US-Tunisia Workshop: Dune Formation and Migration, Medenine, Tunisia

美国-突尼斯研讨会：沙丘的形成和迁移，突尼斯梅德宁

• 批准号: 9900158
• 负责人: James Jenkins
• 金额: $ 0.9万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-02-15 至 1999-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9900158&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Tunisia; Workshop; Dune; Formation

9900158JenkinsDescription: This award is to support a US-Tunisia Workshop on Dune Formation and Migration to be held in Medenine, Tunisia, April 18-25, 1999. The US Principal Investigator is James T. Jenkins, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University. The Tunisian organizer is Houcine Khatelli, Directeur General of the Institut des Regions Arrides in Medenine, Tunisia. North African and US researchers will join with European colleagues in this workshop devoted to the aeloian transport of sand and the formation and migration of sand dunes. Physicists, engineers, and geologists will discuss the application of recent advances in their respective fields to this important problem. A significant part of the workshop will be devoted to field studies. A goal of the workshop is to develop a network of US, European, and North African scientists committed to an understanding of desert processes.Scope: This project focuses on a problem of great importance to North African countries, namely the encroachment of the desert on cultivated or otherwise developed land. The workshop will take place in Medenine in southern Tunisia at the Institute des Regions Arrides, where 200 people are working on the problem of desertification. This proposal meets the INT objective of supporting international workshops that are likely to increase collaboration in areas of mutual interest. This project is co-funded by INT and the Division of Chemical and Transport Systems.

该奖项是为了支持将于1999年4月18日至25日在突尼斯Medenine举行的关于沙丘形成和迁移的美国-突尼斯研讨会。美国首席研究员为康奈尔大学理论与应用力学系James T. Jenkins。突尼斯的组织者是Houcine Khatelli，他是突尼斯麦地那地区移民研究所的总干事。北非和美国的研究人员将与欧洲的同事一起参加这个研讨会，专门研究沙子的随风运输以及沙丘的形成和迁移。物理学家、工程师和地质学家将讨论各自领域的最新进展在这个重要问题上的应用。讲习班的很大一部分将用于实地研究。该研讨会的一个目标是建立一个由美国、欧洲和北非科学家组成的网络，致力于了解沙漠过程。范围：本项目关注北非国家的一个重要问题，即沙漠对耕地或其他已开发土地的侵蚀。讲习班将在突尼斯南部的麦地那举行，地点是区域研究所，那里有200人正在研究沙漠化问题。这一建议符合INT的目标，即支持可能在共同感兴趣的领域加强合作的国际讲习班。该项目由INT和化学和运输系统司共同资助。