US-Egypt Workshop: Priorities of Desert Studies, Cairo, Egypt, March 1998

产品描述：该奖项是为了支持一个美国科学代表团参加1998年3月在埃及开罗举行的美国-埃及沙漠研究优先事项讲习班。美国的组织者是Farouk El-Baz博士，他是马萨诸塞州波士顿市波士顿大学遥感中心的教授和主任。埃及的组织者是埃及开罗国家遥感和空间研究局主席Mohamed阿德尔Yehia博士。为期四天的研讨会将在开罗的NARSS总部举行。讲习班的目标是：审查对沙漠地形的了解状况，重点是确定沙漠研究的优先事项;美国和埃及科学家之间交流信息，以鼓励开发合作项目;在已确定的高度优先领域提出联合研究建议。讨论的题目包括：遥感、水文地质学和应用气象学、地貌学和应用构造学、海岸带研究和综合沙漠研究。适用范围：该项目将汇集来自不同机构的15名著名的美国科学家，他们是与沙漠研究有关的各个领域的专家，他们将与埃及的同行一起制定在共同感兴趣的领域进行联合研究的议程。El-Baz博士在非洲和阿拉伯半岛沙漠各地的实地研究和遥感研究方面有着长期的经验。埃及的组织者叶海亚博士是阿拉伯国家最大的遥感中心的负责人，在整个中东地区的地质沙漠研究方面有着丰富的工作经验。有一项计划是出版一份会议记录，其中包括介绍情况和建议的美埃联合研究项目领域。该提案符合支持美国-外国研讨会，可能会大大增加在共同感兴趣的领域的合作。

Description: This award is to support of a US scientific delegation to the US-Egypt Workshop on Priorities of Desert Studies, to be held in Cairo, Egypt, in March 1998. The US organizer is Dr. Farouk El-Baz, Professor and Director, Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, Boston, MA. The Egyptian organizer is Dr. Mohamed Adel Yehia, Chairman, National Agency of Remote Sensing and Space Research (NARSS) in Cairo, Egypt. The four day workshop will be held at the NARSS headquarters in Cairo. The objectives of the workshop are: review the state of knowledge of the desert terrain with emphasis on establishing priorities of desert studies; exchange information between US and Egyptian scientists to encourage the development of cooperative projects; and the initiation of joint research proposals in areas of established high priority. The topics to be discussed include: Remote sensing, hydrogeology and applied meteorology, geomorphology and applied tectonics, coastal zone studies, and integrated desert studies. Scope: This project will bring together 15 well known American scientists, from different institutions, who are experts in various fields related to desert research, with their counterparts in Egypt to develop an agenda for joint research in areas of mutual interest. Dr. El-Baz has had a long experience in field studies and remote sensing studies in various parts of the deserts in Africa and in the Arabian peninsula. The Egyptian organizer, Dr. Yehia, is the head of the largest remote sensing center in the Arab countries, with extensive work experience in geological desert studies throughout the Middle East. There is a plan to publish a proceedings covering the presentations and the recommended areas for joint US-Egypt research projects. This proposal meets the INT objective of supporting joint U.S.-foreign workshops that are likely to significantly increase collaboration in areas of mutual interest.