University of Minnesota Duluth R/V Blue Heron SSSE 2016

请求为R/V蓝鹭号提供额外的后备仪器，这是一艘86英尺长的沿海船只，由明尼苏达大学拥有，由大湖观测站作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统(海洋实验室系统)研究船队的一部分运营。大湖观测站运营着五大湖上最大的大学拥有的研究船--R/V蓝鹭号。蓝鹭号建造于1985年，用于在大浅滩捕鱼，1997年被明尼苏达大学收购，从缅因州的波特兰航行，沿着圣劳伦斯海道到达德卢斯，并在1997-98年冬天改装成湖沼学研究船。它配备了最先进的研究设备，拥有11名船员和科学家的泊位，可以在港口停靠期间每天24小时工作长达21天。蓝鹭是大学国家海洋实验室系统(UNLS)的一部分，可供研究五大湖的科学家租用。2015年，该船完成了40天的融资，其中6天(15%)是为NSF提供的。2016年，蓝鹭目前的计划为61天，其中23天(38%)将用于NSF。本提案中要求的船上科学支持设备包括：新起重机安装成本153,101美元布罗德影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南(NSF 13-589)的功绩审查标准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 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 Limnologic 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 2015, the vessel completed 40 funded days where 6 (15%) were for NSF. In 2016, Blue Heron is currently scheduled for 61 days, 23 of these (38%) will be for NSF.Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment requested in this proposal includes: New Crane Installation $153,101Broader Impacts The 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.