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

该奖项将为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（BSS2016）提供支持。本次会议是无线电科学学科内较为重要的专题研讨会议之一。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）提供旅行支持和参加费用。灯塔卫星研讨会为美国科学家和学生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们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。灯塔研讨会历来关注电离层电子含量和闪烁。随着电离层成像、遥感、层析成像、掩星技术、同化模型、电离层测量分布式阵列、空间自然灾害监测、国家和国际空间天气活动以及卫星导航和通信系统的最新发展；这些研究获得了新的动力和视角。这次研讨会为美国科学家和学生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们从世界范围内了解这些研究课题的现状。该奖项通过为国际研究合作创造机会和加强美国的研究，具有重要的广泛影响。国际研究合作为在电离层行为和影响尚未得到很好研究或了解的遥远地区共享和部署电离层传感设备提供了机会。

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.