NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) for FY 2013 in China

这一行动资助了南达科他州立大学的托马斯·S·考克斯于2013年夏天在上海中国极地研究所开展的一个地球科学研究项目，中国。该项目的标题是“开发一种基于熔融的分析技术，用于东南极冰芯。”东道主科学家苏江博士。中国目前正在筹建东南极(冰穹A)深冰芯项目，并正在建立冰芯分析实验室。中国极地研究所是本次深冰芯工程的领导小组，负责冰芯研究实验室的建设。该研究员的项目建立在南达科他州立大学(SDSU)化学和生物化学系与PRIC之间长达10年的合作关系的基础上，以利用SDSU开发的分析技术，这可能会为Dome A项目做出贡献。该研究员正在协助安装和测试该技术所需的仪器。这位研究员和PRIC的研究人员还在分析在穹顶A遗址附近钻探的一个浅岩芯(不到20米)，为深冰芯项目提供初步的积累和化学数据。该项目产生的主要数据将是对浅冰芯的详细化学分析和确定该区域(东南极冰穹A)年平均积累量的数据。这一分析的结果将为中国在穹顶A的深冰芯项目提供初步数据。EAPSI奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；对各自所在地的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施的介绍；以及对社会、文化和语言的了解。这些活动符合NSF的目标，即在其科学家、工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期为国际合作进行教育，从而确保拥有一支具有全球意识的美国科学队伍。此外，这些数据将在科学期刊出版物和会议演示文稿中传播。化学和累积数据连同元数据(例如，测量中使用的仪器技术、年均累积测定程序、使用指南)将提交给国家或国际数据中心，如国家冰雪数据中心，并在那里存档。

This action funds Thomas S. Cox of South Dakota State University to conduct a research project in Geoscience during the summer of 2013 at Polar Research Institute of China in Shanghai, China. The project title is "Development of a Melter-based Analytical Technique for an East Antarctic Ice Core." The host scientist is Dr. Su Jiang.China is currently gearing up for a deep ice core project in East Antarctica (Dome A), as well as in the process of setting up an ice core analytical laboratory. The Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) is the leading group involved in this deep ice core project, as well as charged with the construction of the ice core research laboratory. The Fellow's project builds on a 10-year collaborative relationship between the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at South Dakota State University (SDSU) and PRIC to utilize an analytical technique developed at SDSU that will likely contribute to the Dome A project. The Fellow is assisting in the installation and testing of the instrumentation required for the technique. The Fellow and researchers at PRIC are also analyzing a shallow core (less than 20 meters) drilled in the vicinity of the Dome A site to provide preliminary accumulation and chemical data for the deep ice core project. The primary data being generated by this project will be those of the detailed chemical analysis of a shallow ice core and the determination of average annual accumulation in the region (Dome A, East Antarctica). The results of this analysis will provide preliminary data for China's deep ice core project at Dome A. Broader impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce. Furthermore, the data will be disseminated in scientific journal publications and meeting presentations. The chemical and accumulation data, along with metadata (e.g., instrumental technique used in measurement, average annual accumulation determination procedures, guidance for usage) will be submitted to and archived at national or international data centers such as the National Snow and Ice Data Center.