Ocean Observatories Initiative - Construction and Initial Operation

“这项奖励是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。”海洋观测站倡议（OOI）项目提供了收集独特、持续、时间序列数据集的手段，使研究人员能够研究在全球海洋中运行的复杂、相互关联的物理、化学、生物和地质过程，从而有可能彻底改变海洋科学。OOI基础设施将包括能够在恶劣环境中部署的深海浮标，如南大洋和跨越几个沿海观测站的海底区域光电电缆节点。这些资产都将通过一个尖端的、开放的、支持用户的网络基础设施进行整合，该基础设施将连接海洋组件并促进实验。该合作协议将涵盖OOI项目的建设（ARRA & MREFC资金）和初始运营（R&amp；RA资金）。OOI建设项目是在单独的NSF奖励下开发的，并遵循NSF大型设施手册。该项目经过了广泛的科学、技术和项目管理审查。

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) project has the potential to revolutionize ocean science by providing the means to collect unique, sustained, time-series data sets that will enable researchers to study complex, interlinked physical, chemical, biological and geological processes operating throughout the global ocean. The OOI infrastructure will include deep sea-buoys capable of deployment in harsh environments such as the Southern Ocean and regional electro-optical cabled nodes on the seafloor spanning several coastal observatories. These assets will all be integrated by a cutting edge, open access, user-enabling cyberinfrastructure that will link the marine components and facilitate experimentation.This Cooperative Agreement will cover the construction (ARRA & MREFC funds) and initial operations (R&RA funds) of the OOI project. The OOI construction project was developed under a separate NSF award and followed the NSF Large Facilities Manual. The project underwent extensive scientific, technical and project management reviews.