Pan American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI): Toward a Sustained Operational River-To-Shelf Observation and Prediction System for the Amazon; Niteroi, Brazil, 2013.

泛美高级研究所(PASI)将于2013年在巴西尼特罗伊举行题为“为亚马逊河建立可持续运作的河流到大陆架观测和预测系统”的会议。首席调查员Michael Bruno(史蒂文斯理工学院)、Alberto Figueiredo(巴西弗卢门塞联邦大学)、Belmiro Castro(巴西圣保罗大学)、Pedro Walfir(巴西联邦Para大学)、Christophe Proise(法属圭亚那Recherche Pour le Developpement研究所)和Charles Nitrouer(西雅图华盛顿大学)将加入组委会。本次研讨会旨在向美国与会者介绍影响亚马孙河流-海岸-陆架地区生态系统特征的独特物理海洋、水动力、沉积物输送和海岸沉积作用，并在该地区的S科学家和工程师与他们的美国同行以及在不同学科工作的科学家之间建立工作关系。PASI将为参与的美国和拉丁美洲大学和组织的教职员工和学生之间持续的科学交流奠定基础。亚马逊河水系(从河流到陆架)为科学界提供了一个非同寻常的机会，可以洞察和了解淡水外流、显著的泥沙负荷、复杂的海岸线和从陆架断裂到充满活力的沿海海洋之间的复杂相互作用。亚马逊河河流-海岸-陆架系统产生独特的沉积物输送过程(例如，河流三角洲的流体泥浆)和物理海洋动力学(例如，延伸到大陆架破裂并产生复杂的开阔海洋动力学的类似河口的现象)。从亚马逊河水系中吸取的经验教训可以外推到世界其他地方的河流-海岸-陆架系统，包括那些发生在人类改变的环境中的系统，以及像亚马逊这样基本上保持原始状态的系统。增进对亚马逊系统的了解还将支持当地为子孙后代管理和保护这一至关重要的自然资源的努力。

A Pan American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) entitled "Toward a Sustained Operational River-to-Shelf Observation & Prediction System for the Amazon" will be held in Niteroi, Brazil, in 2013. The Principal Investigator, Michael Bruno (Stevens Institute of Technology), will be joined on the organizing committee by Alberto Figueiredo (Universidade Federal Flumenense, Brazil), Belmiro Castro (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil), Pedro Walfir (Universidade Federal do Para, Brazil), Christophe Proisy (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, French Guiana), and Charles Nittrouer (University of Washington, Seattle). This workshop is intended to inform U.S. participants of the unique physical oceanographic, hydrodynamic, sediment transport, and coastal sedimentation that affect the ecosystems characteristics of the Amazon fluvial-coast-shelf region, and to build working relationships between the region?s scientists and engineers and their U.S. counterparts, as well as among scientists working in various disciplines. The PASI will lay the groundwork for sustained scientific exchange among the faculty and students of the participating U.S. and Latin American universities and organizations. The Amazon River system (river-to-shelf) represents an extraordinary opportunity for the scientific community to gain insights and understanding of the complex interactions among freshwater outflows, significant sediment loading, a complex coastline, and an energetic coastal ocean out to the shelf break. The Amazon River fluvial-coast-shelf system produces unique sediment transport processes (e.g., fluid muds in the river delta) and physical oceanographic dynamics (e.g., estuary-like phenomena that extend onto the continental shelf break and produce complex open-ocean dynamics). Lessons learned in the Amazon River system can be extrapolated to fluvial-coast-shelf systems elsewhere in the world, including those occurring in human-altered environments and those that have remained like the Amazon largely pristine. Enhanced understanding of the Amazon system will also support local efforts to manage and preserve this vital natural resource for future generations.