U.S.-Japan Cooperative Science: The Westpac Project Investigations of the Low-Latitude Ionosphere

小行星9603048 该奖项支持斯坦福大学国际研究所（SRI）的罗兰·纲田博士和东京京都大学的庄一郎教授之间为期两年的合作研究项目。 该项目的重点是研究低纬度电离层。 该项目的主要目标是：（1）在日本和西太平洋区域的科学家之间发起讨论;（2）制定一项合作计划，最终建立一系列电离层监测站，这些监测站将从北方半球的台湾延伸到菲律宾和马来西亚东部，并延伸到南半球的印度尼西亚。 与西太平洋区域发展中国家的科学家进行合作研究，预计将产生重要的互惠互利。 对于发达国家的科学家来说，监测站将提供独特和重要的测量结果，可用于解决低纬度电离层物理学中仍然存在的一些悬而未决的问题。 另一个好处是这些区域的科学家在监测站的运作中提供当地支助。 发展中国家的科学家将受益于在其区域建立重要的研究设施以及监测站提供的数据。 通过交流思想和技术，该项目将扩大我们的知识基础，促进国际理解与合作。 ***

9603048 Tsunoda This award supports a two year collaborative research project between Dr. Roland Tsunoda of Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International and Professor Shoichiro Fukao of Kyoto University in Tokyo. The focus of this project is a study of the low-latitude ionosphere. The major goals of this project are: 1) to initiate discussion among scientists from Japan and the western Pacific region; and (2) to develop a cooperative plan that will lead to the establishment of a chain of ionospheric monitoring stations that will extend from Taiwan in the northern hemisphere, through the Philippines and eastern Malaysia, and into Indonesia in the southern hemisphere. Cooperative research with scientists from developing countries il the western Pacific region is expected to have important mutual benefits. For scientists from developed countries, the monitoring stations will provide unique and important measurements, which can be used to address some of the outstanding questions that remain in low-latitude ionospheric physics. An additional benefit will be the local support provided by scientists from those regions in the operation of the monitoring stations. Scientists from the developing countries will benefit from establishment of important research facilities in their region and the availability of data from the monitoring stations. Through the exchange of ideas and technology, this project will broaden our base of knowledge and promote international understanding and cooperation. ***