Oceanographic Instrumentation - 2010

海洋仪器 - 2010

• 批准号: 1041940
• 负责人: Joseph Malbrough
• 金额: $ 1.74万
• 依托单位: Louisiana Universities Marine Corsortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-01 至 2011-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1041940&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Oceanographic; Instrumentation; 2010

This proposal requests funds for Oceanographic Instrumentation through Grants for Rapid Response Research for the R/V Pelican in support of research days for the calendar year 2010 and beyond.On April 22, 2010 the Gulf of Mexico suffered a major disaster in the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 41 miles off the Louisiana coast. The rig sank in waters approximately 5,000 feet deep, resulting in three leaks, spewing about 5,000 barrels (or 210,000 gallons) of oil a day from the uncapped well. Crude oil continues to discharge from the well at an alarming rate. Work on drilling a relief well which wouldstop the leak, if successful, will take at least three months. Even if the oil was secured today (May 5, 2010), the true impacts on this region will take years to calculate. The entire Gulf region is currently, or potentially will be impacted through fisheries, tourism, human health, and general environmental hazards of this spill.Broader Impacts: The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.

该提案要求通过 R/V Pelican 快速响应研究拨款为海洋学仪器提供资金，以支持 2010 年及以后的研究日。 2010 年 4 月 22 日，墨西哥湾遭受了一场重大灾难，距路易斯安那州海岸 41 英里的深水地平线石油钻井平台沉没。该钻井平台沉入约 5,000 英尺深的水域，导致三处泄漏，每天从未封盖的油井喷出约 5,000 桶（或 210,000 加仑）石油。原油继续以惊人的速度从油井中排出。如果成功的话，钻一口可以阻止泄漏的泄压井的工作至少需要三个月的时间。即使今天（2010 年 5 月 5 日）石油安全得到保障，对该地区的真正影响也需要数年时间才能计算。整个海湾地区目前或可能会受到这次泄漏事件的渔业、旅游业、人类健康和一般环境危害的影响。 更广泛的影响：共享仪器的采购、维护和操作使美国国家科学基金会资助的任何美国大学或实验室的研究人员都可以使用经过校准的工作仪器进行研究，从而降低了研究成本，并扩大了潜在研究人员的基础。