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帽中电离层和磁层现象的研讨会。斯坦福大学的彼得·m·班克斯和c·罗伯特·克劳尔博士。芬兰气象研究所的Risto Pellinen和Hannu Koskinen，以及来自奥卢大学和Sodankyla地球物理观测站的其他人。讲习班的目标是审查过去合作研究工作的成果，并评估扩大或新的合作研究活动的机会。研讨会的范围包括雷达活动，与VIKING数据的相关性（特别是PROMIS间隔和即将到来的CDAW-9活动），极光和空间等离子体研究的其他主题，这些合作已经活跃，以及使用新的计算机数据管理和显示技术进行协调数据分析。将成立工作组，以确定短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研究项目都有新的科学举措，这一领域可能存在重要的新合作机会。芬兰的研究项目在过去三年中发展迅速。芬兰气象研究所地球物理司的科研人员增加了四倍，奥卢大学建立了一个空间研究所，并作为一个国家空间科学研究所的研究中心。芬兰通过成为欧洲空间局准会员，为空间研究提供了大量财政资源，并开展了新的地面观测活动。在美国，国家科学基金会的航空和太阳-地面计划正在开发新的主要观测和建模计划（CEDAR -耦合，大气区域的能量学和动力学，以及GEM -地球空间环境建模）。这些NSF项目为会议提供了支持，NASA也有望提供一些支持。美国这些主要观测项目与其他国际活动的协调对于获得最大的科学效益是极其重要的。

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.