IAI Workshop: Hydroclimatology and Dynamics of the Rio dela Plata System and the Patos-Mirim Complex and their Influence on the Fluxes and Productivity of the Adjacent Shelf Waters

9530155纳吉这项建议的主要目标是规划发展一个区域研究方案，以提高我们对里约热内卢的拉普拉塔系统和帕托斯-米里姆综合体的了解。该计划将重点研究这些系统中的输入和通量，以及它们的流出对邻近陆架水域生产力和盐分收支的影响。该研究计划还将包括设计一个监测水文、气象和海洋变量的综合系统，以及一个框架，以便将数据及时存档和传播给该地区和其他地方的科学家。最后，研究计划将涉及各种模型的开发、调整和验证，这些模型不仅将提供对系统的洞察，而且还将提供对资源管理或政策制定有用的预测能力。这一建议的基础是一种综合办法，该办法考虑到该区域水文学和气候学之间的物理关系，以评估其对不同时间和空间尺度上通量变化的反应。为了实现这一点，确定了三个主要主题，它们将构成讨论的轴心：建模、监测和过程研究。科学目标将与这些主题中的一个或多个相关。这项提案涉及的规划过程将包括对该地区正在进行的研究活动、计划、兴趣和能力的调查，以便能够协调活动，避免重叠或多余的工作。在这一努力中，这项提案将受益于正在进行的IAI活动。这项建议将涉及三个讲习班，以促进广泛的地区科学家参与编制IAI第二阶段的建议。该项目提出了一个跨学科的综合研究计划，重点研究里约热内卢-拉普拉塔系统和Patos-Mirim复合体的通量，以及它们对邻近陆架水域水动力和生物过程的影响。科学和技术支持、具体目标和适当的方法将在综合办法的背景下讨论，综合办法包括有关国家的努力：乌拉圭、巴西和阿根廷。来自美国的区域外合作伙伴也参与了这一规划工作。在为期一年的期间结束时，IAI第二阶段提案将完成。这项提案汇集了来自乌拉圭、阿根廷、巴西和美国的学术和政府机构的不同调查团队。这些国家是IAI的成员国，IAI是一项倡议，旨在促进美洲科学机构之间就全球变化问题进行合作研究。国家科学基金会是指定的美国政府机构，负责履行美国在IAI内的职责。***

9530155 Nagy The main objective of this proposal is the planning for the development of a regional research program to improve our understanding of the Rio de la Plata System and Patos-Mirim Complex. This program will be focused on the inputs and fluxes in these systems, and on the influences of their outflow on the productivity and salt budget of adjacent shelf waters. The research program will also involve the design of an integrated system to monitor hydrological, meteorological and oceanic variables, as well as a framework to archive and disseminate data in a timely manner to scientists in the region and elsewhere. Finally, the research program will involve the development, adaptation and validation of various models that would provide not only insight on the systems, but also a forecasting capability useful for resource management or policy making. The basis of this proposal is an integrated approach, that takes into account the physical relationships between the hydrology and climatology in this region for the assessment of its response to the variability of fluxes at different time and space scales. To accomplish this, three principal themes have been identified that will constitute the axes of discussion: modeling, monitoring, and process studies. The scientific objectives will be related with one or more of these topics. The planning process involved in this proposal will include a survey of ongoing research activities, plans, interests, and capabilities in the region, so that activities can be coordinated, and overlapping or redundant efforts avoided. In this effort, this proposal will benefit from ongoing IAI activities. This proposal will involve three workshop to facilitate the participation by a wide spectrum of regional scientists in the preparation of an IAI Phase II proposal. This project proposes the planning of an interdisciplinary and integrated research program, focused on the study of fluxes of the Rio de la Plata system and the Patos-Mirim Complex, a nd their influence on the hydrodynamics and biological processes of the adjacent shelf waters. The scientific and technical support, the specific objectives and the appropriate methodologies will be discussed in the context of an integrated approach comprising the efforts of the countries involved: Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina. Extra-regional partners from the United States also participate in this planning effort. At the end of the one-year period, an IAI Phase II proposal will be completed. This proposal assembles a diverse team of investigators from both academic and governmental institutions in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and the United States. These countries are Member States of the IAI, an initiative to stimulate cooperative research on global change issues among the scientific institutions of the Americas. The National Science Foundation is the designated U.S. Government agency to carry out the U.S. responsibilities within the IAI. ***