U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Integration of Multispectral Data with Hydrologic Models for Transfer of Heat and Moisture in Temperate Regions.

这个为期两年的奖项支持由Soroosh Sorooshian领导的亚利桑那大学研究小组和Alain Vidal指导的蒙彼利埃遥感实验室在水文学方面的美法合作研究。他们的研究目标是分析来自几个国际野外试验的数据，并将这些数据与关注温带、干旱和半干旱地区热量和水分转移的水文模型相结合。这些实验包括由NASA、USDA-ARS和USGS赞助的季风90实验、CNES/NASA多飞机运动和萨赫勒地区的水文大气试点实验。地表和低层大气之间的水分和能量通量是了解大气过程和气候的关键组成部分。拟议对不同地质地点的地面测量和遥感观测进行多学科数据分析，可产生适用于各种条件和地点的模型。该项目利用了美国和法国团队在遥感数据分析和水文建模方面的互补专业知识。＊＊＊

9314872 Sorooshian This two-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in hydrology between research groups at the University of Arizona, led by Soroosh Sorooshian, and the Remote Sensing Laboratory in Montpellier under the direction of Alain Vidal. The objective of their research is to analyze data from several international field experiments, and integrate the data with hydrologic models that focus on the transfer of heat and moisture in temperate, arid and semiarid regions. The experiments include the Monsoon '90 experiment, sponsored by NASA, USDA-ARS and USGS, the CNES/NASA multi-aircraft campaign and the hydrologic-atmospheric pilot experiment in the Sahel. Fluxes of moisture and energy between the land surface and lower atmosphere are key components to understanding atmospheric processes and climate. The proposed multidisciplinary data analysis of ground-based measurements and remote sensing observations at different geological sites could lead to models which are applicable to a range of conditions and sites. The project takes advantage of the complementary expertise of the U.S. and French teams in analysis of remotely sensed data and in hydrologic modeling. ***