Partial Support of the Committee on Radio Frequencies

美国国家科学院无线电频率委员会由杰出的科学家和工程师组成，他们就涉及无线电频谱科学使用的问题向科学院提供研究和建议。这些用途通常涉及传统无线电频谱应用领域之外的技术和应用，因此委员会有助于指导FCC和其他监管机构采用不会对射电天文学，气象学，遥感，海洋学和其他科学用途造成不必要干扰的频谱规则和政策。由于委员会的目标具有多学科性，因此得到了国家科学基金会和国家航空航天局的支持。委员会全体成员由15名成员组成，每年大约召开两次会议，在会议间隙，委员会负责起草意见和其他书面文件，以应对各种监管程序。委员会还派代表参加适当的科学会议（例如，国际无线电科学家联合会）和决策机构（例如，国际电信联盟）帮助宣传其立场。该委员会已经存在多年，目前的奖项将继续国家科学基金会的支持，直到2010财政年度。

The National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Radio Frequencies is comprised of prominent scientists and engineers who provide studies and advice to the Academy on issues involving scientific uses of the radio spectrum. Such uses often involve techniques and applications that are outside the realm of traditional radio spectrum applications, therefore the Committee is useful to help guide the FCC and other regulatory bodies toward the adoption of spectrum rules and policies that will not create unnecessary interference to radio astronomy, meteorology, remote sensing, oceanography, and other scientific uses of the spectrum. Because of the multi-disciplinary aspect of the Committee's goals, it is supported by both the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The full Committee, comprised of 15 members, meets approximately twice per year, and between meetings it works on crafting comments and other written documents in response to various regulatory proceedings. The Committee also sends representatives to appropriate meetings of scientific (e.g., the International Union of Radio Scientists) and policy-setting bodies (e.g., the International Telecommunication Union) to help publicize their positions. The Committee has been in existence for many years, and the current award will continue National Science Foundation support through fiscal year 2010.