An Oceanographic Buoy for Multidisciplinary Research in a Coastal Embayment Prone to Harmful Algal Blooms (2005)

用于易发生有害藻华的沿海海湾多学科研究的海洋学浮标（2005）

• 批准号: 0521431
• 负责人: Edward Laine
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Bowdoin College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0521431&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Oceanographic; Buoy; Multidisciplinary; Research; Coastal

The PI's request funding for a moored ocean sensing instrumentation buoy, for remote sensing and real-time data acquisition of physical, geochemical and biological parameters of coastal waters in the important Casco Bay region of the Gulf of Maine. The proposed instrumentation would allow continuous monitoring of a coastal embayment representative of the dynamic Casco Bay region. Harpswell Sound is a water body with significant economic resources (fisheries, tourism), rapid development of surrounding watershed, potentially problematic circulation characteristics, and recurrent annual harmful algal blooms (HABs). Deployment of the oceanographic sensing buoy will provide 1) reliable long-term, near-continuous data on background conditions and unusual events of the coastal site, 2) real-time indication of events that would be sampled or studied with ancillary research based at the existing marine research station, Bowdoin College's Coastal Studies Center, and 3) an important and currently neglected coastal component of the Gulf of Maine monitoring program, GoMOOS. The data reported by the oceanographic sensing buoy will also support a large user group of researchers from several institutions throughout the state of Maine and New England region, who have pledged participation in ancillary research efforts. Broader Impacts:The impact of the proposed mooring will be broad in every sense: it will benefit a wide cross-section of oceanographic and non-oceanographic constituents, from physical oceanographers and geologists, to atmospheric scientists and biologists. The mooring data will provide material for practical coursework for numerous undergraduate students, and the PI's intend to incorporate the data analysis, mooring maintenance, and ground truthing into their curricula. The data may lead to an early-warning system for local HABs, and their potential for extensive alongshore advection in the Gulf of Maine coastal current. There is a great deal of potential for extensive societal benefits of this mooring, and the PI's have shown that they are aware of this, and will perform the needed outreach and education.

PI请求为一个系泊海洋传感仪器浮标提供资金，用于对缅因州湾重要的卡斯科湾地区沿海沃茨的物理、地球化学和生物参数进行遥感和实时数据采集。拟议的仪器将允许连续监测动态卡斯科湾地区的沿海海湾代表。哈普斯韦尔湾是一个拥有重要经济资源（渔业、旅游业）、周围流域快速发展、潜在问题环流特征和经常性年度有害藻华的水体。海洋传感浮标的部署将提供1）可靠的长期，近连续的数据背景条件和不寻常的事件的沿海网站，2）实时指示的事件，将采样或研究与辅助研究的基础上现有的海洋研究站，鲍登学院的海岸研究中心，3）缅因州海湾监测计划中一个重要但目前被忽视的沿海组成部分，GoMOOS。海洋传感浮标报告的数据还将支持来自缅因州和新英格兰地区几个机构的研究人员组成的庞大用户群，他们已承诺参与辅助研究工作。更广泛的影响：拟议的系泊的影响将是广泛的，从各种意义上说：它将有利于广泛的海洋和非海洋组成部分，从物理海洋学家和地质学家，大气科学家和生物学家。系泊数据将为许多本科生的实践课程提供材料，PI打算将数据分析、系泊维护和地面实况纳入其课程。这些数据可能会导致一个早期预警系统的地方有害生物，以及他们的潜力，广泛的沿岸平流在缅因州海湾沿岸流。该系泊系统具有巨大的社会效益潜力，PI已表明他们意识到这一点，并将开展必要的宣传和教育。