REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the National Weather Center

REU 网站：国家气象中心本科生的研究经验

• 批准号: 2050267
• 负责人: Daphne LaDue
• 金额: $ 115.61万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-03-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2050267&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Experiences; Undergraduates

The Real-World Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences will bring 70 undergraduate students from all U.S. states and territories to Norman, Oklahoma, to conduct scientific research and learn about the wide range of career opportunities available to them. The heart of the program is an authentic research experience that introduces participants to scientific research under the guidance of one or more scientists in the weather, climate, and radar organizations within the University of Oklahoma-Norman's University Research Campus. These organizations span across Federal, state, university, and private sector groups that work collaboratively to improve our understanding of weather and climate. Additional activities in the REU program are designed to provide a well-rounded experience that help participants determine their next steps in regard to advancing education and careers. Participants attend seminars and workshops to learn about cutting edge science and to build their research skills. They tour weather, climate, and radar-related facilities and are able to learn about a day in the life of a research scientist. At the end of the program, participants share their research projects with each other, the local scientific community, and the larger scientific community at a professional conference. This new proposal will help evolve the program in exciting new ways. It will help to advance the field by developing a Scientific Writing Workshop curriculum that is piloted, refined, and shared widely with other REU programs. It will also connect and expose participants to the idea of convergent research through a new, hands-on activity with a wide array of instrumentation ranging from experimental radars to drones and weather stations. This program will leverage experiences running the 2020 program online to offer place-bound students the opportunity to participate and for all participants to connect more broadly with alumni of the program. Over the past 20 years, this program has brought in more than 270 U.S. undergraduate students, introducing them to research while teaching them valuable skills for graduate school and future careers. The scientific workforce is becoming more equitable because of this program, with half of the participants being female and a quarter being racial and ethnic minorities, veterans of the U.S. armed forces, non-traditional students, or students with a physical disability, all of whom are underrepresented in atmospheric sciences. The majority of this program’s alumni have pursued a graduate degree and now work in meteorology or a related field. This REU has and will continue to have broader impacts at the individual, local, university, state, national, and international level through publications each year while also producing or improving databases and tools useful beyond their own research projects. Several participants' research results have been used for National Weather Service training and emergency management operations. This program builds a diverse community of scientists with a deep appreciation for quality research and increases collaborative and convergent research between the academic, public, and private sectors. These efforts assist in the growth of the next generation of inclusive scientists to maintain U.S. global leadership in weather and climate research.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.

大气与地理科学本科生真实世界研究体验 (REU) 项目将吸引来自美国各州和地区的 70 名本科生前往俄克拉荷马州诺曼进行科学研究并了解他们可以获得的广泛职业机会。该计划的核心内容是一种真实的研究体验，向参与者介绍俄克拉荷马大学诺曼大学研究校区内的天气、气候和雷达组织的一名或多名科学家的指导下的科学研究。这些组织横跨联邦、 REU 计划中的其他活动旨在提供全面的经验，帮助参与者确定他们在推进教育和职业方面的下一步行动。参与者参加研讨会和讲习班，了解前沿科学并培养他们的研究技能。他们参观天气、气候和雷达相关设施，并能够了解研究科学家的一天。计划中，参与者互相分享他们的研究项目，当地的科学这项新提案将有助于以令人兴奋的新方式发展该项目，通过开发经过试点、完善并与其他人广泛共享的科学写作研讨会课程，有助于推动该领域的发展。 REU 项目还将通过新的实践活动，使用从实验雷达到无人机和气象站等各种仪器，让参与者了解融合研究的理念。该项目将利用 2020 年的经验。在线课程为本地学生提供在过去 20 年里，该项目吸引了 270 多名美国本科生，向他们介绍研究，同时教授他们对研究生院和未来职业有用的技能。由于该计划，科学劳动力变得更加公平，一半的参与者是女性，四分之一是少数族裔和族裔、美国武装部队退伍军人、非传统学生或身体残疾的学生，所有这些人是该项目的大多数校友都攻读了研究生学位，现在从事气象学或相关领域的工作。该项目已经并将继续对个人、地方、大学、州、国家和国际产生更广泛的影响。每年通过出版物提高水平，同时还制作或改进超出其自身研究项目范围的有用的数据库和工具。该计划建立了一个深受赞赏的多元化科学家社区。进行高质量的研究并增加协作和学术界、公共部门和私营部门之间的融合研究反映了这些努力有助于下一代包容性科学家的成长，以保持美国在天气和气候研究方面的全球领导地位。该奖项是 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得通过以下方式予以支持。使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。

项目成果

Tropical Cyclone Outer Size Impacts the Number and Location of Tornadoes

• DOI: 10.1029/2021gl095922
• 发表时间: 2021-11
• 期刊: Geophysical Research Letters
• 影响因子: 5.2
• 作者: Marco Paredes;B. Schenkel;R. edwards;M. Coniglio

Analyzing Tornado Warning Performance during Individual Storm Life Cycles

分析单个风暴生命周期中的龙卷风预警性能

• DOI: 10.1175/waf-d-22-0142.1
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Weather and Forecasting
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Chamberlain, Josué U.;Flournoy, Matthew D.;Krocak, Makenzie J.;Brooks, Harold E.;Anderson-Frey, Alexandra K.
• 通讯作者: Anderson-Frey, Alexandra K.