Collaborative Research: MRI-R2--Acquisition of a Mobile Atmospheric Profiling System for Multi-Campus Research and Education (CSU-MAPS)

合作研究：MRI-R2——采购用于多校园研究和教育的移动大气分析系统（CSU-MAPS）

• 批准号: 0960300
• 负责人: Craig Clements
• 金额: $ 44.69万
• 依托单位: San Jose State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-15 至 2012-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0960300&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; MRI; R2; Acquisition

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Experimental research in boundary layer meteorology requires information both on direct surface-atmosphere exchanges of energy and moisture as well as profiles of meteorological parameters extending into the lower part of the atmosphere. By combining experimental and educational goals of multiple projects involving five departments at three California State University (CSU) campuses, this effort supported through NSF's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI-R2) program will allow procurement and integration of a highly agile mobile atmospheric profiling system (CSU-MAPS). This system includes micro-meteorological instruments mounted on a telescopic 30-meter tall tower, as well as two vertically pointing remote sensing systems (viz. a microwave profiler and wind LIDAR), all to be designed for rapid deployment via a trailer-mounted arrangement. Together these instruments will profile temperature and water vapor at two heights near 10 km above ground level. A combination of low-level in-situ and remotely sensed measurements extending to heights near 10 km will be supplemented by a more standard rawinsonde system providing occasional balloon-based profiles to even higher levels.The intellectual merit of this effort centers on support for fields as diverse as wildfire science and renewable energy exploration and by allowing exceedingly rapid deployment of high-quality measurement systems in response to rapidly evolving weather and wildfire conditions. Research supported by collaborating faculty will extend to topics including (though not limited to) urban meteorology, wetland micrometeorology, associated carbon fluxes, wind-energy prospecting, marine-atmosphere interactions along coastal zones, and controls on development of severe thunderstorms.Broader impacts will come through improved understanding of geophysical phenomena in regions of complex terrain and coastlines, by providing students with hands-on student experience in planning and conducting field measurements, and through a range of associated practical skills. CSU-MAPS and the observations it collects will provide the foundation for three separate University courses on meteorological instrumentation and measurements. Through these involvements, more than 500 students across three campuses will benefit during each year of its operation. Outreach to K-12 students is also planned. More than half of the involved students will be drawn from underrepresented groups.

该奖项由 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法 111-5）资助。边界层气象学的实验研究需要有关能量和水分的直接地表-大气交换的信息以及延伸到边界层气象参数的剖面信息。大气层的下部。 通过结合涉及加州州立大学 (CSU) 三个校区五个系的多个项目的实验和教育目标，这项由 NSF 重大研究仪器 (MRI-R2) 计划支持的工作将允许采购和集成高度敏捷的移动大气剖面系统（科罗拉多州立大学地图）。 该系统包括安装在 30 米高的伸缩塔上的微气象仪器，以及两个垂直指向遥感系统（即微波剖面仪和风激光雷达），所有这些都旨在通过拖车安装装置进行快速部署。 这些仪器将共同测量距地面 10 公里附近两个高度的温度和水蒸气。 低空现场测量和遥感测量相结合，延伸至接近 10 公里的高度，并将由更标准的拉文探空仪系统进行补充，该系统偶尔会提供基于气球的剖面图，甚至更高的水平。这项工作的智力价值集中在对油田的支持上野火科学和可再生能源勘探等多样化，并允许极快速地部署高质量测量系统，以应对快速变化的天气和野火条件。 合作教师支持的研究将扩展到包括（但不限于）城市气象学、湿地微气象学、相关碳通量、风能勘探、沿海地区海洋-大气相互作用以及对强雷暴发展的控制等主题。更广泛的影响将通过提高对复杂地形和海岸线地区的地球物理现象的理解，为学生提供规划和进行现场测量的实践经验，以及一系列相关的实践技能。 CSU-MAPS 及其收集的观测结果将为三门独立的大学气象仪器和测量课程奠定基础。 通过这些参与，三个校区的 500 多名学生将在其运营的每一年中受益。 还计划向 K-12 学生进行推广。 超过一半的参与学生将来自代表性不足的群体。