Meeting on Tree Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus; to be held Tucson, Arizona; April 6-9, 2004

该奖项将支持2004年4月6日至9日在亚利桑那州图森市举行的题为“树木年轮与气候：聚焦”的会议。美国国家科学基金会的支持将与美国国家海洋和大气管理局全球项目办公室和国际地圈-生物圈计划的过去全球变化项目办公室的资金结合起来，为具有树木气候学和气候相关方面专业知识的科学家提供参与性支持，以参与综合过去三十年树木年轮研究的科学优势和弱点的演讲和讨论。与会者还将了解未来的机遇和挑战。与会者包括经验丰富的研究人员、新的研究人员和学生，他们将制作并分发一份综合和总结会议记录和发现的文件，供更广泛的科学界审查。这样，就能够就这一重要议题公开和热烈地交换意见。

This award helps support a conference entitled, "Tree Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus," in Tucson, Arizona on April 6-9, 2004. NSF support will be combined with funds from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs and the Past Global Changes project office of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme to provide participant support for scientists with expertise in dendroclimatology and related aspects of climate to participate in presentations and discussions that synthesize the scientific strengths and weaknesses of the last thirty years of tree-ring research. Workshop participants will also access opportunities and challenges for the future.The participants, which include seasoned researchers, new investigators, and students, will produce and distribute a document synthesizing and summarizing the conference proceedings and findings for examination by the wider scientific community. In this manner, an open and lively exchange of views on this important topic will be enabled.