A workshop on Research Infrastructure in Support of NSF Surface Earth Processes Grand Challenges

将召开一次讲习班，讨论今后5-10年支持地球表面过程研究的基础设施需求。了解地球表面如何随着气候、海平面、植被、升降和人类影响的变化而发挥作用和演变，具有广泛的重要性，尤其是因为这是人类生活的地方。这一领域的研究得到了一系列基础设施的支持，其中包括仪器、实验设施、分析能力、数据和建模资源、计算能力等。随着新的能力和新的紧迫问题的出现，基础设施的需求会随着时间的推移而发展。研讨会将把横跨表面处理科学的不同专家小组聚集在一起，以评估研究界的需求在未来十年将如何发展。研讨会将利用最近的NRC和其他重要的社区文件来突出将依赖于这一研究基础设施的大挑战科学主题。研讨会的成果将在重要的科学会议上讨论，并将编写一份白皮书和一篇文章来广泛传播这些想法。

A workshop will be convened to discuss infrastructure needs over the coming 5-10 years in support of Earth surface processes research. Understanding how Earth's terrestrial surface functions and evolves in response to changes in climate, sea level, vegetation, uplift/subsidence, and human influence is of broad importance, not least because this is where humans live. Research in this realm is underpinned by a range of infrastructure that includes instrumentation, experimental facilities, analytical capabilities, data and modeling resources, computing capacity, and more. Infrastructure needs evolve over time as new capabilities and new pressing questions emerge.The workshop will bring together a diverse group of experts that spans the breadth of surface processes science to assess how the research community's needs will evolve in the coming decade. The workshop will draw on recent NRC and other prominent community documents to highlight the Grand Challenge science topics that would rely on this research infrastructure. The workshop outcomes will be discussed at major science meetings and a white paper and article will be produced to broadly disseminate the ideas.