The International Beacon Satellite Symposium 2016; Trieste, Italy; June 27 - July 1, 2016

该奖项为将于2016年6月27日至7月1日在意大利的里雅斯特国际理论物理中心举行的国际信标卫星研讨会（BSS 2016）提供支持。这次会议是无线电科学学科中比较重要的专题研讨会会议之一。该奖项将为10名学生（4名美国学生和6名发展中国家学生）提供旅费和与会费用。信标卫星研讨会为美国科学家和学生提供了一个独特的机会，与来自世界各地的科学家交流电离层对无线电传播和空间天气的影响。信标专题讨论会历来侧重于电离层电子含量和闪烁。随着电离层成像、遥感、断层摄影、掩星技术、同化模型、电离层测量分布式阵列、监测空间自然灾害、国家和国际空间气象活动以及卫星导航和通信系统等方面的最新发展，这些研究获得了新的势头和前景。这次研讨会是一个独特的机会，美国科学家和学生获得对这些研究课题的艺术状态的全球视角。该奖项通过为国际研究合作创造机会并加强美国的研究，产生了广泛的影响。国际研究合作为共享电离层传感设备并将其部署到电离层行为和影响尚未得到很好研究或理解的遥远地区提供了机会。

This award provide support for the International Beacon Satellite Symposium that will be held at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy on June 27 to July 1, 2016 (BSS2016). This meeting is one of the more important focused workshop conference meeting within the discipline of radio science. The award would provide travel support and participant expenses for 10 students (4 US and 6 from developing countries). The Beacon Satellite Symposium provides a unique opportunity for US scientists and students to meet scientists from all over the world to share knowledge on the ionospheric effects on radio propagation and space weather. Beacon Symposia have historically focused on ionospheric electron content and scintillation. With more recent developments in ionospheric imaging, remote sensing, tomography, occultation techniques, assimilation models, distributed arrays of ionospheric measurements, monitoring natural hazards from space, national and international space weather activities, and satellite based navigation and communication systems; these studies have gained new momentum and perspectives. This symposium is a unique opportunity for US scientists and students to gain a worldwide perspective on the state of the art of these research topics. This award has significant broader impacts by creating opportunities for international research collaborations and enhancing research in the United States. International research collaborations yield opportunities to share and deploy ionospheric sensing equipment to far away lands where ionospheric behavior and effects are not well studied or understood.