Conference: 14th International Precipitation Conference (IPC14) - Emerging directions in precipitation science and applications: going beyond

降水推动了大气中水的移动和储存。它既是淡水的来源，也是影响社会的自然灾害的驱动因素。降水很难对天气、气候和决策进行估计和预测。设立国际降水会议的目的是将来自不同学科的研究人员聚集在一起，以确定降水研究方面的挑战和进展。这也是科学家和工程师开展合作的机会，也是早期职业科学家获得支持和培训的机会。国际社会认识到降水研究方面的挑战，并于1986年成立了国际降水会议(IPC)，将大气、气候、水文和应用水资源界聚集在一起，讨论地方、区域和全球的降水挑战，并开展合作，促进对资源和极端事件(如洪水和干旱及其水文地貌灾害)的建模、决策和预测。在以往IPC的基础上，这次会议将汇集一个由科学家和工程师组成的国际小组，以整合研究工作，指导早期职业科学家和学生，并制定该领域的未来方向。会议将在会前和培训研讨会的协作环境中吸引和支持早期职业科学家和学生，并为未来的研究合作创造机会。该奖项将由水文科学、气候和大规模动力学以及物理和动力气象学项目共同资助。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，被认为值得支持。

Precipitation drives the movement and storage of water in the atmosphere. It is both a source of freshwater and a driver of natural hazards that impact society. Precipitation is difficult to estimate and predict for weather, climate, and for decision making. The International Precipitation Conference was established to bring together researchers from various disciplines to identify challenges and advances in precipitation research. It is also an opportunity for scientists and engineers to develop collaborations and for early career scientists to get support and training. The international community acknowledged the challenges in precipitation research and established the International Precipitation Conference (IPC) in 1986 to bring together the atmospheric, climate, hydrologic and applied water resources communities to discuss local, regional, and global precipitation challenges and develop collaborations that advance modeling, decision making, and prediction of resources and extreme events such as floods and droughts and their hydro-geomorphic hazards. Building on previous IPCs, this conference will bring together an international group of scientists and engineers to integrate research efforts, mentor early career scientists and students, and craft future directions in the field. The conference will engage and support early career scientists and students in a collaborative environment with pre-conference and training workshops, and fosters opportunities for future research collaborations. The award will be co-funded by the Hydrologic Sciences, Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics, and Physical and Dynamical Meteorology programs.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.