Ocean Class Research Vessel

Community Input to Science Mission Requirement

 

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

 

To view the full input received, click on the PI’s name in the Table below.

 

Name

Institution

Discipline

Field

Endurance in days

Speed in kts

# of berths

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Frank Sansome

Hawaii

Chemical

Hydrothermal Plumes

30 to 45

12

25 to 32

James Meehan

NMFS

Biology

Fisheries Management

40

14

15 to 19

Jack Bash

URI

Other

R/V Management

40

14

25

Stephen Miller

SIO

G & G

Mid Ocean Ridges

40

12

25

James Ledwell

WHOI

Phys. Oc.

Tracer Release Exp.

30 to 45

12

12 to18

Joe Coburn

WHOI

Other

R/V Management & Design

40

15 to 18

20 to 25

Terrence Joyce

WHOI

Phys. Oc.

Ocean Circulation

35

12

25

Thomas Rossby

URI

Phys. Oc.

Ocean circulation

40

12 to 14

20

Dave Hebert

URI

Phys. Oc.

Mixing processes

40

14 kts

25

Dennis Hansell

RSMAS

Chem. Oc.

Biogeochemistry of carbon

32

14

25

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Bill Johns

RSMAS

Phys. Oc.

Large-scale Ocean Circulation

35

12

16

James Cochran

LDEO

G & G

lithospheric/crustal creation

50

12 knots

25

Rana Fine

RSMAS

Chem. Oc.

Tracer Oceanography

35

fast as possible

>=25

Ed Carpenter

SFSU

Biology

Phytoplankton ecology, nutrient cycling

30 days

14 kt

25 to 30

Anthony Michaels

USC

Biology

Biological community structure

40

12 to 15+

30 to 35

John Christensen

Bigelow

Chemical

Nutrient and hydrographic distributions

30-45 days

max 12 knots

10 - 15

Craig McNeil

URI

Chemical

Dissolved gases, biogeochemcial cycling

40 days

12 kts

20

Tetsu Hara

URI

Phys. Oc.

Air-sea interaction

20 to 40

12-14 kts

15 to 25

Paul Hargraves

URI

Biology

Phytoplankton

1+ wk

varied

 

Mary-Lynn Dickson

URI

Biology

Plankton ecology (primary and community production and respiration rate measurements)

18 to 30 days

12 knots in transit

~15

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Carey Steven

URI

G & G

Volcanology and volcaniclastic sedimentation

20 day

15

20

David Farmer

URI

Phys. Oc.

Upper Ocean Physics, Internal Waves, Coastal Processes

1-5

12

12

Mark Wimbush

URI

Phys. Oc.

Western Boundary Currents, esp. Kuroshio

10

15-20kt

15

Marc Willis

OSU

Other

N/A

40

15 knots normal transit, 18-20 knots max trial

20+

Grace Klein-MacPhee

URI

Biology

Fishery Science

10-30

15-17 knots

15-20

Edward Durbin

URI

Biology

Zooplankton

30

12-14 kt

18

Robert Ballard

URI

G & G/Other

Deepwater Archaeology

30

In excess of 12 knots

30

Steve Poulos

Hawaii

Other

Instrumentation

 

 

 

Robert Pockalny

URI

G & G

Seafloor Mapping and Underway Geophysics

45

12 kts

25

Jack Barth

OSU

Phys. Oc.

Coastal physical oceanography especially fronts and jets

10-30

12-15 knots

20-25

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Mark Prater

URI

Phys. Oc.

Mesoscale dynamics, Lagrangian (RAFOS) floats

35-42 days (5-6 weeks)

12-15 knots cruising

18-24

Joan Bernhard

University of South Carolina

Biology

Benthic ecology and physiology of meifauna and microorganisms

10-16

12-16 knots

14-24

Bob Campbell

URI

Biology

Zooplankton Ecology

40

14 knots cruising

25

Bob Collier

OSU

Chemistry

Marine Biogeochemistry, Trace Element Chemistry, Hydrothermal Systems

40

15

25-30

Bess Ward

Princeton University

Biology

Microbial ecology/ biogeochemistry

10 - 35 days

10 knots (not critical for most of my stuff)

10 or more

John Toole

WHOI

Phys. Oc.

Observational physical oceanography

40-60 days

10-12 knots

~29

Michael McCartney

WHOI

Phys. Oc.

Abyssal circulation, thermocline ventitilation, convection, and climate change

60 day

12.5

25

Brian Guest

WHOI

Phys. Oc.