2009 Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment

摘要2009年7月28日提案编号：0943484机构：迈阿密大学PI： R.该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该提案要求为迈阿密大学运营的船舶（即R/V WALTON SMITH）提供许多船上科学支持（SSSE）项目。 这些请求特别包括过去NSF检查或巡航后评估（PCA）建议的项目，以及由于成本而被运营商推迟的项目。 所有要求的项目都将提高安全性，增强科学支持能力，或延长船舶使用寿命。 由于这些要求的性质和时间，SSSE计划通常要求的供应商报价标准被免除，其中许多数字是出于预算目的提供的估计数，主要基于船舶运营商过去类似工作的经验。 更广泛的影响： 沃尔顿史密斯号研究船支持联邦政府资助的南大西洋和墨西哥湾的科学研究，以扩大人类对海洋环境的了解。 在作业期间，该船定期让研究生和本科生接触航海海洋学。 还通过从船舶到海岸的实时卫星连接、开放日活动和教育巡航来实现公共外联。 沃尔顿史密斯计划在2009年完成超过70个NSF赞助日。

ABSTRACT 28 July 2009Proposal Number: 0943484Institution: University of MiamiPI: R. KniffinThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The proposal requests numerous Shipboard Scientific Support (SSSE) items for the vessel operated by the University of Miami; namely the R/V WALTON SMITH. The requests specifically include items that have been recommended from past NSF inspections, or Post-Cruise Assessments (PCA's) and have been otherwise deferred by the operators due to cost. All of the items requested will either improve safety, enhance science support capability, or extend vessel service life. Due to the nature and timing of these requests, the vendor quotation standards normally required by the SSSE Program were waived out of necessity with many of the figures provided as estimates for budgetary purposes and based mainly on past experience of the vessel operators for similar work. Broader Impacts: The R/V WALTON SMITH supports federally funded scientific research in the southern Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico in order to expand human knowledge of the ocean environment. During operations, the vessel routinely exposes graduate and undergraduate students to seagoing oceanography. Pubic outreach is also achieved through real-time satellite connectivity from ship to shore, open house events, and educational cruises. The WALTON SMITH is scheduled to complete over 70 NSF sponsored days in 2009.