Ship Operations R/V Atlantic Explorer

要求从2018年到2022年底为研究船Atlantic Explorer提供船舶运营支持，预算为五年，R/V Atlantic Explorer是百慕大海洋科学研究所（BIOS）拥有和运营的通用研究船，是学术研究船队（ARF）的一部分。BIOS是美国501（c）3和509（a）非营利研究和教育机构，在纽约州注册成立，地理上位于百慕大群岛。该船的使命是支持资助的科学研究。RV Atlantic Explorer在2018年获得了204天的资助。该提案支持R/V Atlantic Explorer的科学用户，主要是NSF资助的研究项目。使用R/V Atlantic Explorer的主要研究项目包括海洋学时间序列研究、利用提供的深海取样机会进行独立和合作研究的辅助用户以及在北大西洋进行研究的独立用户。R/V Atlantic Explorer支持科学研究和技术开发，以提高对社会相关环境问题的科学知识。海洋学时间序列和其他科学研究计划直接有助于提高对以下全球性问题的认识：（1）全球气候变化;（2）气候现象、全球变暖、海洋地球化学和生态系统变化与健康之间复杂的相互作用和反馈;（3）海洋变暖、分层和海洋脱氧;（4）海洋生物学和海洋生态系统的变化。（4）CO2等温室气体的变化、海洋与大气之间CO2的交换、碳源和碳汇的变化以及海洋酸化。该船的使命是支持资助的科学研究。该船计划在2018年在海上航行204天。这些天主要是支持国家科学基金会资助的科学。“大西洋探索者”号研究船将支持在北大西洋贫营养亚热带环流进行科学研究。该区域是海洋地球化学（N，P）和辐射重要元素（例如，CO2）、海气热盐输送以及气候。由于很容易进入这些深水沃茨，“大西洋探索者”号研究船能够为各国提高对海洋过程的认识作出重大贡献。R/V Atlantic Explorer操作已经并将支持三个国家和国际重要的海洋学时间序列计划，包括：（1）1988年开始的百慕大大西洋时间序列研究（BATS）研究计划;（2）1954年开始的Hydrostation S研究计划;（3）海洋通量计划（OFP）始于1978年该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估而被认为值得支持。

Funding is requested for Ship Operations support for the Research Vessel Atlantic Explorer for the period from 2018 with a five-year budget until the end of 2022.R/V Atlantic Explorer is a general-purpose research ship owned and operated by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) and is part of the Academic Research Fleet (ARF). BIOS is a U.S. 501 (c) 3 and 509 (a) not-for profit research and educational institution incorporated in the state of New York, and geographically located on the island of Bermuda. The mission of the ship is to support funded science research. RV Atlantic Explorer has 204 days funded in 2018. This proposal supports scientific users of R/V Atlantic Explorer, and primarily NSF funded research projects. The major research projects that use R/V Atlantic Explorer are oceanographic time-series efforts, ancillary users of the ship conducting independent and collaborative research through opportunities provided to sample the deep ocean, and independent users of the ship undertaking research in the North Atlantic Ocean. R/V Atlantic Explorer supports scientific research and technology development that improves scientific knowledge of societal relevant environmental issues. The oceanographic time- series and other scientific research programs directly contribute to improved understanding of such global issues as: (1) global climate change; (2) the complex interaction and feedback between climate phenomena, global warming, ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystem variability and health; (3) ocean warming, stratification, and ocean deoxygenation; and, (4) the variability of greenhouse gases such as CO2, the exchange of CO2 between ocean and atmosphere, variability of carbon sources and sinks, and ocean acidification. The mission of the ship is to support funded science research. The vessel is scheduled for 204 days at sea in 2018. These days are primarily in support of National Science Foundation funded science. R/V Atlantic Explorer will support scientific research in the oligotrophic subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic Ocean. This region is an important modulator of the oceanic cycling of biogeochemical (N, P) and radiatively important elements (e.g., CO2), air-sea heat and salt transport as well as climate. The ease of access to these deep waters has allowed R/V Atlantic Explorer to significantly contribute to national efforts to improve our understanding of ocean processes. Three nationally and internationally important oceanographic time-series programs have and will be supported by R/V Atlantic Explorer operations, including: (1) Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) research program begun in 1988; (2) Hydrostation S research program begun in 1954, and; (3) Ocean Flux Program (OFP) begun in 1978This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.