Pan American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI): Toward a Sustained Operational River-To-Shelf Observation and Prediction System for the Amazon; Niteroi, Brazil, 2013.

泛美高级研究所 (PASI)：建立亚马逊河流到陆架持续运行观测和预测系统；

• 批准号: 1242084
• 负责人: Michael Bruno
• 金额: $ 9.98万
• 依托单位: Stevens Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1242084&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pan; American; Advanced; Studies; Institute

A Pan American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) entitled "Toward a Sustained Operational River-to-Shelf Observation & Prediction System for the Amazon" will be held in Niteroi, Brazil, in 2013. The Principal Investigator, Michael Bruno (Stevens Institute of Technology), will be joined on the organizing committee by Alberto Figueiredo (Universidade Federal Flumenense, Brazil), Belmiro Castro (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil), Pedro Walfir (Universidade Federal do Para, Brazil), Christophe Proisy (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, French Guiana), and Charles Nittrouer (University of Washington, Seattle). This workshop is intended to inform U.S. participants of the unique physical oceanographic, hydrodynamic, sediment transport, and coastal sedimentation that affect the ecosystems characteristics of the Amazon fluvial-coast-shelf region, and to build working relationships between the region?s scientists and engineers and their U.S. counterparts, as well as among scientists working in various disciplines. The PASI will lay the groundwork for sustained scientific exchange among the faculty and students of the participating U.S. and Latin American universities and organizations. The Amazon River system (river-to-shelf) represents an extraordinary opportunity for the scientific community to gain insights and understanding of the complex interactions among freshwater outflows, significant sediment loading, a complex coastline, and an energetic coastal ocean out to the shelf break. The Amazon River fluvial-coast-shelf system produces unique sediment transport processes (e.g., fluid muds in the river delta) and physical oceanographic dynamics (e.g., estuary-like phenomena that extend onto the continental shelf break and produce complex open-ocean dynamics). Lessons learned in the Amazon River system can be extrapolated to fluvial-coast-shelf systems elsewhere in the world, including those occurring in human-altered environments and those that have remained like the Amazon largely pristine. Enhanced understanding of the Amazon system will also support local efforts to manage and preserve this vital natural resource for future generations.

泛美高级研究所将于2013年在巴西尼泰罗伊举办题为“建立可持续运作的亚马逊河到大陆架观测预测系统”的研讨会。 主要研究员Michael Bruno（史蒂文斯理工学院）将与Alberto Figueiredo（巴西弗卢梅嫩塞联邦大学）、Belmiro Castro（巴西圣保罗大学）、Pedro Walfir（巴西帕拉联邦大学）、Christophe Proisy（法属圭亚那发展研究所）和Charles Nittrouer（华盛顿大学，西雅图）一起加入组委会。 该研讨会旨在向美国与会者介绍影响亚马逊河沿岸大陆架地区生态系统特征的独特的物理海洋学、流体动力学、沉积物输运和沿海沉积作用，并在该地区之间建立工作关系。美国的科学家和工程师与他们的美国同行，以及在各个学科工作的科学家之间。 PASI将为参与的美国和拉丁美洲大学和组织的教师和学生之间的持续科学交流奠定基础。 亚马逊河系统（河流到大陆架）为科学界提供了一个非凡的机会，可以深入了解和理解淡水外流、显著的沉积物负荷、复杂的海岸线和充满活力的沿海海洋之间的复杂相互作用。 亚马逊河河流-海岸-陆架系统产生独特的沉积物输运过程（例如，河流三角洲中的流体泥浆）和物理海洋动力学（例如，延伸到大陆架断裂处并产生复杂的开阔洋动态的类似河口的现象）。 从亚马逊河系统中吸取的经验教训可以推广到世界其他地方的河流-海岸-大陆架系统，包括那些在人类改变的环境中出现的系统和那些像亚马逊一样基本保持原始状态的系统。 加强对亚马逊系统的了解也将支持当地为子孙后代管理和保护这一重要自然资源的努力。