AGS-FIRP Track 1: Graduate Education in Mountain Meteorology at Storm Peak Laboratory Fall 2022

该奖项将为在风暴峰实验室（SPL）为期3天的实地研究经验提供资金。SPL是一个由NSF大气研究和教育设施（FARE）计划支持的社区仪器设施（CIF）站点。15名犹他州大学大气及相关科学研究生将在风暴峰实验室度过三天，进行与山区气象学相关的学生主导的研究项目。该项目还将通过提供教育机会，使学生能够获得环境仪器、现场项目设计和执行方面的经验和专业技能，为培养具有全球竞争力的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力和改善STEM教育做出贡献。、科学合作和科学交流。参加该项目的学生将参加山区气象学，这是一门研究生课程，内容包括地形气旋发生、山前相互作用、复杂地形中的大气河流、山区气候变化、山谷和盆地冷池、地形强迫流动和地形降水。该项目将使基于实地的研究经验整合到课程中，并使数据收集将由学生分析，并在学期末的会议风格会议上提出。这一教育经历将使学生能够发展仪器和实地研究技能，以促进他们的研究生研究和研究生职业生涯中的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This award will provide funding for a 3-day field-based research experience at the Storm Peak Laboratory (SPL). SPL is a Community Instruments & Facilities (CIF) site supported by the NSF Facilities for Atmospheric Research and Education (FARE) program. Fifteen University of Utah graduate students in the atmospheric and related sciences will spend three days at Storm Peak Laboratory to conduct student led research projects related to mountain meteorology. The project will also contribute to the development of a globally competitive science, technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) workforce and improved STEM education by providing an educational opportunity that enables students to gain experience and professional skills in environmental instrumentation, field-program design and execution, scientific collaboration, and scientific communication. Students participating in the project will be enrolled in Mountain Meteorology, a graduate- level course covering orographic cyclogenesis, front-mountain interactions, atmospheric rivers in complex terrain, climate change in mountainous regions, valley and basin cold pools, terrain-forced flows, and orographic precipitation. The project will enable integration of field-based research experience into the course curriculum and enable data collection that will be analyzed by the students and presented in a conference style session at the end of the semester. This educational experience will enable students to develop instrumentation and field-research skills to advance knowledge during their graduate research and post-graduate careers.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.