REU Site: The City University of New York/Goddard Institute for Space Studies Center for Global Climate Research

这个本科生研究经验（REU）网站项目是纽约城市大学（CUNY）和戈达德空间研究所（GISS）基于地球科学、太阳-地球相互作用、大气科学和全球气候影响的合作项目。它将为社区学院和高级学院的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）专业的本科生创造夏季研究机会和丰富经验。研究方向包括：对流层下层臭氧分布与输送特征、大气气溶胶分布与动力学、城市环境下大气气溶胶测量、湿地碳项目、城市热岛研究、有害气溶胶扫描FTIR遥感、海洋混合模式、太阳风与地球电离层/磁层的相互作用。每年将招收10名学生，其中至少有5名学生将被安置在GISS。预计未被充分代表的少数民族将占60%，女性将占40%，招募地区将是纽约市立大学和纽约市地区（纽约州南部、新泽西州北部和康涅狄格州南部）。参加丰富的活动将被要求，例如，背景材料和发展研究技能的讲习班，教师研讨会和学生的进步报告。教师和科学家将鼓励学生在学年期间继续他们的研究。CUNY的教师和GISS的科学家在与代表性不足的学生合作方面有着良好的记录，并通过STEM途径推动学生进入研究生学习，这些领域的学生很少选择作为职业，而退休科学家的流失也很重要。该项目的更广泛影响包括扩大这种独特的城市合作，使更多的大纽约市（纽约市）的本科生能够体验到丰富的科学研究和CUNY/GISS环境的多样性。学生将参与全球气候变化的前沿研究，并可进入美国宇航局的一个研究中心，该中心极有可能激发学生对大气、地球和空间科学的兴趣。这种经历将激励学生，包括代表性不足的少数民族和妇女，在这些领域从事研究和职业生涯。该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program is a collaboration of the City University of New York (CUNY) and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) based on geoscience, Sun-Earth interaction, atmospheric science and global climate impacts. It will create summer research opportunities and enrichment experiences for undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors at both the community college and senior college levels. Research topics include: Characterizing ozone distribution and transport in the lower troposphere, Distribution and dynamics of atmospheric aerosols, Measuring atmospheric aerosols in an urban environment, Wetland carbon project, Urban heat island research, Scanning FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) remote sensing of hazardous aerosols, Ocean mixing model, Interactions between the solar wind and the Earth's ionosphere/magnetosphere. Each year ten students will be recruited and at least five students will be placed at GISS. It is expected that underrepresented minorities will represent 60 percent and females will represent 40 percent of the participants and the recruitment area will be the CUNY and New York City Region (Southern New York State, Northern New Jersey and Southern Connecticut). Participation in enrichment activities will be required, e.g., workshops on background material and developing research skills, faculty seminars, and student progress presentations. Faculty and scientists will encourage students to continuing their research during the academic year. The CUNY faculty and GISS scientists have a strong record of working with underrepresented students and advancing student through the STEM pathway to graduate study in areas in which fewer students are selecting as careers and where the loss of retired scientists is significant.Broader impacts of the project include the expansion of this unique urban collaboration so that more undergraduate students in Greater NYC (New York City) can experience the rich scientific research and the diversity of the environment of CUNY/GISS. Students will be involved in cutting edge research in global climate change with access to a NASA research center with the strong potential of stimulating student interest in atmospheric and Earth and space science. This experience will motivate students including underrepresented minorities and women to pursue for research and professional careers in these areas. This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).