Workshop in Measurements, Modeling and Data Analysis of the Planetary Boundary Layer; Beltsville, Maryland; Summer 2020

为期两周的针对高级本科生和研究生的夏季研讨会将于2020年夏天在马里兰州贝茨维尔的霍华德大学贝茨维尔校区举行，重点是大气天气和空气污染过程。来自霍华德大学、马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校、宾夕法尼亚州立大学、德克萨斯大学、埃尔帕索分校等机构的学生将参与其中。他们将与教师导师合作，了解大气测量是如何进行的，以及如何利用这些测量来更好地了解天气和空气污染。学生还将接受如何进行会议质量的科学材料演示的指导。研讨会将有助于培训下一代大气科学家，他们将负责改进短期和长期天气预报。工作坊将提供行星边界层(PBL)研究的三个领域的跟踪，学生将从其中选择一个作为他们的重点：1)仪器，2)数值模拟，3)对现有数据集的深入分析。这三个轨道将以这样的方式重叠，使所有学生都将接触到三个研究领域。此外，学生将通过准备和交付会议质量的海报和口头科学演示来接受专业发展培训。讲习班将在涉及重要国家优先事项的STEM领域产生更广泛的影响。代表不足的学生将特别参与，这样他们将被激励继续研究大气和环境科学。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，认为值得支持。

A two-week summer workshop for advanced undergraduate and graduate students focused on atmospheric weather and air pollution processes will be held during the summer of 2020 at the Howard University Beltsville Campus in Beltsville, MD. Students from Howard University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Texas, El Paso and other institutions will be involved. They will work with faculty mentors in understanding how atmospheric measurements are made and how to use those measurements to better understand weather and air pollution. Students will also receive instruction in how to make conference quality presentations of scientific material. The workshop will help to train the next generation of atmospheric scientists who will be responsible for improving short- and long-term weather forecast. The workshop will offer tracks in three areas of planetary boundary layer (PBL) research from which the students will choose one as their focus: 1) instrumentation, 2) numerical modeling, 3) in-depth analysis of an existing dataset. The three tracks will overlap in such a way that all students will be exposed to the three research areas. In addition, students will receive professional development training through preparation and delivery of conference-quality poster and oral scientific presentations. The workshop will have broader impacts in STEM fields that address important national priorities. Under-represented students will especially be engaged, so that they will be motivated to continue the study of atmospheric and environmental sciences.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.