R/V Oceanus Operations

伍兹霍尔海洋学研究所（WHOI）请求为海洋号R/V的运行提供资金，以支持由国家科学基金会资助的科学研究。拟议中的Oceanus号上的行动将为12名不同的主要调查人员提供15条不同的航线。Oceanus计划的255个运行日中有92%将支持NSF计划;其他资金来源支持今年剩余的时间表。 这是一项为期五年的合作协议，每年的资金将根据海上天数来支持NSF资助的研究计划。Oceanus号邮轮将支持的一些主要科学主题的样本可以总结如下：1。重点关注哈特拉斯锋及其在沿海海洋向岸和向海跨大陆架运输中发挥的核心作用。2.）的情况。支持一次考察，重点关注有机物的新生产和光合作用对二氧化碳的吸收，因为这会影响全球碳循环。3.）第三章进行系泊作业，以帮助了解有害藻华的来源和影响其在缅因州湾的运输和命运的物理过程。4.） 一次物理海洋学巡航将有助于了解北大西洋深水向低纬度输出的机制和速率。6月至8月将发现Oceanus专注于一个4腿计划，研究浮游植物对马尾藻海涌升和混合的反应。知识价值本提案中要求的船舶天数需要用于11个NSF研究项目的实地考察。这些项目经过严格的科学和知识价值评估，作为NSF提案和奖励过程的一个组成部分。奖项授予过程的高度竞争性确保了非常高水平的智力价值。Oceanus支持的研究计划所获得的知识和发现将提高我们对海洋的理解，并解决广泛的重要科学问题。Oceanus将为研究人员提供设备和熟练的船上人员，以安全和富有成效地在海上进行科学研究。 Oceanus在2005年支持的研究计划将对了解地球气候及其随时间的变化，确定洋流循环和运输，调查海洋生态系统动力学，量化海洋和大气交换以及测试新的海洋地震仪器非常重要。这些智力上的努力将继续拓宽我们对海洋的理解，激发新的问题，并在未来几年证实科学理论，造福于整个社会。广泛的影响声明海洋学考察在许多方面都是大学课堂的延伸。高级和初级科学家、博士后研究人员、工程师、技术人员以及研究生和本科生的多样化组合通常是海洋之神腿的工作人员。这些巡航是非凡的教育体验，让参与者接触到新的想法，通过观察和实践教授基本的科学原理，并不可避免地提出问题，激发对海洋如何运作的新思考。在过去几年中，人们越来越意识到我们有责任将科学带入课堂和公众，这导致了分享这些科学发现的新途径的发展。巡游网站的概念非常有效地将实时图像和科学家与全国各地学校学生之间的双向交流带到了教室。这有效地将航海体验从一条腿上的少数参与者扩展到全国各地教室里的数千名学生以及广大公众。世界卫生组织的网址（http：www.whoi.edu）率先努力向公众介绍研究考察和航海项目的成果（例如潜水和探索网址：http：//science.whoi.edu/DiveDiscover），我们正在继续发展新的方法，利用世界卫生组织的网址向更多的人宣传航海研究的兴奋和重要性。

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) requests funding for R/V Oceanus operations in support ofscientific research funded by the National Science Foundation. The proposed operations aboard the Oceanus will provide 12 different principal investigators with access to the sea on 15 different legs. Ninety-two percent (92%) of the 255 operating days scheduled on Oceanus will support NSF programs; other funding sources support the remainder of the year's schedule. This is a five year cooperative agreement, and funding each year will be based upon the number of days at sea in support of NSF funded research programs. Samples of some of the major scientific themes the cruises on The Oceanus will support may be summarized as follows:1.) Focus on the Hatteras Front and the central role it plays in shoreward and seaward cross-shelf transport in the coastal ocean. 2.) Support a cruise with a focus on the new production of organic matter and photosynthetic uptake of CO2 as it affects the global carbon cycle. 3.) Conduct mooring operations to help understand the sources of harmful algal blooms and the physical processes that influence their transport and fate in the Gulf of Maine. 4.) A physical oceanography cruise will build understanding of the mechanisms and rates of North Atlantic Deep Water export to lower latitudes.5.) June-August will find the Oceanus focusing on a 4-leg program researching phytoplankton response to upwelling and mixing in the Sargasso Sea. Intellectual Merit The ship days requested in this proposal are required for the fieldwork of 11 NSF research projects. These projects have been rigorously evaluated for scientific and intellectual merit as an integral part of the NSFproposal and award process. The highly competitive nature of the award granting process ensures a very high level of intellectual merit. The knowledge gained and the discoveries made by the research programs supported by Oceanus will enhance our understanding of the oceans and address a broad range of important scientific questions. The Oceanus will provide researchers with the equipment, and skilled shipboard personnel, required to safely and productively pursue their scientific endeavors at sea. The research programs supported by Oceanus in 2005 will be important in understanding the Earth's climate and how it changes over time, determining ocean current circulation and transport, investigating ocean ecosystem dynamics, quantifying ocean and atmosphere exchange, and testing new marine seismic instrumentation. These intellectual endeavors will continue to broaden our understanding of the oceans, spur new questions, and confirm scientific theory for years to come, benefiting society at large.Broad Impact Statement An oceanographic expedition is in many respects an extension of the University classroom. A diverse mix of senior and junior scientists, post-doctoral investigators, engineers, technicians and graduate and undergraduate students typically staff Oceanus legs. These cruises are extraordinary educational experiences that expose participants to new ideas, teach fundamental scientific principles through observation and practice, and inevitably raise questions that stimulate new thinking about how the oceans work. Over the past several years an increased awareness of our responsibility to bring science into the classroom and to the general public has resulted in the development of new avenues to share these scientific findings. The cruise web site concept has been very effective in reaching the classroom with real-time images and two-way communication between scientists and students in schools across the country. This effectively extends the sea-going experience from the handful of participants on a single leg to thousands of students in classrooms across the country, as well as to the general public. The WHOI web site (http://www.whoi.edu) has pioneered efforts to present the results of research expeditions and sea-going projects to the general public (e.g. the Dive and Discover web site: http://science.whoi.edu/DiveDiscover), and we are continuing to develop new ways of using the WHOI web site to convey the excitement and importance of sea-going research to a larger audience.