FSML: Acquisition of a CTD/Rosette Sampling System for the R/V Gulf Challenger Serving the Marine Laboratories at the University of New Hampshire

FSML：为新罕布什尔大学海洋实验室服务的 R/V Gulf Challenger 采购 CTD/Rosette 采样系统

• 批准号: 1227001
• 负责人: Jonathan Pennock
• 金额: $ 10.39万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1227001&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FSML; Acquisition; CTD; Rosette; Sampling

The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is awarded a grant to purchase a modern conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) instrument, sampling rosette, and winch system for the R/V Gulf Challenger. This system will provide a new and essential capacity in support of research and education at three of its marine laboratories, including: (a) the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory on the shores of the Great Bay/Little Bay estuarine system; (b) the Gregg Marine Science Complex, in New Castle, New Hampshire at the confluence of the Piscataqua River and the Gulf of Maine; and (c) the Shoals Marine Laboratory, located on the Isles of Shoals in the Gulf of Maine. The high resolution vertical profiling of hydrographic properties (conductivity, salinity, temperature), physiochemical properties (photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)), and surrogates for biological and geological processes (dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a fluorescence and beam transmittance) that this CTD system will provide is an essential component of oceanographic field work and will immediately impact numerous ongoing studies at UNH. These include research on ocean carbonate chemistry, climate linkages to coastal productivity in the Gulf of Maine, nutrient over-enrichment within the Great Bay Estuary, coastal and ocean mapping, and ocean color satellite remote sensing, as well as support of visiting investigator and student research.Broader impacts of this project include: (a) supporting the education of over 200 undergraduate and graduate students per year in courses that use the R/V Gulf Challenger; (b) improving the advanced scientific instrumentation available to graduate students pursuing research in the Western Gulf of Maine; (c) enhancing training of undergraduate and high school students undertaking summer courses at the Shoals Marine Laboratory; (d) supporting the training of the 170 UNH Marine Docents and the "K to Gray" educational programs that they provide to hundreds of students annually through New Hampshire Sea Grant; and (e) enhancing public education through experiential "Discovery Cruises" and through the UNH Marine Program's "Know the Coast Day" that impact hundreds of the general public each year.

新罕布什尔州大学（UNH）获得一笔赠款，为R/V Gulf Challenger购买一台现代化的电导率-温度-深度（CTD）仪器、取样玫瑰花和绞车系统。 这一系统将提供新的基本能力，以支持其三个海洋实验室的研究和教育工作，其中包括：（a）位于大湾/小湾河口系统沿岸的杰克逊河口实验室;（B）位于新罕布什尔州新城堡、皮斯卡塔夸河和缅因州湾汇合处的格雷格海洋科学综合体;及（c）位于缅因州海湾肖尔斯群岛的肖尔斯海洋实验室。 该CTD系统将提供的水文特性（电导率、盐度、温度）、物理化学特性（光合有效辐射）以及生物和地质过程的替代物（溶解氧、叶绿素a荧光和光束透射率）的高分辨率垂直剖面图是海洋学实地工作的一个重要组成部分，将立即影响联合国大学正在进行的许多研究。 这些项目包括海洋碳酸盐化学研究、气候与缅因州海湾沿海生产力的联系、大湾河口内营养物过度富集、沿海和海洋测绘、海洋颜色卫星遥感，以及对访问调查员和学生研究的支持。（a）每年支助200多名本科生和研究生学习使用“海湾挑战者”号研究船的课程;（B）改善在缅因州西湾从事研究的研究生可获得的先进科学仪器;（c）加强对在浅滩海洋实验室参加暑期课程的本科生和高中生的培训;（d）支助培训170名联合国海地大学海洋讲师，并支助他们通过新罕布什尔州海洋赠款每年向数百名学生提供的“K to Gray”教育方案;以及（e）通过体验性的“探索之旅”和每年影响数百名公众的联合国海地海洋方案的“了解海岸日”，加强公众教育。