2005 Radiation and Climate Gordon Conference; Waterville, Maine; July 24-29, 2005

第四届戈登辐射与气候研究会议（GRC）将于2005年7月24日至29日在缅因州沃特维尔的科尔比学院举行，会议将重点讨论辐射与水的三个阶段之间的四维相互作用。这次会议将汇集并促进科学家之间的讨论，研究大气辐射传输的各个方面。会议将拥有一流的国际阵容，由22位演讲者和9位讨论领袖组成，这将确保延续戈登会议70多年来的卓越科学成就。由于戈登会议部分由戈登研究会议支持，本提案正在寻求额外的支持，为学生、博士后和其他年轻研究人员以及受邀演讲者和讨论领袖提供会议费用和/或旅费的财政支持。知识价值：该GRC明确认识到，地球气候如此复杂、难以预测、值得研究的原因，很大程度上源于辐射与水的三个阶段之间的四维相互作用。人们普遍认为，这些相互作用中最难以捉摸的是云，因此对云和多云大气辐射传输的讨论构成了本GRC的核心。会议涵盖的领域包括：水辐射气候学吸收和散射辐射传输- I：双流近似和平均辐射传输- II：动力模型辐射传输- III：创新遥感云观测系统云数据同化建模和观测云和云反馈和辐射分析辐射灵敏度。上述领域代表了辐射与气候领域的基础和前沿研究，预计讨论将促进对该领域的更好理解，并将激发对未解决问题的新研究。更广泛的影响：第四届戈登辐射与气候研究会议预计将是一次令人兴奋的教育经历，对所有参与者——学生和成熟的研究人员都是如此。参加这项活动的学生将受益于更好地了解控制气候系统的一个基本物理过程——电磁辐射的转移——及其与云的相互作用——这是气候系统的一个主要的，也许是最不为人所知的组成部分。成熟的研究人员应该从接触这个领域的最新进展和新思想中受益。总的来说，通过鼓励对气候系统的进一步探索和发现，思想的交流有望使社会受益，从而可能提高我们对气候系统的人为影响进行有用的预测和评估的能力。

The Fourth Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Radiation and Climate will be held at Colby College in Waterville, Maine during the period July 24 - 29, 2005 and will focus on the four dimensional interaction between radiation and the three phases of water. This conference will bring together, and foster discussion among, scientists studying various aspects of atmospheric radiative transfer. The conference will have a first-rate, international line-up of 22 speakers and 9 discussion leaders that will secure continuity of the scientific excellence that has been a hallmark of Gordon Conferences for over 70 years. As Gordon Conferences are supported in part by Gordon Research Conferences, this proposal is seeking additional support to provide financial support of conference fees and/or travel costs for students, postdocs, and other young investigators as well as invited speakers and discussion leaders.Intellectual Merit: This GRC recognizes explicitly that much of what makes Earth's climate so complex, difficult to predict, and worthy of study arises from the four-dimensional interaction between radiation and the three phases of water. It is generally agreed that the most elusive of these interactions involve clouds, and so discussion of clouds and radiative transfer for cloudy atmospheres form the core of this GRC. The areas to be covered by the conference include: Hydro-Radiative Climatology Absorption and Scattering Radiative Transfer - I: Two-Stream Approximation and Averaging Radiative Transfer - II: Dynamical Models Radiative Transfer - III: Innovative Remote Sensing Cloud Observing Systems Assimilation of Cloud Data Modelling and Observing Clouds and Radiation Analyses of Cloud Feedbacks and Radiative Sensitivities. The above areas represent both basic and cutting edge research in the area of Radiation and Climate, and it is expected that the discussions will facilitate better understanding of the field and will provoke new research on unsolved problems.Broader Impacts: The Fourth Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate is expected to be an exciting educational experience for all participants - students and established researchers alike. The students who participate in this activity will benefit by obtaining a better understanding of one of the fundamental physical processes governing the climate system - the transfer of electromagnetic radiation - AND its interaction with clouds - a primary, and perhaps the least understood, component of the climate system. Established researchers should benefit by an exposure to recent advances and new ideas in this field. Overall, the exchanges of ideas are expected to benefit society by encouraging further exploration and discoveries of the climate system, thereby perhaps increasing our capability for making useful predictions and assessments of anthropogenic impact on the climate system.