Community workshop: Atmospheric and Space Science Research in Polar Regions

这个奖项是为了支持一个关于极地大气和空间科学研究的社区讲习班。讲习班的总体主题是讨论北极和南极地球空间科学的现状和未来前景，利用这些地理区域作为具体航空和空间物理研究项目的平台。研讨会将汇集不同的研究人员，为未来几年的极地研究方向制定目标。虽然太阳-地球耦合的基本方面将是一个重要的主题，但讲习班将特别侧重于在空间天气领域取得实际进展，并开展与太阳强迫气候变化有关的讨论。作为观测平台，极地的价值对这些领域的未来进展至关重要。特别是南极大陆的广阔提供了进入地球空间区域的通道，而北半球由于北冰洋的存在而无法到达这些区域。此外，南半球磁极和地理极的相对方向使得在24小时的黑暗中进行极光区的观测成为可能，这在北半球根本不可能实现，但对了解地球上的极光过程至关重要。年代的光面。该提案的更广泛影响在于，会议将拓宽美国科学家在极地观测系统中的视野，促进国际合作，并为下一代地球空间科学家提供与该领域领导者互动的机会。研讨会将提供一个论坛，为更统一的空间天气、空间气候和高层大气航空研究的科学事业制定蓝图。

This award is for supporting a community workshop on Atmospheric and Space Science Research in Polar Regions. The overarching theme of the workshop is to address the status and future prospects of geospace sciences in the Arctic and Antarctic, using these geographical regions as a platform for specific aeronomy and space physics research projects. The workshop will bring together a diverse group of researchers to map out goals for the direction of polar research in the coming years. While fundamental aspects of Sun-Earth coupling will be one important topic, the workshop will focus specifically on making real progress in the field of space weather, as well as to open up discussions related to solar forcing of climate change. As observing platforms, the value of polar regions are critical to future progress in these fields. The expanse of the Antarctic continent, in particular, provides access to geospace regions that cannot be reached in the northern hemisphere because of the presence of the Arctic Ocean. In addition, the relative orientation of the magnetic and geographic poles in the southern hemisphere enable observations within the auroral zone to be carried out in 24-hour darkness, a capability not at all possible in the northern hemisphere, yet critical to understanding auroral processes on Earth?s dayside. The broader impacts of this proposal are in that the meeting will broaden the perspective of U.S. scientists in the polar observing systems, promote international collaboration, and provide an opportunity for the next generation of geospace scientists to interact with leaders in the field. The workshop will provide a forum to develop a blueprint for a more unified scientific enterprise for research in space weather, space climate, and upper atmospheric aeronomy.