Planning visit to Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), Brazil

何塞·D.富恩特斯，宾夕法尼亚州州立大学，OISE 1061712计划访问巴西巴拉那联邦大学（UFPR）这次计划访问将在来自宾夕法尼亚州立大学（富恩特斯，查梅基）和巴拉那大学（迪亚斯）的研究人员之间建立大气-生物圈相互作用一般领域的联合研究活动。 该小组将利用互补的经验和专门知识，制定关于影响大陆大气边界层空间和时间热力学特征的过程的研究计划。 将考虑大气边界层状态对空气污染物及其前体物的空间和时间分布的影响。 将确定和讨论为调查活性化学物质和生物气溶胶的排放、大气传输和化学处理而设计的数值模型。 在访问期间，研究人员将共同设计机载平台的仪器有效载荷单元，以调查ABL中痕量气体的空间分布。目标是设计足够轻的气体传感器，与机载数据采集单元连接。 根据这些数据建立的数值模型将在不同的景观中进行测试和验证。此次访问将为美国和巴西科学家在大气-生物圈相互作用研究方面的互补专业知识奠定新的研究合作基础。 控制低层大气中气体空间分布的过程对预测空气质量有直接影响。 这些研究小组之间的合作将创造新的和独特的机会，以调查与新兴技术的环境过程。 PI拥有丰富的指导经验，此次访问所开展的研究项目可能会吸引大量学生参与。 此外，合作PI是一名新的研究员，他和两名研究生将陪同团队前往巴西。

AbstractJose D. Fuentes, Pennsylvania State University, OISE 1061712Planning Visit to Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), BrazilThis planning visit will establish joint research activities among investigators from Penn State University (Fuentes, Chameki) and Universidade do Paraná (Dias) in the general area of atmosphere-biosphere interactions. The team will draw from complementary experiences and expertise to develop research plans on the processes that influence spatial and temporal thermodynamic characteristics of the continental atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Influences of the ABL state on the spatial and temporal distribution of airborne pollutants and their precursors will be considered. Numerical models designed to investigate emission, atmospheric transport and chemical processing of reactive chemical species and bio-aerosols will be indentified and discussed. During the visit, researchers will work together to design instrumented payload units for airborne platforms to investigate the spatial distribution of trace gases in the ABL. The objective is to design sufficiently light gas sensors to be interfaced with onboard data acquisition units. Numerical models that emerge from these data will be tested and validated for different landscapes.This visit will lay the foundation for new research collaborations between US and Brazilian scientists with complementary expertise in the study of atmosphere-biosphere interactions. Processes that control the spatial distribution of gases in the lower atmosphere have immediate implications for predicting air quality. Collaborations between these research groups will create new and unique opportunities to investigate environmental processes with emerging technologies. The PI has extensive mentoring experience and the research program that evolves from this visit is likely to create substantial student involvement. Moreover, the co-PI is a new investigator and he and two graduate students will accompany the team to Brazil.