University of Georgia/RV Savannah Oceanographic Instrumentation

请求为研究船“萨凡纳号”提供海洋学仪器，这是一艘92英尺长的沿海研究船，由斯基达韦海洋学研究所拥有和经营，是学术研究船队的一部分。该船的主要工作区域是美国东南部的大陆架、沿海和河口环境。该船还进行了巡航，已越过墨西哥湾流进入西部马尾藻海，并尽可能库拉考在加勒比东南部。R/V萨凡纳专门设计了一个大型的科学停泊能力，以提供在海洋和河口环境中的学习机会，并向多样化和往往服务不足的学生群体展示海洋学研究方法。 2020年，在疫情缩短的季节里，“R/V萨凡纳”号完成了51天的海上航行。NSF资助的项目占总航行时间表的34天（71%）。2021年，该船目前有190天的计划，其中107天（56%）是NSF。通过本建议书，Skidaway提供了技术说明和购买以下海洋仪器的理由：实验室和网络UPS（ESTIMATE）7，638美元SBE 32 C塔架闩锁组件16，443美元流通生物地球化学光学系统245，278美元数据呈现系统11，550美元 280，909美元更广泛的影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南（NSF 19-602）的优点审查标准2。它为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享使用的仪器来支持他们的NSF资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查）。 共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许来自美国任何大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员使用工作、校准的仪器进行研究，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。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，被认为值得支持。

A request is made to fund Oceanographic Instrumentation for the Research Vessel Savannah, a 92-foot coastal research vessel, owned and operated by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography as part of the Academic Research Fleet (ARF). The primary working area for the vessel has been the continental shelf, coastal and estuarine environments of the Southeastern United States. The ship has also conducted cruises that have crossed the Gulf Stream into the western Sargasso Sea and as far as Curacao in the SE Caribbean. The R/V Savannah has been specifically designed with a large science berthing capacity to provide learning opportunities in ocean and estuarine environments and to demonstrate oceanographic research methodologies to diverse and often under-served student populations. In 2020, in a pandemic-shortened season, the R/V Savannah completed 51 days at sea. NSF funded projects accounted for 34 days (71%) of the total sailing schedule. In 2021, the vessel currently has 190 days scheduled, of which 107 days (56%) are for NSF. With this proposal, Skidaway provides technical descriptions and rationale for the acquisition of the following Oceanographic Instrumentation:Laboratory and Network UPS (ESTIMATE) $7,638SBE 32C Pylon latch assembly $16,443Flow-through Biogeochemical Optical System $245,278Data-presence System $11,550 $280,909Broader ImpactsThe principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 19-602). It provides infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.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.