Planning visit to Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), Brazil

宾夕法尼亚州立大学Jose D.Fuentes，OISE 1061712计划访问巴西联邦巴拉那大学(UFPR)这次计划访问将建立宾夕法尼亚州立大学(Fuentes，Chameki)和巴拉那大学(DIAS)在大气-生物圈相互作用一般领域的联合研究活动。该小组将借鉴互补的经验和专门知识，制定关于影响大陆大气边界层(ABL)空间和时间热力学特征的过程的研究计划。将考虑大气边界层状态对空气污染物及其前体的时空分布的影响。为研究活性化学物质和生物气溶胶的排放、大气传输和化学处理而设计的数值模型将被识别和讨论。在访问期间，研究人员将合作设计用于空中平台的仪表化有效载荷单元，以调查ABL中痕量气体的空间分布。目标是设计足够轻的气体传感器，以便与机载数据采集单元接口。从这些数据中产生的数值模型将在不同的地形下进行测试和验证。此次访问将为美国和巴西科学家在大气-生物圈相互作用研究方面具有互补专业知识的新的研究合作奠定基础。控制低层大气中气体空间分布的过程对预测空气质量有着直接的影响。这些研究小组之间的合作将创造新的独特机会，利用新兴技术研究环境过程。PI有丰富的指导经验，从这次访问中发展出来的研究计划可能会产生大量的学生参与。此外，联合PI是一名新的调查员，他和两名研究生将陪同团队前往巴西。

AbstractJose D. Fuentes, Pennsylvania State University, OISE 1061712Planning Visit to Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), BrazilThis planning visit will establish joint research activities among investigators from Penn State University (Fuentes, Chameki) and Universidade do Paraná (Dias) in the general area of atmosphere-biosphere interactions. The team will draw from complementary experiences and expertise to develop research plans on the processes that influence spatial and temporal thermodynamic characteristics of the continental atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Influences of the ABL state on the spatial and temporal distribution of airborne pollutants and their precursors will be considered. Numerical models designed to investigate emission, atmospheric transport and chemical processing of reactive chemical species and bio-aerosols will be indentified and discussed. During the visit, researchers will work together to design instrumented payload units for airborne platforms to investigate the spatial distribution of trace gases in the ABL. The objective is to design sufficiently light gas sensors to be interfaced with onboard data acquisition units. Numerical models that emerge from these data will be tested and validated for different landscapes.This visit will lay the foundation for new research collaborations between US and Brazilian scientists with complementary expertise in the study of atmosphere-biosphere interactions. Processes that control the spatial distribution of gases in the lower atmosphere have immediate implications for predicting air quality. Collaborations between these research groups will create new and unique opportunities to investigate environmental processes with emerging technologies. The PI has extensive mentoring experience and the research program that evolves from this visit is likely to create substantial student involvement. Moreover, the co-PI is a new investigator and he and two graduate students will accompany the team to Brazil.