RAPID: Securing the Climate, Limnological and Sediment Data Needed to Understand and Calibrate Multi-millennial Records of ENSO in the Eastern Pacific

RAPID：获取了解和校准东太平洋 ENSO 千年记录所需的气候、湖泊学和沉积物数据

• 批准号: 1256970
• 负责人: Jonathan Overpeck
• 金额: $ 3.53万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1256970&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Securing; Climate; Limnological; Sediment

A network of data loggers and sediment traps was deployed by researchers for the University of Arizona in three lakes on three islands to monitor meteorological, limnological, and sedimentation variability as a function of climate changes in the region. The dominant interannual variability is caused by ENSO and during the period of deployment the region exhibited a minor El Nino (2009-2010) followed by modest La Nina conditions (2010-2011). The region is now in a neutral state with predictions of an El Nino beginning again in winter 2012-2013. The data loggers are filled to capacity and need to be retrieved, downloaded and replaced. In addition sediment traps contain the particle rain related to the transition from the week/moderate El Nino to the 2010 La Nina. Replacement with new traps will permit observations of the transition back into El Nino conditions.This project will support the research of two early career scientists: Jessica Conroy, an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow now at Georgia Tech, and Diane Thompson, an advanced graduate student from the University of Arizona.This an excellent proposal for RAPID funding because: 1) the data collection systems are full and should be replaced this fall before the onset of the next El Nino: 2) the sediment traps will have a record of the most recent La Nina and immediate research progress will occur by retrieving and processing these samples; 3) two early career scientists have studies underway (begun during their Ph.D. thesis research) which will benefit greatly from this field program; 4) the redeployment of new monitors will be in place prior to the beginning of the next El Nino.

亚利桑那大学的研究人员在三个岛上的三个湖泊的研究人员部署了一个数据记录仪和沉积物陷阱网络，以监测该地区气候变化的函数，以监测气象，林木和沉积变化。 主要的年际变异性是由ENSO引起的，在部署期间，该地区表现出较小的El Nino（2009-2010），其次是La Nina条件（2010-2011）。 该地区现在处于中立状态，预测了El Nino在2012 - 2013年冬季再次开始。 数据记录仪已填充到容量中，需要检索，下载和更换。 此外，沉积物陷阱还包含与从一周/中等el Nino到2010 La Nina的过渡有关的粒子雨。 用新陷阱的替换将允许观察过渡到埃尔尼诺的条件。该项目将支持两位早期职业科学家的研究：杰西卡·康罗伊（Jessica Conroy），现在是佐治亚理工学院的NSF博士后研究员，黛安·汤普森（Diane Thompson），而阿里桑那大学的高级研究生迪安娜·汤普森（Diane Thompson）则是一位出色的提议。 NINO：2）沉积物陷阱将记录最近的La Nina，并通过检索和处理这些样本来实现立即的研究进度； 3）两位早期的职业科学家正在进行研究（在他们的博士学位研究期间开始），这将从该实地计划中受益匪浅； 4）在下一个El Nino开始之前，将重新部署新监视器。