R/V Armstrong Operations- CY 16

R/V尼尔·阿姆斯特朗号是海军研究办公室为学术研究舰队（ARF）建造的两艘新船之一。2016年，该船将从建造过渡到海上运营。拟议的操作将为包括OOI在内的超过4NSF首席调查员（pi）提供通道，以便全年进行多次海上研究航行。在预定的207天中，57%的时间将用于支持NSF项目。ONR还将支持今年的pi占207天的43%。在第三阶段造船厂安装科学任务设备后，阿姆斯特朗将进行一系列试航和科学验证巡航（SVCs），以检查船舶和设备。2016年4月，“阿姆斯壮”号将接受INSURV和NSF的检查，以评估作为UNOLS船只的准备情况。如果成功，阿姆斯特朗将在先驱者地点为OOI进行资助的科学航行。阿姆斯特朗将于2016年7月过渡到伊尔明格海的OOI工作，随后于8月进行NSF赞助的OSNAP航行。今年年底，阿姆斯特朗将在先锋号基地进行额外的OOI航行，并在2017年1月之前提供干船坞。这将标志着保修期的结束。知识价值：2016年由R/V Armstrong运营支持的同行评审项目已被严格评估为科学和知识价值，作为NSF拨款审查和奖励过程的组成部分。奖项授予过程的竞争性质确保了非常高的智力水平。阿姆斯特朗资助的研究项目所获得的知识和发现将增进对海洋的了解，并解决一系列重要的科学问题。该提案的目标是为2016年安全有效地运行和维护R/V阿姆斯特朗提供资金支持，并确保其维护以支持其计划的生命周期。这种支持是科学任务安全和成功的必要先决条件。更广泛的影响：WHOI科考船提供必要的海上实验室，以有效和安全地将科学带到海上。这个群体包括高级海洋科学家、博士后和博士生、研究生和本科生以及工程师、技术人员和教师。这些智力上的努力扩大了我们的理解，激发了新的问题和科学理论。明年由R/V阿姆斯特朗支持的研究将对了解地球气候及其随时间变化的情况非常重要。2016年，R/V阿姆斯特朗将对其所有科学任务设备进行测试，以评估其能力，以及在美国最新的科考船上可能需要进一步发展的地方。教育和外展计划将在这些航行中出现。所有这些智力上的努力将继续扩大我们对海洋的认识，激发新的问题，并在未来几年证实科学理论，造福整个社会。海洋学考察是大学课堂的延伸，是一种非凡的教育经历。航行让参与者接触到新的想法，通过观察和实践教授基本的科学原理，并不可避免地提出一些问题，激发人们对海洋如何运作的新思考。人们越来越意识到我们有责任将这门科学带入课堂和公众，这导致了分享这些科学发现的新途径的发展。邮轮网站的概念通过实时图像、数据以及全国各地学校科学家和学生之间的双向交流，有效地进入了教室。这些努力已将航海经验从少数参与者扩展到全国各地教室中的数千名学生以及普通公众。世卫组织船上的科学家将使用这一工具，通过基于网络的方法在其所在机构或通过社区组织维护的网站展示他们的数据。世卫组织网站http://www.whoi.edu率先努力向公众展示研究考察的结果。2016年，WHOI船只与珀金斯盲人和残疾人学校继续开展的外展项目代表了向每个美国人扩大海上研究经验的前沿努力。

R/V Neil Armstrong is one of two new ships built by the Office of Naval Research for the Academic Research Fleet (ARF). In CY 2016 the ship will transition from construction to sea-going operations. The proposed operations will provide access for over 4NSF Principal Investigators (PIs), including OOI, to conduct multiple research sea voyages throughout the year. 57% of the 207 days scheduled will support NSF programs. ONR will also support PIs this year to make up the 43% of the 207 days. After the Science Mission Equipment is installed during Phase III shipyard, Armstrong will conduct a series of shakedown and Science Verification Cruises (SVCs) to check out the ship and equipment. In April 2016 Armstrong is scheduled for both INSURV and NSF Inspection to assess readiness for options as a UNOLS vessel.If successful, Armstrong will conduct funded science voyages for OOI at the Pioneer site. Armstrong will transition to OOI work in the Irminger Sea in July 2016 followed by an NSF sponsored OSNAP Voyage in August. Armstrong will finish the year with additional OOI voyages at the Pioneer site and a dry-dock availability before January 2017. That yard availability will mark the end of the warranty period.Intellectual Merit :These peer-reviewed projects supported by operations on R/V Armstrong in 2016 have been rigorously evaluated for scientific and intellectual merit as an integral part of the NSF grant review and award process. The competitive nature of the award granting process ensures a very high level of intellectual merit. Knowledge gained and the discoveries made by the research programssupported by R/V Armstrong will enhance understanding of the oceans and address a broad range of important scientific questions. The goal of this proposal is to provide funding support to safely and productively operate and maintain R/V Armstrong in 2016 and to ensure it is maintained to support its planned life-cycle. This support is an essential prerequisite for safe and successful scientific missions.Broader Impacts:WHOI research vessels provide at-sea laboratories necessary to effectively and safely take science to sea. This community includes senior oceanographic scientists, post-doctoral and doctoral students, graduate and undergrad students as well as engineers, technicians, and teachers. These intellectual endeavors have broadened our understanding and have spurred on new questions and scientific theory. Research supported by R/V Armstrong next year will be important in understanding the Earths climate and how itchanges over time. In 2016 R/V Armstrong will exercise all of its scientific mission equipment to evaluate its capability and what may need further development on the nation's newest research vessel. Educational and outreach programs will be featured on these voyages. All of these intellectual endeavors will continue to broaden our understanding of the oceans, stimulate new questions, and confirmscientific theory for years to come, benefiting society at large. Oceanographic expeditions are an extension of university classrooms and are an extraordinary educational experience. Voyages expose participants to new ideas, teach fundamental scientificprinciples through observation and practice, and inevitably raise questions that stimulate new thinking about how the oceans work. An increased awareness of our responsibility to bring this science into the classroom and to the public has resulted in the development of new avenues to share these scientific findings. The cruise web site concept has effectively reached classrooms with real-time images,data and two-way communication between scientists and students in schools across the country. These efforts have extended the sea-going experience from a handful of participants to thousands of students in classrooms across the country, as well as to the general public. Scientists on WHOI vessels will use this tool to present their data through web based approaches either at their home institution or through web sites maintained by community organizations. The WHOI web site, http://www.whoi.edu, has pioneered efforts to present the results of research expeditions to the public. Outreach programs continuing in 2016 from WHOI vessels with the Perkins School for the Blind and Disabled represent cutting edge efforts to broaden the experience of conducting research at sea to every American.