Global Class Research Vessel
Community Input to Science Mission Requirement

Updated: September 17, 2007

Input received from the SMR on-line questionnaire form
<http://www.unols.org/committees/fic/Global/_GCSMR_Survey_Form.asp>
is posted at this site.

To view the full input received, click on the page number or the PI’s listed in the Table below.

Brief Summary of Data

Name Institution Discipline Field of Study Range Speed # of Berths
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Robert Embley NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Marine Geology and Geophysics Submarine volcanology, seafloor neotectonics, submarine geomorphology 13000 NM ten_to_twelve kts <30
Randy Watts URI Physical Oceanography dynamics of large scale currents, mesoscale eddies, and finer scales 13000 NM twelve_to_fourteen kts 37
James Broda WHOI Marine Geology and Geophysics Sea Floor Sampling 10796 NM ten_to_twelve kts 35
Albert Suchy WHOI Ship Operations and Management Ship Operations 17280 NM ten_to_twelve kts 37
Bruce Howe University of Washington Physical Oceanography Acoustical oceanography, ocean acoustics, ocean acoustic tomography, sensor networks in ocean observatories (mooring systems and mobile platforms, eg gliders)   twelve_to_fourteen kts 45
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Mark Prater University of Rhode Island Physical Oceanography Observational oceanography, primarily using lagrangian floats to understand current pathways and exchange. 17280 NM twelve_to_fourteen kts 30 - 40
William Chadwick Oregon State University Marine Geology and Geophysics submarine volcanology in various tectonic environtments 13000 NM twelve_to_fourteen kts 30 - 38
Ed Boyle MIT Chemical Oceanography Trace metal chemical oceanography and links to paleoclimate and biogeochemical cycles.   ten_to_twelve kts  
Steven Haddock MBARI Biological Oceanography Deep-sea and blue-water plankton, bioluminescence 15000 NM twelve_to_fourteen kts <30 - 37
James Bellingham MBARI Other AUVs and ocean observing systems   twelve_to_fourteen kts <30
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Gopu Potty URI 0 Underwater Acoustics, Acoustical Oceanography 17280 ten_to_twelve kts 30 - 40
Rainer Lohmann URI Chemical Oceanography air-water exchange of organic tracer compunds; black carbon fluxes 18894 NM ten_to_twelve kts 30 - 50
Steven Lanoux University of Texas Marine Science Institute Ship Operations and Management Oceanographic research vessel operations 13495 NM twelve_to_fourteen kts 30 - 40
Charles Paull MBARI Marine Geology and Geophysics Fluid venting, gas hydrates, sediment transport   ten_to_twelve kts 35
Shaun Johnston Scripps Physical Oceanography internal waves, surface boundary layer   None Selected kts  
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Donglai Gong Rutgers University Biological Oceanography, Physical Oceanography continental shelf dynamics, biogeochemical cycles 17280 NM greater_than_fourteen kts 30 - 45
Oscar Schofield Rutgers Biological Oceanography continental shelves, global change and impact on ecosystems 12000 NM twelve_to_fourteen kts <30 - 30
Shawn Smith COAPS, The Florida State University Other Air-sea fluxes of heat, momentum, radiation, and fresh water. 15000 NM None Selected <30
Dave Hebert University of Rhode Island Physical Ocenography Mixing processes 13495 NM twelve_to_fourteen kts <30 - 37
Peter Michael The Univeristy of Tulsa Marine Geology and Geophysics   15000 NM twelve_to_fourteen kts <30 - 38