Ship Operations, R/V Savannah

Skidaway海洋学研究所（SKIO）被授予资金，继续研究船Savannah的运作，以支持2012年美国国家科学基金会资助的乔治亚州沿海和海洋水域的科学研究。2012年，R/V Savannah计划运行168天，其中99天用于支持NSF同行评审的航海科学。这是一份为期五年的合作协议，2013-2016年的资助将根据NSF资助的研究的服务天数重新协商和评估。R/V萨凡纳作为大学国家海洋实验室系统（UNOLS）船舶运行，因此遵循UNOLS安全标准和NSF检查要求。知识和技术优点：R/V萨凡纳是一艘92英尺长的海岸研究船，于2001年9月从Washburn和Doughty造船厂交付。这艘船是在美国东南部的大陆架、河口和河流环境中进行海洋学研究和教育活动的最有能力的平台之一。这艘船被用来检查西佛罗里达大陆架和南大西洋湾的底栖生物初级产量，评估从沿海河口到墨西哥湾流等环境中的微生物多样性。研究长期生态系统研究（LTER）研究地点内的生物地球化学动态，并开发区域沿海观测系统。此外，萨凡纳已经并将用于萨凡纳河的多波束测量。甲板空间，大型液压a型框架，最大限度地提高了部署声学包所需的电缆弯曲半径，以及通常安静的船舶操作，使该船成为此类项目的理想选择。R/V萨凡纳号的设计容量可容纳19名科学家和船员，这使该船能够容纳大型科学聚会。

The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SKIO) is awarded funding to continue operations of research vessel Savannah in support NSF-funded scientific research within Georgia's coastal and ocean waters in the year 2012. For 2012, R/V Savannah plans to operate 168 days, of which 99 days are in support of NSF peer-reviewed sea-going science. This is a five-year cooperative agreement, and funding for the years 2013-2016 will be re-negotiated and evaluated based on the number of days in service of NSF funded research. R/V Savannah is operated as a University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) ship, and as such follows UNOLS safety standards and NSF inspection requirements.Intellectual and Technical Merit:R/V Savannah is a 92-foot coastal research vessel, which was delivered from Washburn and Doughty shipbuilders in September 2001. This ship is one of the most capable platforms for conducting oceanographic research and education activities in the continental shelf, estuarine, and riverine environments of the Southeastern U.S. The vessel has been used to examine rates of benthic primary production on the West Florida Shelf and South Atlantic Bight, to assess microbial diversity in environments ranging from coastal estuaries to the Gulf Stream, to examine the biogeochemical dynamics within the Long Term Ecosystem Research (LTER) study sites and to develop a regional coastal observing system. In addition, the Savannah has been and will be used for a multibeam survey of the Savannah River. The deck space, a large hydraulic A-frame, which maximizes the cable bend radius necessary to deploy acoustic packages, and generally quiet vessel operations make this vessel ideal for these kinds of projects. R/V Savannahs design capacity to sleep 19 scientists plus crew enables the ship to accommodate large science parties for it's size.