Oceanographic Instrumentation - 2010

海洋仪器 - 2010

• 批准号: 1041940
• 负责人: Joseph Malbrough
• 金额: $ 1.74万
• 依托单位: Louisiana Universities Marine Corsortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-01 至 2011-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1041940&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Oceanographic; Instrumentation; 2010

This proposal requests funds for Oceanographic Instrumentation through Grants for Rapid Response Research for the R/V Pelican in support of research days for the calendar year 2010 and beyond.On April 22, 2010 the Gulf of Mexico suffered a major disaster in the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig 41 miles off the Louisiana coast. The rig sank in waters approximately 5,000 feet deep, resulting in three leaks, spewing about 5,000 barrels (or 210,000 gallons) of oil a day from the uncapped well. Crude oil continues to discharge from the well at an alarming rate. Work on drilling a relief well which wouldstop the leak, if successful, will take at least three months. Even if the oil was secured today (May 5, 2010), the true impacts on this region will take years to calculate. The entire Gulf region is currently, or potentially will be impacted through fisheries, tourism, human health, and general environmental hazards of this spill.Broader Impacts: 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.

该提案要求通过赠款提供资金来为R/V鹈鹕进行快速响应研究，以支持2010年日历年及以后的研究日。2010年4月22日，墨西哥湾在距离路易斯安那州海岸41英里的Deepwater Horizo​​n钻机沉没时遭受了重大灾难。该钻机在海水中沉入约5,000英尺深的水域，导致3次泄漏，每天从未盖井中散发出约5,000桶（或210,000加仑）的油。原油继续以惊人的速度从井中排出。致力于钻孔井，如果成功的话，将堵塞泄漏至少需要三个月。即使今天（2010年5月5日）确保了石油，对该地区的真正影响也将需要数年才能计算。目前，整个墨西哥湾地区或可能会通过渔业，旅游业，人类健康以及这种溢出的一般环境危害来影响。Broader的影响：共享使用仪器的获取，维护和操作允许NSF资助的NSF资助的研究人员从任何美国大学或实验室访问该研究的工作，从而为其研究，降低研究人员的成本和扩展研究者的范围。