2002 Gordon Research Conference on Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds; Oxford, United Kingdom; September 1-6, 2002

该奖项支持定于2002年9月1日至6日在英国牛津皇后学院举行的戈登生物挥发性有机化合物研究会议。这次会议的目的是召集植物生理学家、生态生理学家和大气化学家来讨论植物排放碳氢化合物的问题。在美国，排放到大气中的挥发性有机化合物中有很大一部分来自植物。其中含量最多的是异戊二烯，它在臭氧和其他空气污染物的形成中起重要作用，因此引起公众的普遍关注。大气氧化过程和臭氧形成的研究是大气化学的核心内容。这次会议将汇集一个跨学科的科学家团队来评估大气科学家和植物生理学家共同感兴趣的研究问题。

This award supports the Gordon Research Conference on Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) scheduled to take place at Queens College, Oxford, UK, September 1-6, 2002. The meeting has been organized to bring together plant physiologists, ecophysiologists, and atmospheric chemists to discuss plant emissions of hydrocarbons. A significant fraction of the VOCs emitted to the atmosphere in the U.S. are derived from plants. The most abundant of these, isoprene, can play an important role in the formation of ozone and other air pollutants and is therefore of general concern to the public. The study of oxidation processes in the atmosphere and ozone formation is of central relevance to the atmospheric chemistry. This meeting will bring together an interdisciplinary team of scientists to assess research issues of common interest to both atmospheric scientists and plant physiologists.