global change and conditions in arid and surroundingregions, this research would address both a national andinternational concern.