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

小行星9530155 该提案的主要目标是规划制定一项区域研究方案，以增进我们对里约拉普拉塔系统和帕托斯-米林综合体的了解。 该计划将侧重于这些系统中的输入和通量，以及它们的流出对邻近陆架沃茨的生产力和盐收支的影响。 该研究计划还将涉及设计一个监测水文、气象和海洋变量的综合系统，以及一个及时向该地区和其他地方的科学家存档和传播数据的框架。 最后，研究计划将涉及各种模型的开发，适应和验证，这些模型不仅可以提供对系统的洞察力，还可以提供对资源管理或政策制定有用的预测能力。 该建议的基础是一种综合方法，考虑到该区域水文和气候之间的物理关系，以评估其对不同时间和空间尺度通量变化的反应。 为了实现这一点，三个主要的主题已经确定，将构成讨论的轴：建模，监控和过程研究。 科学目标将与这些主题中的一个或多个相关。 本建议书所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、兴趣和能力进行调查，以便协调各项活动，避免重复或多余的工作。 在这方面，该提案将受益于IAI正在开展的活动。 该建议将包括三个讲习班，以促进广泛的区域科学家参与国际天文学倡议第二阶段建议的编制。 该项目建议规划一个跨学科的综合研究方案，重点研究Rio de拉普拉塔系统和Patos-Mirim复合体的通量及其对邻近陆架沃茨的流体动力学和生物过程的影响。 将结合乌拉圭、巴西和阿根廷等有关国家的努力，在综合办法的范围内讨论科学和技术支助、具体目标和适当方法。 来自美国的区域外伙伴也参与了这一规划工作。 在一年期结束时，将完成IAI第二阶段提案。 该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多样化调查人员团队。 这些国家都是国际影响研究所的成员国，该倡议旨在促进美洲科学机构之间就全球变化问题开展合作研究。 美国国家科学基金会是美国政府指定的机构，在IAI内履行美国的职责。 ***

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. ***