REU/RET Site: Collaborative Research: Introducing Critical Zone Observatory Science to Students and Teachers

REU/RET 网站：合作研究：向学生和教师介绍关键区域天文台科学

• 批准号: 1263222
• 负责人: Anthony Aufdenkampe
• 金额: $ 24.11万
• 依托单位: Stroud Water Research Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1263222&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; RET; Site; Collaborative; Research

Critical Zone Observatories (CZOs) are natural laboratories for investigating Earth surface processes mediated by fresh water in the zone extending from the top of the vegetation canopy to the base of groundwater, i.e. the Critical Zone. This award supports the participation of undergraduate students and teachers in research at two Critical Zone Observatories, the Susquehanna-Shale Hills Observatory (SSHO) in central Pennsylvania and the Christina River Basin (CRB) CZO in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware. Pennsylvania State University is the lead institution of the SSHO and would collaborate with the Stroud Water Research Center (SWRC), a partner in the CRB CZO. The collaborative project will fund a total of 12 undergraduate students and 4 teachers at these sites per year, providing research experiences for undergraduates primarily interested in Earth Science careers and K-12 teachers who want to increase their content knowledge and resources for the classroom. At the CRB, participants will be involved in research investigating aspects of the impact of three centuries of human habitation on the carbon and water cycles. At the SSHO, participants will be involved in research to quantitatively predict the creation, evolution and structure of regolith as a function of the geochemical, hydrologic, biologic, and geomorphological processes operating in the temperate, forested landscape. After the summer experience, participants will prepare and give presentations at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. CZOs offer a unique opportunity for training undergraduate students and teachers via research experiences because of the broad array of environmental landscapes represented by the observatories and the interdisciplinary science achieved through the observatory framework.

临界带观测站（czo）是研究从植被冠层顶部延伸到地下水底部的淡水介导的地表过程的天然实验室，即临界带。该奖项支持本科生和教师参与两个关键区域天文台的研究，即位于宾夕法尼亚州中部的Susquehanna-Shale Hills天文台（SSHO）和位于宾夕法尼亚州东南部和特拉华州北部的Christina River Basin (CRB) CZO。宾夕法尼亚州立大学是SSHO的牵头机构，并将与CRB CZO的合作伙伴斯特劳德水研究中心（SWRC）合作。该合作项目每年将资助这些地点的12名本科生和4名教师，为主要对地球科学职业感兴趣的本科生和希望增加课堂内容知识和资源的K-12教师提供研究经验。在CRB，参与者将参与研究，调查三个世纪以来人类居住对碳和水循环的影响。在SSHO，参与者将参与研究，定量预测风化层的形成、演化和结构，作为温带森林景观中地球化学、水文、生物和地貌过程的功能。在夏季体验之后，参与者将准备并在美国地球物理联合会年会上发表演讲。由于观测站所代表的广泛的环境景观和通过观测站框架实现的跨学科科学，czo为通过研究经验培训本科生和教师提供了独特的机会。