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

新罕布什尔大学（UNH）获得了一笔拨款，为R/V Gulf Challenger号购买现代电导率-温度-深度（CTD）仪器、采样玫瑰花结和绞车系统。这一系统将提供一种新的和必要的能力，支助其三个海洋实验室的研究和教育，包括：(a)位于大湾/小湾河口系统岸边的杰克逊河口实验室；(b)位于新罕布什尔州皮斯卡塔瓜河和缅因湾汇合处的纽卡斯尔的格雷格海洋科学综合中心；(c)位于缅因湾浅滩群岛的浅滩海洋实验室。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（PAR））以及生物和地质过程（溶解氧、叶绿素-a荧光和波束透射率）的高分辨率垂直剖面是海洋野外工作的重要组成部分，并将立即影响UNH正在进行的许多研究。这些研究包括海洋碳酸盐化学、气候与缅因湾沿海生产力的联系、大海湾河口的营养物质过度富集、沿海和海洋测绘、海洋彩色卫星遥感，以及对访问研究者和学生研究的支持。该项目的更广泛影响包括：(a)每年支持200多名本科生和研究生学习使用R/V海湾挑战者号的课程；(b)改善在缅因湾西部进行研究的研究生可用的先进科学仪器；(c)加强对在浅滩海洋实验室修读暑期课程的本科生和高中生的培训；(d)支持170名UNH海洋讲解员的培训，以及他们每年通过新罕布什尔海洋基金向数百名学生提供的“从K到Gray”教育项目；(e)通过体验式“探索之旅”和每年影响数百名公众的联合国海洋计划“了解海岸日”加强公众教育。

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.