U.S.-Finland Auroral Workshop

我们建议于1992年3月19日至21日在赫尔辛基举行一次美国-芬兰极光讲习班。讲习班的目的将是审查过去的合作，发起新的活动，并在两国的新一代科学家之间建立合作联系。由于最近或即将开展的极光、磁层和深空研究，很快就会有重要的新机会。芬兰为空间研究提供了大量财政资源，并大大增加了青年科学家的人数。芬兰科学家目前正在操作主要的地面观测设施，几个小组参与了FREJA、POLAR、CLUSTER和INTERBALL航天器任务。在美国，国家科学基金会已经开始了一个重要的新项目，地球空间环境建模（GEM），这将从美国和芬兰的合作中显著受益。将成立工作组，以确定短期和长期的具体调查。我们预计将有24名芬兰科学家参加，其中许多是学生和青年科学家。将邀请40名美国科学家，其中很大一部分也是年轻科学家。尽管该研讨会规模很大，但所要求的资金有限，而且这笔资金将几乎完全用于支持没有参加过以往美国-芬兰研讨会的年轻美国科学家的旅行。

We propose to hold a U.S. Finnish Auroral Workshop in Helsinki from 19-21 March, 1992. The purpose of the workshop will be to review the past collaborations, to initiate new activities, and to establish collaborative links between a new generation of scientists in both countries. Significant new opportunities soon will be available due to recent or upcoming initiatives in auroral, magnetospheric, and deep space research. Finland has committed significant financial resources to space research and has greatly expanded the number of young scientists. Finnish scientists are presently operating major ground-based observation facilities, and several groups are involved in the FREJA, POLAR, CLUSTER, and INTERBALL spacecraft missions. In the U.S., the National Science Foundation has begun a major new program, Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM), that could significantly benefit from U.S. - Finnish collaboration. Working groups will form to identify specific investigations for both near- and long- term. We expect 24 Finnish scientists to participate, of which many are students and young scientists. Forty U.S. scientists will be invited, and a large fraction of these are also young scientists. In spite of the size of the workshop, limited funds are requested, and the money will be used almost exclusively to support the travel of young U.S. scientists who have not participated in previous U.S. - Finnish workshops.