University of Minnesota Duluth R/V Blue Heron OI 2016

为R/V Blue Heron提供额外的备用仪器，这是一艘86英尺长的海岸船，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。大湖天文台运营着大湖上最大的大学拥有的研究船，R/V蓝鹭号。蓝鹭号建于1985年，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，沿着圣劳伦斯海道航行到德卢斯，并在1997-98年冬季改装成湖泊学研究船。她配备了最先进的研究设备，有11名船员和科学家的停泊处，可以在港口停靠之间每天24小时运行长达21天。蓝鹭号是大学国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）的一部分，供五大湖的研究科学家租用。2015年，该船完成了40天的资助，其中6天（15%）用于NSF。在2016年，Blue Heron目前计划为61天，其中23天（38%）将用于NSF。本提案中要求的海洋仪器包括：气象传感器/气象站升级$7,752定位和定向系统升级$87,363航行中系统的二氧化碳分压传感器$28,011 $123,126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 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 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.Oceanographic Instrumentation requested in this proposal includes:Meteorological sensors/weather station upgrade $7,752 Position and Orientation System upgrade $87,363 pCO2 sensor for underway system $28,011 $123,126 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.