REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Earth System Science at Clark Atlanta University

该奖项支持一个REU网站，该网站成立于1999年，目的是向克拉克·亚特兰大大学的学生和教职员工介绍地球科学的跨学科研究。每年从克拉克亚特兰大和其他学术机构中挑选10名学生参加为期10周的暑期项目，该项目包括讲座和研究项目。这些活动旨在补充克拉克亚特兰大地球系统科学(ESS)的常规计划。这些项目包括以下专题的数据分析和建模活动：(1)大气气体和气溶胶对太阳辐射的影响；(2)大气边界层的微气象过程。学生与首席研究人员密切合作，定义和规划他们的研究项目，撰写记录他们暑期活动的期末报告，并准备关于他们研究结果的口头和海报演示。该计划的目标是使学生能够批判性地思考，鼓励他们从跨学科的角度处理问题，并增加寻求ESS和相关研究领域研究生学位和职业的少数族裔学生的数量。

This award supports an REU site that was initiated in 1999 with the purpose of introducing students and faculty members at Clark Atlanta University to interdisciplinary studies in geosciences. Ten students are selected each year from Clark Atlanta and other academic institutions to participate in a ten-week summer program consisting of lectures and research projects. These activities are designed to complement the regular program in Earth System Science (ESS) at Clark Atlanta. The projects include data analysis and modeling activities on topics related to (1) the effects of atmospheric gases and aerosols on solar radiation, and (2) micrometeorological processes in the atmospheric boundary layer. The students work closely with the principal investigator in defining and planning their research projects, writing final reports that document their summer activities, and preparing oral and poster presentations on their research findings. Objectives of the program are to enable students to think critically, to encourage them to approach problems from an interdisciplinary point of view, and to increase the number of minority students seeking graduate degrees and careers in ESS and related areas of study.