Improvement of Winter Research Logistics, Climate Program and Water Facilities at the Mountain Research Station

威廉·鲍曼博士是牛津大学的校长。 科罗拉多的山地研究站，位于海拔2900米 落基山脉前山脉的海拔，靠近大陆山脉。 分开。 车站附近的尼沃特岭地区是一个高山地区， 被指定为NSF支持的长期冻土研究区 生态研究基地，实验性生态保护区， 美国林务局和生态研究所，以及 生物圈保护区由联合国教科文组织和美国国务院。 博士 鲍曼要求支持购买两辆雪地摩托， 研究用途，升级气象站设备，以及 车站供水系统的冬季化。 拟议的设备购置和场地改善， 山区研究站将使研究成为可能 项目将在冬季运行，并将增加 环境数据的质量和数量 站 对脆弱的苔原环境的研究是 对我们理解全球气候尤其重要 变化 这个野外站支持了以下领域的领先研究： 这一领域，并继续改善这一设施将 未来的研究将大大加强。

Dr. William Bowman is Director of the University of Colorado's Mountain Research Station, located at 2900 meters elevation in the Front Range of the Rockies near the Continental Divide. The Niwot Ridge area near the Station is an alpine tundra study area that is designated an NSF-supported Long-Term Ecological Research Site, an Experimental Ecological Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service and the Institute of Ecology, and a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO and the U.S. State Department. Dr. Bowman requests support for purchase of two snowmobiles for research use, an upgrade of their weather station equipment, and winterization of the Station's water supply system. The proposed equipment acquisitions and site improvements to the Mountain Research Station would make it possible for research projects to operate during the winter months, and would increase the quality and quantity of environmental data gathered at the Station. Research on the fragile tundra environment is especially critical to our understanding of global climate change. This field station has supported leading research in this area, and continued improvement to this facility will enhance future research significantly.