Ship Operations: R/V Cape Hatteras

项目概述该项目将通过为主要在东海岸进行的研究提供一个安全、高效和经济的平台来支持NSF资助的研究项目，尽管该船在百慕大为天气鸟号在船厂提供覆盖范围。这是一份为期五年的合作协议，在2005财年，194天中的152天将用于支持NSF赞助的9个不同奖项的研究。对于合作协议的每一年，资金取决于支持NSF研究的海上天数，预算将重新谈判。该提案的学术价值在于其所资助的科学项目。这项提议是为了支持一个研究平台。布罗德影响哈特拉斯角支持的研究项目将解决一系列具有社会重要性的问题，包括海洋在气候变化中的作用，淡水输入海洋的污染物的传输和影响，生物化石材料的保存和随时间的变化，以及理解碳循环。拟议的邮轮将有研究生和博士后人员参加，因此将有助于专业教育和发展。为了帮助培养人们对海洋科学的兴趣，该联盟将继续与当地高中和Carteret社区学院合作，为East Carteret高中海洋生物学课程提供每年一次的哈特拉斯角之旅，并为高中和中学科学教师提供与北卡罗来纳州立大学本科技术课程一起航行的机会。此外，还向在杜克大学海洋实验室学习课程的本科生和研究生提供船舶之旅。

Project Summary This project will support NSF funded research programs by providing a safe, efficient, and economical platform for studies conducted primarily on the East Coast, although the ship is providing coverage in Bermuda for the Weatherbird while it is in the ship yard. This is a five-year cooperative agreement, and in CY2005, 152 days out of 194 will be used to support NSF sponsored research for nine different awards. For each year of the cooperative agreement, funding is dependent upon the number of days at sea in support of NSF research, and budgets are renegotiated. The intellectual merit of the proposal lies in the funded science program. This proposal is for support of a research platform.Broader Impacts The research programs supported by Cape Hatteras will address a number of issues of societal importance, including the role of the oceans in climate change, the transport and impact of contaminants from fresh-water inputs into the oceans, preservation and changes of biogenic fossil materials over time, and understanding the carbon cycle. The proposed cruises will have graduate student and post-doctoral personnel participating and, as a result, will contribute to professional education and development. To help foster interest in ocean science, the Consortium will continue its cooperative workings with the local high schools and Carteret Community College, give annual tours of Cape Hatteras for the East Carteret High School Marine Biology classes, and offer high school and middle school science teachers the opportunity to sail with the NC State undergraduate techniques class. In addition, ship tours are also offered to undergraduate and graduate students who take courses at the Duke University Marine Laboratory.