U.S. - Finland Joint Workshop on Ionospheric and Magneto- spheric Phenomena in the Auroral Zone; December 11-15 1989; Palo Alto, California

该奖项支持大约15名美国科学家参加美国-芬兰关于极光带和极冠中的电离层和磁层现象的讲习班。会议由斯坦福大学的Peter M.Banks博士和C.Robert Clauer博士以及芬兰气象研究所的Risto Pellinen博士和Hannu Koskinen博士以及来自Oulu大学和Sodankyla地球物理观测站的其他人员共同组织。讲习班的目的是审查过去合作研究工作的成果，评估扩大合作研究活动或开展新的合作研究活动的机会。讲习班的范围包括雷达活动、与海盗号数据的关联(特别是PROMIS间隔和即将进行的CDAW-9活动)、合作一直很活跃的极光和空间等离子体研究的其他专题，以及利用新的计算机数据管理和显示技术进行协调的数据分析。将成立工作组，以确定近期和长期的具体合作调查。由于美国和芬兰在极光、磁层和空间研究方面的新的科学倡议，这一领域可能存在重大的新合作机会。芬兰的研究项目在过去三年里有了巨大的增长。芬兰气象研究所地球物理系的科学人员增加了四倍，奥卢大学成立了一个空间研究所，并作为EISCAT研究的国家中心。芬兰通过成为欧洲航天局的准成员，承诺为空间研究提供大量财政资源，并开展了新的地面观测活动。在美国，美国国家科学基金会的航空和日地计划正在开发重大的新观测和建模计划(雪松耦合、大气区域能量和动力学以及GEM地球空间环境建模)。这些NSF项目正在为这次会议提供支持，预计NASA也会提供一些支持。美国的这些主要观测计划与其他国际活动的协调对于获得最大的科学利益是极其重要的。

This award supports the participation of approximately fifteen U.S. scientists in a U.S.-Finnish workshop on ionospheric and magnetospheric phenomena in the auroral zone and polar cap. The meeting has been co- organized by Drs. Peter M. Banks and C. Robert Clauer of Stanford University and Drs. Risto Pellinen and Hannu Koskinen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, and others from the University of Oulu and the Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory. The objectives of the workshop are to review the results from past cooperative research efforts and to assess the opportunities for expanded or new collaborative research activities. The scope of the workshop includes radar activities, correlations with VIKING data (in particular the PROMIS interval and upcoming CDAW-9 activities), other topics in auroral and space plasma research where cooperation has been active, and coordinated data analysis using new computer data management and display techniques. Working groups will form to identify specific collaborative investiga- tions for both the near term and long term. Significant new opportunities for collaboration in this field are likely to exist due to new scientific initiatives in both the U.S. and Finnish research programs in auroral, magnetospheric and space research. The Finnish research program has grown tremendously in the last three years. The scientific staff in the Division of Geophysics at the Finnish Meteorological Institute has quadrupled, and the University of Oulu has founded a Space Institute and acts as a national center for EISCAT research. Finland has committed significant financial resources to space research through associate membership in the European Space Agency, and new ground based observational activities have been developed. In the U.S., the Aeronomy and Solar - Terrestrial Programs of the National Science Foundation are developing major new observational and modeling initiatives (CEDAR - Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions, and GEM - Geospace Environment Modeling.) These NSF Programs are contributing support to the meeting, and some support is expected from NASA as well. Coordination of these major U.S. observational programs with other international activities is extremely important to obtain the maximum scientific benefit.