Planning Visit to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea for Study of Tropical River/Ocean Processes in Coastal Settings

这是查尔斯·尼特鲁尔博士和他的另外两名同事访问印度尼西亚和巴布亚新几内亚以在新几内亚沿海海洋组织一个研究项目的计划赠款。 这是一次重要的访问，因为印度太平洋群岛潮湿的热带地形是全球淡水、溶质和颗粒物的主要来源。 毗邻潮湿热带地区的沿海海洋中活跃的海洋过程控制着逃逸到世界海洋的物质通量。 印度-太平洋群岛的研究还很少。 新几内亚及其周边地区拟议的工作可以提供有关河流沉积物排放及其对周围沿海地区地貌、化学和生物影响的重要数据。 三位科学家分别代表生物、物理和地质海洋学。 这次访问可以提供与该地区当局和科学家的重要联系，并为与当地科学家的合作奠定基础。

This is a planning grant for Dr. Charles Nittrouer and his two other colleagues to visit Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to organize a research project in the coastal ocean of New Guinea. This is an important visit since the wet tropical terrain in the Indo-Pacific archipelago is major global source of fresh water, solutes and particulates. Oceanic processes active in the coastal oceans adjacent to wet tropical areas control the material flux that escapes to the world ocean. Very little research has been completed in the Indo-Pacific archipelago. The proposed work in and around New Guinea can provide important data on the discharge of sediments from the river and their impacts on the geomorphology, chemistry, and biology of the surrounding coastal zone. Three scientists represent biological, physical, and geological oceanography, respectively. This visit can provide important linkages with authorities and scientists in the region and lay the groundwork with local scientists.