Collaborative Research: MRI-R2--Acquisition of a Mobile Atmospheric Profiling System for Multi-Campus Research and Education (CSU-MAPS)

合作研究：MRI-R2——采购用于多校园研究和教育的移动大气分析系统（CSU-MAPS）

• 批准号: 0960348
• 负责人: Andrew Oliphant
• 金额: $ 41.85万
• 依托单位: San Francisco State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-15 至 2012-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0960348&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; MRI; R2; Acquisition

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Experimental research in boundary layer meteorology requires information both on direct surface-atmosphere exchanges of energy and moisture as well as profiles of meteorological parameters extending into the lower part of the atmosphere. By combining experimental and educational goals of multiple projects involving five departments at three California State University (CSU) campuses, this effort supported through NSF's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI-R2) program will allow procurement and integration of a highly agile mobile atmospheric profiling system (CSU-MAPS). This system includes micro-meteorological instruments mounted on a telescopic 30-meter tall tower, as well as two vertically pointing remote sensing systems (viz. a microwave profiler and wind LIDAR), all to be designed for rapid deployment via a trailer-mounted arrangement. Together these instruments will profile temperature and water vapor at two heights near 10 km above ground level. A combination of low-level in-situ and remotely sensed measurements extending to heights near 10 km will be supplemented by a more standard rawinsonde system providing occasional balloon-based profiles to even higher levels.The intellectual merit of this effort centers on support for fields as diverse as wildfire science and renewable energy exploration and by allowing exceedingly rapid deployment of high-quality measurement systems in response to rapidly evolving weather and wildfire conditions. Research supported by collaborating faculty will extend to topics including (though not limited to) urban meteorology, wetland micrometeorology, associated carbon fluxes, wind-energy prospecting, marine-atmosphere interactions along coastal zones, and controls on development of severe thunderstorms.Broader impacts will come through improved understanding of geophysical phenomena in regions of complex terrain and coastlines, by providing students with hands-on student experience in planning and conducting field measurements, and through a range of associated practical skills. CSU-MAPS and the observations it collects will provide the foundation for three separate University courses on meteorological instrumentation and measurements. Through these involvements, more than 500 students across three campuses will benefit during each year of its operation. Outreach to K-12 students is also planned. More than half of the involved students will be drawn from underrepresented groups.

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。边界层气象学的实验研究需要关于能量和水分的直接地表-大气交换以及延伸到大气下部的气象参数剖面的信息。 通过将涉及三个加州州立大学（CSU）校区五个部门的多个项目的实验和教育目标相结合，通过NSF的主要研究仪器（MRI-R2）计划支持的这一努力将允许采购和集成高度敏捷的移动的大气剖面系统（CSU-MAPS）。 该系统包括安装在一个30米高的望远镜塔上的微型气象仪器，以及两个垂直指向的遥感系统（即微波剖面仪和风激光雷达），所有这些都将通过拖车安装的安排进行快速部署。 这些仪器将共同描绘出地面以上近10公里处两个高度的温度和水蒸气。 低层现场和遥感测量的组合延伸到近10公里的高度，将由一个更标准的rawinsonde系统补充，该系统偶尔提供基于气球的剖面，甚至更高的水平。这一努力的智力价值集中在支持野火科学和可再生能源勘探等不同领域，并允许非常快速地部署高分辨率的遥感数据。质量测量系统，以应对快速变化的天气和野火条件。 由合作教师支持的研究将扩展到以下主题，（但不限于）城市气象学、湿地微气象学、相关的碳通量、风能勘探、沿着地区的海洋-大气相互作用，以及对严重雷暴发展的控制。更广泛的影响将来自对复杂地形和海岸线地区地球物理现象的更好理解，通过为学生提供规划和进行现场测量的实践经验，并通过一系列相关的实践技能。 CSU-MAPS及其收集的观测数据将为三个独立的气象仪器和测量大学课程提供基础。 通过这些参与，三个校区的500多名学生将在每年的运营中受益。 还计划对K-12学生进行宣传。 超过一半的参与学生将来自代表性不足的群体。