Storm Penetrating Aircraft Workshop; Rapid City, South Dakota; Fall of 2006

该提案要求支持举办研讨会，讨论哪种飞机最适合用于下一代风暴穿透飞机（NGSPA）。由于更多类型的研究任务的前景，如云物理和动力学，大气化学，大气电学，雷达气象学，遥感，边界层气象学，可能还有其他，对各种飞机的特性和能力的分析导致了仙婴双引擎A-10喷气式飞机的指定为最合适的飞机。该研讨会预计将向美国国家科学基金会（NSF）提交一份白皮书/报告，描述社区对NGSPA的兴趣，并列出潜在的实验和仪器。这将有助于NSF规划未来的设施组合，以支持21世纪前三分之一的研究。

This proposal is requesting support for a workshop to discuss what aircraft is best suitable for the Next Generation Storm Penetration Aircraft (NGSPA). Because of the prospect of many more types of research missions such as, cloud physics and dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric electricity, radar meteorology, remote sensing, boundary layer meteorology, and possibly others, an analysis of the characteristics and capabilities of the various aircraft has resulted in the designation of the Fairchild twin engine A-10 jet aircraft as the most suitable aircraft. The workshop is expected to produce a white paper/report to National Science Foundation (NSF) delineating the community interest in the NGSPA with a listing of potential experiments and instrumentation. This will aid the NSF in planning the future facility mix needed to support research through the first third of the 21st century.