Workshop Proposal: Analog Modeling of Tectonic Processes 2019: Memphis, TN - November 2019

这是一个工作坊奖项，将聚集使用数值模型和模拟模型的领先地质科学家，其中数值模型是计算机模拟，模拟模型是地球过程的物理表示。研讨会将允许来自这两个领域的研究人员研究类似的问题，讨论两种方法的优点和缺点，并分享他们的最佳做法，比较他们的建模方法。预计这将鼓励建模社区熟悉不同的方法，并促进新的合作。研讨会的更广泛影响包括支持学生和早期职业研究人员，特别是那些来自科学界代表性不足的群体的人参加。此外，这些模型在课堂环境中很有价值，研讨会将合并和共享课程材料。模拟和数值模拟都是理解构造过程的有价值的方法。这次研讨会将把模拟和数值研究团体聚集在一起，为讨论提供一个论坛，并故意和深思熟虑地引起对由模拟和数值技术模拟的类似情景的讨论。他们将进行三个实验，在不同的构造环境下对建模能力进行基准测试。聚集在一起的研究小组将对相同的情景进行建模，并讨论边界条件以及每种方法的优缺点。研讨会将为研究人员提供一个机会，分享他们的一些最佳做法，并比较和对比不同的方法。研讨会将于2019年11月12日至14日举行。该项目得到了构造计划和地球立方计划的支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This is a workshop award which will gather leading gescientists who use numerical models, which are computer simulation, and analog models, which are physical representations of Earth processes. The workshop will allow researchers from these two areas to work on similar problems and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both appraoches as well as to share their best practices and compare their approaches to modeling. This is expected to encourage the modeling community to gain familiarity with different approaches and to foster new collaborations. The broader impacts of the workshop include support for students and early career researchers, especially those from underrepresented groups in science to participate. In addition, these models are valuable in the classroom setting, and the workshop will incorporate and share curriculum materials.Both analog and numerical modeling are valuable methods of understanding tectonic processes. This workshop will bring together the analog and numerical research communities to provide a forum for discussion and deliberately and thoughtfully provoke discussion of similar scenarios modeled by both analog and numerical techniques. They will run three experiments to benchmark modeling capabilities in different tectonic settings. The gathered research groups will model the same scenario and discuss boundary conditions and the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. The workshop will provide an opportunity for researchers to share some of their best practices and compare and contrast different approaches. The workshop will take place November 12-14, 2019. This project is supported by the Tectonics program and Earthcube programs.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.