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专题讨论会(BSS2016)提供支持。这次会议是无线电科学学科内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)提供旅费和参赛费。Beacon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见面，分享关于电离层对无线电传播和空间天气的影响的知识。信标研讨会历来侧重于电离层的电子含量和闪烁。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、监测来自空间的自然灾害、国家和国际空间气象活动以及基于卫星的导航和通信系统等方面的最新发展，这些研究获得了新的动力和前景。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最新进展。该奖项为国际研究合作创造了机会，并加强了美国的研究，从而产生了重大而广泛的影响。通过国际研究合作，有机会在电离层行为和影响尚未得到很好研究或了解的遥远土地上分享和部署电离层传感设备。

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.