Eurasia-USA Workshop on Environmental Issues in Drylands

该奖项支持美国国际和平基金会、科罗拉多州立大学自然资源生态实验室高级研究科学家Dennis Ojima博士、美国科罗拉多州立大学自然资源生态实验室高级研究科学家Dennis Ojima博士、美国密歇根州立大学全球变化与地球观测中心主任齐家国博士以及来自另外8所大学的13名美国科学家，与中国同行组织一次关于旱地地区环境问题的跨学科联合研讨会。欧亚-美国旱地环境问题研讨会将于2007年9月14日至22日在乌鲁木齐中国举行，会议将加深对欧亚大陆旱地地区环境变化驱动因素的理解，加深美国对中方与会者相关研究优势的了解，并探索卫星数据在旱地环境气候变化监测和建模中的潜在作用。对口主持人是北京中科院地理科学与自然资源研究所刘继元教授。拟议的研讨会采用跨学科、多机构的方法，为增进我们对基本气候变化问题的理解提供了直接和重要的目标。研讨会包括5名早期职业科学家和两名来自以本科生为主的服务机构的代表。研讨会将受益于与这一话题有关的五名美国政府机构代表的出席，他们将以自己的资金出席。邀请了同等数量的中国科学家，其中包括两名来自乌兹别克斯坦的专家。

ABSTRACTOJIMA NSF#0729010This award supports the U.S. PI, Dr. Dennis Ojima, Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory (NREL) at Colorado State University, the Co-PI, Dr. Jiaguo Qi, Director of the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations at Michigan State University, and thirteen U.S. scientists representing 8 additional universities, to organize an interdisciplinary joint workshop with Chinese counterparts on environmental issues in dryland areas. The Eurasia-USA Workshop on Environmental Issues in Drylands will be held in Urumqi, China, September 14-22, 2007 and lead to advanced understanding of the drivers of environmental change in dryland areas of Eurasia, deepen U.S. understanding of relevant research strengths of the Chinese participants, and explore the potential role of satellite data in monitoring and modeling of climate change in drylands environment. The counterpart host is Professor LIU, Jiyuan, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. The proposed workshop takes an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional approach and offers straightforward and important objectives for increasing our understanding of fundamental climate change issues. The workshop includes 5 early career scientists, and two representatives from primarily undergraduate serving institutions. The workshop will benefit from the presence of five U.S. government agency representatives implicated by the topic, who will attend with their own funding. An equivalent number of Chinese scientists are invited, including two experts from Uzbekistan.