Oceanus Oceanographic Instrumentation 2015

提出了资助R/V Ocean，一架177？由俄勒冈州立大学运营的科考船是大学-国家海洋实验室系统(UNLS)研究船队的一部分。R/V Ocean是一艘通用科考船，由国家科学基金会拥有，由俄勒冈州立大学运营。2012年前，这艘船一直由伍兹霍尔海洋研究所运营，但后来退役。OSU确定这艘船的物质状况比他们的R/V Wecoma号更好，所以他们接管了Oceanus并让Wecoma退役。这艘船的任务是支持太平洋西北部的资助科学研究。2014年，R/V Ocean完成189天，其中161天(85%)用于NSF。2015年，该船计划航行223天，占NSF时间表的47%(105天)。在这份提案中，OSU提供了购买以下海洋仪器的技术说明和理由：-80个冰柜$6,062 24瓶CTD框架升级$87,043备用荧光计$5,370 CTD备用更新$11,792备用氧气传感器$5,238更广泛的影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南(NSF 13-589)的优点审查标准2。它为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享仪器，以支持他们由NSF资助的海洋研究项目(这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查)。共享仪器的获取、维护和操作使任何美国大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员都可以获得用于其研究的工作、校准的仪器，从而降低了研究成本，并扩大了潜在研究人员的基础。

A request is made to fund new and replacement instrumentation on the R/V Oceanus, a 177? research vessel operated by Oregon State University as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet.The R/V Oceanus is a general-purpose research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by Oregon State University. Until 2012, the vessel had been operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution but was then retired. OSU determined that the vessel was in better material condition than their ship R/V Wecoma so they took Oceanus and retired Wecoma. The mission of the ship is to support funded science research in the Pacific Northwest. R/V Oceanus completed 189 days in 2014, 161 (85%) of which were for NSF. In 2015, the vessel is scheduled to sail 223 days with 47% (105 days) of the schedule for NSF. With this proposal, OSU provides technical descriptions and rationale for the acquisition of the following Oceanographic Instrumentation:Minus 80 Freezer $6,062 24 Bottle CTD Frame Upgrade $87,043 Spare Fluorometer $5,370 CTD Spares Refresh $11,792 Spare Oxygen Sensor $5,238 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.