US-Myanmar Workshop: Circulation and Mixing of the Andaman Sea - Yangoon, Myanmar, August 1997

产品描述：这项奖金是为了支助美国的六名科学家参加1997年8月在仰光与缅甸科学家举行的一次讲习班。 美国小组组长是来自哥伦比亚大学拉蒙多尔蒂地球观测站的阿诺德·戈登博士，缅甸小组组长是仰光毛淡棉大学海洋科学系的Swe Thwin博士。 讲习班的目的是制定一个研究方案，其目标是为安达曼海开发一个区域环流模型，该模型受风、河流羽流、潮汐混合、海-气热量和淡水通量的影响。 选择的模型是普林斯顿海洋模型。 该模型将应用于缅甸地区污染物扩散研究、初级生产力研究和气象现象。 更广泛的应用是更好地评估安达曼海在更大规模的气候系统中的作用，主要是亚洲季风。 在安达曼海的具体利益源于可疑的内波和潮汐派生的高架垂直混合过程，这可能会改变区域垂直分层和环流模式的影响。 预计讲习班的成果将是一个联合研究项目的计划。 适用范围：该奖项将资助六名美国科学家中的五名，他们将在一个研讨会上与来自缅甸的大约十五名科学家会面，讨论对美国和亚洲的海洋学家和大气科学家非常重要的主题。 预计会议将产生一项提交给基金会的提案，以支持包括美国科学家和缅甸科学家在内的联合研究。 这项活动特别有价值，因为它为美国科学家在缅甸工作并与该国科学家合作开辟了途径。 该项目符合国际方案司促进与外国科学家在共同感兴趣的领域合作的目标。

Description: This award is to support participation by six scientists from the United States in a workshop with scientists from Myanmar, to be held in Yangon in August 1997. The US team leader is Dr. Arnold Gordon from the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, and the Leader of the Myanmar team is Dr. Swe Thwin, Department of Marine Science, University of Mawlamyine in Yangon. The purpose of the workshop is to formulate a research program whose goal is to develop a regional circulation model for the Andaman Sea, forced by wind, river plume, tidal mixing, sea-air heat and fresh water fluxes. The model of choice is the Princeton Ocean Model. The model will have application to studies of spreading of pollutants, primary productivity research and meteorological phenomena in the Myanmar region. A broader application is to better assess the role of the Andaman Sea in the larger scale climate system, primarily the Asian Monsoon. The specific interest in the Andaman Sea stems from the effects of suspected internal wave and tidal derived elevated vertical mixing processes, which may alter the regional vertical stratification and circulation pattern. It is anticipated that the result of the workshop will be a plan for a joint research project. Scope: This award is to fund travel of five of six U.S. scientists who will meet with approximately fifteen scientists from Myanmar in a workshop where discussions will deal with a topic of great importance to oceanographers and atmospheric scientists in the US, and in Asia. The meeting is expected to result in a proposal to be submitted to the Foundation, to support joint research that will include American scientists and scientists from Myanmar. This activity is particularly worthwhile because it opens avenues for American scientists to work in Myanmar and with scientists from that country. The project meets the objectives of the Division of International Programs in promoting collaboration with foreign scientists in areas of mutual interest.