SCOSTEP: U.S. Participation in the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics

该项目将提供为期五年的支持，以便美国能够参与日地物理科学委员会(SCOSTEP)的国际科学联盟理事会(ICSU)计划。南太地科学委员会的主要目标是促进跨国家和学科领域的合作，以增进对包括空间天气和气候在内的日地系统的了解。SCOSTEP成立于1978年，是国际科学联合会理事会下属的一个科学委员会，长期负责促进日地物理领域的国际跨学科计划。SCOSTEP促进跨项目合作、跨学科会议和多国研究协作，其科学目标是促进对负责整个日地系质量和能量转移的耦合机制的定量了解。实际目标是提高太阳能的可变成分和干扰对陆地环境的影响的可预测性。这些干扰的范围从干扰卫星和飞机通信系统，到电网停电。该项目将使南极科学、技术和应用科学委员会能够继续在推动日地物理领域的发现方面发挥重要作用，特别是在国际合作方面，以及在该领域整合研究和教育的努力方面。大气科学和气候委员会的作用是促进美国根据需要向SCOSTEP提供投入，并是支付所需年费的渠道。SCOSTEP会费对于支持SCOSTEP在促进和协调日地物理领域的国际方案方面的全面活动至关重要。

This project will provide five years of support so that the United States can participate in the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) program of the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP). SCOSTEP's main goals are to facilitate collaboration across nations and discipline areas in order to advance understanding of the Sun-Earth system, which includes space weather and climate. SCOSTEP was formed as a Scientific Committee under the International Council of Scientific Unions in 1978 and is charged with the long-term responsibility to promote international interdisciplinary programs in solar-terrestrial physics. SCOSTEP facilitates cross-project cooperation, cross-disciplinary conferences, and multi-national research collaboration with the scientific goal of advancing quantitative understanding of coupling mechanisms responsible for the transfer of mass and energy throughout the solar-terrestrial system. The practical goal is to improve predictability of the effects of the variable components of solar energy and disturbance on the terrestrial environment. These disturbances range from interference with satellite and aircraft communications systems, to blackouts of electric power grids. The project will allow SCOSTEP to continue to play an important role in advancing discovery in the field of solar-terrestrial physics, especially regarding international collaboration, as well as its efforts to integrate research and education in the field. The Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate serves to facilitate U.S. input to SCOSTEP as needed and is the conduit for payment of required annual dues. SCOSTEP dues are critical to support the full range of SCOSTEP activities in promoting and coordinating international programs in the field of solar-terrestrial physics.