UGA/SkIO R/V Savannah Ship Operations - CY 2018-2022

概述：该请求是为萨凡纳研究船船舶运营的五年合作协议的第一年（2018年）提供资金。这艘92英尺长的海岸研究船建于缅因州的Washburn和Doughty造船厂，于2001年交付给UGA/Skidaway海洋学研究所，旨在为研究人员提供一个多功能平台，主要用于在美国东南部进行联邦资助的海洋学研究和教育活动。R/V Savannah的吃水适中，能够在各种环境中工作，从沿海河流和河口到外大陆架和其他地方。船舶基金将支持各种同行评审的NSF资助项目。技术描述：在过去的17年里，在未来的5年里，R/V萨凡纳号继续并将继续展示其承载大量科学巡航的能力，具有广泛的任务要求，为其提供了出色的航程和续航能力，强大的甲板装卸系统，并能容纳16名科学家和6名船员。例如，在过去两年中，联邦政府资助的项目使用R/V萨凡纳来评估维生素B-12和氮的可用性对从内大陆架到马尾藻海250海里横带的海洋二甲基磺酰丙酸（DMSP）和二甲基硫化物（DMS）的调节作用；研究大陆架边缘的可溶铁通量，使用底栖着陆器部署到离北卡罗莱纳州海角2500米的地方，并收集沉积物到1000米的地方；量化南大西洋湾中部大陆架上全球重要的远洋被囊动物的隐秘饮食，并测量从乔治亚州北部水域到佛罗里达州南部水域的鱼类种群健康状况。“萨凡纳”号还支持海军舰艇试验和冲击试验、ONR滑翔机操作、气象数据浮标维护以及各种教育项目。上述所有的项目都是由美国国家科学基金会、国家海洋研究中心或美国国家海洋和大气管理局资助的。2018年及之后的几年将有一些持续的项目和新的研究活动，主要由联邦基金支持。R/V萨凡纳号有目的地设计了一个大的科学停泊能力，非常适合提供海洋和河口环境的学习机会，并向不同的学生群体展示海洋学研究方法。2017年，R/V萨凡纳号在25次航行中接待了30名本科生、40名研究生、23名高中科学教师和学生以及19名观察员。2017年，萨凡纳州立大学与萨凡纳州立大学合作，继续举办为期两天的本科生研究体验（REU）游轮（OCE-1460457），为来自美国各地的学生提供研究体验。通过在大陆架上进行标准采样制度，在学生研究论文中使用的工作研究船上体验海上生活的机会。乔治亚州和斯基德威海洋学研究所每年定期提供5天以上的时间，以支持初学者和研究生的研究。为了更好地告知和教育公众有关海洋科学的进展，R/V萨凡纳每年向公众开放导游，包括每年吸引1800-2500人参加的uga /斯基德威海洋研究所海洋科学日。优异评审声明：该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响评审标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Overview:This request is to fund the first year, 2018, of a five-year cooperative agreement for Ship Operations ofthe Research Vessel Savannah. Built at the Maine shipyard of Washburn and Doughty and delivered tothe UGA/Skidaway Institute of Oceanography in 2001, the 92-foot coastal research vessel was designedto provide researchers with a versatile platform to conduct primarily federally-funded oceanographicresearch and educational activities in the southeastern U.S. With its moderate draft, the R/V Savannah iscapable of working in a variety of environments, from coastal rivers and estuaries to the outer continentalshelf and beyond. The ship funds will support a variety peer-reviewed NSF funded projects. A technical Description:Over the past 17 years, and in the next five, the R/V Savannah has continued and will continue todemonstrate its ability to host a large number of scientific cruises with a broad spectrum of missionrequirements by providing a vessel with excellent range and endurance for its class, robust overboardhandling systems and the capacity to berth 16 scientists plus 6 crew. For example, federally-fundedprojects over the past two years used the R/V Savannah to assess the role of vitamin B-12 and nitrogenavailability on the regulation of oceanic dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and dimethylsulfide (DMS)across a 250 nautical mile transect from the inner continental shelf to the Sargasso Sea; to study solubleiron fluxing in continental shelf margins using benthic lander deployments to 2500 meters and sedimentcollections to 1000 meters off the North Carolina capes; to quantify the cryptic diet of the globallysignificant pelagic tunicate Dolioletta gegenbauri on the mid-shelf of the South Atlantic Bight, and tomeasure the health of fish stocks from northern Georgia waters to south Florida. The R/V Savannah hasalso supported Navy ship trials and shock tests, ONR glider operations and the maintenance ofmeteorological data buoys as well as a variety of educational programs. All of the aforementionedprojects were federally funded by NSF, ONR or NOAA. 2018 and years following will have somecontinuing projects and new research activities, mostly supported with federal funds.Purposefully designed with a large science berthing capacity, the R/V Savannah is well suited to providelearning opportunities in ocean and estuarine environments and to demonstrate oceanographic researchmethodologies to diverse student populations. In 2017, the R/V Savannah hosted 30 undergraduate, 40graduate students, 23 high school science teachers and students, and 19 observers across 25 cruises. Incollaboration with Savannah State University, the R/V Savannah continued to host the two-day ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) cruise (OCE-1460457) in 2017, giving students from all over theU.S. the opportunity to experience life at sea aboard a working research vessel by conducting standardsampling regimes across the continental shelf to be used in student research papers. The state of Georgiaand Skidaway Institute of Oceanography regularly provide 5+ days per year, to support beginninginvestigator and graduate student research. To better inform and educate the public about advances inocean sciences, the R/V Savannah is open to the public for guided tours each year, including the annualUGA/Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Marine Science Day which draws 1800-2500 participantsannually.The Statement of Merit Review:This 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.