Focused CoPe: Heat waves in the Southern California coastal zone: Their oceanic and atmospheric drivers, human health impacts, and sustainable adaptation

聚焦范围：南加州沿海地区的热浪：它们的海洋和大气驱动因素、人类健康影响和可持续适应本中心将研究海洋如何影响目前和未来影响南加州沿海地区的极端热浪。努力将集中在大气、海洋和陆地之间的联系上，同时试图了解沿海云在热浪中的作用。还将强调热浪与人类健康之间的关系，以及如何通过南加州沿海地区的绿化战略公平地减轻热浪的影响。绿化战略将以研究气候变化下植物与淡水资源之间的相互作用为指导。这项研究将涉及不同的非学术部门，以规划适应热浪的战略，并评估这些战略如何才能公平和可持续。调查结果应该可以转移到世界其他沿海地区。该中心将培训加州圣地亚哥周围的100多名高中教师，并将为贫困高中和社区大学的学生提供实习机会。这个拟议的中心将研究起源于海洋的极端热浪的空间和人类层面的动力学，作为气候变化(即现在和未来)的一部分。关于大气-陆地-海洋联系的研究将a)提高对沿海云过程与海洋/陆地热浪之间相互作用的认识；b)创建一个能够解决影响沿海地区热浪的天气模式的数据产品；c)通过注重环境的流行病学研究，检查热浪对人们健康的影响；d)通过研究植物、水文学和气候变化之间的相互作用如何影响绿化带，促进生态水文学研究。这项研究将进一步探索旨在对抗南加州沿海地区热浪的决策的可持续性和公平性。该中心将产生共同产生的研究和产出，这些研究和产出将基于科学，并将由数据驱动。共同产生的结果将指导南加州适应高温的规划战略。活动应可转移到世界不同地区的其他沿海地区。该中心将为加州圣地亚哥地区的约125名当地高中教师提供专业学习。它将为未被充分代表的高中生和社区大学生提供实习机会，让他们参与气候研究和教育。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。

Focused CoPe: Heat waves in the Southern California coastal zone: Their oceanic and atmospheric drivers, human health impacts, and sustainable adaptationThis Hub will study how the ocean influences extreme heat waves that impact the coastal region of Southern California, presently and in the future. Efforts will concentrate on the linkage among the atmosphere, ocean, and land, while trying to understand the role of coastal clouds on the heat waves. Emphasis will also be on the relationship between heat waves and human health and how the effects can be mitigated equitably with greening strategies in coastal areas of Southern California. Greening strategies will be guided by studies of interactions among plants and freshwater resources under a changing climate. The study will involve different non-academic sectors to plan strategies for heat wave adaptation and to assess how these strategies can be equitable and sustainable. Findings should be transferrable to other coastal regions in the world. The Hub will train more than 100 high school teachers around San Diego, CA, and will provide internships to disadvantaged high school and community college students. This proposed Hub will study the spatial and human-dimension dynamics of extreme heat waves, originating from the ocean, as part of climate change (i.e., in the present and future). Research on the atmosphere-land-ocean linkage will a) increase understanding of the interaction between coastal cloud processes and marine/terrestrial heat waves; b) create a data product capable of resolving weather patterns influencing heat waves in coastal regions; c) examine the impact of heatwaves on people’s health through environmental-focused epidemiological research; and d) advance ecohydrological research by examining how interactions among plants, hydrology and climate change affect greening zones. The study will further explore the sustainability and equity of decisions designed to combat heat waves in the coastal zone of Southern California. The Hub will result in co-produced research and outputs that will be based on science and that will be driven by data. Co-produced results will guide planning strategies for heat adaptation in Southern California. Activities should be transferable to other coastal regions in different parts of the world. The Hub will provide professional learning for ~125 local high school teachers in the San Diego, CA, area. It will furnish internships to underrepresented high school and community college students to participate in climate research and education.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.