Coordinating Office for the RIDGE Initiative

在里奇全球变化倡议从规划阶段过渡到研究阶段时，里奇办公室将提供协调中心和必要的协调。该办公室的目的是在从早期规划阶段到积极实施实地、实验室和理论工作的过渡期间，保持RIDGE计划的势头，并协调必要的基础工作，使RIDGE资金得到最有效和有价值的利用。今后两年的主要努力将包括执行长期筹备活动，包括仪器开发和数据管理；启动专门的实地方案；协调各机构支持的研究活动；举办旨在促进理论发展快速进展的第一届里奇暑期研究所；在双边和多边一级开展国际合作研究工作；继续制定和完善山脊科学执行计划；出版和分发所有规划成果；建立对瞬时山脊事件作出快速有效反应的能力；分析支持山脊实地和理论工作所需的材料特性研究；还有一封定期的最新通讯。

The RIDGE office will provide the focal point and the necessary coordination as the RIDGE global change initiative makes the transition from the planning phase into its research phase. The purpose of the office is to maintain the momentum of the RIDGE program during the transition between the early planning phase and active implementation of field, laboratory, and theoretical efforts, and to coordinate the groundwork required to make themost efficient and valuable use of RIDGE funding. Primary efforts in the coming two years will involve implementation of long lead time activities, including instrument development and data management; initiation of special field programs; coordination of research activities supported by a variety of agencies; convening the first RIDGE Summer Institute designed to foster rapid progress in theoretical development; pursuit of international cooperative research efforts at bilateral and multilateral level; continued development and refinement of the RIDGE Science Implementation Plan; publication and distribution of all planning results; implementation of the capability to respond quickly and effectively to transient ridge-crest events; analysis of material-properties research required to support RIDGE field and theoretical efforts; and a periodic newletter.