U.S.-Brazil Research-Oriented Workshop on the Physical Oceanography of Brazil; August, 1987; Durham, New Hampshire

该奖项资助将于1987年8月在新汉普郡大学举办的巴西-美国自然海洋学研讨会的组织工作和当地费用。研讨会是由新汉普郡大学的温德尔·S·布朗博士与巴西圣保罗大学的小阿方索·马斯卡伦哈斯博士合作组织的。除了能够增进对巴西物理海洋学的了解外，讲习班还将使巴西和美国在这一领域的研究人员相互了解，并为未来的合作研究制定战略。增进对巴西边缘环流的了解将大大加强我们对南大西洋在全球海洋与大气相互作用计划中的作用的了解。该地区存在各种具有全球意义的现象，如赤道动力学、表层和次表层边界流、深水/陆架相互作用、亚马逊河出流/陆架流动相互作用和河口动力。然而，理解全球海洋这一关键部分的运动学、动力学和热力学的任务是如此之大，以至于需要国际合作。这次讲习班将是促进和确定这种合作努力领域的第一步，因此也是增进我们对整个地圈的了解的重要一步。

This award supports the organization and local costs of a Brazilian- American workshop on the physical oceanography of Brazil, to be held at the University of New Hamsphire in August, 1987. The workshop was organized by Dr. Wendell S. Brown of the University of New Hampshire in collaboration with Dr. Affonso Mascarenhas Jr., of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In addition to making possible an enhanced understanding of Brazilian physical oceanography, the workshop will enable Brazilian and American researchers in this field to become mutually acquainted and develop a strategy for future collaborative research. Improved knowledge of the circulation along the margin of Brazil would considerably enhance our understanding of the role of the South Atlantic in the global scheme of interaction between the oceans and the atmosphere. Various phenomena of global significance, such as equatorial dynamics, surface and subsurface boundary currents, deep water/shelf interaction, Amazon River outflow/shelf flow interaction, and estuarine dynamics, occur in this area. However, the task of understanding the kinematics, dynamics, and thermodynamics of this crucial portion of the global ocean is so large that international collaboration is required. This workshop will be a first step in stimulating and defining the areas of such collaborative effort, and therefore is an important step in improving our understanding of the geosphere as a whole.