Equipment: WHOI SSSE Proposal Sonardyne USBL Repair and Spare Unit R/V Atlantis

请求资助R/V亚特兰蒂斯号上的海洋仪器（OI），这是一艘274英尺的通用研究船，由伍兹霍尔海洋研究所（WHOI）运营，是美国学术研究舰队（ARF）的一部分，由大学-国家海洋实验室系统（UNOLS）安排。该船归美国海军所有，拥有最先进的仪器，并支持所有学科的海洋学研究。这艘船在世界上所有的海洋工作，支持主要由美国政府机构资助的科学研究。亚特兰蒂斯号是专门为发射和维修阿尔文号、载人潜水器以及国家深潜设施（NDSF）的其他车辆而装备的。根据该提案，WHOI提供了以下OI的技术描述和基本原理：1)Sonardyne USBL维修和备用单元- R/V Atlantis（211,007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国家科学基金会资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受国家科学基金会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任何美国大学或实验室的nsf资助的研究人员为他们的研究访问工作、校准仪器，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。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 (OI) on R/V Atlantis, a 274’ general purpose research vessel operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet (ARF) which is scheduled by the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). The vessel is owned by the U.S. Navy, has state-of-the-art instrumentation and supports all disciplines of oceanographic research. The vessel works in all the world’s oceans supporting science funded primarily by U.S government agencies. R/V Atlantis is specifically outfitted for launching and servicing Alvin, the human occupied submersible as well as other vehicles of the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF). With this proposal, WHOI provides technical descriptions and rationale for the acquisition of the following OI: 1) Sonardyne USBL Repair and Spare Unit – R/V Atlantis $211,007 Broader Impacts The 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.