Oceanographic Instrumentation for the R/V Savannah

请求为“萨凡纳”号提供额外的备用仪器。R/V Savannah是一艘92英尺的海岸研究船，由Skidaway海洋研究所运营，是大学-国家海洋实验室系统（UNOLS）研究船队的一部分。自2001年秋季投入使用以来，这艘92英尺的海岸/本地级科考船已被证明是一个能力强且经济高效的平台，可用于一系列研究和教育项目。该船的主要工作区域是美国东南部的大陆架、海岸和河口环境。这艘船还进行了穿越墨西哥湾流进入马尾藻海西部的巡航，最远到达加勒比海东南部的库拉索岛。2011年，“萨凡纳”号完成了140天的海上航行。NSF资助的项目占总航行计划的62%。2012年，R/V Savannah计划航行161天，其中NSF天数占总航行时间的61%。本提案中要求的海洋仪器包括：1)多波束数据收集和分析系统$24,3752)便携式清洁水系统$11,369总计$35,744目前提案的主要影响是在标准二下，为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享使用的仪器来支持他们的国家科学基金会资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受国家科学基金会相关研究项目的单独审查）。共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许来自任何美国大学或实验室的nsf资助的研究人员为他们的研究访问工作、校准仪器，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。

A request is made to fund additional and back-up instrumentation for the R/V Savannah. The R/V Savannah is a 92 foot coastal research vessel operated by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet.Since put into service in the fall of 2001, this 92-foot coastal/local class research vessel has proven to be a capable and cost-effective platform for a range of research and education projects. The primary working area for the vessel has been the continental shelf, coastal and estuarine environments of the Southeastern United States. The ship has also conducted cruises that have crossed the Gulf Stream into the western Sargasso Sea and as far as Curacao in the SE Caribbean. In 2011, the R/V Savannah completed 140 days at sea. NSF funded projects accounted for 62% of the total sailing schedule. In 2012, R/V Savannah is scheduled for 161 days with NSF days accounting for 61% of the total sailing schedule.Oceanographic instrumentation requested in this proposal includes: 1) Multibeam data collection and analysis system $24,3752) Portable clean water system $11,369 TOTAL $35,744Broader Impacts: The principal impact of the present proposal is under criterion two, providing infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.