NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: Equipping Underserved Communities with Ocean Intelligence Platforms

NSF 融合加速器轨道 E：为服务欠缺的社区配备海洋情报平台

• 批准号: 2137970
• 负责人: Jan Newton
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2137970&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Convergence; Accelerator; Track; Equipping

The goal of this project is to create ocean-observing buoy systems for indigenous communities in three regions through co-developed Community Research Implementation & Stewardship Plans. The buoy systems will be deployed in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and the Pacific Islands and will provide wave data and other sensor-based insights, with the specific tools and resources identified through co-creation with the communities that will use and maintain them. The co-development process is supported through engagement with three U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System Regional Associations (Alaska Ocean Observing System, Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems, and Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System), all with long-standing, trusted relationships with Indigenous and coastal communities forged over decades of collaboration. The work will serve the needs of underserved communities, providing data that will help them adapt to the changing ocean environment and allowing them to identify the resources and insights they need most. The project is taking advantage of two main innovations, one in engineering and one in co-development of locally stewarded systems to sustain the blue economy in the context of each community’s specific needs. The project includes collaboration with Sofar Ocean Technologies which will provide an existing buoy technology – designed to be affordable and convenient – that includes measures of waves, sea surface temperature, turbidity, and water level as well as integrated solar power, satellite data connectivity, and modular sensor payload capabilities that allow expansion. Outreach specialists, local liaisons, and local partners will engage communities to assess coastal ocean data needs that these assets can meet, and work with the communities to determine the tools to best present those data for effective decision making and monitoring of resources. The team expects to contribute to an increasing body of methodologies for co design and democratization of ocean observing data, which then can be extended to other ocean observing systems worldwide. The project will also create new repositories of hyper-local wave and temperature data that can be used by ocean modelers, coastal planners, and wave scientists for model optimization, adaptation, planning, and large-scale scientific research. The initial focus is on Indigenous communities in remote areas, whose lives, livelihoods, and cultures depend on sustainable use of ocean resources. However, the project has national and global scalability because it is piloted in three very different regions with diverse environmental conditions and varied ocean uses, providing an opportunity for comprehensive field testing of efforts that can be applied to other locations. The project will give communities access to information and insights to empower their own blue economy goals, while creating a system for stewarding these valuable data and observation resources through local ownership.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.

该项目的目标是通过共同制定的社区研究执行管理计划，为三个区域的土著社区建立海洋观测浮标系统。浮标系统将部署在阿拉斯加、太平洋西北部和太平洋岛屿，并将提供波浪数据和其他基于传感器的见解，并通过与使用和维护它们的社区共同创造来确定特定的工具和资源。联合开发过程通过与三个美国综合海洋观测系统区域协会（阿拉斯加海洋观测系统，西北网络海洋观测系统协会和太平洋岛屿海洋观测系统）的合作得到支持，这些协会都与土著和沿海社区建立了长期，值得信赖的关系。这项工作将满足服务不足社区的需求，提供数据，帮助他们适应不断变化的海洋环境，并使他们能够确定他们最需要的资源和见解。该项目利用两项主要创新，一项是工程方面的创新，另一项是共同开发当地管理系统，以根据每个社区的具体需求维持蓝色经济。该项目包括与Sofar海洋技术公司的合作，该公司将提供现有的浮标技术-旨在负担得起和方便-包括测量波浪，海面温度，浊度和水位以及集成太阳能，卫星数据连接和模块化传感器有效载荷能力，允许扩展。外联专家、当地联络员和当地合作伙伴将与社区合作，评估这些资产可以满足的沿海海洋数据需求，并与社区合作，确定最佳呈现这些数据的工具，以便有效决策和监测资源。 该小组预计将为海洋观测数据的共同设计和民主化提供越来越多的方法，然后可以扩展到世界各地的其他海洋观测系统。该项目还将创建新的超本地波浪和温度数据库，可供海洋建模人员、海岸规划人员和波浪科学家用于模型优化、适应、规划和大规模科学研究。 最初的重点是偏远地区的土著社区，他们的生活，生计和文化取决于海洋资源的可持续利用。然而，该项目具有国家和全球的可扩展性，因为它是在三个环境条件和海洋用途各不相同的非常不同的区域进行试点的，为全面实地测试可适用于其他地点的努力提供了机会。该项目将为社区提供信息和见解，以实现他们自己的蓝色经济目标，同时创建一个系统，通过当地所有权管理这些宝贵的数据和观测资源。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。