Workshop on Isotopes in the Climate System: Boulder, CO

同位素可以用作化学示踪剂，使我们能够深入了解复杂的气候过程。它们是气候系统模型中极好的诊断工具。现在有各种各样的同位素数据可用于这种用途。目前，群落气候系统模式（CCSM）不包括同位素。ppi将于2004年初冬在科罗拉多州博尔德召开同位素研讨会，分两阶段进行。研讨会的第一阶段将利用同位素探索最有趣和最重要的最新气候系统科学。研讨会的第二阶段将包括使用CCSM的人数较少的参与者，并将重点放在制定在CCSM内实施同位素的计划上。调查结果将通过网络和2004年夏季的CCSM年会公布。潜在的科学效益包括在许多时间尺度上提高对大气水循环、古气候、生物地球化学和化学的复杂过程的理解。更广泛的影响：研讨会将产生对广泛使用的社区气候模型具有重要意义的产品，并改善该模型的研究和应用特性。

Isotopes can be used as chemical tracers that allow insights into complex climate processes. They are excellent diagnostic tools in climate system models. A wide variety of isotope data is now available for this use. Presently, the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) does not include isotopes. The PIs will convene a two-phased workshop on isotopes for the early winter of 2004 in Boulder, Colorado. The first phase of the workshop will explore the most interesting and important state-of-the-art climate system science using isotopes. The second phase of the workshop would include a more limited number of participants who use the CCSM and focus on developing a plan for the implementation of isotopes within the CCSM. Results will be disseminated via the web and the CCSM annual meeting in summer of 2004. The potential scientific benefits include improved understanding of complex processes in the atmospheric water cycle, paleoclimate, biogeochemistry and chemistry, on many timescales.Broader Impacts:The workshop will result in products important for a widely used community climate model and improve the research and applications properties of the model.