Oceanus Oceanographic Instrumentation 2015

请求为R/V Oceanus上的新仪器和替换仪器提供资金。这艘研究船由俄勒冈州立大学运营，是大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）研究船队的一部分。R/V Oceanus是一艘通用研究船，归美国国家科学基金会所有，由俄勒冈州立大学运营。直到2012年，这艘船一直由伍兹霍尔海洋研究所运营，但后来退役了。俄勒冈州立大学认为这艘船的材料状况比他们的R/V Wecoma号要好，所以他们带走了Oceanus，让Wecoma退役。这艘船的任务是支持太平洋西北地区的科学研究。R/V Oceanus在2014年完成了189天的作业，其中161天（85%）用于NSF作业。2015年，该船计划航行223天，其中47%（105天）用于NSF。根据该提案，俄勒冈州立大学为以下海洋仪器的采购提供了技术说明和基本原理：- 80冷冻机$6,062 24瓶CTD框架升级$87,043备用荧光计$5,370 CTD备件更新$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（这些项目单独接受国家科学基金会相关研究计划的单独审查）。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 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.