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（OPP）提供，为一个研讨会提供支持，该研讨会旨在发起关于南极海洋地质和地球物理学界未来科学目标和技术需求的讨论。科学界上一次集中关注南极海洋地质的长期科学目标和需求已经有十年了，因此需要一个新的视角。目前对这种对话的需求也是基于当前支持美国南极研究计划的船舶租赁时间表的时间安排。虽然为南极科学提供船舶支持的合同期限还可以再延长几年，但制定科学需求的过程需要相当长的时间，以便在这一时期之后为船舶支持提供规划投入，因此必须尽快开始。因此，必须在下一年内提供一份文件，概括地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。讲习班编写的报告将作为本规划文件，并将以硬拷贝形式在互联网上提供。研讨会将于2002年春季在华盛顿特区举行，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.