Continued Support of the U.S. STEP (Solar Terrestrial Energy Program) Coordination Office

这项提案将支持1990年12月成立的美国STEP(太阳地面能源计划)协调办公室的继续。STEP协助美国科学界在航天器、地面、火箭、气球以及能够研究从太阳表面向地球表面转移物质和能量的一整套耦合机制的理论和模拟计划中的组件。科罗拉多大学的这一协调办公室将继续与国内科学计划互动，目的是：(1)收集和传播与STEP相关的信息和数据，(2)协调数据获取和分析的联合运动，以满足STEP的国家和国际科学目标，以及(3)组织专业学会会议和特别会议。

This proposal will support the continuation of the U.S. STEP (Solar Terrestrial Energy Program) Coordination Office, established in December 1990. STEP assists the U.S. science community in components in spacecraft, ground-based, rocket, balloon and theory and simulation programs capable of studying the complete set of coupling mechanisms responsible for the transfer of matter and energy from the surface of the Sun to the surface of the Earth. The continuation of this coordination office at the University of Colorado will interact with domestic science programs for the purpose of: (1) collecting and disseminating STEP-related information and data, (2) coordinating joint campaigns for data acquisition and analysis which meet the national and international science objectives of STEP, and (3) organizing professional society meetings and special sessions.