A Career Development Plan with Primary Emphasis on a Process Study of Upper Troposphere Water Vapor in Middle Latitudes

9507987 Fu本项目涉及应用最先进的气候观测资料，特别是卫星资料和简单的数值模式，以阐明控制中纬度对流层上层水汽量和分布的过程。了解这些过程对于了解地球的辐射收支和全球变暖的可能性至关重要。该项目的目标是：(1)确定中纬度对流层上层水汽的主要来源和控制机制，特别是大尺度水平平流和局部对流垂直输送的相对重要性；(2)检查这些过程是否在一般环流模式中得到充分的体现。这项研究将直接有助于美国国家科学基金会的水和能源-大气，植物和地球相互作用（WEAVE）努力的目标。这个职业奖的教育部分包括各种涉及研究生和本科生的活动，并努力鼓励代表性不足的群体，特别是女性，追求物理科学的职业生涯

9507987 Fu This project involves the application of state-of-the-art climate observations, especially satellite data, and simple numerical models to clarify the processes that control the amount and distribution of water vapor in the upper troposphere in the middle latitudes. Understanding these processes is critical to understanding the earth's radiation budget and the potential for global warming. The objectives of the project are to: (1) identify the main sources of and mechanisms controlling upper tropospheric water vapor in the middle latitudes, especially the relative importance of large-scale horizontal advection and vertical transport by local convection and (2) examine whether these processes are adequately represented in general circulation models. The research will contribute directly to the goals of NSF's Water and Energy - Atmospheric, Vegetative, and Earth Interactions (WEAVE) effort. The educational component of this CAREER award consists of a variety of activities involving both graduate and undergraduate students and an effort to encourage underrepresented groups, particularly women, to pursue careers in the physical sciences.***