Conference: GLOW: Support for the 2023 Penrose Conference on the role of outburst floods in Earth and planetary evolution

这笔赠款提供资金，以支持早期职业科学家和那些在地球科学中代表性不足的人参加美国地质学会彭罗斯会议，该会议于2023年6月5-9日在华盛顿州库利市的Delany华盛顿州公园营地举行，题为“突发洪水在地球和行星进化中的作用”。暴发洪水是指由蓄水水体决口引起的非常大的洪水事件，其流量可能大大超过最大的气象洪水可能淹没的地貌。火星上爆发的洪水也有很好的记录。这次彭罗斯会议使寻求促进对突发洪水的理解的不同研究人员之间进行了新的合作和理解。除了支持早期职业科学家和那些在地球科学中代表性不足的人的参与外，NSF的支持还通过将早期职业科学家与资深科学家相匹配的结构化指导机会，为参与者提供专业发展。本次彭罗斯会议的目标是将不同的学者社区聚集在一起，讨论和辩论最先进的洪水科学，并绘制未来的图表。会议集中讨论了四个相互关联的主题：1)沟渠开垦的Scabland和Missoula洪水；2)地球和其他行星上普遍发生的暴发洪水；3)暴发洪水过程的机制；4)暴发洪水对地球系统和社会的影响。因此，地球科学为其他世界提供的课程(GLOW)会议奖支持对其他世界的研究，以此作为拓宽和加深对地球及其演化的理解的一种方式，以及利用地球科学知识来了解其他世界的环境。在本次彭罗斯会议上，聚焦于地球和行星突发性洪水的科学家的独特聚会促进了相互作用，促进了从陆地和行星突发性洪水研究中获得的概念和教训的交叉滋养。这一奖项反映了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 grant provides funding to support early career scientists and those who are underrepresented in the geosciences to attend and participate in the Geological Society of America Penrose Conference, “The Role of Outburst Floods in Earth and Planetary Evolution,” held at Camp Delany Washington State Park in Coulee City, WA, on June 5-9, 2023. Outburst floods refer to very large flooding events, caused by breaches of impounded water bodies, that inundate landscapes with flow rates that may substantially exceed what is possible for the largest meteorological floods. Outburst floods are also well documented on Mars. This Penrose Conference enables new collaborations and understanding across a diverse set of researchers seeking to advance understanding of outburst floods. In addition to supporting participation by early career scientists and those who are underrepresented in the geosciences, NSF support enables professional development for participants through a structured mentoring opportunity that matches early career scientists with senior scientists.The objective of this Penrose Conference is to bring together a diverse community of scholars to discuss and debate the state-of-the-art and chart the future of outburst flood science. The conference is focused on four linked themes: 1) Channeled Scabland and the Missoula Floods; 2) universal occurrence of outburst floods on Earth and other planets; 3) mechanics of outburst flood processes; and 4) broader Earth system and societal implications of outburst floods. As such, this Geoscience Lessons for and from Other Worlds (GLOW) conference award supports the study of other worlds as a way to broaden and deepen understanding of the Earth and its evolution, as well as the use of geoscience knowledge to understand the environments of other worlds. The unique gathering of scientists focused on terrestrial and planetary outburst floods at this Penrose Conference fosters interactions that promote the cross-fertilization of concepts and lessons learned from studies of both terrestrial and planetary outburst floods.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.