Collaborative Research: RAPID: A Modeling-Based Investigation in Support of Pioneer Array Relocation Design in the Southern Mid-Atlantic Bight

通过一系列由美国国家科学基金会赞助的先锋阵列创新实验室，美国国家科学基金会海洋天文台倡议先锋海岸阵列的新地点将迁至南大西洋中部海湾(S-MAB)，位于北卡罗来纳州哈特拉斯角和弗吉尼亚州诺福克峡谷之间的地区。为了给具体的阵列设计决策提供信息，如系泊位置、间距以及仪器/传感器的选择和配置，重要的是对复杂和动态的海洋环流进行海洋数值模拟分析，以便为OOI-CGSN先锋阵列系统的设计和建造小组提供指导，以满足其公布的里程碑/设计和扩建时间表的限制。这一建模工作的结果将加强未来NSF支持的现场项目基于模型的联合设计，包括下一次先锋重新部署在另一个五(5)年。该项目提供了与学术界、政府和工业部门的利益攸关方发展牢固伙伴关系的机会，包括海洋渔业和近海可再生能源(风能和水动力)。PI建议进行一系列数值模拟调查和分析，以向OOI-CGSN先锋阵列系统设计和建造小组提供可行的指导，以满足其已公布的里程碑/设计和扩建时间表的限制。熟练的海洋建模和分析将提供一个虚拟的海洋框架--“数字孪生”海洋--可用于为特定的阵列设计决策提供信息，例如系泊位置、间距以及仪器/传感器的选择和配置。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Through a series of NSF sponsored Pioneer Array Innovations Labs, the new location for the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Pioneer Coastal Array will be relocated to the Southern Mid-Atlantic Bight (S-MAB), in the region between Cape Hatteras, NC, and Norfolk Canyon, VA. In order to inform specific array design decisions, such as mooring siting, spacing, and instrument/sensor selection and configuration it is important to perform ocean numerical modeling analysis of the complex and dynamic ocean circulation to provide guidance to the OOI-CGSN Pioneer Array system design and build group that meets their published milestones/constraints for the design and build-out timeline. The results of this modelling effort would strengthen future model-based co-design of NSF-supported field programs, including the next Pioneer redeployment in another five (5) years. This project offers opportunities to develop strong partnerships with stakeholders in academia, government, and industry sectors, including marine fisheries and offshore renewable energy (wind and hydrokinetic).The PI's proposes to perform a suite of numerical modeling investigations and analyses to deliver actionable guidance to the OOI-CGSN Pioneer Array system design and build group that meets their published milestones/constraints for the design and build-out timeline. Skillful ocean modeling and analysis will offer a virtual ocean framework – a “digital twin” ocean – that can be used to inform specific array design decisions, such as mooring siting, spacing, and instrument/sensor selection and configuration.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.