Chapman Conference on Volcanism and the Atmosphere; Selfoss, Iceland; June 11-15, 2012

该奖项是为了支持查普曼火山和大气会议，将于2012年6月11日至15日在冰岛塞尔大众举行。火山爆发会对地球大气层以及全球和区域气候产生重大影响，这一点现已得到公认。在遥远的过去，更大的火山爆发可能导致全球和区域气候的重大变化，并可能导致人口的变化。为了探测现代人类活动对气候的影响，包括温室气体、气溶胶和臭氧消耗化学品的影响，并评估平流层地球工程的建议，必须量化火山爆发等自然波动，以便将其与气候记录中的其他自然和人为因素区分开来。自从大约十年前关于火山作用和地球大气层的查普曼会议以来，我们对火山作用及其对大气层的影响的理解取得了进展。近年来，航空业易受火山爆发影响的问题也受到关注。 这次会议将汇集专家，审查各种问题，如超级火山爆发的机制和模型模拟所证实的气候影响;高分辨率的全新世爆发记录;上个千年的火山活动;改进的代用记录，如冰芯;对高纬度火山爆发的气候反应;利用平流层浮质和火山爆发的地球工程和航空。将撰写一篇评论文章，以便向更广泛的受众传播。

This award is towards support of a Chapman Conference on Volcanism and the Atmosphere, to be held June 11-15, 2012 at Selfoss Iceland. It is now well-established that volcanic eruptions can have a significant effect on the Earth's atmosphere and global and regional climate. Larger eruptions in the distant past may have caused major changes in global and regional climate, and possibly changes in human populations. In order to detect modern anthropogenic influences on climate, including effects of greenhouse gases, aerosols, and ozone-depleting chemicals, and to evaluate proposals for stratospheric geoengineering, it is crucial to quantify natural fluctuations such as volcanic eruptions so as to separate them from other natural and anthropogenic factors in the climate record. Since the Chapman Conference on Volcanism and the Earth's Atmosphere a decade or so ago, there have been advances in our understanding of volcanism and its effects on the atmosphere. The vulnerability of the aviation industry to volcanic eruptions has also received attention in recent years. The conference will bring together experts to examine issues such as mechanisms of super-eruptions and climatic effects as evidenced in model simulations; high-resolution Holocene records of explosive eruptions; volcanism in the last millennium; improved proxy records such as ice-cores; climatic response to high-latitude eruptions; geoengineering using stratospheric aerosols and volcanic eruptions and aviation. A review article will be written for dissemination to a wider audience.