Collaborative Research: A Strategic Vision for Incoherent Scatter Radar Workshop; Ithaca, New York; March 30-April 1, 2020

本次研讨会将于2020年3月30日至4月1日在康奈尔大学举行，旨在确定地球空间设施以及运行和使用这些设施的社区正在进行的现代化和振兴的途径。美国国家科学基金会的地球空间设施项目目前支持5个用于测量高层大气的非相干散射雷达。这些测量是任何其他技术无法比拟的，对科学研究至关重要。在一些情况下，设施已经超过50年，需要大量投资来维持运营。该计划将包含一个路线图，以使设施现代化，并使其适应不断变化的优先事项和社区的需求。研讨会的目标是确定这些设施的愿景，强调社区认为地球空间设施计划最重要的目标，并制定实现这些目标的战略。讲习班将制订符合各项目标的设施需求，包括今后5至10年的人力资源需求。这次讲习班的成果也将作为太阳和空间物理年代际调查的资源。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 workshop to be held March 30-April 1, 2020 at Cornell University is to identify pathways for the ongoing modernization and revitalization of the geospace facilities and the community that runs and uses them. NSF's Geospace Facilities program currently supports five incoherent scatter radars used to measure the upper atmosphere. These measurements are unmatched by any other technology and are essential to scientific investigations. In several cases, the facilities are over 50 years old and require significant investment to maintain operations. The plan will contain a roadmap for modernizing the facilities and adapting them to meet the evolving priorities and needs of the community. The goals of the workshop are to define a vision for these facilities, to highlight what the community sees as the most important objectives for the Geospace Facilities Program, and to develop a strategy for pursuing them. The workshop will produce requirements for facilities consistent with the objectives, including human-resource requirements, for the next 5-10 years. The results of this workshop will also serve as resources for the Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey.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.