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

说明：该奖项是为了支持一个美国科学代表团参加将于1998年3月在埃及开罗举行的美国-埃及沙漠研究优先事项研讨会。美国组织者是马萨诸塞州波士顿大学遥感中心教授兼主任Farouk El-Baz博士。埃及的组织者是Mohamed Adel Yehia博士，他是埃及开罗国家遥感和空间研究机构（NARSS）的主席。为期四天的讲习班将在开罗的NARSS总部举行。讲习班的目标是：审查对沙漠地形的了解情况，重点是确定沙漠研究的优先次序；在美国和埃及科学家之间交换信息，以鼓励合作项目的发展；并在已确定的高度优先领域发起联合研究建议。讨论的主题包括：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。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，他们是与沙漠研究相关的各个领域的专家，与他们在埃及的同行一起制定共同感兴趣领域的联合研究议程。巴兹博士在非洲和阿拉伯半岛沙漠各地区的实地研究和遥感研究方面具有长期经验。埃及的组织者叶希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拥有丰富的工作经验。有一项计划要出版一份论文集，内容包括美国和埃及联合研究项目的介绍和建议领域。这一建议符合INT的目标，即支持有可能在共同感兴趣的领域显著增加合作的美中联合研讨会。

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.