R/V Atlantis Operations

2005年，R/V亚特兰蒂斯号将继续她的主要任务，为阿尔文号和国家深潜设施(NDSF)的运载工具提供支持，同时也进行一般的海洋学研究。亚特兰蒂斯号今年有271天的日程安排，其中233天是为了支持NSF资助的研究项目。这是一项为期五年的合作协议，协议每一年的资金将通过谈判获得，并取决于支持NSF资助的研究的海上天数。智力价值本提案中要求的船舶支持是NSF 14个研究项目的实地工作所必需的。作为NSF颁奖过程中不可或缺的一部分，这些项目经过了严格的科学和智力价值评估。颁奖过程的高度竞争性确保了非常高的智力水平。亚特兰蒂斯研究方案所获得的知识和发现将加强我们对海洋的了解，并解决一系列重要的科学问题。研究人员将获得设备和熟练的船上人员，以安全和有效地在海上进行科学工作。亚特兰蒂斯号是这些研究项目的平台。更广泛的影响陈述2005年和随后几年支持的海洋研究方案将对了解在快速扩张的海脊形成的洋壳的形成和结构、确定基因流动、物种多样性和几个相距很远的地点的热液喷口群落的生物地理，以及测试新的系泊技术以近实时从海底传感器网络到海岸的遥测数据将是重要的。在未来的几年里，这些智力的努力将继续拓宽我们对海洋的理解，引发新的问题，并证实科学理论。海洋考察在许多方面都是课堂的延伸。邮轮航段的工作人员种类繁多，包括高级和初级科学家、博士后研究人员、工程师、技术人员以及研究生和本科生。这些巡游是非同寻常的教育体验，让所有这些参与者接触到新的想法，教授基本的科学原理，并提出激发对海洋如何工作的新思考的问题。在过去的几年里，人们越来越意识到我们有责任将科学带入课堂，并向公众开放，这导致了分享科学发现的新途径的发展。邮轮网站的概念已经非常有效地到达教室，通过实时图像、数据以及科学家和世界各地学校学生之间的双向交流。这将出海体验从一条腿上的几个参与者扩展到数千名学生，以及普通公众。有几个邮轮计划使用这一工具，通过在其本国机构或通过社区组织维护的网站(例如RIDGE2000)以网络为基础的办法提供数据。世界卫生组织网站(http://www.whoi.edu))率先努力向公众展示海洋项目的成果(例如潜水和发现网站：http://science.whoi.edu/DiveDiscover)，)，我们正在继续开发利用世界卫生组织网站的新方法，向更多的受众传达海洋研究的兴奋和重要性。

Project Summary In 2005 R/V Atlantis will continue her primary mission as support ship for Alvin and vehicles from the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) while also carrying out general oceanographic research. The ATLANTIS has a 271 day schedule this year, and 233 of these days are in support of NSF funded research programs. This is a five year cooperative agreement, and funding for each year of the agreement will be negotiated and is dependent on the number of days at sea in support of NSF-funded research.Intellectual Merit The ship support requested in this proposal is required for the fieldwork of 14 NSF research projects. These programs have been rigorously evaluated for scientific and intellectual merit as an integral part of the NSF award process. The highly competitive nature of the award granting process ensures a very high level of intellectual merit. The knowledge gained and the discoveries made by the research programs on Atlantis will enhance our understanding of the oceans and address a broad range of important scientific questions. Researchers will be provided with the equipment, and skilled shipboard personnel, required to safely and productively pursue their scientific endeavors at sea. The Atlantis serves as the platform for these research programs. Broader Impacts Statement The sea-going research programs supported in 2005 and subsequent years will be important in understanding the formation and structure of ocean crust created at fast spreading ridges, determining gene flow, species diversity, and biogeography of hydrothermal vent communities at several widely separated locations, and test new mooring technology to telemeter data from networks of seafloor sensors to shore in near-real-time. These intellectual endeavors will continue to broaden our understanding of the oceans, spur new questions, and confirm scientific theory for years to come.An oceanographic expedition is in many respects an extension of the classroom. Cruise legs are staffed by a diverse mix of senior and junior scientists, post-doctoral investigators, engineers, technicians and graduate and undergraduate students. These cruises are extraordinary educational experiences that expose all of these participants to new ideas, teach fundamental scientific principles, and raise questions that stimulate new thinking about how the oceans work. Over the past several years an increased awareness of our responsibility to bring science into the classroom, and to the general public, has resulted in the development of new avenues to share scientific findings. The cruise web site concept has been very effective in reaching the classroom with real-time images, data and two-way communication between scientists and students in schools around the world. This extends the sea-going experience from the handful of participants on a single leg to thousands of students, as well as to the general public. Several cruises are planning to use this tool to present their data through web-based approaches either at their home institution or through web sites maintained by community organizations (e.g. RIDGE2000). The WHOI web site (http://www.whoi.edu) has pioneered efforts to present the results of sea-going projects to the general public (e.g. the Dive and Discover web site: http://science.whoi.edu/DiveDiscover), and we are continuing to develop new ways of using the WHOI web site to convey the excitement and importance of seagoing research to a larger audience.