University of Georgia/R/V Savannah Oceanographic Instrumentation

萨凡纳研究船是一艘92英尺长的海岸研究船，由Skidaway海洋研究所拥有和运营，是大学-国家海洋实验室系统（UNOLS）研究船队的一部分。自2001年秋季投入服务以来，这艘海岸/本地级科考船已被证明是一个能力强大且经济实惠的平台，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。R/V萨凡纳号专门设计了一个大型的科学停泊能力，为海洋和河口环境提供学习机会，并向不同的、往往服务不足的学生群体展示海洋学研究方法。这些教育体验在2014年继续，该船在其8次巡航中接待了80名研究生和本科生以及16名高中和初中教师。2014年，“萨凡纳”号完成了165天的海上航行。NSF资助的项目占总航行时间的92天（56%）。2015年，该船目前计划运行157天，其中59天（38%）用于NSF。在此提案中，Skidaway提供了获取以下海洋仪器的技术描述和基本原理：1)网络升级$6,532 2)CTD升级$47,978 3)水采样器$5,409 4)升级DGPS $6,862 $66,781更广泛的影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南（NSF 13-589）的优点审查标准2。它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计划的单独审查）。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 Oceanographic Instrumentation for the Research Vessel Savannah, a 92 foot coastal research vessel, owned and operated by Skidaway Institute of Oceanography as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. Since being put into service in the fall of 2001, this 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. The R/V Savannah has been specifically designed with a large science berthing capacity to provide learning opportunities in ocean and estuarine environments and to demonstrate oceanographic research methodologies to diverse and often under-served student populations. These educational experiences continued in 2014, with the vessel hosting 80 graduate and undergraduate students and 16 high school and middle school teachers on 8 of its cruises. In 2014, the R/V Savannah completed 165 days at sea. NSF funded projects accounted for 92 days (56%) of the total sailing schedule. In 2015, the vessel currently has 157 days scheduled, of which 59 days (38%) are for NSF. With this proposal, Skidaway provides technical descriptions and rationale for the acquisition of the following Oceanographic Instrumentation: 1) Network Upgrades $6,532 2) CTD Upgrade $47,978 3) Water Samplers $5,409 4) Upgrade DGPS $6,862 $66,781 Broader ImpactsThe principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 13-589). It provides 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.