US-Tunisia Workshop: Dune Formation and Migration, Medenine, Tunisia

描述：这个奖项是为了支持将于1999年4月18日至25日在突尼斯麦德宁举行的美国-突尼斯沙丘形成和迁移研讨会。美国首席研究员是康奈尔大学理论和应用力学系的詹姆斯·T·詹金斯。突尼斯的组织者是位于突尼斯麦德宁的地区研究所所长胡肯·哈特利。北非和美国的研究人员将与欧洲同事一起参加这个致力于风沙输送和沙丘形成和迁移的研讨会。物理学家、工程师和地质学家将讨论他们各自领域的最新进展在这一重要问题上的应用。研讨会的很大一部分将专门用于实地研究。研讨会的目标是建立一个由美国、欧洲和北非科学家组成的网络，致力于了解沙漠的过程。范围：这个项目的重点是一个对北非国家非常重要的问题，即沙漠对耕地或其他已开发土地的侵蚀。研讨会将在突尼斯南部的麦德宁的阿里德斯地区研究所举行，那里有200人正在研究荒漠化问题。这一提议符合INT的目标，即支持国际讲习班，这些讲习班可能会增加在共同感兴趣的领域的合作。该项目由INT和化学和运输系统司共同资助。

9900158JenkinsDescription: This award is to support a US-Tunisia Workshop on Dune Formation and Migration to be held in Medenine, Tunisia, April 18-25, 1999. The US Principal Investigator is James T. Jenkins, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University. The Tunisian organizer is Houcine Khatelli, Directeur General of the Institut des Regions Arrides in Medenine, Tunisia. North African and US researchers will join with European colleagues in this workshop devoted to the aeloian transport of sand and the formation and migration of sand dunes. Physicists, engineers, and geologists will discuss the application of recent advances in their respective fields to this important problem. A significant part of the workshop will be devoted to field studies. A goal of the workshop is to develop a network of US, European, and North African scientists committed to an understanding of desert processes.Scope: This project focuses on a problem of great importance to North African countries, namely the encroachment of the desert on cultivated or otherwise developed land. The workshop will take place in Medenine in southern Tunisia at the Institute des Regions Arrides, where 200 people are working on the problem of desertification. This proposal meets the INT objective of supporting international workshops that are likely to increase collaboration in areas of mutual interest. This project is co-funded by INT and the Division of Chemical and Transport Systems.