R/V Kilo Moana Ship Operations CY18-23

R/V Kilo Moana 船舶运营 CY18-23

• 批准号: 1822903
• 负责人: Anita Lopez
• 金额: $ 2372.82万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1822903&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Kilo; Moana; Ship; Operations; CY18

University of Hawaii seeks funds to continue operating R/V Kilo Moana, a research vessel owned by the US Navy and operated by University of Hawaii as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Academic Research Fleet. This general purpose Ocean Class SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) research vessel's home port is Honolulu, Hawaii, making it the only ARF vessel based in the central North Pacific Ocean. This location provides proximity to research sites in the central and western Pacific, with transit costs more than a week less than ships based on the US West coast.A particular focus of research using R/V Kilo Moana is the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) site at Station ALOHA, an important site for study of biogeochemistry, oceanography, climate and plankton ecology and microbiology processes in the oligotrophic subtropical North Pacific Ocean (http://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/hot/). The 30-year HOT program stands as a landmark achievement in US ocean research, and Station ALOHA has been recognized as a "Milestones in Microbiology Site" by the American Society for Microbiology. Research at Ocean Station ALOHA was a key element in the award of support by NSF for the Center for Microbial Ocean Research and Education (C-MORE) as a Science and Technology Center of Excellence at UH, and in the selection of HOT co-founder David Karl as a Fellow of the National Academy of Science. Research at HOT has advanced our understanding of ocean nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus cycles, and the extraordinary time-series of ocean pH from Station ALOHA (Dore, et al, 2009 - http://www.pnas.org/content/106/30/12235.full) documents both the seasonal variability and the decadal increase in upper ocean acidification here, correlated closely to the well-known changes in CO2 in the atmosphere on nearby Mauna Kea.R/V Kilo Moana provides access to the sea to any US researcher funded by NSF or another US Federal agency. The stable SWATH design provides access to researchers who would otherwise be unable to sail due to seasickness, as vessel motion is much less than on a standard "mono-hull" vessel. The ship carries state-of-the-art systems for seafloor mapping, and UH is completing trials of Lu'ukai, UH's new 6000-meter ROV that will support deep submergence science from Kilo Moana at Station ALOHA, in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (Northwest Hawaiian Islands), and throughout the Pacific. Kilo Moana supports NSF Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) site and many other educational opportunities for students, funded both by Federal agencies and SOESTThis 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.

夏威夷大学寻求资金继续运营R/V Kilo Moana，这是一艘由美国海军拥有的研究船，由夏威夷大学运营，作为大学国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）学术研究舰队的一部分。这艘通用海洋级SWATH（小水线面区域双船体）研究船的母港是夏威夷的檀香山，使其成为唯一一艘位于北太平洋中部的ARF船。这个位置靠近太平洋中部和西部的研究地点，运输成本比美国西海岸的船只少一个多星期。使用R/V基洛莫阿纳的研究的一个特别重点是位于ALOHA站的夏威夷海洋时间序列（HOT）站点，这是研究地球化学，海洋学，北太平洋贫营养亚热带的气候和浮游生物生态学及微生物学过程（http：//hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/hot/）。为期30年的HOT计划是美国海洋研究的里程碑式成就，ALOHA站被美国微生物学会评为“微生物学里程碑”。海洋站ALOHA的研究是NSF支持微生物海洋研究和教育中心（C-MORE）作为UH卓越科学技术中心的关键因素，并选择HOT联合创始人大卫卡尔作为国家科学院院士。HOT的研究增进了我们对海洋氮、碳和磷循环的理解，ALOHA站（Dore等人，2009年-http：//www.pnas.org/content/106/30/12235.full）记录了海洋上层酸化的季节性变化和十年增加，与附近莫纳克亚山大气中众所周知的二氧化碳变化密切相关。基洛莫阿纳研究船为美国国家科学基金会或另一个美国联邦机构资助的任何美国研究人员提供了进入海洋的机会。稳定的小水线面双体船设计为研究人员提供了机会，否则他们会因晕船而无法航行，因为船舶运动远小于标准的“单体”船舶。该船携带最先进的海底测绘系统，UH正在完成Lu'ukai的试验，这是UH新的6000米潜水器，将支持在Papahanaumokuakea海洋国家纪念碑（西北夏威夷群岛）和整个太平洋的ALOHA站的Kilo Moana的深潜科学。Kilo Moana支持NSF本科生研究体验（REU）网站和许多其他学生教育机会，由联邦机构和SOEST资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。