R/V Kilo Moana Ship Operations 2012-2016

根据当前NSF合作协议OCE-0500180的续签，该提案将在5年的第一年获得支持。船舶奖励将每年重新协商，并基于支持NSF资助的研究计划的船舶时间的天数。R/V Kilo Moana是一艘海军拥有的研究船，由夏威夷大学根据租约N00014-08-L-0651与海军研究办公室和与NSF的合作协议，作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）研究船队的一部分运营。2012年，Kilo Moana预计运行238天，其中201天将直接支持NSF同行评审的海上项目。使用R/V基洛莫阿纳使研究人员能够对海洋研究中的广泛主题进行经济有效的研究，包括物理，化学，生物和地质海洋学和海洋工程。一个主要的重点是研究洋流、营养物、二氧化碳和生物群，它们共同控制海洋表面的物理、生物和化学过程，海洋和大气之间二氧化碳的通量，以及海洋生物的生态学。在2012年，也就是新合作协议的第一年，这些研究将在夏威夷周围（Karl, Church, Sachs, Alford, Sweeney）进行重点调查。更广泛的影响由美国国家科学基金会资助的研究人员在基洛莫阿纳号上进行的海洋过程研究包括一些项目，这些项目是大型国际努力的一部分，旨在了解全球碳循环、海洋-大气耦合气候强迫、海洋生态系统动态和生产力，所有这些都是具有直接社会影响的环境和公共政策问题。此外，今年基洛·莫阿纳号将支持2艘前往西赤道太平洋的巡航（理查兹号），以检查赤道温跃层中的混合，这一过程在海洋大气相互作用中起着重要作用，包括传热，最终是气候过程的关键因素。R/V基洛莫阿纳是研究船技术的前沿，我们寻求最大限度地向公众展示她，作为大学对外宣传和教育承诺的一部分。我们为高中教师/学生以及研究生和本科生提供参加州和联邦资助的游轮的机会，包括专门的学生/教学游轮。我们对参观我们的船只和配套设施的要求给予高度优先考虑。总的来说，我们对对我们的研究船、设施和研究业务感兴趣的个人和团体实行开放政策

This proposal is awarded support for the first of five years of operation under a renewal of the current NSF Cooperative Agreement, OCE-0500180. Ship awards will be renegotiated each year and is based on the number of days of ship time in support of NSF funded research program. R/V Kilo Moana, a Navy-owned research vessel, is operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet by University of Hawaii under Charter Party N00014-08-L-0651 with Office of Naval Research and a Cooperative Agreement with NSF. In 2012, Kilo Moana anticipates operating 238 days, of which 201 days will be in direct support of NSF peer-reviewed sea-going programs. Intellectual and Technical Merit Use of R/V Kilo Moana allows researchers to make cost-effective studies of a wide array of topics in ocean research, including physical, chemical, biological and geological oceanography and ocean engineering. A major emphasis is the study of ocean currents, nutrients, CO2 and biota that together control the physical, biological and chemical processes in the surface ocean, the flux of CO2 between the ocean and the atmosphere, and the ecology of marine life. In 2012, the first year of the proposed new cooperative agreement, these studies will occur during focused investigations around Hawaii (Karl, Church, Sachs, Alford, Sweeney). Broader ImpactsStudies of ocean processes undertaken for NSF-funded researchers on R/V Kilo Moana include projects that are part of large international efforts to understand the global carbon cycle, coupled ocean-atmosphere climate forcing, and ocean ecosystem dynamics and productivity all of which are environmental and public policy issues with direct societal impacts. In addition, this year R/V Kilo Moana will support 2 cruises (Richards) to the western equatorial Pacific to examine mixing in the equatorial thermocline, a process that plays an important role in ocean atmosphere interactions including heat transfer, ultimately a key factor in climate processes. R/V Kilo Moana is at the cutting edge of research vessel technology, and we seek to maximize her exposure to the public as part of the Universitys commitment to outreach and education. We provide high school teachers/students as well as graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in our State-and federally-funded cruises, including dedicated student/teaching cruises. We give a high priority to requests for tours of our ships and supporting facilities. In general, we have an open door policy for individuals and groups that are interested in our research ships, facilities, and research operations