Hawaii Climate Laboratory

该奖项向马诺阿大学地理系提供资金，用于购买设备，以升级本科课程中的自然地理部分。该大学现有的物理、气候学和水资源课程侧重于热带环境中的过程。由于地貌、地质、植被以及农业和城市土地的使用，夏威夷是气候多样性的一个缩影。这是研究气候的理想场所。然而，这种丰富的教学机会并没有得到充分的利用。课程中缺少的关键要素是直接野外观测(测量)。为了开发夏威夷的自然实验室，该部门需要获得学生可以用来监测和分析重要过程的仪器。该奖项将通过提供气候传感器(测量风速和风向、温度、湿度、降雨量、净辐射、太阳辐射和土壤热通量)、数据记录设备、计算机和辅助设备供教师和学生使用，帮助加强本科地理教育。该项目的目的是通过测量和解释环境数据，为学生提供一系列日益先进的学习体验。接受资助的机构正在将这一NSF奖项与非联邦来源的资金相匹配。

This award provides funds to the department of Geography at the University of Manoa to purchase equipment to upgrade the physical geography component of the undergraduate curriculum. The existing curriculum in physical, climatology, and water resources at the University is focussed on processes in the tropical environment. Because of the relief, geology, vegetation, and the agricultural and urban land uses, Hawaii is a microcosm of climatic diversity. It is an ideal place to study climate. However, full advantage is not being take of this rich teaching opportunity. The key element missing in the curriculum is direct field observation (measurement). To exploit the natural laboratory that is Hawaii's environment, the department needs to acquire the instruments with which students can monitor and analyze the important processes. This award will help enhance undergraduate education in geography by providing sets of climate sensors (measuring wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, rainfall, net radiation, solar radiation, and soil heat flux), data recording devices, computers, and accessory equipment for use by instructors and students. The purpose of the project is to provide students with a sequence of increasingly advanced learning experiences through the measurement and interpretation of environmental data. The grantee institution is matching this NSF award with funds from non-Federal sources.