Travel Support for an International Meeting on Monsoons and Tropical Rain Belts; Trieste, Italy; July 2-5, 2018

该奖项资助学生和早期职业美国研究人员参加将于2018年7月2日至5日在意大利的里雅斯特国际理论物理中心举行的季风和热带雨带动态研讨会。该研讨会由世界气候研究计划（WCRP）赞助，汇集了在热带对流和降水，理论气候动力学，气候建模和古气候记录方面具有专业知识的研究人员。 其目标是更好地了解季风和热带雨带在过去，现在和未来气候中的基本过程。该活动通过评估科学状况，为学生和早期职业科学家提供与该领域领先研究人员互动的场所，并协调地球仪的研究工作，为科学进步做出贡献。该奖项提供的旅费通过竞争性申请程序分配，该奖项具有智力价值，因为它涉及热带气象学和季风动力学的基本问题。它通过培训这一研究领域的下一代科学家产生了更广泛的影响。此外，鉴于世界上大部分人口生活在受季风和热带降水影响的地区，研讨会上讨论的问题具有社会意义。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award funds participation of students and early-career US researchers in a workshop on the dynamics of monsoons and tropical rain belts to be held 2-5 July 2018 at the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. The workshop, sponsored by the World Climate Research Program (WCRP), brings together researchers with expertise in tropical convection and precipitation, theoretical climate dynamics, climate modeling, and paleoclimate records. The goal is to develop a better understanding of the fundamental processes responsible for the behavior of monsoons and tropical rain belts in past, present, and likely future climates. The event contributes to the advancement of science by providing an assessment of the state of the science, providing a venue for students and early-career scientists to interact with leading researchers in the field, and coordinating research efforts around the globe. Travel funds provided under this award are distributed through a competitive application process.The award has intellectual merit as it addresses fundamental questions in tropical meteorology and monsoon dynamics. It has broader impacts by training the next generation of scientists in this research area. In addition, the questions addressed in the workshop are of societal interest given the large portion of the world's population living in areas affected by monsoons and tropical precipitation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.