Ship Operations - R/V Roger Revelle

R/V Revelle将于2012年初在印度洋运营，以支持美国国家海洋和大气管理局？NSF的努力，以及一个研究球虫化石的生物海洋学项目。然后，这艘船将支持海军的工作，直到7月，届时她将前往西萨摩亚，开展支持NOAA和NSF的工作。其中两个项目，皮恩布利的NOAA风口计划，以及它与皮特博的NSF辅助部件，将使用德国的ROV Quest。2012年R/V Revelle的最后一个项目有足够的灵活性，可以在夏威夷或关岛结束，这取决于2013年初的需求。在授予时，时间表是在夏威夷结束的一年。R/V Revelle在设备和ROV操作经验方面非常适合支持这些项目。这一奖项代表着一项为期五年的合作协议的第一年。智力价值：拟议工作的智力价值是间接的。它源于依赖于海上舰船工作的个别研究项目。NSF资助的2012年行动科学调查包括：对气候变化和海洋酸化的生物反应；海洋环流和热量分布；热液喷口地质、化学和极端嗜热生物。广泛影响：R/V Revelle的任务包括向海洋科学学生提供教育机会，并通过教育推广。R/V Revelle业务还极大地促进了各种各样的科学学科，其中的数据使海洋学研究受益，而不仅仅是那些直接资助参加巡航的研究。

R/V Revelle will be operating in the Indian Ocean at the beginning of 2012 in support of the DYNAMO project, a joint NOAA ? NSF effort, and a Biological Oceanography project studying coccolithopohores. The ship will then support Navy work until July, at which time she will transit to Western Samoa to conduct work in support of NOAA and NSF. Two of these projects, NOAA Vents Program under PI Embley, and its ancillary NSF component with PI Tebo, will use the German ROV Quest. The final project of 2012 for R/V Revelle has sufficient flexibility such that it could end in Hawaii or Guam, depending on the needs in early 2013. A the time of award, the schedule had the year ending in Hawaii.R/V Revelle is well suited to support these programs in terms of equipment and experience with ROV operations. This award represents year one of a five year cooperative agreement. Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit of the proposed work is indirect. It derives from the individual research projects that depend upon the shipboard work at sea. NSF-funded scientific investigations for 2012 operations include: biological responses to climate change and ocean acidification; Ocean circulation and heat distribution; and hydrothermal vent geology, chemistry and extremeophile biology.Broader Impacts: The mission of R/V Revelle includes the provision of educational opportunities both to students of the marine sciences, and, through educational outreach. R/V Revelle operations also contribute significantly to a wide diversity of scientific disciplines, the data from which benefit oceanographic research beyond those studies directly funded to participate in cruises.