HBCU-RISE Center for Improving Understanding and Forecasting of Orographic Effects on Extreme Weather (EWC)

历史上的黑人高校科学与工程研究基础设施（HBCU-RISE）活动隶属于科学与技术卓越研究中心（CREST）项目，支持提供科学和工程学科博士学位的hbcu的研究能力发展。HBCU-RISE项目与接收部门的长期计划和机构使命以及扩大机构研究能力和增加理工科博士生产量的计划直接相关。在国家科学基金会的支持下，北卡罗来纳农业和技术州立大学（NCA&amp；T）将创建一个极端天气中心（EWC）来研究极端天气事件，如复杂地形下的风力驱动的野火和强烈的飓风，这些天气事件每年造成严重的伤害、死亡和损失，对普通人口、经济和社会产生重大影响。EWC将为ncat的本科生和研究生提供教育和培训。学生和研究人员将致力于提高极端天气事件的预测准确性。ncat的拟议研究将扩大研究和研究生培训，以提高对地形对野火和飓风降水影响的动力学和机制的理解，目的是提高这些极端事件的可预测性。EWC将研究野火形成和演变的地形影响；与登陆飓风有关的降水对地形的影响；气候变化对山火、飓风降水等山区极端事件的影响。学生和研究人员将使用现场和遥感观测的数据综合，以及用最先进的模型重新分析真实案例和理想化的数值模拟。学员将接受资料同化及集合预报训练，以改善极端天气预报及再分析资料的统计分析。这项研究将用于开发课程材料，并通过在线门户网站发布。对地形对极端天气影响的认识和预报的研究进展将使广大公众受益。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) activity within the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program supports the development of research capability at HBCUs that offer doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines. HBCU-RISE projects have a direct connection to the long-term plans of the host department(s) and the institutional mission and plans for expanding institutional research capacity as well as increasing the production of doctoral students in science and engineering. With support from the National Science Foundation, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) will create an Extreme Weather Center (EWC) to study extreme weather events such as wind-driven wildfires in complex terrain and intense hurricanes, which cause severe injuries, fatalities, and damage costing billions of dollars of economic loss each year with significant impacts on the general population, economy, and society. The EWC will provide education and training to undergraduate and graduate students at NCA&T. Students and researchers will work to improve the prediction accuracy of extreme weather events.The proposed research at NCA&T will expand research and graduate training to improve the understanding of the dynamics and mechanisms of orographic effects on wildfires and hurricane precipitation with the aim of enhancing the predictability of these extreme events. The EWC will study orographic effects of wildfire formation and evolution; orographic effects of precipitation associated with landfalling hurricanes; and the impact of changing climate on the extreme events of wildfires and hurricane precipitation over mountainous area. Students and researchers will use data synthesis of in-situ and remotely sensed observations as well as reanalysis of real-case and idealized numerical simulations with state-of-the-art models. Students will be trained in data assimilation and ensemble forecasting for improving extreme weather prediction and statistical analysis of reanalysis data. The research will be used to develop course materials that will be delivered via an online portal. Research advancements resulting in improved understanding and forecasting of orographic effects on extreme weather will benefit the broader public.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.