Collaborative Research: HBCU-Excellence in Research--Planetary Boundary Layer Processes from an Incipient Surface/Upper Air Mesonet Network in the Baltimore-Washington Region

合作研究：HBCU-卓越研究--巴尔的摩-华盛顿地区初期地表/高空介电网络的行星边界层过程

• 批准号: 2000201
• 负责人: Ricardo Sakai
• 金额: $ 19.99万
• 依托单位: Howard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-15 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2000201&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; HBCU; Excellence; Planetary

This award funds the acquisition of instruments that measure meteorological properties from the Earth’s surface to lower atmosphere. The main research goal of this project is to study the influence of the urban heat island in the Baltimore to Washington DC greater metropolitan areas. This region has varied land use, topography, and water bodies that complicate forecasts of weather, especially for air quality. The instrumentation will enhance the research capacity at two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and provide hands-on instrumentation opportunities for students.The overarching long-term goal of the project is to use a combination of ground-based and remote sensing techniques to answer questions about how the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) changes based on land surface characteristics. A small collection of instrumentation for boundary layer studies exists in the Baltimore-Washington region, and this award will add to that by providing funds for three eddy covariance systems for surface fluxes, a ceilometer for the assessment of boundary layer height, and two radiosonde ground stations for balloon-based observations of the atmosphere.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项资助购买测量从地球表面到低层大气的气象特性的仪器。该项目的主要研究目标是研究巴尔的摩城市热岛对华盛顿特区大都市区的影响。该仪器将提高两所历史黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 的研究能力，并为学生提供动手操作仪器的机会。该项目的长期目标是结合地面和遥感技术来回答有关行星边界层（PBL）如何根据陆地表面特征变化的问题。巴尔的摩-华盛顿地区，该奖项还将通过为三个用于表面通量的涡流协方差系统、一个用于评估边界层高度的云高仪和两个用于基于气球的大气观测的无线电探空仪地面站提供资金来补充这一点。授予 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估反映使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得支持。