HBCU-RISE Center for Improving Understanding and Forecasting of Orographic Effects on Extreme Weather (EWC)

HBCU-RISE 提高地形对极端天气影响的理解和预报中心 (EWC)

基本信息

批准号：
2022961
负责人：
Yuh-Lang Lin
金额：
$ 99.96万
依托单位：
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-04-15 至 2024-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2022961&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
HBCU RISE Center Improving Understanding

项目摘要

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE) activity within the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program supports the development of research capability at HBCUs that offer doctoral degrees in science and engineering disciplines. HBCU-RISE projects have a direct connection to the long-term plans of the host department(s) and the institutional mission and plans for expanding institutional research capacity as well as increasing the production of doctoral students in science and engineering. With support from the National Science Foundation, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCA&T) will create an Extreme Weather Center (EWC) to study extreme weather events such as wind-driven wildfires in complex terrain and intense hurricanes, which cause severe injuries, fatalities, and damage costing billions of dollars of economic loss each year with significant impacts on the general population, economy, and society. The EWC will provide education and training to undergraduate and graduate students at NCA&T. Students and researchers will work to improve the prediction accuracy of extreme weather events.The proposed research at NCA&T will expand research and graduate training to improve the understanding of the dynamics and mechanisms of orographic effects on wildfires and hurricane precipitation with the aim of enhancing the predictability of these extreme events. The EWC will study orographic effects of wildfire formation and evolution; orographic effects of precipitation associated with landfalling hurricanes; and the impact of changing climate on the extreme events of wildfires and hurricane precipitation over mountainous area. Students and researchers will use data synthesis of in-situ and remotely sensed observations as well as reanalysis of real-case and idealized numerical simulations with state-of-the-art models. Students will be trained in data assimilation and ensemble forecasting for improving extreme weather prediction and statistical analysis of reanalysis data. The research will be used to develop course materials that will be delivered via an online portal. Research advancements resulting in improved understanding and forecasting of orographic effects on extreme weather will benefit the broader public.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.

历史悠久的黑人学院和大学研究基础设施科学与工程研究基础设施（HBCU-RISE）在科学技术卓越研究中心（CREST）计划中的活动支持HBCU的研究能力的发展，该研究能力为科学和工程学科提供了博士学位。 HBCU-Rise项目与东道国的长期计划以及扩大机构研究能力的机构任务以及计划的计划直接联系，并增加了科学和工程学博士生的生产。在国家科学基金会的支持下，北卡罗来纳州农业和技术州立大学（NCA＆T）将创建一个极端天气中心（EWC），以研究诸如复杂地形和激烈飓风的风向野火等极端天气事件，从而造成严重伤害，致命性，致命性，每年损害数十亿美元的经济损失，每年对一般人群的经济损失产生重大影响。 EWC将向NCA＆T的本科生和研究生提供教育和培训。学生和研究人员将努力提高极端天气事件的预测准确性。NCA＆T的拟议研究将扩大研究和研究生培训，以提高对地形对野火和飓风降水的动态和机制的理解，目的是增强这些极端事件的可预测性。 EWC将研究野火形成和进化的地形影响；与登陆飓风有关的降水的地形影响；以及改变气候对山区野火和飓风降水的极端事件的影响。学生和研究人员将使用原位和远程感知的观察结果进行数据综合，并使用最先进的模型重新分析实际案例和理想化的数值模拟。学生将接受数据同化和整体预测的培训，以改善重新分析数据的极端天气预测和统计分析。该研究将用于开发将通过在线门户提供的课程材料。研究进步，导致对地形对极端天气的理解和预测的提高将使更广泛的公众受益。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来提供支持。