Improvement of Winter Research Logistics, Climate Program and Water Facilities at the Mountain Research Station

改善山地研究站冬季研究后勤、气候计划和供水设施

• 批准号: 9115097
• 负责人: William Bowman
• 金额: $ 1.59万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-12-01 至 1993-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9115097&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvement; Winter; Research; Logistics; Climate

Dr. William Bowman is Director of the University of Colorado's Mountain Research Station, located at 2900 meters elevation in the Front Range of the Rockies near the Continental Divide. The Niwot Ridge area near the Station is an alpine tundra study area that is designated an NSF-supported Long-Term Ecological Research Site, an Experimental Ecological Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service and the Institute of Ecology, and a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO and the U.S. State Department. Dr. Bowman requests support for purchase of two snowmobiles for research use, an upgrade of their weather station equipment, and winterization of the Station's water supply system. The proposed equipment acquisitions and site improvements to the Mountain Research Station would make it possible for research projects to operate during the winter months, and would increase the quality and quantity of environmental data gathered at the Station. Research on the fragile tundra environment is especially critical to our understanding of global climate change. This field station has supported leading research in this area, and continued improvement to this facility will enhance future research significantly.

William Bowman 博士是科罗拉多大学山地研究站的主任，该站位于大陆分水岭附近落基山脉前山脉海拔 2900 米处。 空间站附近的尼沃特山脊地区是一个高山苔原研究区，被指定为美国国家科学基金会支持的长期生态研究场、美国林务局和生态研究所指定的实验生态保护区、以及联合国教科文组织和美国国务院指定的生物圈保护区。 鲍曼博士请求支持购买两辆雪地摩托车用于研究、升级气象站设备以及对气象站供水系统进行防冻。 拟议的山区研究站设备采购和场地改进将使研究项目能够在冬季运行，并将提高该站收集的环境数据的质量和数量。 对脆弱的苔原环境的研究对于我们了解全球气候变化尤其重要。 该现场站支持了该领域的领先研究，对该设施的持续改进将显着增强未来的研究。