Coordination of PEP I Research Activities

[摘要]杰弗里·萨尔茨。题目：PEP I研究活动的协调本提案为过去全球变化（PAGES）项目的极地-赤道-极地I （PEP I）样带的研究活动的协调寻求资金。先前授予V. Markgraf；INSTAAR于1993年建立了第一个PEP I办事处。项目领导权现已移交给雪城大学的G. Seltzer，申请的资金将用于在未来五年内继续开展PEP I办公室的活动。1998年3月，在委内瑞拉梅里达举行了第一次人发计划会议，结束了沿这一样带进行的头五年协调活动。这次会议是1998年5月在英国伦敦举行的PAGES公开科学会议之前举行的。作为这两次会议的结果，许多科学重点领域需要在PEP I活动的下一阶段继续进行协调和分析。根据这些重点领域，将为一系列年度讲习班选择主题。研讨会的目的是解决以下问题：(1)美洲现存的古数据的性质是什么，这些数据的关键差距在哪里，特别是在热带和南美洲？(2)目前对南北半球之间的气候遥相关与这些压倒一切的主题的理解是什么？(3)除了当前项目和数据的汇编之外，如何对这些主题进行综合观察和解释？这些讲习班将在下一次PEPI科学会议上达到高潮，会上将介绍和发表这些关于拟议主题以及其他问题的综合报告。PEP I办公室在实现这些目标方面的作用将是通过提供初步的重点、想法和联系，帮助组织者为这些讲习班获得资金。PEPI的项目负责人将继续作为PEPI部门的代表参加PAGES和其他相关项目的会议。将通过PAGES和IGBP通讯以及万维网与科学界保持联系。最后，PEP I办公室将组织下一届样带科学会议。

AbstractATM-9904344Seltzer, Geoffrey 0.Syracuse UniversityTitle: Coordination of PEP I Research ActivitiesThis proposal seeks funds for coordination of research activities along the Pole-Equator-Pole I (PEP I) transect of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) project. Prior grants to V. Markgraf; INSTAAR, established the first PEP I office in 1993. Project leadership has now been transferred to G. Seltzer, Syracuse University, and the requested funds will be used to continue the activities of the PEP I office over the next five years.In March 1998 a meeting of PEP I was held in Merida, Venezuela, which ended the first five years of coordinated activity along this transect. The meeting preceded the open science meeting of PAGES, which was held in London, England, in May 1998. As an outcome of these two meetings, many areas of scientific focus warrant continued coordination and analysis during the next phase of PEP I activity. Based on these areas of emphasis, themes will be chosen for a series of annual workshops. The intent of the workshops will be to address the following questions: (1) what is the nature of the extant paleodata in the Americas and where are the critical gaps in these data, especially in the tropics and South America? (2) what is the current understanding of climatic teleconnections between the northern and southern hemispheres with regard to these overriding themes? and (3) other than a compendium of current projects and data, how can a synthesis of observations and interpretations be developed for these themes? These workshops will culminate in the next PEPI science meeting at which these syntheses on the proposed themes as well as other questions will be presented and published.The role of the PEP I office in carrying out these objectives will be to help organizers obtain funding for these workshops by providing preliminary focus, ideas, and contacts. The project leader of PEPI will continue to act as the representative of the PEP I transect to meetings of PAGES and other related projects. Contact with the scientific community will be maintained through the PAGES and IGBP newsletters and through the World Wide Web. Finally, the PEP I office will organize the next science meeting of the transect.