Ship Operations - R/V Roger Revelle

R/V Revelle将于2012年初在印度洋运行，以支持NOAA？美国国家科学基金会的努力，和一个生物海洋学项目研究coccolithophores。 然后，该船将支持海军的工作，直到7月，届时她将过境西萨摩亚进行支持NOAA和NSF的工作。 其中两个项目，PI Embley下的NOAA Vents Program及其与PI Tebo的辅助NSF组件，将使用德国的PICHQuest。 R/V Revelle 2012年的最后一个项目有足够的灵活性，可以根据2013年初的需要在夏威夷或关岛结束。 一个时间的奖励，时间表有一年结束在夏威夷。R/V Revelle是非常适合支持这些计划方面的设备和经验与飞行操作。 该奖项代表了五年合作协议的第一年。 智力价值：拟议工作的智力价值是间接的。 它来源于依赖于海上船上工作的个人研究项目。 国家科学基金会资助的2012年业务科学调查包括：气候变化和海洋酸化的生物反应;海洋环流和热量分布;热液喷口地质学、化学和嗜极生物学。 “Revelle”号研究船的作业也对多种多样的科学学科作出了重大贡献，从中获得的数据使海洋学研究受益，而不仅仅是直接资助参加航行的研究。

R/V Revelle will be operating in the Indian Ocean at the beginning of 2012 in support of the DYNAMO project, a joint NOAA ? NSF effort, and a Biological Oceanography project studying coccolithopohores. The ship will then support Navy work until July, at which time she will transit to Western Samoa to conduct work in support of NOAA and NSF. Two of these projects, NOAA Vents Program under PI Embley, and its ancillary NSF component with PI Tebo, will use the German ROV Quest. The final project of 2012 for R/V Revelle has sufficient flexibility such that it could end in Hawaii or Guam, depending on the needs in early 2013. A the time of award, the schedule had the year ending in Hawaii.R/V Revelle is well suited to support these programs in terms of equipment and experience with ROV operations. This award represents year one of a five year cooperative agreement. Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit of the proposed work is indirect. It derives from the individual research projects that depend upon the shipboard work at sea. NSF-funded scientific investigations for 2012 operations include: biological responses to climate change and ocean acidification; Ocean circulation and heat distribution; and hydrothermal vent geology, chemistry and extremeophile biology.Broader Impacts: The mission of R/V Revelle includes the provision of educational opportunities both to students of the marine sciences, and, through educational outreach. R/V Revelle operations also contribute significantly to a wide diversity of scientific disciplines, the data from which benefit oceanographic research beyond those studies directly funded to participate in cruises.