Polar Radar Science & Technology Conference 2021

在过去的二十年里，雷达在极地科学中的使用显著增加。该研讨会将评估：1)雷达数据收集的当前和未来科学和后勤驱动因素；2)当前的商业、改装和用户专用雷达系统；3)正在进行的雷达技术研究和开发；4)设备和软件社区接入模型；5)雷达教育和培训需求和选择；以及6)促进科学和物流界使用雷达的方法。研讨会将发表一份白皮书，总结推动雷达需求的关键极地科学问题，以及社区对雷达硬件、软件、专业知识、培训和教育的兴趣和需求。探地雷达和相关雷达技术通常用于极地环境中的科学研究和后勤行动。在过去的几十年里，技术硬件和软件的研究和开发扩大了雷达的用途。雷达在极地地区的应用包括冰川学、冻土和冰缘环境、近地表地质和地貌、河流环境等。雷达的广泛适用性和新应用的不断发展导致了对这些系统的高需求。不幸的是，雷达系统对个别科学家来说往往是昂贵的或成本过高的。对于广泛的潜在最终用户来说，要获得雷达仪器或研究软件，开发内部专业知识来收集、分析和定量解释雷达结果，并保持这些方法的最新，尤其是在雷达仅被用作解决特定科学问题的工具的情况下，这是具有挑战性的。这些趋势强调了在极地科学界内评估雷达未来选择的必要性。这一裁决反映了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 use of radar in polar science has significantly increased over the past two decades. This workshop will assess: 1) current and future science and logistical drivers for radar-data collection, 2) current commercial, modified, and user-specific radar systems, 3) ongoing radar technology research and development, 4) equipment and software community access models, 5) radar education and training needs and options, and 6) approaches to facilitating radar usage in the science and logistics community. The workshop will deliver a white paper summarizing critical polar-science questions that drive radar needs as well as community interest and need in radar hardware, software, expertise, training, and education. Ground-penetrating radar and related radar technologies are commonly used in polar environments for scientific research and logistical operations. Technical hardware and software research and development has broadened use of radar over the past few decades. Radar applications in polar regions include those in glaciology, permafrost and periglacial environments, near-surface geology and geomorphology, fluvial environments, and more. The wide applicability of radar and regular development of new applications has resulted in a high demand for these systems. Unfortunately, radar systems are often expensive or cost-prohibitive for individual scientists. And it is challenging for a broad swath of potential end-users to gain access to radar instrumentation or software for research; to develop the in-house expertise to collect, analyze, and quantitatively interpret radar results; and to stay up to date in these methodologies, particularly if radar is used only as a tool to address a specific science question. These trends underpin the need to assess the future options for radar within the polar science community.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.