Oceanographic Instrumentation

请求为R/V Hugh R Sharp提供额外的备用仪器，这是一艘146英尺的区域研究船，作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）研究船队的一部分。休·R·夏普号是一艘最先进的海岸研究船，由特拉华大学拥有和运营。这艘船可以搭载14到20名科学家进行长达18天的航行，并支持海洋学所有学科的项目。这艘船是一项地区性资产，为大西洋中部许多机构的研究人员提供服务。该船通常在从纽约长岛到北卡罗来纳州哈特拉斯角以及特拉华湾和切萨皮克湾的沿海水域作业。项目有时会要求该船北至缅因湾，南至佛罗里达，离岸远至百慕大。2012年，“休·R·夏普”号完成了204天的海上航行。NSF资助的项目占总航行计划的37%。2013年，“休·R·夏普”号的航行时间为216天，其中NSF天数占总航行时间的35%。本提案中要求的海洋仪器包括：1)Chirp 3260双通道回声测深仪$63,200 2)扫描鱼升级$66,000总计$129,200更广泛的影响本提案的主要影响符合提案准则的标准2。他们为科学家提供基础设施支持，使他们能够使用该船及其共享使用的仪器来支持他们的国家科学基金会资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目分别由国家科学基金会的相关研究项目进行单独审查）。共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许来自任何美国大学或实验室的nsf资助的研究人员为他们的研究访问工作、校准仪器，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。

A request is made to fund additional and back-up instrumentation for the R/V Hugh R Sharp, a 146 foot Regional research vessel operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. The R/V Hugh R Sharp is a state-of-the-art, coastal research vessel that is owned and operated by the University of Delaware. The vessel can carry fourteen to twenty scientists on cruises up to eighteen days in duration, and supports projects from all disciplines of oceanography. The vessel is a regional asset, serving researchers from many institutions throughout the mid-Atlantic. The vessel typically operates in the coastal waters from Long Island, New York, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as well as the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. Projects occasionally require the vessel to work as far north as the Gulf of Maine, as far south as Florida, and as far offshore as Bermuda. In 2012, the R/V Hugh R Sharp completed 204 days at sea. NSF funded projects accounted for 37% of the total sailing schedule. In 2013, R/V Hugh R Sharp is scheduled for 216 days with NSF days accounting for 35% of the total sailing schedule.Oceanographic instrumentation requested in this proposal includes: 1) Chirp 3260 Dual Channel Echo Sounder $63,200 2) Scanfish Upgrade $66,000 Total $129,200 Broader Impacts The principal impact of the present proposal is under criterion two of the Proposal Guidelines. They provide infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.