Ridge 2000 Office - 4 Year Rotation to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

该奖项为大洋中脊2000项目办公室提供资金，该办公室是大洋中脊2000（R2 K）的协调机构，这是一个跨学科研究方案，重点是对地球海洋扩张中心进行综合研究-50 000公里的大洋中脊系统，该系统由热液喷口组成，支持各种生物群落，也是形成洋壳的地方。海脊2000方案涉及范围广泛的专题，从地壳增生到从地幔到水圈的能量转移，再到由热液循环支持的生物系统。该办事处将协调已收集了大量信息的长达十年的2000年山脊方案的最后综合和一体化阶段。将通过每年的一系列会议以及电话会议和网络会议支持社区互动。R2 K办公室还将通过在Lamont-Doherty地球观测站建立一个综合网站来加强数据管理和网络功能，并继续支持宾夕法尼亚州立大学现有的教育和推广活动。

This award funds the RIDGE 2000 project office, which is the coordinating body for Ridge 2000 (R2K), an interdisciplinary research program focused on integrated studies of Earth's oceanic spreading centers - the 50,000 km mid-ocean ridge system, which is populated by hydrothermal vents that support diverse communities of living organisms and where oceanic crust is created. The Ridge 2000 program addresses a wide range of topics ranging from crustal accretion to the transfer of energy from the mantle to the hydrosphere, to biological systems supported by hydrothermal circulation. The office will coordinate the final synthesis and integration phase of the decade-long Ridge 2000 Program that has collected a wealth of information. Community interaction will be supported through a series of meetings each year and by teleconferences and web conferences. The R2K office will also enhance data management and web functions by establishing a consolidated web site at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), and continue to support the existing education and outreach activity at Pennsylvania State University.