R/V Oceanus Ship Operations

2012年，俄勒冈州州立大学（OSU）船舶运营部获得了R/V Oceanus运营资金，以支持国家科学基金会资助的科学研究。Oceanus上的拟议工作将为7名不同的主要调查人员提供17条不同的航线。在Oceanus计划的158个运行日中，有84%将支持NSF计划;其他资金来源（海军和NOAA）支持今年剩余的时间表。R/V Oceanus从2012年开始，从马萨诸塞州的伍兹霍尔到俄勒冈州的纽波特进行为期26天的过境。抵达后，OSU将从WHOI接管对该船的操作控制。在3月中旬进行预定的检查后，海洋号将为俄勒冈州立大学进行首次巡航;莱文的多年项目海岸边观测和预测科学技术中心（C-MOP）。莱文将在秋季进行重复巡航。Reimers随后进行了大陆架海底氧气项目，该项目将在几天内得到加强，以便为McManus的Nd同位素工作增加一个辅助项目。这两个项目将在9月重新启动。野外季节的剩余时间将主要用于支持卡斯卡迪亚断层监测工作。Toomey、Carbotte、Bibee和Carton将在夏季和秋季部署和回收大量海底地震仪。这是一项为期五年的合作协议，协议每年的资金将通过谈判确定，并取决于支持NSF资助研究的海上天数。R/V Oceanus由国家科学基金会拥有，作为UNOLS船舶运营，遵守UNOLS安全标准和NSF检查。Oceanus支持的研究的更广泛的影响和技术价值在单独的科学提案中得到了解决。2011年，Wecoma开展了主要由国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）和国家科学基金会（NSF）资助的研究，包括通过海洋观测计划（OOI）。主要研究者（PI）主要来自OSU和NOAA，其他研究者来自俄勒冈州大学和WHOI。在2012年Oceanus将主要支持NSF资助的项目与PI从俄勒冈州立大学和其他机构，包括O的U和WHOI，和WHOI，和NOAA的工作由NOAA PI博士Feely。Oceanus还将支持两个海军资助的项目。预计支持的研究将包括来自各种学术机构以及联邦机构的科学家和研究生。Oceanus开展的工作将包括生物、化学、物理和地质海洋学调查，沿着大气科学研究。预计支持的研究将提高对各种海洋和大气过程的理解，有助于研究领域的生态知识，并为大气和海洋科学研究生提供机会，以获得海上研究经验。2012年的大部分工作将集中在扩大卡斯卡迪亚断层的知识体系上。这个不稳定的断层类似于日本附近的边界逆冲断层，导致了2011年春季的毁灭性地震和随后的海啸。俄勒冈州立大学还为那些通常不参与海洋学研究的人提供偶尔参加海上作业的机会。这包括来自几个学术机构的各种本科生，海上教师和OSU哈特菲尔德海洋科学中心（HMSC）志愿者团体。2011年，Oceanus举办了第一次“海上PI培训巡航”，旨在为下一代海上科学家在业务和行政上做好准备。其他公共图尔斯参观了西海岸海洋图书馆员，纽波特小学（95名儿童），俄勒冈州弯曲奥尔的Trinity路德高中，州立大学本科生，美国童子军（三次），向上集团（三次三章），GSOC，沃尔德波特或小学，俄勒冈州州长，来自俄勒冈州渔业和野生动物部的高级官员、国会工作人员和纽波特天主教学校。

Oregon State University (OSU) Ship Operations is awarded funding for operation of R/V Oceanus in 2012 to support scientific research funded by the National Science Foundation. The proposed work aboard Oceanus will provide seven different principal investigators with access to the sea on 17 different legs. Eighty-four percent (84%) of the 158 operating days scheduled on Oceanus will support NSF programs; other funding sources (Navy and NOAA) support the remainder of the year's schedule. R/V Oceanus begins 2012 with a 26-day transit from Woods Hole, Massachusetts to Newport, Oregon. Upon arrival, OSU will assume operational control of the vessel from WHOI. After a scheduled inspection in Mid-March, Oceanus will conduct her first cruise for OSU; Levine's multiyear project Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction (C-MOP). Levine will conduct repeat cruises in the fall. Reimers follows with Continental Shelf Benthic Oxygen project, which will be augmented with a few days in order to add an ancillary project for McManus' Nd Isotope work. These two projects will reoccur in September. The remainder of the field season will largely be in support of Cascadia Fault monitoring work. Toomey, Carbotte, Bibee, and Carton will deploy and recover a large number of Ocean Bottom Seismometers over the course of summer and fall. This is a five-year cooperative agreement, and funding for each year of the agreement will be negotiated and is dependent on the number of days at sea in support of NSF-funded research. R/V Oceanus is owned by the National Science Foundation and operates as a UNOLS ship, adhers to the UNOLS safety standards, and NSF inspections. The broader impacts and technical merit of the research supported by Oceanus is addressed in the individual science proposals. In 2011 Wecoma carried out research funded primarily by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) including through the Ocean Observation Initiative (OOI). Principal Investigators (PIs) were primarily from OSU and NOAA as well as others from the University of Oregon and WHOI. In 2012 Oceanus will primarily support NSF funded projects with PIs from OSU and other institutions including U of O and WHOI, and WHOI, and NOAA work by NOAA PI Dr. Feely. Oceanus will also support two Navy funded projects. The supported research is expected to include scientists and graduate students from a variety of academic institutions as well as federal agencies. Work conducted by Oceanus will include biologic, chemical, physical and geological oceanographic investigations along with atmospheric science studies. It is expected that the research supported will enhance understanding of various oceanic and atmospheric processes, contribute to ecologic knowledge in the study areas and provide opportunities for graduate students in atmospheric and oceanic science to gain research experience at sea. Much of the work in 2012 will focus on expanding the body of knowledge of the Cascadia Fault. This unstable fault is similar to the boundary thrust fault near Japan that lead to the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in the Spring of 2011. OSU also provides opportunities for those not normally involved in oceanographic research to occasionally participate in at-sea operations. This has included various undergraduate students from several academic institutions, Teachers at Sea and v OSUs Hatfield Marine Science Centers (HMSC) volunteer group. In 2011, Oceanus hosted the first of its kind "At Sea PI Training Cruise" designed to prepare the next generation of at sea scientists operationally and administratively. Other public tours were provided to The West Coast Marine Librarians, Newport Elementary School (95 children), Trinity Lutheran High School in Bend Or, Oregon State University undergraduates, the Boy Scouts of America (three occasions), the Upward Bound Group (three chapters on three occasions), the GSOC, Waldport Or Elementary School, the Governor of the State of Oregon, Top Officials from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Congressional Staffers, and the Newport Catholic School.