Third International Symposium on Shallow Flows; Iowa City, Iowa; June 4-6, 2012

这项资助为参加第三届浅流研讨会的学生和早期职业科学家提供部分旅费支持，该研讨会将于2012年6月4日至6日在爱荷华大学举行，是科学家和工程师的联合会议。本次会议由国际水力研究协会共同主办，将促进与各种现象相关的最新发现和方法的交流，包括稳定的大气和海洋边界层，河流和飓风引起的洪水，流经河岸带植被和相关水文过程的流动，以及这些流动的污染物的运输。这项活动的智力价值来自于交换信息，重点是改进实验和涡流解析数值技术，这些技术是研究大规模准二维相干结构及其在地球物理环境中质量、热量和污染物传输中的作用所必需的。通过改进对近地表气象、水文和生态过程及相关社会经济影响（如洪水）的评估和预报，以及通过进一步发展教育和促进学生和早期职业研究人员的多样化代表，将产生更广泛的影响。

This grant provides partial travel support for students and early-career scientists attending the Third Symposium on Shallow Flows, a joint meeting of scientists and engineers to be held 4-6 June 2012 at the University of Iowa. This meeting, which is co-sponsored by the International Association of Hydraulic Research, will facilitate exchange of the latest findings and approaches relevant to diverse phenomena including stable atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers, river- and hurricane-induced floods, flow through riparian-zone vegetation and associated hydrological processes, and transport of contaminants by these flows.The Intellectual Merit of this activity derives from exchange of information focused on the improvement of experimental and eddy-resolving numerical techniques necessary to investigate large-scale quasi two-dimensional coherent structures and their role in the transport of mass, heat and contaminants in the geophysical environment. Broader Impacts will occur through improved assessment and forecasting of near-surface meteorological, hydrological and ecological processes and associated socio-economic impacts (such as those from flooding), and by furthering the educational development and diverse representation among students and early-career researchers.