US-Myanmar Workshop: Circulation and Mixing of the Andaman Sea - Yangoon, Myanmar, August 1997

描述：该奖项旨在支持6名美国科学家参加将于1997年8月在仰光举行的与缅甸科学家共同举办的研讨会。美国队领队是哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特·多尔蒂地球天文台的阿诺德·戈登博士，缅甸队领队是仰光Mawlamyine大学海洋科学系的Swe Thwin博士。研讨会的目的是制定一项研究计划，其目标是开发一个受风、河流羽流、潮汐混合、海-空气热量和淡水通量强迫的安达曼海区域环流模式。选择的模型是普林斯顿海洋模型。该模型将应用于缅甸地区污染物扩散研究、初级生产力研究和气象现象研究。更广泛的应用是更好地评估安达曼海在更大范围的气候系统中的作用，主要是亚洲季风。对安达曼海的特别兴趣源于怀疑内波和潮汐引起的垂直混合过程的影响，这可能改变区域垂直层结和环流格局。预计讲习班的结果将是一项联合研究项目的计划。范围：该奖项用于资助六位美国科学家中的五位的旅费，他们将在一个研讨会上与来自缅甸的大约15名科学家会面，讨论对美国和亚洲的海洋学家和大气科学家非常重要的主题。会议预计将产生一份提交给基金会的提案，以支持包括美国科学家和来自缅甸的科学家在内的联合研究。这项活动特别值得，因为它为美国科学家在缅甸工作以及与该国科学家合作开辟了道路。该项目符合国际项目部在共同感兴趣的领域促进与外国科学家合作的目标。

Description: This award is to support participation by six scientists from the United States in a workshop with scientists from Myanmar, to be held in Yangon in August 1997. The US team leader is Dr. Arnold Gordon from the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, and the Leader of the Myanmar team is Dr. Swe Thwin, Department of Marine Science, University of Mawlamyine in Yangon. The purpose of the workshop is to formulate a research program whose goal is to develop a regional circulation model for the Andaman Sea, forced by wind, river plume, tidal mixing, sea-air heat and fresh water fluxes. The model of choice is the Princeton Ocean Model. The model will have application to studies of spreading of pollutants, primary productivity research and meteorological phenomena in the Myanmar region. A broader application is to better assess the role of the Andaman Sea in the larger scale climate system, primarily the Asian Monsoon. The specific interest in the Andaman Sea stems from the effects of suspected internal wave and tidal derived elevated vertical mixing processes, which may alter the regional vertical stratification and circulation pattern. It is anticipated that the result of the workshop will be a plan for a joint research project. Scope: This award is to fund travel of five of six U.S. scientists who will meet with approximately fifteen scientists from Myanmar in a workshop where discussions will deal with a topic of great importance to oceanographers and atmospheric scientists in the US, and in Asia. The meeting is expected to result in a proposal to be submitted to the Foundation, to support joint research that will include American scientists and scientists from Myanmar. This activity is particularly worthwhile because it opens avenues for American scientists to work in Myanmar and with scientists from that country. The project meets the objectives of the Division of International Programs in promoting collaboration with foreign scientists in areas of mutual interest.