Collaborative Research: MRI-R2--Acquisition of a Mobile Atmospheric Profiling System for Multi-Campus Research and Education (CSU-MAPS)

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法》(公法111-5)资助的。边界层气象学的实验研究需要关于地面-大气直接能量和水分交换的信息，以及延伸到大气层下部的气象参数轮廓。通过将涉及加州州立大学(CSU)三个校区五个系的多个项目的实验和教育目标结合起来，这项由NSF的主要研究仪器(MRI-R2)计划支持的努力将允许采购和集成高度灵活的移动大气廓线系统(CSU-MAP)。该系统包括安装在一座30米高的望远镜塔上的微型气象仪器，以及两个垂直指向的遥感系统(即。微波剖面仪和WIND LIDAR)，所有这些都将通过拖车安装布置而设计为快速部署。这些仪器将在离地面近10公里的两个高度测量温度和水汽分布。低层现场测量和延伸到近10公里高度的遥感测量相结合，将得到更标准的雷达探测系统的补充，偶尔提供基于气球的轮廓到更高的水平。这一努力的智力优势集中在对野火科学和可再生能源勘探等各种领域的支持上，并允许快速部署高质量测量系统，以应对迅速变化的天气和野火条件。由合作教师支持的研究将延伸到(但不限于)城市气象学、湿地微气象学、相关的碳通量、风能勘探、沿海地区的海洋-大气相互作用，以及对严重雷暴发展的控制。更广泛的影响将来自于对复杂地形和海岸线地区地球物理现象的更好理解，通过为学生提供规划和进行实地测量的实践经验，以及通过一系列相关的实用技能。CSU-MAP及其收集的观测数据将为大学关于气象仪器和测量的三门独立课程奠定基础。通过这些活动，三个校区的500多名学生将在其运营的每一年中受益。还计划向K-12学生提供服务。超过一半的参与学生将来自代表性不足的群体。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Experimental research in boundary layer meteorology requires information both on direct surface-atmosphere exchanges of energy and moisture as well as profiles of meteorological parameters extending into the lower part of the atmosphere. By combining experimental and educational goals of multiple projects involving five departments at three California State University (CSU) campuses, this effort supported through NSF's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI-R2) program will allow procurement and integration of a highly agile mobile atmospheric profiling system (CSU-MAPS). This system includes micro-meteorological instruments mounted on a telescopic 30-meter tall tower, as well as two vertically pointing remote sensing systems (viz. a microwave profiler and wind LIDAR), all to be designed for rapid deployment via a trailer-mounted arrangement. Together these instruments will profile temperature and water vapor at two heights near 10 km above ground level. A combination of low-level in-situ and remotely sensed measurements extending to heights near 10 km will be supplemented by a more standard rawinsonde system providing occasional balloon-based profiles to even higher levels.The intellectual merit of this effort centers on support for fields as diverse as wildfire science and renewable energy exploration and by allowing exceedingly rapid deployment of high-quality measurement systems in response to rapidly evolving weather and wildfire conditions. Research supported by collaborating faculty will extend to topics including (though not limited to) urban meteorology, wetland micrometeorology, associated carbon fluxes, wind-energy prospecting, marine-atmosphere interactions along coastal zones, and controls on development of severe thunderstorms.Broader impacts will come through improved understanding of geophysical phenomena in regions of complex terrain and coastlines, by providing students with hands-on student experience in planning and conducting field measurements, and through a range of associated practical skills. CSU-MAPS and the observations it collects will provide the foundation for three separate University courses on meteorological instrumentation and measurements. Through these involvements, more than 500 students across three campuses will benefit during each year of its operation. Outreach to K-12 students is also planned. More than half of the involved students will be drawn from underrepresented groups.