OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY MARINE-ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLING FACILITY AT TUDOR HILL, BERMUDA

这笔赠款将为百慕大的Tudor Hill海洋大气采样站的继续运作提供资金。自1988年以来，都铎山设施一直是海洋边界层的观测和监测站。Tudor Hill站点的继续运行和维护将有助于研究海洋对流层的化学和物理以及海洋-大气交换过程，这些专题对于预测和减轻预期未来气候和环境变化的影响至关重要。该项目将在多个层面上做出重大的教育贡献，包括通过NSF资助的本科生研究经验计划和百慕大海洋科学研究所教授的课程提供本科生教育机会。对流层在许多元素的全球循环、全球辐射收支以及有机化合物、营养物质、微生物和污染物的全球分布中发挥着重要作用。目前，对大气成分、输送和大气-海洋交换的许多方面仍然知之甚少，限制了我们预测和减轻未来气候变化影响的能力。提高我们对这些主题的理解的核心是观察和采样海洋边界层的能力。百慕大位于北大西洋西部，是许多海洋对流层实地研究的重要地点。有了新的支持，研究人员将继续收集和存档气象、气溶胶和雨水样本/数据，以及其他大气收集数据，供外部调查人员分析。

This award will provide funding to continue operation of the Tudor Hill marine-atmospheric sampling station in Bermuda. The Tudor Hill facility has served as an observation and monitoring station of the marine boundary layer since 1988. The continued operation and maintenance of the Tudor Hill site will facilitate research concerning the chemistry and physics of the marine troposphere and ocean-atmosphere exchange processes -- topics that are central to predicting and mitigating the effects of anticipated future climatic and environmental change. This project will make significant educational contributions at a number of levels, including undergraduate education opportunities through the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates program and through courses taught at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.The troposphere plays important roles in the global cycling of many elements, the global radiation budget, and in the global distribution of organic compounds, nutrients, microbes, and pollutants. At present, many aspects of atmospheric composition, transport, and atmosphere-ocean exchange remain poorly understood, limiting our ability to predict and mitigate the effects of future climate change. Central to improving our understanding of these topics is the ability to observe and sample the marine boundary layer. By virtue of its location in the western North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda has been a key location for numerous field studies of the marine troposphere. With this renewed support, researchers will continue the collection and archiving of meteorological, aerosol, and rain samples/data, and other atmospheric collections for analysis by external investigators.