Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) in Support of National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Missions

大气科学和气候委员会(BASC)为国家研究理事会(NRC)在与大气、天气和气候相关的重大科学、工程和政策问题上的活动提供了一个场所。BASC为许多联邦机构提供指导，为推进与这些主题相关的科学和政策提供场所，监督NRC关于相关主题的特别研究的发展和监督，并开展外联、教育和国际参与活动。董事会向NRC委员会提供监督，为美国全球变化研究计划(USGCRP)提供建议，并担任世界气候研究计划(WCRP)的美国全国委员会。它总体上努力帮助大气科学保持活力并对社会产生更广泛的影响。该奖项为委员会的核心职能提供为期三年的支持。美国国家海洋和大气管理局(NOAA)和美国国家航空航天局(NASA)为巴斯克的核心业务和活动提供了额外的资金。这种基本层面的支持对于使巴斯卡能够迅速响应赞助者群体的新需求、引起科学界对新问题的关注以及广泛参与与大气和气候科学有关的国家和国际讨论是至关重要的。此外，它还将使理事会能够就新出现的感兴趣的专题举行两次“夏季研究”讲习班。该奖项还支持克里斯汀·米尔扎扬科学和技术政策研究生奖学金，这是一项为早期职业科学家提供的10-12周的教育和培训机会。Mirzayan研究员支持一系列董事会活动，包括BASC研究的背景研究和帮助组织董事会会议。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) provides a locus for National Research Council (NRC) activities on major atmosphere, weather, and climate-related science, engineering, and policy issues. BASC provides guidance to many federal agencies, offers a venue for advancing science and policy related to these topics, oversees development and oversight of ad hoc NRC studies on relevant subjects, and conducts outreach, education, and international engagement activities. The Board provides oversight to the NRC Committee to Advise the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and serves as the US National Committee to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). It strives overall to help atmospheric science remain vibrant and have a broader impact on society.This award provides support for the core functions of the Board for a three-year period. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provide additional funds toward BASC's core operations and activities. This base level support is essential for enabling BASC to quickly respond to emerging needs from the sponsor community, draw attention to new issues identified by the scientific community, and engage broadly in the national and international discourse related to atmospheric and climate science. In addition it will enable the Board to hold two "summer study" workshops on topics of emerging interest. The award also supports the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship, a 10-12 week educational and training opportunity for early career scientists. Mirzayan fellows support a range of Board activities, including background research for BASC studies and helping to organize the board meetings.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.