NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Taiwan

2012 财年 NSF 东亚及太平洋暑期学院在台湾举行

• 批准号: 1208937
• 负责人: James Ruppert
• 金额: $ 0.58万
• 依托单位: Ruppert James H
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1208937&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; East; Asia; Pacific; Summer

This action funds James H. Ruppert, Jr. of Colorado State University to conduct a research project, entitled "Impacts of subseasonal variability on heavy summertime rainfall in Taiwan," during the summer of 2012 at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan. The host scientist is Prof. Ben Jong-Dao Jou.The Intellectual Merit of the study lies in improving understanding and prediction of severe-flood-producing heavy rainfall systems during the early-summer rainy season in Taiwan. The study provides description of the ways in which subseasonal atmospheric waves dictate the transitions between active and break periods in heavy rainfall during this rainy season. The research results promise new ways of predicting active and suppressed early-summer rainfall periods in Taiwan, which can last roughly a week to ten days, and thus mitigate the impacts of severe flood events that can be debilitating to local society in Taiwan. It's expected that results can be generalized to other sectors of the Asian monsoon basin as well as other summer monsoon regions around the globe.The Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.

这项行动资助科罗拉多州立大学的 James H. Ruppert, Jr. 于 2012 年夏季在台湾台北的国立台湾大学开展一项研究项目，题为“台湾夏季降雨量的次季节变化的影响”。 主持科学家为Ben Jong-Dao Jou教授。这项研究的学术价值在于提高对台湾初夏雨季期间引发严重洪水的强降雨系统的认识和预测。 该研究描述了次季节大气波如何决定雨季强降雨活跃期和休止期之间的过渡。 研究结果有望提供预测台湾初夏降雨活跃期和抑制期的新方法，该降雨期可能持续大约一周到十天，从而减轻严重洪水事件对台湾当地社会造成的影响。预计研究结果可以推广到亚洲季风盆地的其他部分以及全球其他夏季季风地区。 EAPSI 奖学金的更广泛影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验；各自地点的科学、科学政策和科学基础设施的介绍；以及对社会、文化和语言的定位。 这些活动符合 NSF 的目标，即在科学家、工程师和教育工作者职业生涯的早期进行国际合作教育，从而确保美国科学劳动力具有全球意识。