Research Infrastructure: Management and Operations of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI 2.5)

研究基础设施：海洋观测站计划的管理和运营（OOI 2.5）

• 批准号: 2244833
• 负责人: James Edson
• 金额: $ 21982.98万
• 依托单位: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2028-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2244833&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Infrastructure; Management; Operations; Ocean

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is a community-inspired and community-serving research observatory. Its mission is to safely operate and maintain sophisticated arrays of instruments and associated infrastructure that collect, archive, and distribute quality oceanic and marine atmospheric data to the ocean and Earth science communities. OOI measurements provide comprehensive insights into the Earth, ocean, and atmosphere for scientists, educators, students, laypersons, industry, and policymakers. OOI data and derived products improve our understanding of the processes that impact climate variability, ecosystems, fisheries, geohazards, and the subseafloor environment, which in turn advance the capabilities of decision-makers charged with the stewardship of ocean resources. Common and open access to OOI data and resources fosters partnerships between international academic and non-academic organizations. All OOI data are backed up by documented procedures and metadata, distributed freely to users via a common web portal (at www.oceanobservatories.org), and archived. OOI’s open data policies support early career scientists and investigators as well as an array of educational programs. The breadth and depth of capabilities provided by the OOI provide transformative scientific and educational opportunities for the community at large.OOI manages and operates five ocean arrays located at scientifically strategic locations in the open ocean (Global Arrays), shelf waters (Coastal Arrays), and on the seabed (Cabled Array). The Global Irminger Sea Array (off Greenland) provides physical, biological, and chemical measurements of the water column. It captures mesoscale variability and air-sea fluxes in a region of documented deep-water formation, which impacts the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and changes in ocean heat transport. The Station Papa Array (Gulf of Alaska) quantifies water column properties and mesoscale variability in a region of longstanding scientific interest for studies ranging from ocean circulation and air-sea fluxes to carbon cycling and biological productivity amongst others. In 2024, the Pioneer Array will be relocated to the Mid-Atlantic Bight where it will enable new science and educational opportunities in a high-energy continental shelf environment. Its design will address the influence of the strong western boundary current in this part of the Atlantic as well as terrestrial freshwater inputs to the biologically productive and diverse ecosystems found there. The Regional Cabled Array brings high-power and high-bandwidth capacity, which allows real-time, two-way communications with the oceans. It will continue to provide new insights into interlinked seismic, volcanic, and hydrothermal processes operating off the Oregon coast, the flux of methane from the seafloor, and the seafloor biosphere. The Endurance Array provides interdisciplinary observations within the coastal upwelling region of the Oregon and Washington coasts, provides observations of the eastern boundary current regime at both short and longer, climate-relevant time scales that lead to new insights into shelf/slope nutrient exchange, air-sea property exchange, carbon cycling, and ocean acidification.This renewal award to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), for continued operations and management, builds upon the accomplishments of the initial award and incorporates new operational and outreach changes in response to community input. WHOI, the University of Washington (UW), and Oregon State University (OSU) will continue to provide scientific and technical management and operation and maintenance for the next phase of the Ocean Observatories Initiative. The organizational structure of the initial award will be retained with the Program Management Office (PMO) residing at WHOI under the direction of the National Science Foundation. Each of the three institutions will continue to maintain the marine and computing assets for which they are currently responsible; WHOI will operate the Pioneer Array, and the two Global Arrays in the Irminger Sea and at Station Papa, UW will operate the Regional Cabled Array, and OSU will operate the Endurance Array and the Cyberinfrastructure systems, including data ingestion and delivery. Performance metrics for OOI include quantification of scientific output, program management, systems performance, data usage, data quality, and community engagement.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.

海洋观测站倡议（OOI）是一个受社区启发并为社区服务的研究观测站。它的使命是安全地操作和维护精密的仪器阵列和相关基础设施，收集、存档和向海洋和地球科学界分发高质量的海洋和海洋大气数据。OOI测量为科学家，教育工作者，学生，外行，工业和政策制定者提供了对地球，海洋和大气的全面见解。OOI数据和衍生产品提高了我们对影响气候变化、生态系统、渔业、地质灾害和海底环境的过程的理解，这反过来又提高了负责海洋资源管理的决策者的能力。对OOI数据和资源的共同和开放访问促进了国际学术和非学术组织之间的伙伴关系。所有OOI数据都有记录程序和元数据备份，通过一个共同的门户网站（www.oceanobservatories.org）免费分发给用户，并存档。OOI的开放数据政策支持早期职业科学家和调查人员以及一系列教育计划。OOI提供的能力的广度和深度为整个社区提供了变革性的科学和教育机会。OOI管理和运营五个海洋阵列，位于公海（全球阵列），大陆架沃茨（沿海阵列）和海底（电缆阵列）的科学战略位置。全球Irminger海阵列（格陵兰岛附近）提供水柱的物理，生物和化学测量。它捕捉中尺度变率和海气通量在一个区域的记录深水形成，影响大西洋纬向翻转环流和海洋热输送的变化。Papa阵列站（阿拉斯加湾）对一个长期具有科学意义的地区的水柱特性和中尺度变化进行了量化，研究范围从海洋环流和海气通量到碳循环和生物生产力等。2024年，先锋阵列将搬迁到中大西洋湾，在高能大陆架环境中创造新的科学和教育机会。其设计将考虑到大西洋这一部分强大的西部边界流的影响以及陆地淡水对那里的生物生产力和多样性生态系统的影响。区域电缆阵列具有高功率和高带宽容量，可实现与海洋的实时双向通信。它将继续为俄勒冈州海岸外相互关联的地震、火山和热液过程、海底甲烷通量和海底生物圈提供新的见解。耐力阵列在俄勒冈州和华盛顿州海岸的沿海上升流区域内提供跨学科观测，在短期和长期气候相关的时间尺度上提供东部边界流态观测，从而对陆架/斜坡营养交换、海气属性交换、碳循环和海洋酸化产生新的见解。为了持续的运营和管理，建立在最初授予的成就基础上，并根据社区的投入纳入新的运营和外联变化。世界卫生组织、华盛顿大学和俄勒冈州州立大学将继续为海洋观测站倡议的下一阶段提供科学和技术管理以及操作和维护。最初奖项的组织结构将保留在国家科学基金会指导下的WHOI项目管理办公室（PMO）。三个机构中的每一个都将继续维护他们目前负责的海洋和计算资产; WHOI将运营先锋阵列，以及Irminger海和Papa站的两个全球阵列，UW将运营区域电缆阵列，OSU将运营耐久阵列和网络基础设施系统，包括数据摄取和交付。OOI的绩效指标包括科学产出、项目管理、系统性能、数据使用、数据质量和社区参与的量化。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。