NSF Meeting Proposal: 2013 Critical Zone Observatories (CZO) Annual Meeting (New era of an expanded and formalized network)

这是一份支持2013年10月1日至2日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿NSF总部举行的临界区观测站（CZO）会议的请求。会议将包括NSF工作人员以及来自NSF资助的10个临界区观测站的两名代表，5名CZO指导委员会成员和CZO国家协调员。会议将重点介绍现有和新CZO的研究成果和计划，作为向NSF提交的状态报告，并作为讨论新扩展的CZO网络内加强合作的起点。会议的主要目标是确定和讨论在扩大的网络内共同感兴趣的临界区科学的研究和教育挑战，振兴合作活动，并考虑与共同测量，数据管理和观测站管理计划相关的问题。包括充足的时间进行规划和与新的CZO互动。

This is a request to support a Critical Zone Observatories (CZO) meeting on October 1 - 2, 2013 at NSF Headquarters, Arlington, VA. The meeting will include NSF staff as well as two representatives from each of ten NSF-funded Critical Zone Observatories, 5 CZO Steering Committee members, and the CZO national coordinator.The meeting will highlight research results and plans from the existing and new CZOs as a status report to NSF and as a starting point for discussions of intensified collaboration within the new expanded CZO network. The primary goals of the meeting are to identify and discuss research and education challenges in Critical Zone science of common interest within the expanded network, to vitalize collaborative activities, and to consider issues associated with common measurements, data management, and observatory management plans. Ample time for planning and interaction with the new CZOs is included.