NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Taiwan

这一行动为小詹姆斯·H·鲁珀特提供了资金。2012年夏天，美国科罗拉多州立大学与台湾大学合作，在台湾台北国立台湾大学开展了一项名为“亚季节变化对台湾夏季强降雨的影响”的研究项目。这项研究的学术价值在于提高了对台湾初夏雨季强洪涝暴雨系统的认识和预测。这项研究描述了在这个雨季中，亚季节大气波如何决定了暴雨活跃期和间歇期之间的过渡。研究结果有望找到新的方法来预测台湾初夏降雨期的活跃和抑制，这种降雨期可以持续大约一周到十天，从而减轻严重洪水事件的影响，这些事件可能会削弱台湾当地社会的力量。预计研究成果可以推广到亚洲季风盆地的其他部分以及全球其他夏季季风区。EAPSI奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；介绍各自地点的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施；以及对社会、文化和语言的指导。这些活动符合NSF的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期为国际合作进行教育，从而确保拥有一支具有全球意识的美国科学队伍。

This action funds James H. Ruppert, Jr. of Colorado State University to conduct a research project, entitled "Impacts of subseasonal variability on heavy summertime rainfall in Taiwan," during the summer of 2012 at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. The host scientist is Prof. Ben Jong-Dao Jou.The Intellectual Merit of the study lies in improving understanding and prediction of severe-flood-producing heavy rainfall systems during the early-summer rainy season in Taiwan. The study provides description of the ways in which subseasonal atmospheric waves dictate the transitions between active and break periods in heavy rainfall during this rainy season. The research results promise new ways of predicting active and suppressed early-summer rainfall periods in Taiwan, which can last roughly a week to ten days, and thus mitigate the impacts of severe flood events that can be debilitating to local society in Taiwan. It's expected that results can be generalized to other sectors of the Asian monsoon basin as well as other summer monsoon regions around the globe.The Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.