IRES: US-Senegal International Research Experiences for Graduate Students during the AMMA-Senegal 2006 Field Experiment

该奖项将支持美国学生参与国际研究合作，重点是了解西非塞内加尔及其周边地区的降水过程，并使用数值模拟来探索西非降水与热带季风形成之间的关系。 平均每年大约有90-100个被称为非洲东风波的天气锋面从西非海岸出现，其中大约有10个在大西洋上空发展成命名的风暴。一些研究表明，大西洋飓风活动与西非的降雨量呈正相关。 在2006年夏天，学生们将沿着参加来自非洲的科学家和学生，美国科学院。S.在一个名为AMMA（非洲季风多学科活动）的大型国际研究项目中，塞内加尔教师和学生合作者的团队将由塞内加尔达喀尔的Chelsea Anta Diop大学的Amadou Gaye博士领导。在这个项目的第二年和第三年，学生将使用AMMA数据，分析观测和中尺度模型，以获得更深入的了解各种大气过程。 学生将继续与塞内加尔同事合作，并将通过访问尼日尔尼亚美的非洲气象应用发展中心来扩大这些合作，与来自西非各地的科学家一起模拟降水，季风活动和相关现象。热带季风的形成过程不仅是一个重要的科学问题，而且是一个具有广泛的国家和国际经济影响的现象。 自1995年以来，大西洋上空命名风暴的数量有所增加。这些系统对美国构成了威胁。S.沿海人口，2005年是一个很好的例子。在过去的十年中，主要的大西洋飓风造成了1000多人死亡，1000亿美元的损失，大约200万美国人流离失所。S.公民 该项目还将使美国。S.教科文组织还鼓励国际学生，特别是来自代表性不足/得不到充分服务的群体的学生，通过在这些重要的大气过程方面开展国际合作，扩大他们的科学经验。该项目将有助于发展长期合作，并为学生提供对文化差异的理解，以及西非科学与社会之间的关系。该奖项由NSF地球科学理事会共同资助。

This award will support U.S. students to engage in international research collaboration focused on understanding precipitation processes in and around Senegal, West Africa, and using numerical modeling to explore the relationship between precipitation and tropical monsoon formation in West Africa. In an average year approximately 90-100 weather fronts known as African Easterly Waves emerge from the coast of West Africa, with approximately ten of these developing into named storms over the Atlantic. A number of studies have shown that Atlantic hurricane activity is positively correlated to rainfall levels in the West Africa. During the summer of 2006, the students will participate, along with scientists and students from Africa, the U. S. and Europe, in a large international research project called AMMA (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Activities). The team of Senegalese faculty and student collaborators will be led by Dr. Amadou Gaye at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. In the second and third years of this project, students will use AMMA data, analyzed observations and meso-scale models to gain greater insights into various atmospheric processes. Students will continue to collaborate with their Senegalese colleagues, and will expand those collaborations by visiting the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development in Niamey, Niger, to work with scientists from across West Africa on modeling precipitation, monsoonal activities and related phenomena. The process of tropical monsoon formation is not only an important scientific question, but also a phenomenon with broad national and international economic implications. Since 1995 the number of named storms over the Atlantic Ocean has increased. These systems have posed a danger to U. S. coastal populations, with 2005 serving as a prime example. Over the last decade, major Atlantic hurricanes produced more than 1000 fatalities, $100 billion in damages, and displaced approximately two million U. S. citizens. This project will also enable U. S. students, especially those from underrepresented/underserved groups, to broaden their scientific experience with international collaborations on these important atmospheric processes. The project will help to develop long-term collaborations and provide students with an appreciation of cultural differences, as well as with the relationship between science and society in West Africa. This award is co-funded by NSF's Directorate for Geosciences.