REU Site: Atmospheric Science Experiences in Portland State Univeristy's Center for Climate and Aerosol Research

这个本科生研究体验（REU）网站将为来自波特兰州立大学气候与气溶胶研究中心的各种非传统学生提供为期十周的暑期研究体验。学生将了解大气系统各组成部分之间的联系，这对气候、气溶胶和空气质量的研究非常重要。学生将有机会使用最先进的仪器进行大气科学领域的现场、实验室和建模研究。他们将探讨对高质量数据的需求，这些数据可以从测量中获得，并导致可靠的气候和空气质量模型预测。该REU网站将广泛使用在线学习管理系统（LMS）和电子档案，在为期十周的暑期课程之前、期间和之后促进协作。在这个充满活力的研究环境中，学生将进行有意义的研究项目，解决与空气质量和环境变化有关的大气科学中的重要课题。对该项目进行强有力的评估将有助于改进REU模式的发展，以指导来自社区大学和小型四年制大学的农村和美国原住民学生。该项目的具体目标是：(1)每年招收10名不同类型的本科生，目标是农村和美洲原住民学生；(2)增加参与者对大气和实验室科学的知识；(3)促进学生的学术和专业技术发展；(4)提高继续从事STEM教育和职业的动力和自我效能感；(5)建立支持网络和学生对科学的认同；(6)提高STEM人才留存率。这种REU体验是由一个多学科项目团队有意设计的，旨在让学生熟悉科学文化，培养可转移到STEM和各种职业的技能，包括技术写作、研究伦理、数字和统计分析、硬件开发，以及与专业和普通受众的有效沟通。大气系统是动态的、复杂的。对大气系统的研究要求研究人员开发最先进的观测和建模工具；这些活动确保了对强迫和调节大气天气和行星环流、空气质量、天气和气候的过程的知识的不断进步。因此，维持在天气和全球大气动力学、空气质量和气候研究方面取得卓越成就所需的人力资源是至关重要的。

This Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site will create a ten-week summer research experience for a diverse pool of non-traditional students to work with faculty advisors from Portland State University's Center for Climate and Aerosol Research. Students will be shown the linkages between components of the atmospheric system that are important in studies of climate, aerosols and air quality. Students will have access to state-of-the-art instrumentation for conducting field, laboratory and modeling research in the atmospheric sciences. They will explore the need for high quality data that can be obtained from measurements and which leads to reliable climate and air quality model predications. This REU site will make extensive use of an online Learning Management System (LMS) and e-Portfolios to foster collaboration before, during and after the ten-week summer session. Within this dynamic research environment students will conduct meaningful research projects that address important topics in the atmospheric sciences related to air quality and environmental change. Robust evaluation of this program will contribute to the development of improved REU models for mentoring rural and Native American students from community colleges and small four-year colleges.The project's specific goals are to (1) recruit a diverse set of ten undergraduates annually, targeting rural and Native American students; (2) increase participants' knowledge of atmospheric and laboratory science; (3) enhance students' academic and professional-technical development; (4) increase motivation and self-efficacy to continue in STEM education and careers; (5) build supportive networks and student identification with science; and (6) increase STEM retention. This REU experience was intentionally designed by a multidisciplinary project team to familiarize students with the culture of science and to develop skills transferable to STEM and varied careers, including technical writing, research ethics, numerical and statistical analysis, hardware development, and effective communication to professional and general audiences. The atmospheric system is dynamic and complex. The study of the atmospheric system requires researchers to develop state-of-the-art tools for observation and modeling; these activities ensure the continued advancement of knowledge about the processes that force and regulate the atmosphere's synoptic and planetary circulation, air quality, weather and climate. It is therefore of the utmost importance to sustain the pool of human resources required for excellence in synoptic and global atmospheric dynamics, air quality and climate research.