Oceanographic Instrumentation, RV Blue Heron, 2014

海洋仪器，RV Blue Heron，2014

• 批准号: 1419244
• 负责人: Richard Ricketts
• 金额: $ 1.3万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota Duluth
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-01 至 2016-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1419244&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Oceanographic; Instrumentation; RV; Blue; Heron

A request is made to fund additional and back-up instrumentation for the R/V Blue Heron, an 86 foot Coastal Vessel owned by the University of Minnesota and operated by the Large Lakes Observatory as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. The Large Lakes Observatory operates the largest university-owned research vessel on the Great Lakes, the R/V Blue Heron. Built in 1985 for fishing on the Grand Banks, the Blue Heron was purchased by the University of Minnesota in 1997, sailed from Portland, Maine, up the St. Lawrence Seaway to Duluth, and converted into a limnological research vessel during the winter of 1997-98. She is outfitted with state-of-the-art research equipment, has berthing for 11 crew and scientists, and can operate 24 hours per day for up to 21 days in between port calls. The Blue Heron is part of the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS), and is available for charter by research scientists on any of the Great Lakes. In 2013, the vessel completed 62 funded days where 25 (40%) were for NSF. In 2014, Blue Heron is currently scheduled for 42 days, 4 of these (9%) will be for NSF.Oceanographic Instrumentation requested in this proposal includes: 1) Refurbished multibeam sonar head $12,956 2) Knudsen echosounder upgrade $11,616 $24,572 Broader ImpactsThe principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 13-589). It provides 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.

请求为 R/V Blue Heron 号提供额外和备用仪器资助，这是一艘 86 英尺长的沿海船只，由明尼苏达大学拥有，由大湖天文台运营，作为大学-国家海洋实验室系统 (UNOLS) 研究船队的一部分。大湖天文台运营着五大湖上最大的大学拥有的研究船——R/V Blue Heron。 Blue Heron 号于 1985 年建造，用于在大浅滩捕鱼，1997 年被明尼苏达大学购买，从缅因州波特兰出发，沿圣劳伦斯海道到达德卢斯，并在 1997-98 年冬季改装成一艘湖泊学研究船。她配备了最先进的研究设备，可停泊 11 名船员和科学家，并且可以每天 24 小时运行，在港口停靠之间长达 21 天。 Blue Heron 是大学国家海洋学实验室系统 (UNOLS) 的一部分，可供任何五大湖的研究科学家特许使用。 2013 年，该船完成了 62 个资助日，其中 25 个日（40%）用于 NSF。 2014 年，Blue Heron 目前计划进行 42 天，其中 4 天（9%）将用于 NSF。本提案中要求的海洋学仪器包括： 1) 翻新的多波束声纳头 12,956 美元 2) Knudsen 回声测深仪升级 11,616 美元 24,572 美元 更广泛的影响 当前提案的主要影响符合提案指南的优点审查标准 2 （NSF 13-589）。它为科学家使用该船及其共享仪器提供基础设施支持，以支持其 NSF 资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受 NSF 相关研究计划的单独审查）。 共享仪器的采购、维护和操作使美国任何大学或实验室的 NSF 资助的研究人员都可以使用经过校准的工作仪器进行研究，从而降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。