Collaborative Research: Engineering Study for a Cabled Observatory on the Beaufort Shelf

这份SGER是确定波弗特海大陆架附近电缆天文台的仪器、选址和预算的三项合作努力之一。2004财年，联邦立法要求在阿拉斯加州巴罗附近建立一个巴罗全球气候变化基金。与其他地方设想的有线观测站一样，这是一个前所未有的机会，可以连续、实时地访问水柱、海冰底部和海底沉积物。过去一年来，该设施的规划工作一直在进行，但重点几乎只放在物理设施(即建筑物)上。如果不尽快对科学基础设施进行专门的规划，在这个地点开展最好的科学研究的最佳机会可能无法实现。方法将是首先在巴罗举办一次研讨会，汇集海洋学家、地震学家、生物学家、海冰专家、石油行业代表和教育工作者。重点将是讨论需要什么仪器来研究波弗特大陆架和邻近水域。由此产生的报告将构成工程研究的基础，其中将包括执行的初步计划。这些计划将集中于调整为其他海底观测站开发的技术，以及如何利用通常部署在系泊设备上的设备。第二次会议将产生一份工程报告，将最初的科学计划转化为北极海底安装的一系列技术要求。在“更广泛的影响”方面，应该指出，这一努力已经与巴罗社区的主要支持者广泛协调，并得到该社区领导人的支持。三个独立的SGER提案是：0438100 Chayes，戴尔哥伦比亚大学0438102 ProShuinsky，Andrey Wood Hole海洋研究所Cave，Alan Detrick，Robert0439107 Coakley，Bernard University of Alaska Fairbank Weingartner，Thomas这种人才组合是必要的，也是足以完成拟议任务的。

This SGER is one of three collaborative efforts to define the instrumentation, sites and budget for a cabled observatory adjacent to the continental shelf of the Beaufort Sea. FY04 federal legislation calls for building a Barrow Global Climate Change Facility near Barrow, Alaska. As with cabled observatories envisioned elsewhere, this is an unprecedented opportunity for continuous, real-time access to the water column, the underside of sea ice and ocean bottom sediments.Planning for this facility has been proceeding for the past year, but the emphasis has been nearly solely on the physical facility (i.e., the building). Without dedicated planning to the science infrastructure being done soon, it is possible that the best opportunity to undertake the best science in this venue may be unrealized.The methodology will be to first hold a workshop in Barrow, bringing together oceanographers,seismologists, biologists, sea ice specialists, oil industry representatives and educators. The focus will be a discussion of what instrumentation would be necessary to study the Beaufort Shelf and adjacent waters. The resulting report will form the basis for engineering studies that would include preliminary plans for implementation. These plans would concentrate on adaptation of technology being developed for other seafloor observatories and how to exploit devices routinely deployed on moorings. A second meeting would result in an engineering report, translating the original science plan into a series of technical requirements for an Arctic seafloor installation.It should be noted in the area of "Broader Impacts" that this effort has been extensively coordinated with key constituencies of the Barrow community, and is endorsed by leaders of that community.The three separate SGER proposals are:0438100 Chayes, Dale Columbia University0438102 Proshutinsky, Andrey Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution Chave, Alan Detrick, Robert0439107 Coakley, Bernard University of Alaska Fairbanks Weingartner, ThomasThis combination of talents is both necessary and sufficient to complete the tasks as proposed.