Workshop proposal: Antarctic research vessel - anticipated needs for marine geology and geophysics

该奖项由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）极地项目办公室（OPO）提供，旨在支持一个研讨会，以启动关于南极海洋地质和地球物理界未来科学目标和技术需求的讨论。自从南极洲共同体上一次集中研究南极海洋地质学的长期科学目标和需求以来，已经过去了大约十年，因此需要一个新的视角。目前进行这种对话的必要性也是基于目前为美国南极研究计划提供船只支持的租赁时间表。虽然为南极科学提供船舶支助的合同还有几年，但制订科学要求作为这一时期之后船舶支助规划投入的过程需要相当长的时间，因此必须开始。因此，在明年内，必须提供一份文件，以广泛的方式概述预期的未来科学目标和目的，并说明南大洋海洋地质和地球物理工作的具体技术需要，以便进行适当规划。这次讲习班编写的报告将作为这一规划文件，并将提供硬拷贝和在因特网上提供。研讨会将于2002年春季在华盛顿，华盛顿特区举行。会议将通过电子邮件和EOS进行宣传，以便所有感兴趣的个人都有机会参加。

This award, provided by the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) of the National Science Foundation (NSF), provides support for a workshop designed to initiate discussion about future scientific objectives and technical needs of the Antarctic marine geology and geophysics community. It has been about a decade since the community last took a focused look at the long-range science goals and needs for Antarctic marine geology and so a new perspective is needed. The present need for such a dialogue is also based on the timing of the lease schedule for the current ship support to the US Antarctic Research Program. Although ship support for Antarctic science is contracted for several more years, the process of developing scientific requirements as planning input for ship support beyond this period takes a considerable amount of time and so must begin soon. Consequently, within the next year, a document outlining the anticipated future scientific goals and objectives, in a broad fashion, and describing the specific technical needs for marine geologic and geophysical work in the Southern Ocean must be available for proper planning. The report produced from this workshop will serve as this planning document and will be available as a hard copy and on the Internet. The workshop will be held during Spring of 2002, in Washington, D.C. The meeting will be advertised via e-mail and through EOS, so that all interested individuals will have the opportunity to attend.