FSML: Acquisition of a CTD/Rosette Sampling System for the R/V Gulf Challenger Serving the Marine Laboratories at the University of New Hampshire

新汉普郡大学(UNH)获得一笔赠款，用于为R/V Bay Challenger购买现代电导率-温度-深度(CTD)仪器、采样玫瑰花环和绞车系统。该系统将为支持三个海洋实验室的研究和教育提供新的必要能力，这些实验室包括：(A)位于大湾/小湾河口系统沿岸的杰克逊河口实验室；(B)位于新罕布夏州纽卡斯尔的格雷格海洋科学综合体，位于皮斯卡塔卡河与缅因湾的交汇处；(C)位于缅因湾浅滩岛上的浅滩海洋实验室。该CTD系统将提供的水文属性(电导率、盐度、温度)、物理化学属性(光合作用有效辐射(PAR))以及生物和地质过程的替代物(溶解氧、叶绿素a荧光和光束透过率)的高分辨率垂直剖面图是海洋学实地工作的重要组成部分，并将立即影响UNH正在进行的许多研究。这一项目的广泛影响包括：(A)支持每年200多名本科生和研究生参加使用R/V Bay Challenger的课程的教育；(B)改进在缅因湾西部进行研究的研究生可以使用的先进科学仪器；(C)加强对在浅滩海洋实验室进行暑期课程的本科生和高中生的培训；(D)支持对170名UNH海洋讲师的培训以及通过新汉普郡海洋基金每年向数百名学生提供的“从K到Gray”教育方案；以及(E)通过体验式的“探索邮轮”和UNH海洋方案的“了解海岸日”加强公共教育，每年影响数百名普通公众。

The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is awarded a grant to purchase a modern conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) instrument, sampling rosette, and winch system for the R/V Gulf Challenger. This system will provide a new and essential capacity in support of research and education at three of its marine laboratories, including: (a) the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory on the shores of the Great Bay/Little Bay estuarine system; (b) the Gregg Marine Science Complex, in New Castle, New Hampshire at the confluence of the Piscataqua River and the Gulf of Maine; and (c) the Shoals Marine Laboratory, located on the Isles of Shoals in the Gulf of Maine. The high resolution vertical profiling of hydrographic properties (conductivity, salinity, temperature), physiochemical properties (photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)), and surrogates for biological and geological processes (dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a fluorescence and beam transmittance) that this CTD system will provide is an essential component of oceanographic field work and will immediately impact numerous ongoing studies at UNH. These include research on ocean carbonate chemistry, climate linkages to coastal productivity in the Gulf of Maine, nutrient over-enrichment within the Great Bay Estuary, coastal and ocean mapping, and ocean color satellite remote sensing, as well as support of visiting investigator and student research.Broader impacts of this project include: (a) supporting the education of over 200 undergraduate and graduate students per year in courses that use the R/V Gulf Challenger; (b) improving the advanced scientific instrumentation available to graduate students pursuing research in the Western Gulf of Maine; (c) enhancing training of undergraduate and high school students undertaking summer courses at the Shoals Marine Laboratory; (d) supporting the training of the 170 UNH Marine Docents and the "K to Gray" educational programs that they provide to hundreds of students annually through New Hampshire Sea Grant; and (e) enhancing public education through experiential "Discovery Cruises" and through the UNH Marine Program's "Know the Coast Day" that impact hundreds of the general public each year.