Workshop in Measurements, Modeling and Data Analysis of the Planetary Boundary Layer; Beltsville, Maryland; Summer 2020

一个为期两周的夏季研讨会的高级本科生和研究生重点关注大气天气和空气污染过程将在2020年夏季在霍华德大学贝尔茨维尔校园在贝尔茨维尔，MD。来自霍华德大学、马里兰州大学巴尔的摩县、宾夕法尼亚州州立大学、德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校等院校的学生将参与其中。他们将与教师导师合作，了解如何进行大气测量，以及如何使用这些测量来更好地了解天气和空气污染。学生还将获得如何使科学材料的会议质量演示的指导。 该讲习班将有助于培训下一代负责改善短期和长期天气预报的大气科学家。该研讨会将提供行星边界层（PBL）研究的三个领域的轨道，学生将从中选择一个作为他们的重点：1）仪器，2）数值建模，3）现有数据集的深入分析。这三个轨道将重叠，这样所有的学生将接触到三个研究领域。此外，学生将通过准备和交付会议质量的海报和口头科学报告接受专业发展培训。 该研讨会将在涉及重要国家优先事项的STEM领域产生更广泛的影响。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。

A two-week summer workshop for advanced undergraduate and graduate students focused on atmospheric weather and air pollution processes will be held during the summer of 2020 at the Howard University Beltsville Campus in Beltsville, MD. Students from Howard University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Texas, El Paso and other institutions will be involved. They will work with faculty mentors in understanding how atmospheric measurements are made and how to use those measurements to better understand weather and air pollution. Students will also receive instruction in how to make conference quality presentations of scientific material. The workshop will help to train the next generation of atmospheric scientists who will be responsible for improving short- and long-term weather forecast. The workshop will offer tracks in three areas of planetary boundary layer (PBL) research from which the students will choose one as their focus: 1) instrumentation, 2) numerical modeling, 3) in-depth analysis of an existing dataset. The three tracks will overlap in such a way that all students will be exposed to the three research areas. In addition, students will receive professional development training through preparation and delivery of conference-quality poster and oral scientific presentations. The workshop will have broader impacts in STEM fields that address important national priorities. Under-represented students will especially be engaged, so that they will be motivated to continue the study of atmospheric and environmental sciences.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.