Community workshop: Atmospheric and Space Science Research in Polar Regions

社区研讨会：极地大气与空间科学研究

• 批准号: 1258007
• 负责人: Marc Lessard
• 金额: $ 4.95万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1258007&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Community; workshop; Atmospheric; Space; Science

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.

该奖项是为了支持极地地区大气和空间科学研究的社区研讨会。讲习班的总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高层大气物理学和空间物理学研究项目的平台。该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。虽然日地耦合的基本方面将是一个重要议题，但讲习班将具体侧重于在空间气象领域取得真实的进展，并展开与太阳强迫气候变化有关的讨论。作为观测平台，极地地区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，而由于北冰洋的存在，北方半球无法到达这些区域。此外，南半球磁极和地理极的相对方位使极光带内的观测能够在24小时的黑暗中进行，这种能力在北方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？的dayside。这一提议的更广泛影响在于，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。讲习班将提供一个论坛，为空间气象、空间气候和高层大气高层大气学研究的更加统一的科学事业制定蓝图。