Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Radiation and Climate in 2009; New London, New Hampshire

这笔赠款是为了支持戈登研究会议(GRC)2009年关于辐射和气候的会议。会议将于2009年7月5-10日在新伦敦市科尔比-索耶学院举行。它将介绍关于全球气候变化悬而未决问题的前沿研究，重点是气候系统和相关物理过程的辐射强迫和敏感性。会议主题广泛，包括辐射和气候方面的重大挑战、辐射强迫、气候反馈、气候系统中的云过程、气候变化中的水文循环、吸收气溶胶和亚洲季风、最近的气候变化和地球工程。被邀请的发言者将介绍这些领域最近最重要的进展和未来的挑战。会议将汇集一批在各自领域处于前沿的主要研究人员，并将为科学家，特别是初级科学家和研究生提供机会，以海报形式介绍他们的工作，并与该领域的领导人交流意见。这次会议设有程序化的讨论环节，为来自不同学科的科学家提供了集思广益的途径，并促进了所代表的各个研究领域的跨学科合作。GRC参与者有机会讨论未发表的作品，并在形成阶段探索新的问题和想法。青年科学家的知识转让和网络交流是这笔赠款的预期结果。

The grant is to support the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) 2009 on Radiation and Climate. The conference will be held at the Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH on July 5-10, 2009. It will present cutting-edge research on the outstanding issues in global climate change with focus on the radiative forcing and sensitivity of the climate system and associated physical processes. The conference will feature a wide range of topics, including grand challenges in radiation and climate, radiative forcing, climate feedbacks, cloud processes in climate system, hydrological cycle in changing climate, absorbing aerosols and Asian monsoon, recent climate changes, and geo-engineering. The invited speakers will present the recent most important advances and future challenges in these areas. The Conference will bring together a collection of leading investigators who are at the forefront of their field, and will provide opportunities for scientists especially junior scientists and graduate students to present their work in poster format and exchange ideas with leaders in the field. This Conference with programmed discussion sessions provides an avenue for scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm and promotes cross-disciplinary collaborations in the various research areas represented. GRC participants have the opportunity to discuss unpublished work and to explore new issues and ideas in the formative stage. Knowledge transfer and networking for young scientists is an expected outcome from this grant.