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The CISE: Directorate for Computer and Information potential of such interactions is central to the third task Science and Engineering of the committee's study charge, which is a discussion ENG: Directorate for Engineering of how EAR can leverage and complement the capabil- GEO: Directorate for Geosciences ities, expertise, and strategic plans of its partners to en- Geosciences Divisions courage greater collaboration and maximize shared use AGS: Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences of research assets and data. EAR: Division of Earth Sciences Over the course of this study, the committee spoke OCE: Division of Ocean Sciences with representatives throughout NSF, including the OPP: Office of Polar Programs Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
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The Conver gence initiative is encouraging NSF programs to bring The committee invited EAR leadership and pro- together ideas from a wide variety of fields in order to gram directors to its first meeting and asked them for inspire transdisciplinary research. their thoughts on partnerships that EAR had within Program directors have fostered excellent internaGEO, with other units of NSF, and with other federal tional partnerships within EAR, including with China agencies.
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. FRES projects may be interdisciplinary with a number of EAR disciplinary and cross-cutting studies that do not fit well within EAR's disciplinary programs programs, particularly Hydrologic Sciences, Geomoror cannot be routinely managed by sharing between disciplinary phology and Land-use Dynamics, and the Critical Zone programs." From https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.
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tinue having EAR program directors detail with OPP, An important consideration is that cross-divisional as has been done previously. Partnerships dealing with programs are assessed in terms of achieving scientific cryosphere water flow, a new research frontier, reflect goals or benefiting core disciplinary research proclosely related interests within OPP and EAR.
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Earth sci ent, there is no mechanism for EAR researchers to re- entists exploring climate and environmental change quest imagery for nonpolar regions, although the PGC from deep time to the present day can provide valuable is in the process of acquiring such imagery globally, partnerships with a wide swath of federal agencies that including imagery of dynamic areas such as coastlines, volcanoes, plate boundaries, Long Term Ecological Re- are tasked with responding to climate change. There are search sites, Critical Zone Observatory sites, and other many connections to different programs within GEO, facilities of great relevance to EAR research.
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There is a disconnect between NSF and the vision, Basic Energy Sciences, DOE Office of Science, researchers in this regard, and therefore a need for im and Paula Bontempi, NASA Acting Deputy Director, proved communications to correct the perception that Earth Science Division. co-reviewed proposals have a lower success rate.
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Several of the areas are for Seismology to run the Global Seismic Network, closely related to EAR core disciplinary programs, inwhich provides worldwide monitoring of earthquake cluding natural hazards, water and land resources, and activity, with more than 150 seismic stations distribut- energy and minerals. ed globally.
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DOE NASA researchers participate in and have co-funded pilot projects with the Southern California Earthquake Center and are involved in the NSF-funded Research DOE's Office of Science Basic Energy Sciences Coordination Network CONVERSE. They are also Program invests significantly in infrastructure to suppromoting connections between the NSF-supported port Earth science research at synchrotron radiation Modelling Collaboratory for Subduction Research Co- facilities.
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While access AND THE CRITICAL ZONE to these facilities is considerably more limited than the DOE Basic Energy Science user facilities, there is In 2016, DOE's Climate and Environmental tremendous opportunity for EAR researchers to access Sciences Division organized a Scientific Focus Area new regimes of pressure and temperature relevant to (SFA) aimed at advancing fundamental understanding the Earth and exoplanet interiors, especially through of how watersheds retain, store, and release water ramp compression.
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For example, the National and monitoring the consequences have revealed key Geospatial Intelligence Agency's use of satellite imagery linkages among surface processes and ecosystems, to evaluate Earth surface characteristics complements as well as provided guidelines for land management. the work of many EAR researchers.
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Lynch, C establishing national Earth science education standards Meertens, C
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