Technology Developments to Advance Antarctic Research: A Workshop

推进南极研究的技术发展：研讨会

• 批准号: 2132040
• 负责人: Amanda Staudt
• 金额: $ 21.51万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 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: 2021-09-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2132040&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Technology; Developments; Advance; Antarctic; Research

Research in the Antarctic region poses tremendous challenges due to the region’s remoteness, isolation, and extreme weather. The U.S. Antarctic Program is responsible for helping the scientific community find ways to overcome these challenges, and operate safely and effectively in this unique terrain. The proposed workshop activity will help NSF identify and explore a variety of cutting-edge technological advances that facilitate Antarctic research and the logistics that support this research. The types of technological developments that may be explored include, for instance, those related to new environmental sensors; data and communications technologies; electronics, batteries, and power systems for cold-weather environments; transportation and housing; and ‘autonomous’ instruments that can operate without human presence. Advances in these areas will allow Antarctic research to be carried out in a way that is more efficient, safe, and reliable, and over a greater spatial/temporal range, while minimizing costs and environmental impacts. The types of research that such advances would enable can benefit society in numerous ways—for instance, leading to better predictions of how sea level rise will unfold over time; greater capacity to monitor and foresee disruptive space weather events; stronger understanding of changes in biological and ecological communities that can ripple across food webs; and insights into the capacity of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon and heat and thus drive the rate of climate change. To help NSF better address Antarctic challenges, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine proposes to organize a workshop that will explore how cutting-edge technology developments can be harnessed to build a stronger foundation for expanding scientific discovery--at lower cost, with a smaller environmental impact, and with greater safety and efficiency--across all fields of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research. A committee will be convened to organize an online/virtual workshop forum that is designed to solicit broad community input to this topic—drawing upon insights from within and beyond the Antarctic research community. The workshop will explore opportunities to advance areas such as: observing systems for geological, biological, atmospheric, cryospheric, oceanic environments; astronomy, astrophysics, space weather research sensors; data and communications technologies; low-temperature electronics and system components, batteries, and power systems for cold-weather environments; remote logistics; and robotics and autonomous instrument engineering. This effort will build upon the extensive networks of expertise and contacts from the Academies’ Polar Research Board, and several other relevant National Academies Boards. National Academies' staff will author a workshop proceedings, which will provide an overview of the information shared, and a general synthesis of key ideas arising in the discussions.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.

由于偏远地区和极端天气，对南极地区的巨大研究。探索的技术发展包括与寒冷的环境相关的tonvi ronmental传感器；以更大的效率，安全和可靠的方式进行。更好地预测海平面如何监测和预见的破坏性太空事件；气候变化。环境影响，并有更大的安全性和效能 - 召集了一个在线/虚拟研讨会论坛，旨在征集对这一Topon的广泛参与，这是来自南极研究社区的洞察力诸如地质，大气，海洋环境的系统；学院的极地研究委员会和其他几个学院委员会将主要概述共享的信息，并在讨论中讨论中出现的关键思想的一般综合。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为支持基金会的智力优点并影响审稿人IA。