In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICECHIP)

平原冰雹收集现场协作实验（ICECHIP）

• 批准号: 2117273
• 负责人: Rebecca Adams-Selin
• 金额: $ 1.18万
• 依托单位: Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2117273&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: situ; Collaborative; Experiment; Collection; Hail

This award represents a small planning grant for a potential future field experiment for the study of hail. The In-Situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail in the Plains (ICECHIP) study would make use of a host of instrumentation to study hail processes in thunderstorms in the Great Plains and Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, the US locations that most commonly experience hail. The project would engage with stakeholders such as the insurance industry and operational weather forecasters to ensure broad societal impact. Significant student participation would ensure the training and education of the next generation of scientists.The ICECHIP field campaign would make use of research aircraft, a set of ground-based radars, unmanned aerial systems, surface and upper-air instrumentation, and ground observations of hail. The research team has identified 5 major science themes that they plan to address: 1) improve understanding of hailstone development, in storm characteristics, and fall behavior; 2) examine in-storm hail trajectory and convective updraft relationships; 3) assess the impact of differing environmental thermodynamic and kinetic regimes and geographic location on hail processes and predictability; 4) summarize surface properties of hailstones and associated impacts; 5) characterize hailstone physical properties and their relationship to radar observations.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.

该奖项代表了针对冰雹研究的潜在未来现场实验实验的小规划补助金。 在平原（ICECHIP）研究中收集冰雹的原位协作实验将利用大量的仪器来研究大平原和落基山脉的雷雨中的冰雹过程，落基山脉（美国通常会体验到的冰雹）。 该项目将与保险业和运营天气预报员等利益相关者互动，以确保社会影响广泛。 重要的学生参与将确保对下一代科学家的培训和教育。冰世领域运动将利用研究飞机，一组地面雷达，无人驾驶的空中系统，地面和高空仪器以及冰雹的地面观察。 研究小组已经确定了他们计划解决的5个主要科学主题：1）在风暴特征和跌倒行为方面提高对冰雹发展的理解； 2）检查冰雹中的冰雹轨迹和对流上升的关系； 3）评估不同环境热力学和动力学制度以及地理位置对冰雹过程和可预测性的影响； 4）总结冰雹的表面特性和相关的影响； 5）以冰雹物理特性及其与雷达观察的关系来表征。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。