Conference Support for the 60th Anniversary Workshop at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory; Lima, Peru; July 25-27, 2022

Jicamarca射电天文台60周年研讨会将于2022年7月在秘鲁利马举行。该研讨会将纪念Jicamarca射电天文台成立60周年，Jicamarca射电天文台是致力于赤道航空、空间物理和空间天气研究的首要地球空间设施。Jicamarca大约在60年前开始报道科学发现。研讨会的目的是为了纪念这一点，强调目前在赤道航空和空间物理学中进行的最重要的研究，并强调最近和计划中的对Jicamarca的升级如何有助于和加速这项研究。研讨会将汇集赤道航空和空间物理学领域一些最活跃的研究人员（以及他们的学生）。一些特别吉祥的主题包括基本的非相干散射理论，山谷地区和上层的等离子体不稳定性，空间天气预报，中性风测量和基于分布式仪器的实验方法。研讨会还将使航空学界熟悉该领域的最新突破，传播有关Jicamarca设施最近和计划升级的信息，促进对学生和早期职业专业人员（包括Jicamarca利益相关者）的教育和培训，并通过在拉丁美洲召开研讨会扩大对地球空间科学的参与。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。

The 60th Anniversary Workshop at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory will be held in Lima, Peru, in July of 2022. The workshop will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory, the premier geospace facility dedicated to research in equatorial aeronomy, space physics, and space weather. Jicamarca began reporting scientific findings approximately 60 years ago. The purpose of the workshop is to commemorate this, to highlight the most important research taking place in equatorial aeronomy and space physics presently, and to highlight how recent and planned upgrades to Jicamarca can contribute to and expedite this research. The workshop will bring together some of the most active researchers in equatorial aeronomy and space physics (and their students). Some particularly auspicious topics to be covered include fundamental incoherent scatter theory, plasma instabilities in the valley region and topside, space-weather forecasting, neutral wind measurements, and experimental methods based on distributed instruments. The workshop will also familiarize the aeronomy community with recent breakthroughs in the field, disseminate information about recent and planned upgrades to the Jicamarca facility, promote the education and training of students and early-career professionals, including Jicamarca stakeholders, and broaden participation in geospace sciences by convening a workshop in Latin America.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.