Last Update: July 31, 2002

 

Regional Class Research Vessel

Community Input to Science Mission Requirement

 

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

 

 

Table of PI's providing input click on their name below to see complete input

Name

Institution

Discipline

Field

Endurance in days

Speed in kts

# of berths

PAGE ONE

Donna Wolcott

NC State

Biology

Crustacean Larval Ecology, teaching

2 to 12

 

20

Louis Zimm

SIO

Other

R/V Captain

30

10

15

James Meehan

NMFS

Biology

Fisheries Management

30

13

13 - 15

Geoff Wheat

UAF/NURP

Chemistry

NURP under sea assets

30

14

20 to 25

Jed Fuhrman

USC

Biology

Marine microbiology

14

12 +

12

Marla Stone

NPS

Phys. Ocean.

Mooring Technician

30

12

15

Michael Sieracki

Bigelow

Biology

Microbial ecology

12 to 14

10 to 12

12

Thomas Boyd

NRL

Biology

Organic carbon cycling

4 to 6

12

10 to 12

Bob Beardsley

WHOI

Phys. Ocean.

shelf/slope phys. oc., air-sea interaction, boundary layer meteorology.

30 (min)

12 (min)

16 (min)

Kirk McIntosh

U. Texas

G & G

structure and tectonics of convergent plate margins

31

Transit 12-14work 4-10

10 to 16

PAGE TWO

David Townsend

U. Maine

Biology

Biological oceanography of shelf seas

17

12 kts

16

Richard Muller

MLML

Operations

Marine Supt, Marine Tech.

21-30 days

10 knots

12-15

Steven Lentz

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Physical Oceanography

Coastal physical oceanography

30 days or more

15

15

Wilford Gardner

TAMU

Biology, Chem, G & G

Particle dynamics

30 days

10-12

20-25

Joseph Ustach

Duke

Operations

CAPE HATTERAS Specs with suggested changes

24

10-12

12

William Bryant

TAMU

G & G

Marine geophysics

15 to 30

12-15

15-20

James Pinckney

TAMU

Biology

Phytoplankton & Benthic Micro-algal Ecology

14 days

> 15

10

Worth Nowlin

TAMU

Phys. Oc.

Ocean currents

25-35 days

12-Sep

25

Majhlon Kennicutt

TAMU

Chem. Oc.

Environmental Sciences & Resource Geosciences

15 transit, 30 station

10 - 12

20 - 25

Alexey Mishonov

TAMU

Marine Optics

Water transparency, ocean color

35-45

2 to 17

30-40

PAGE THREE

John Christensen

Bigelow

Chem. Oc.

Nutrient and hydrographic relationships

30-45

12 kts

10-15

Peter Santschi

TAMU

Chem. Oc.

Radiochemistry, Biogeochemistry, Trace Metals

30 day min.

10-12

20-25

Lisa Campbell

TAMU

Biology

phytoplankton ecology

30 days

12 kts

20

Rodney Powell

LUMCON

Chem. Oc.

Trace element and nutrient biogeochemistry

22

12

20

Peter Ortner

NOAA/AOML

Biology

distribution and abundance of plankton

25

10-12

16

Kevin Briggs

NRL

G & G

geotechnical and geo-acoustic

15-30

10 to 15

10-15

John Morse

TAMU

Chem. Oc.

Sedimentary biogeochemistry

20

12 kts

20

Douglas Biggs

TAMU

Biology

primary and secondary  production

30 days

10-12 knots

24 minimum

Norman Guinasso

TAMU

Phys. Oc.

Physical Ocean.  - Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

35

12 kts

26

Charles Paull

MBARI

G & G

fluids and gases venting; sediment transport; Seafloor observatories.

at least 21 days

10 to 12

12-15

PAGE FOUR

Vernon Asper

USM

G & G

Patterns of flow, productivity and sediment transport; hydrate deposits associated with gas seeps

2+10

12 knots

15

Thomas Shipley

U. Texas

G & G

Structure and Tectonics

30

4 knots during work/ as fast as possible in transit

6 to 10

Will Berelson

USC

Chem. Oc.

Sediment diagenesis
Paleoceanography
Marine Chemistry

around 30 days

12kts

around 12-16

Anthony Michaels

USC

Biology

Role of biological community structure in the cycling of biogenic elements in the sea.

30 days

12 knots fine, 15 knots better

25

Dennis Hansell

RSMAS

Chemistry

Biogeochemistry of C and N

20

12

25

Steven Lanoux

U. Texas

Other

Support all scientific mission areas, in particular physical geochemistry, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography

30

12+ maximum transit

20 minimum, 25 optimal

Paul Montagna

U. Texas

Biology

Benthic ecology, soft bottom and hard bottom habitats

24

 

16

William Sager

TAMU

G & G

Marine geophysics, seafloor mapping, gas hydrates, continental slope geology

30

12 kt

25

Bill Peterson

NMFS