University of Minnesota Duluth R/V Blue Heron Ship Operations - CY 2018-2022

明尼苏达大学德卢斯 R/V Blue Heron 船舶运营 - CY 2018-2022

• 批准号: 1822556
• 负责人: Richard Ricketts
• 金额: $ 120.46万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota Duluth
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1822556&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Minnesota; Duluth; Blue; Heron

Overview:This proposal is a request for funds for Shipboard Operations on the RV Blue Heron, an 86ft-researchvessel that is owned by the University of Minnesota and operated by the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO).The award will cover the 2018 to 2022 field seasons, with annual reports providing detailed informationfor the 2019 to 2022 seasons. During the 2018 calendar year, two NSF-peered reviewed funded projects have requestedthe ship for 22 days:* Samuel Kelly (Univ. of Minnesota): 9 days, 'Collaborative research: Coastal inertial-band dynamics:separating forced and free responses in a natural laboratory' (OCE/PO-1635560).* Tedy Ozersky (Univ. of Minnesota): 13 days, 'Ecosystem-scale responses of coupled C-N-P cycles todramatic shifts in benthic communities: the Upper Great Lakes' (OCE/CO-1737368).Intellectual Merit:Work done aboard the R/V Blue Heron is in support of NSF funded research programs. The intellectualmerit for these research programs is normally reviewed separately as part of a research proposal to NSF.Kelly's project (OCE/PO-1635560) will quantify coastal kinetic-energy pathways using realisticnumerical simulations and extensive direct observations of winds, turbulence and near-inertial wavesalong lacustrine coastlines and rough coastal bathymetry. The project will improve our understanding ofnear inertial motions throughout the coastal ocean and in large lakes. Ozersky's project (OCE/CO-1737368) will study the effects of invasive zebra and quagga mussels on the biology and chemistry of theGreat Lakes. The impact of benthic communities on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in freshwatersystems at the ecosystem level are understudied and the mechanisms for how these nutrients are affectedby the introduction of dreissenid mussel invasives are unclear. Ozersky's work will advance theunderstanding of the ecology of the Great Lakes and improve models of sediment-water columninteractions in aquatic ecosystems.The two projects will involve students in all aspects of the research. In addition to facilitating researchprojects on the Great Lakes, the R/V Blue Heron has numerous educational or 'class cruises' during theyear (9 during 2017), enabling undergraduate and graduate students to participate in work on a researchvessel with equipment typically used on larger, ocean going, research vessels. Beyond the class cruises,undergraduate and graduate students participate on almost every RV Blue Heron cruise as researchassistants and, sometimes, chief scientist. Additionally, we have hosted Chief Scientist Training cruisesover the last four years, during which early career scientists (senior graduate students, post-docs, and 1styear faculty) are educated about UNOLS and directly immersed in planning and undertaking a scientificexpedition. Dockside, we give tours to University of Minnesota students, undergraduates from otherinstitutions and have established a dock-side monthly tour and seminar series for members of the generalpublic. Over the last five years, approximately 4,500 members of the public have toured the vessel aspart of the seminar series.Regarding specific broader impacts, Kelly's project (OCE/PO-1635560) will help improve theinterpretation of numerical models used in coastal settings. Ozersky's project (OCE/CO-1737368) willcreate online content for educators and the public, and will host outreach events at Duluth's Great LakesAquarium, Milwaukee's Discovery World Science Museum and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium and NavyPier.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.

概述：该提案是在RV Blue Heron上进行船上运营的请求，这是一个由明尼苏达大学拥有并由大湖泊天文台（LLO）运营的86英尺高的研究人员。该奖项将涵盖2018年至2022年的现场季节，年度报告为2019年至2022季提供了详细信息。在2018年日历年期间，两个NSF审查的经过资金的项目已要求该船22天：*塞缪尔·凯利（Samuel Kelly）（明尼苏达州大学）：9天，'协作研究：沿海惯性频段动力学：分开强制和自由响应天然实验室'（OCE/PO-1635560）。 ）。智能优点：R/V Blue Heron上完成的工作支持NSF资助的研究计划。这些研究计划的知识分裂通常是分别审查的，作为NSF.Kelly项目（OCE/PO-1635560）的研究建议的一部分，将使用逼真的动态模拟量化沿海动力学能源途径，并广泛直接观察风，湍流和近距离启发性和近距离智慧。波索龙湖海岸线和粗糙的沿海测深。该项目将提高我们在整个沿海海洋和大湖区的惯性运动的理解。 Ozersky的项目（OCE/CO/CO-1737368）将研究侵入性斑马和Quagga贻贝对Great Lakes生物学和化学的影响。底栖群落对生态系统水平的淡水系统中碳，氮和磷的影响被研究了，并且尚不清楚地引入DREISSENID贻贝入侵的机制尚不清楚。 Ozersky的工作将推动大湖生态学的理解，并改善水生生态系统中的沉积物 - 水柱互相模型。这两个项目将使学生参与研究的各个方面。除了促进大湖区的研究项目外，R/V Blue Heron在他们期间（2017年9期）还具有许多教育或“班级巡游”，使本科生和研究生能够与较大较大的设备一起工作，从，海洋，研究船。除班级巡游外，本科生和研究生几乎参加了每一次RV Blue Heron Cruise作为研究助手，有时甚至是首席科学家。此外，在过去的四年中，我们已经主持了首席科学家培训巡游，在此期间，早期的职业科学家（高级研究生，毕业后和一年级的教职员工）接受了有关UNOL的教育，并直接融入了计划和进行科学造影式Pedspedition。 Dockside，我们为明尼苏达大学的学生提供了巡回演出，来自其他机构的本科生，并为GeneralPublic成员建立了码头端的每月巡回演出和研讨会系列。在过去的五年中，大约有4,500名公众参观了研讨会系列的Aspart船Aspart。对更广泛的影响，Kelly的项目（OCE/PO-1635560）将有助于改善用于沿海环境中数值模型的解释。 Ozersky的项目（OCE/CO/CO-1737368）将为教育工作者和公众创建在线内容，并将在Duluth的Great Lakesaquarium，密尔沃基的Discovery World Museum和芝加哥的Shedd Aquarium and Navypier举办外展活动。值得通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来支持。