Workshop on Production Mechanism, Number Concentration, Size Distribution, Chemical Composition, and Optical Properties of Sea Spray Aerosols; Raleigh, NC; June 4-6, 2012

该奖项为2012年6月的研讨会提供了部分支持，该研讨会旨在解决最紧迫的开放科学问题，以改进海洋喷雾气溶胶-辐射-气候相互作用的量化。讨论将涵盖海洋气溶胶-辐射-气候相互作用的不同方面，以探索需要哪些同步信息以及需要采取哪些步骤来获取这些信息以获得洞察力并回答最关键的研究问题。研讨会的一个主要目标是汇集具有新的和不同观点的成熟研究人员和年轻研究人员。为了实现这一目标，并在一个专注和富有成效的论坛上提供专业互动的机会，三分之一的受邀研究人员是早期职业科学家（博士生、博士后研究人员和2005年以后获得博士学位的年轻研究科学家）。研讨会的广泛影响来自其主要的有形产品，即开展和促进新研究的优先计划，以提高对海雾产生机制，大气海盐气溶胶分布，化学成分，辐射特性和寿命的理解。青年科学家有机会与大气和海洋科学领域的领导者会面、建立网络并交流思想，这也产生了额外的影响。

This award provides partial support for a June 2012 workshop to address the most urgent open science questions for improved quantification of sea spray aerosol-radiation-climate interactions. Discussions will cover different aspects of marine aerosol-radiation-climate interactions to explore what simultaneous information is needed and what steps need to be taken to acquire such information to gain insight and answer the most critical research questions. A major goal of the workshop is to bring together established researchers and young researchers with new and different perspectives. To achieve this goal and to provide opportunities for professional interactions in a focused and productive forum, one third of invited researchers are early career scientists (PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and young research scientists who received their PhD after 2005). Broader impacts of the workshop derive from its main tangible product, a prioritized plan for conducting and facilitating novel research to improve the understanding of sea spray production mechanism, atmospheric sea salt aerosol distribution, chemical composition, radiative properties and lifetime. Additional impacts result from the opportunity for young scientists to meet, network, and exchange ideas with leaders in the atmospheric and marine sciences.