EAGER: Collaborative Research: A Marine Geology and Geophysics training cruise onboard the R/V Sikuliaq for potential chief scientists

EAGER：合作研究：R/V Sikuliaq 上为潜在首席科学家进行的海洋地质学和地球物理学培训巡航

• 批准号: 1638168
• 负责人: Robert Pockalny
• 金额: $ 1.97万
• 依托单位: University of Rhode Island
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1638168&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Collaborative; Research; Marine; Geology

This award is to enable Dr. Pockalney to participate as a mentor in an Early Career Science Cruise (ECS) aboard R/V Sikuliaq. This ECS will enable MGG students and early career scientists to spend time at sea, collecting, processing and interpreting data to earn their degrees. While this is a critical component of their preparation, it is an incomplete introduction to the process of doing science at sea. Most students are unfamiliar with the proposal process and the role of being chief scientist aboard a research vessel. Many students spend their time at sea performing assigned tasks without responsibility or participation in cruise planning and execution. This award is designed to complete their introduction to seagoing science by giving the students the opportunity to plan and execute a science cruise based on existing data. In the future, this will provide an enhanced understanding of how to fully utilize expensive research vessels to the greatest extend possible. The students will do this by defining a hypothesis, planning a survey and executing the data collection to test the hypothesis. The project will address all of the scientific process through the combination of classroom instruction and experiential learning. The survey will be subject to the time constraints imposed by the ship schedule and the physical constraints imposed by the ship's equipment. The educational process will begin with applicants responding to a request for proposals (RFP), which will provide a framework for the scientific possibilities for the cruise. The participants will meet in Dutch Harbor for two days prior to boarding the ship to refine a testable hypothesis and develop the cruise plan. During this time, the students will briefly present their responses to the RFP. The PIs will provide guidance on proposal writing, accessing existing data, and shipboard capabilities. The participants will board the ship early on the mobilization day. During this day there will be presentations on life at sea, safety and the initial introduction to the equipment on RV Sikuliaq. The students will be divided into two 12-hour watches. Once underway, each student will have the opportunity to be "chief scientist for the day," making decisions about the execution of the cruise and directing participants. The other students will be assigned a particular instrument for their watch. They will be responsible for monitoring this instrument, documenting that it operates correctly and reporting significant observations to the chief scientist. Students will cycle through the instruments, so each one encounters each piece of underway gear at least once during their time at sea. The PIs will supplement the watch-standing and chief scientist experiences with presentations about the operational principles of the instruments, data reduction and interpretation, and the geology of the seabed as we transit it. These lectures will occur daily during a change of watch. The second change of watch will consist of a review of the data collected during the previous 24 hours. As the ship approached Honolulu, the process of preparing the cruise report will begin. Each student will have a writing assignment, which contributes to the final product from the cruise, the preliminary results of their survey, and the cruise assessment.

这个奖项是为了让Pockalney博士作为导师参加R/V Sikuliaq上的早期职业科学巡航（ECS）。该ECS将使MGG的学生和早期职业科学家能够在海上花费时间，收集，处理和解释数据以获得学位。虽然这是他们准备工作的关键组成部分，但这是对海上科学研究过程的不完整介绍。大多数学生都不熟悉提案过程和担任科考船上首席科学家的角色。许多学生花时间在海上执行分配的任务，而不负责或参与巡航计划和执行。该奖项旨在通过给学生机会计划和执行基于现有数据的科学巡航来完成他们对航海科学的介绍。在未来，这将使人们更好地了解如何最大限度地充分利用昂贵的研究船。学生们将通过定义一个假设，计划一个调查和执行数据收集来检验假设来做到这一点。该项目将通过课堂教学和体验式学习的结合来解决所有的科学过程。检验将受船舶时间表规定的时间限制和船舶设备规定的物理限制。教育过程将从申请人对提案请求（RFP）的回应开始，这将为游轮的科学可能性提供一个框架。参与者将在登船前在荷兰港会面两天，以完善可测试的假设并制定巡航计划。在此期间，学生们将简要介绍他们对RFP的回应。pi将为提案撰写、访问现有数据和舰载能力提供指导。参加人员将在动员当天早早登船。在这一天里，将有关于海上生活、安全以及RV Sikuliaq上设备的初步介绍。学生们将被分成两个12小时的小组。一旦开始，每个学生都将有机会成为“当天的首席科学家”，对巡航的执行做出决定并指导参与者。其他学生将被分配一种特定的乐器作为他们的手表。他们将负责监测这台仪器，记录它的正确运行，并向首席科学家报告重要的观察结果。学生们将循环使用这些仪器，这样每个人在海上至少会遇到一次正在使用的设备。pi将通过介绍仪器的操作原理、数据简化和解释以及海底地质情况来补充观测站和首席科学家的经验。这些讲座将在换班期间每天进行。第二次更换手表将包括审查在过去24小时内收集的数据。当船接近檀香山时，准备巡航报告的过程将开始。每个学生都有一份写作作业，这将有助于完成邮轮的最终产品、调查的初步结果和邮轮评估。