R/V Armstrong Operations- CY 16

R/V尼尔·阿姆斯特朗是海军研究办公室为学术研究舰队（ARF）建造的两艘新船之一。 2016年，该船将从建造过渡到海上运营。 拟议的行动将为包括OOI在内的40多名NSF首席研究员（PI）提供全年进行多次研究海上航行的机会。207天计划中的57%将支持NSF计划。ONR今年还将支持PI，占207天的43%。在第三阶段造船厂安装科学使命设备后，阿姆斯特朗将进行一系列的试航和科学验证巡航（SVC），以检查船舶和设备。2016年4月，阿姆斯特朗计划接受INSURV和NSF的检查，以评估作为UNOLS船只的准备情况。如果成功，阿姆斯特朗将在先锋网站为OOI进行资助的科学航行。阿姆斯特朗将于2016年7月在Irminger海过渡到OOI工作，然后在8月进行NSF赞助的OSNAP航行。阿姆斯特朗将在2017年1月之前在先锋基地完成额外的OOI航行和干船坞。知识价值：这些由R/V Armstrong在2016年的运营支持的同行评审项目已经过严格的科学和知识价值评估，这是NSF拨款审查和奖励过程的一个组成部分。奖项授予过程的竞争性确保了非常高水平的智力价值。阿姆斯特朗号研究船支持的研究方案所获得的知识和发现将增进对海洋的了解，并解决一系列重要的科学问题。该提案的目标是提供资金支持，以便在2016年安全和高效地运营和维护R/V Armstrong，并确保其维护以支持其计划的生命周期。更广泛的影响：WHOI研究船提供必要的海上实验室，以有效和安全地将科学带到海上。该社区包括高级海洋科学家，博士后和博士生，研究生和本科生以及工程师，技术人员和教师。这些智力上的努力拓宽了我们的理解，激发了新的问题和科学理论。明年由阿姆斯特朗号研究船支持的研究将对了解地球气候及其随时间的变化至关重要。2016年，R/V阿姆斯特朗将在美国最新的研究船上使用其所有科学使命设备，以评估其能力以及可能需要进一步发展的内容。教育和推广计划将在这些航程中进行。所有这些智力上的努力将继续扩大我们对海洋的理解，激发新的问题，并在未来几年证实科学理论，造福整个社会。海洋学考察是大学课堂的延伸，是一种非凡的教育体验。航行使参与者接触到新的思想，通过观察和实践教授基本的科学原理，并不可避免地提出问题，激发对海洋如何运作的新思考。人们越来越意识到我们有责任将这门科学带入课堂并向公众传播，这导致了分享这些科学发现的新途径的发展。巡游网站的概念已有效地进入教室，提供实时图像、数据和全国各地学校科学家与学生之间的双向交流。这些努力将航海经验从少数参与者扩展到全国各地教室里的数千名学生以及广大公众。世界卫生组织船舶上的科学家将利用这一工具，在其所在机构或通过社区组织维护的网站，通过基于网络的办法提交其数据。世界卫生组织的网址http://www.whoi.edu率先向公众介绍研究考察的结果。2016年，WHOI船只与帕金斯盲人和残疾人学校继续开展外联项目，这是将海上研究经验扩大到每个美国人的最前沿努力。

R/V Neil Armstrong is one of two new ships built by the Office of Naval Research for the Academic Research Fleet (ARF). In CY 2016 the ship will transition from construction to sea-going operations. The proposed operations will provide access for over 4NSF Principal Investigators (PIs), including OOI, to conduct multiple research sea voyages throughout the year. 57% of the 207 days scheduled will support NSF programs. ONR will also support PIs this year to make up the 43% of the 207 days. After the Science Mission Equipment is installed during Phase III shipyard, Armstrong will conduct a series of shakedown and Science Verification Cruises (SVCs) to check out the ship and equipment. In April 2016 Armstrong is scheduled for both INSURV and NSF Inspection to assess readiness for options as a UNOLS vessel.If successful, Armstrong will conduct funded science voyages for OOI at the Pioneer site. Armstrong will transition to OOI work in the Irminger Sea in July 2016 followed by an NSF sponsored OSNAP Voyage in August. Armstrong will finish the year with additional OOI voyages at the Pioneer site and a dry-dock availability before January 2017. That yard availability will mark the end of the warranty period.Intellectual Merit :These peer-reviewed projects supported by operations on R/V Armstrong in 2016 have been rigorously evaluated for scientific and intellectual merit as an integral part of the NSF grant review and award process. The competitive nature of the award granting process ensures a very high level of intellectual merit. Knowledge gained and the discoveries made by the research programssupported by R/V Armstrong will enhance understanding of the oceans and address a broad range of important scientific questions. The goal of this proposal is to provide funding support to safely and productively operate and maintain R/V Armstrong in 2016 and to ensure it is maintained to support its planned life-cycle. This support is an essential prerequisite for safe and successful scientific missions.Broader Impacts:WHOI research vessels provide at-sea laboratories necessary to effectively and safely take science to sea. This community includes senior oceanographic scientists, post-doctoral and doctoral students, graduate and undergrad students as well as engineers, technicians, and teachers. These intellectual endeavors have broadened our understanding and have spurred on new questions and scientific theory. Research supported by R/V Armstrong next year will be important in understanding the Earths climate and how itchanges over time. In 2016 R/V Armstrong will exercise all of its scientific mission equipment to evaluate its capability and what may need further development on the nation's newest research vessel. Educational and outreach programs will be featured on these voyages. All of these intellectual endeavors will continue to broaden our understanding of the oceans, stimulate new questions, and confirmscientific theory for years to come, benefiting society at large. Oceanographic expeditions are an extension of university classrooms and are an extraordinary educational experience. Voyages expose participants to new ideas, teach fundamental scientificprinciples through observation and practice, and inevitably raise questions that stimulate new thinking about how the oceans work. An increased awareness of our responsibility to bring this science into the classroom and to the public has resulted in the development of new avenues to share these scientific findings. The cruise web site concept has effectively reached classrooms with real-time images,data and two-way communication between scientists and students in schools across the country. These efforts have extended the sea-going experience from a handful of participants to thousands of students in classrooms across the country, as well as to the general public. Scientists on WHOI vessels will use this tool to present their data through web based approaches either at their home institution or through web sites maintained by community organizations. The WHOI web site, http://www.whoi.edu, has pioneered efforts to present the results of research expeditions to the public. Outreach programs continuing in 2016 from WHOI vessels with the Perkins School for the Blind and Disabled represent cutting edge efforts to broaden the experience of conducting research at sea to every American.