Ship Operations - R/V Melville

R/V梅尔维尔号将于2012年初在南大西洋为海军提供支持，随后进行53天的MGG巡航。然后，该船将前往智利，在那里它将开始由NSF、Scripps和NOAA共同支持的EPR三重结（PI Blackman）工作，随后由NSF PI Trehu对俯冲带进行震后研究。然后，这艘船将向北行驶，前往加拉帕戈斯群岛，在那里，PI韦勒将执行一项由noaa资助的任务，以支持分层海洋参考站进行观测。离开加拉帕戈斯群岛后，这艘船将前往圣地亚哥，完成今年的各种机构和国家科学基金会资助的工作。智力价值：建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单个研究项目的智力价值。2012年nsf资助的科学调查包括：海洋地质；地震灾害研究；气候观测;以及仪器开发。更广泛的影响：R/V梅尔维尔的使命包括为海洋科学的学生提供教育机会，并通过教育推广。R/V梅尔维尔行动还为广泛的科学学科多样性作出了重大贡献，从中获得的数据使海洋学研究受益，而不仅仅是那些直接资助参与巡航的研究。

R/V Melville will be operating in the South Atlantic at the beginning of 2012 in support of the Navy, followed by a 53-day MGG cruise. The ship will then transit to Chile, where it will begin work jointly supported by NSF, Scripps and NOAA on the EPR Triple Junction (PI Blackman), followed by post-seismic studies of the subduction zone by NSF PI Trehu. The ship will then head north en-route to the Galapagos at which time PI Weller will conduct a NOAA-funded mission to make observation in support of the Stratus Ocean Reference Station. After leaving the Galapagos area, the ship will transit to San Diego and finish the year performing a variety of institutional as well as NSF-funded work. Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit of the proposed work is indirect. It derives from the intellectual merit of the individual research projects that depend upon the shipboard work at sea. NSF-funded scientific investigations for 2012 operations include: marine geology; seismic hazard studies; climate observations; and instrumentation development. Broader Impacts: The mission of R/V Melville includes the provision of educational opportunities both to students of the marine sciences, and, through educational outreach. R/V Melville 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.