Wave Hub baseline study

该提案旨在填补与可再生能源测试站点基线研究相关的紧迫科学空白，并利用Wave Hub演示站点开发提供的独特机会。虽然这项建议将受益于PRIMaRE科学家对其他生态系统组成部分的同时特征描述，但我们将通过获取该地点海洋特征的研究质量数据来补充目前的努力。如果我们要了解波浪设备阵列与波浪中心基础设施的影响，那么在部署基础设施之前获得这些信息是至关重要的。这一机会在其他波浪能设备测试站点（如EMEC， Orkney）已经失去，因为设备以及系泊和电缆等基础设施已经安装好。我们将及时部署多学科的现场团队，以便在Wave Hub建设之前获得高质量的空间分辨现场数据。为此，我们建议适度预算，以确保从2010年8月至2011年8月收集这些信息。我们的方法是：(i)在部署波浪中心基础设施和波浪能装置之前，在波浪中心地点和周围地区进行详细的海洋学研究，包括物理、化学和生物参数的全部范围。确保在时间和空间上获取数据，以便在与波阵有关的尺度上开发物理和生态系统模型。最终，模型将使我们能够对波浪能阵列的实施所造成的生态系统影响和扰动的程度、时间尺度和强度进行预测性评估。（三）环境经济学家的参与，以确保这些相同的数据可以用于发展对关键的生命支持生态系统服务的经济评估，其规模适合于波浪装置阵列，以便与海洋空间的其他用途进行比较。在未来五年，我们需要扩大科学能力和资源，以解决在海洋可再生能源发展和可持续利用海洋资源方面直接出现的问题，这也是推动这项建议的原因。因此，许多活动也被视为PML-PRIMaRE内部的能力建设和技能发展，这对于解决可再生能源部门的科学要求至关重要。

This proposal has been designed to fill urgent scientific gaps in relation to baseline studies in renewable energy test sites and to take advantage of the unique opportunity presented by the development of the Wave Hub demonstrator site. While this proposal will benefit from the simultaneous characterisation of other ecosystem components by PRIMaRE scientists, we will complement current efforts by obtaining research quality data for the oceanographic characteristics of the site. It is essential to obtain this information prior to deployment of infrastructure if we are to understand the impact of arrays of wave devices together with the Wave Hub infrastructure. This opportunity has already been lost at other wave energy device testing sites (such as at EMEC, Orkney), because devices, together with infrastructure such as moorings and cabling have already been installed. We will deploy multidisciplanry field teams in time to obtain high quality, spatially resolved field data ahead of the Wave Hub construction. For this, we have therefore suggested a modest budget to ensure that this information is collected from August 2010 to August 2011. Our approach will be to obtain: (i) Detailed oceanographic study at the Wave Hub site and surrounds - covering the whole range of physical, chemical and biological parameters before the deployment of Wave Hub infrastructure and wave energy devices. (ii) Ensure data acquisition in time and space to allow development of physical and ecosystem models at scales relevant to wave arrays. Ultimately models will allow us to make predictive assessments of the extent, timescales and intensity of ecosystem impacts and perturbation resulting from implementation of wave energy arrays. (iii) Engagement of environmental economists to ensure these same data can be used to develop economic valuation estimates of critical life supporting ecosystem services at scales appropriate to arrays of wave devices for comparison with other uses of marine space. This proposal is also driven by the need to expand the science capability and resources over the next five years to address the questions which have arisen directly in respect of marine renewable energy development and sustainable use of marine resources. Hence, many of the activities are also viewed as capacity building and skill development within PML-PRIMaRE that are pivotal to address the scientific requirements of the renewable energy sector.