RCN: MSM: ETBC: Integrated Network for Terrestrial Ecosystem Research on Feedbacks to the Atmosphere and ClimatE: Linking experimentalists, ecosystem and Earth system modelers

RCN：MSM：ETBC：大气和气候反馈陆地生态系统研究综合网络E：将实验者、生态系统和地球系统建模者联系起来

• 批准号: 0955771
• 负责人: Jeffrey Dukes
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-15 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0955771&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; MSM; ETBC; Integrated; Network

As human actions increase the concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, climatic patterns are changing. Climate is projected to change dramatically over the course of this century, with average global temperature increases of 1.1-6.4 °C and widespread changes in precipitation patterns. These changes in climate will affect the functioning of human society, the functioning of ecosystems, and the status of biodiversity. The best available projections of future climate change come from complex computer programs that simulate interactions of energy and matter among the atmosphere, oceans, and land. Until very recently, the effects of the land surface on the atmosphere were only incorporated into these models in a limited way. However, recent research suggests that the way in which ecosystems on land respond to changes in atmosphere and climate will itself strongly affect the rate of climate change, and so the responses of these ecosystems must be considered. Historically, the community of scientists examining these issues has consisted of separate, traditionally non-interactive research groups. The INTERFACE network will facilitate interactions by bringing them together in a series of international meetings and workshops that are designed to make progress on a set of important, tractable challenges in Earth system modeling and experimentation. INTERFACE will focus on training and forging collaborations among researchers at different early career stages, from senior undergraduates to post-docs. Students and post-docs will be recruited for active roles at all INTERFACE meetings, as authors of meeting reports and co-authors of resultant papers. INTERFACE will also broaden students' toolkits by sponsoring a series of workshops and lab exchanges that bring students together with the modeling and experimental communities. By providing cross-disciplinary training for the next generation of scientists at the beginning of their careers, INTERFACE can strongly influence the trajectory of future research.

随着人类的作用增加大气中的热吸收气体的浓度，气候模式正在发生变化。预计气候将在本世纪的过程中发生巨大变化，全球温度平均升高为1.1-6.4°C，降水模式的宽度变化。气候中的这些变化将影响人类社会的功能，生态系统的功能以及生物多样性的地位。未来气候变化的最佳项目来自复杂的计算机程序，这些程序模拟了大气，海洋和土地之间能源与物质的相互作用。直到最近，陆地表面对大气的影响仅以有限的方式纳入了这些模型。但是，最近的研究表明，土地生态系统对大气和气候变化的反应方式本身将强烈影响气候变化的速度，因此必须考虑这些生态系统的反应。从历史上看，研究这些问题的科学家社区一直是独立的，传统上非交互性研究小组的一致性。界面网络将通过在一系列国际会议和研讨会中将互动融合在一起来促进交互，这些研讨会旨在在地球系统建模和实验中在一系列重要的，可牵持的挑战中取得进展。界面将着重于不同职业阶段的研究人员之间的培训和锻造，从高级本科生到毕业后。作为会议报告的作者和结果论文的合着者，将在所有界面会议上招募学生和职位。界面还将通过赞助一系列的研讨会和实验室交流来扩大学生的工具包，这些讲习班和实验室交流将学生与建模和实验社区结合在一起。通过在职业生涯开始时为下一代科学家提供跨学科培训，界面可以强烈影响未来研究的轨迹。