General Circulation Studies

全身循环研究

• 批准号: 1646425
• 负责人: John Wallace
• 金额: $ 5.26万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-02-15 至 2021-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1646425&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: General; Circulation; Studies

The PI is a retired university professor who will be working pro bono on the project. This award allows an undergraduate assistant to work with the PI on assembling and preparing graphical and animation illustrations for a graduate level textbook and a historical monograph on atmospheric circulation patterns. The textbook is based on his course notes that have been developed over a period of 30 years. The award also supports the publications of a series of journal articles documenting (i) trends tropical rain rate over the past 50 years, (ii) relationships between rain rate frequency and the frequency of lightning, (ii) the signature of atmospheric tides, including the possibility of a 2 weekly lunar synodic cycle in daily rainfall, and (iii) patterns of variability of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature on time scales ranging from seasons to decades. The books are intended to support the teaching of atmospheric dynamics in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses taken by students preparing for careers in atmospheric research and weather forecasting. The PI is already the author of a widely used textbook: Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey. The research focuses on the climatology of rain rate, a variable that has important implications for agriculture and flood control. It utilizes newly available data from satellite sensors and a worldwide, ground based lightning network. The projects provide training and mentoring for PhD scientists who are still at an early stage of their research careers.

PI是一位退休的大学教授，他将在该项目上工作。该奖项允许本科助理与PI合作，为研究生级教科书和有关大气流通模式的历史专着组装和准备图形和动画插图。该教科书是基于他的课程注释，这些笔记已在30年中开发。 The award also supports the publications of a series of journal articles documenting (i) trends tropical rain rate over the past 50 years, (ii) relationships between rain rate frequency and the frequency of lightning, (ii) the signature of atmospheric tides, including the possibility of a 2 weekly lunar synodic cycle in daily rainfall, and (iii) patterns of variability of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature on time scales ranging from seasons to decades.这些书旨在支持为大气研究和天气预报做准备的学生所学的研究生和高级本科课程的大气动力学教学。 PI已经是一本广泛使用的教科书的作者：大气科学：入门调查。该研究的重点是降雨率的气候，这一变量对农业和防洪具有重要意义。它利用了卫星传感器和全球基于地面闪电网络的新可用数据。这些项目为仍处于研究职业早期的博士学位科学家提供培训和指导。