Collaborative Research: A Strategic Vision for Incoherent Scatter Radar Workshop; Ithaca, New York; March 30-April 1, 2020

该研讨会将于2020年3月30日至4月1日在康奈尔大学举行，旨在确定地球空间设施以及运营和使用这些设施的社区正在进行的现代化和振兴的途径。NSF的地球空间设施计划目前支持五个用于测量高层大气的非相干散射雷达。这些测量是任何其他技术所无法比拟的，对科学研究来说是必不可少的。在一些情况下，这些设施已有50多年的历史，需要大量投资才能维持运营。该计划将包含使设施现代化的路线图，并对其进行调整，以满足社会不断变化的优先事项和需求。研讨会的目标是确定这些设施的愿景，强调社区认为地球空间设施计划最重要的目标，并制定实现这些目标的战略。讲习班将提出符合目标的设施需求，包括未来5-10年的人力资源需求。这次研讨会的结果也将作为太阳和空间物理十年测量的资源。这一奖项反映了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。

This workshop to be held March 30-April 1, 2020 at Cornell University is to identify pathways for the ongoing modernization and revitalization of the geospace facilities and the community that runs and uses them. NSF's Geospace Facilities program currently supports five incoherent scatter radars used to measure the upper atmosphere. These measurements are unmatched by any other technology and are essential to scientific investigations. In several cases, the facilities are over 50 years old and require significant investment to maintain operations. The plan will contain a roadmap for modernizing the facilities and adapting them to meet the evolving priorities and needs of the community. The goals of the workshop are to define a vision for these facilities, to highlight what the community sees as the most important objectives for the Geospace Facilities Program, and to develop a strategy for pursuing them. The workshop will produce requirements for facilities consistent with the objectives, including human-resource requirements, for the next 5-10 years. The results of this workshop will also serve as resources for the Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey.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.