Fifth Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate; New London, NH; July 29-August 3, 3007

第五届戈登辐射与气候研究会议；

• 批准号: 0731699
• 负责人: William Collins
• 金额: $ 1.3万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-06-01 至 2008-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0731699&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Fifth; Gordon; Research; Conference; Radiation

"Integrating multiscale measurements and models for key climate questions", the fifth in a series of Gordon Conferences on Radiation and Clouds, will be held July 29 to August 3, 2007 at Colby Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire. This conference will bring together, and foster discussion among, scientists studying various aspects of atmospheric radiative transfer. The conference will have a first-rate, international line-up of 22 speakers and 9 discussion leaders that will ensure continuity of the scientific excellence that has been a hallmark of Gordon Conferences for 75 years. The grant supports students, postdocs, and other young investigators as well as invited speakers and discussion leaders who will interact with the younger scientists. Intellectual Merit The meeting will focus on insights from new types of satellite and in situ data and from new approaches to modeling processes in the climate system. The program on measurements will highlight syntheses of new satellite data on cloud, aerosols and chemistry, and syntheses of satellite and sub-orbital observations from field programs. The program on modeling will address both the evaluation of cloud-resolving and regional aerosol models using new types of measurements and the evidence for processes and physics missing from global models. The Conference will focus on two key climate questions. First, what factors govern the radiative interactions of clouds and aerosols with regional and global climate? Second, how well do we understand the interaction of radiation with land surfaces and with the cryosphere? The areas to be covered by the conference include: properties of clouds from multiple sensors; properties of aerosols from multiple sensors; new methods for synthesizing measurements and models; multi-scale models of cloud systems; regional aerosol models: simulation of "chemical weather"; the challenges of Earth system modeling; the climatic role of mixed-phase clouds; new theory and observations of cloud/aerosol interactions; modeling and measurement of the changing cryosphere. Broader Impacts The students who participate will benefit by obtaining a better understanding of the application of measurements to modeling climate processes and simulations of the Earth system. Established researchers should benefit by an exposure to recent advances and new ideas in this field. Overall, the exchanges of ideas are expected to benefit society by encouraging further exploration and discoveries of the climate system, thereby increasing our capability for making useful predictions and assessments of anthropogenic impact on the climate system. These expectations are supported by experience from the previous GRCs on Radiation and Climate. At the 2005 meeting, for example, over 40% of the 110 attendees were graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Nearly 60% of the participants were in the early stages of their scientific careers. Over 95% of the conferees agreed that the conference was thought provoking, stimulating, and exciting and that the presentations were at the frontier of the field.

“综合关键气候问题的多尺度测量和模型”是戈登辐射与云系列会议的第五场，将于2007年7月29日至8月3日在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比索耶学院举行。这次会议将汇集并促进科学家之间的讨论，研究大气辐射传输的各个方面。会议将拥有一流的国际阵容，由22位演讲者和9位讨论领袖组成，这将确保75年来戈登会议的标志——卓越的科学成就的连续性。该基金支持学生、博士后和其他年轻研究人员，以及受邀的演讲者和讨论领袖，他们将与年轻科学家互动。会议将重点讨论来自新型卫星和现场数据以及气候系统建模过程的新方法的见解。测量项目将重点关注云、气溶胶和化学方面的新卫星数据的综合，以及来自实地项目的卫星和亚轨道观测的综合。建模项目将利用新型测量方法对云分辨和区域气溶胶模型进行评估，并为全球模型中缺失的过程和物理提供证据。会议将集中讨论两个关键的气候问题。首先，什么因素控制着云和气溶胶与区域和全球气候的辐射相互作用？第二，我们对辐射与陆地表面和冰冻圈的相互作用了解多少？会议将涵盖的领域包括：来自多个传感器的云的特性；多传感器气溶胶特性研究综合测量和模型的新方法；云系统的多尺度模型；区域气溶胶模式：“化学天气”的模拟地球系统建模的挑战；混合相云的气候作用；云/气溶胶相互作用的新理论和观测；冰冻圈变化的模拟和测量。更广泛的影响参与的学生将受益于更好地理解测量在气候过程建模和地球系统模拟中的应用。成熟的研究人员应该从接触这个领域的最新进展和新思想中受益。总的来说，通过鼓励对气候系统的进一步探索和发现，这些思想的交流有望造福社会，从而提高我们对气候系统的人为影响进行有用的预测和评估的能力。这些期望得到了以往关于辐射和气候的GRCs的经验的支持。例如，在2005年的会议上，110名与会者中超过40%是研究生和博士后。近60%的参与者处于他们科学生涯的早期阶段。超过95%的与会者一致认为，会议发人深省，令人振奋，令人兴奋，并且演讲处于该领域的前沿。