Oceanographic Technical Services, R/V Thompson and R/V Barnes, 2012-2016

华盛顿大学建议支持R/V汤普森，一个274？通用，全球级研究船，和R/V巴恩斯，66英尺的沿海研究船，都作为大学国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分。 该提案要求为基本服务提供支助。 他们将为R/V Thompson的每次巡航提供至少两名船上技术员，以支持海上研究项目，并维护、校准和向合格用户提供共用研究仪器库中的物品。 作为基本服务的一部分，他们将维护和操作R/V Thompson上的多波束声纳系统。 对于R/V巴恩斯，如果首席科学家需要，技术人员可以航行，尽管由于空间限制，他通常不会航行。技术人员将提供供科学家使用的共用仪器，并在技术人员不出航时提供所需的远程支持。 更广泛的影响本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，以支持他们的NSF资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查）。 对共享使用仪器的维护和操作的支持允许来自任何美国大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员访问工作，校准仪器进行研究，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。

University of Washington proposes to support technical services on R/V Thompson, a 274? general purpose, global class research vessel, and R/V Barnes, a 66-foot coastal research vessel, both operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The proposal requests support for basic services. They will provide at least two shipboard technicians on each cruise of R/V Thompson to support seagoing research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation. As part of the basic services, they will maintain and operate the multibeam sonar systems on R/V Thompson. For R/V Barnes, a technician is available to sail if desired by the chief scientists, though (s)he will often not sail due to space limitations. The technician will provide shared-use instrumentation for use by the scientists, and provide remote support as needed if a technician does not sail. The budget included with this proposal is for the first year of a 5-year continuing grant.Broader ImpactsThe 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 support of 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.