{"id":175822,"date":"2022-01-13T12:55:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?p=175822"},"modified":"2022-01-13T12:55:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:55:19","slug":"ar-2021_research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/publications\/annual-report\/2021\/ar-2021_research\/","title":{"rendered":"AR 2021_Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Research at GSO<\/h1><p>Annual Report 2021<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/Gulls-on-Horizon.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<h2>The quantity of world-class ocean science conducted at GSO is a special point of pride for URI and for all of Rhode Island.<\/h2>\n<p>In fiscal year 2021, GSO researchers were awarded <strong>$49.6 million<\/strong> in funding for new and ongoing, multi-year efforts. The top three funders\u2014accounting for 79% of all dollars\u2014were the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Agency for International Development.<\/p>\n<h4>New Funded Research Awards Made in Fiscal Year 2021<\/h4>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-36\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-36\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">PROJECT\/PROGRAM<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">INVESTIGATOR(S)<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">FUNDER<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">VALUE ($000s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Towards Measuring the Pulse of Narragansett Bay: Applying High Resolution Oxygen Sensors to Quantify Ecosystem Primary Production and Respiration<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">R. Beinart, P. Marrec, S. Menden-Deuer<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Early Life History of American Lobsters in Coastal Southern New England Waters<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. Collie<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NOAA<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">South Fork Wind Farm Ventless Trap Survey<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. Collie<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Comm. Fisheries Research Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">A Framework for the Deconvolution of Oversampled Fields of Geophysical Parameters Obtained from Satellite-Borne Passive Microwave Radiometers<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">P. Cornillon<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NASA<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Women Shellfishers and Food Security Project<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">B. Crawford, K. Kent<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">U.S. Agency for International Development<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Development and Maintenance of an Online Delivery System for STORMTOOLS Inundation and Risk Maps<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">T. Crean<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Influence of Pressure on Microbial Communities in Subseafloor Sediment at Hadal, Abyssal,<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Bathyal, and Shell Water Depths<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">S. D\u2019Hondt, R. Pockalny<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">548<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Virtual Workshop Series for OOI Pioneer Array Future Location<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A. DeSilva<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">236<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Eddy Fluxes Across the Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front Near Southeast Indian Ridge<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">K. Donohue, D. R. Watts<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ecological and Economic Impacts of the Intensification of Extreme Events in the Benguela Upwelling System (EXEBUS)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">S. Gaines, P. Freeman<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">208<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Wind Turbulence Over Shoaling Surface Waves and Their Impact on Air-Sea Fluxes<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">T. Hara<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">RENEWAL: Marine Geological Samples Laboratory (MGSL)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">K. Kelley, R. Robinson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">396<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Acquisition Upgrade of Micro-Analytical Tools for Geochemistry<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">K. Kelley, R. Robinson, S. Carey<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">459<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Origin and Evolution of Intraplate Magmatism at the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">K. Kelley, R. Pockalny, S. Carey<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">204<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Data Processing and Analysis: Mass CEC Aerial Surveys Campaign 5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">R. Kenney<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">New England Aquarium<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">RENEWAL: Maintain and Curate the North Atlantic Right Whale Sightings Database<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">R. Kenney<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NOAA Fisheries<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">218<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Benthic Habitat Characterization and Mapping for Assateague National Seashore and Acadia National Park<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. King<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">U.S. Dept. of Interior<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Understanding Public Perceptions Associated with Design and Siting of Potential Aquaculture Project<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D. Kotowicz<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Maryland<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Development and Field Testing of Advanced Passive Samplers for PFAs<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">R. Lohmann<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">U.S. Dept. of Defense: SERDP<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">821<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Envisioning Ocean World Habitats and Bio-geochemistry at Analogous Air-Ice-Ocean Interfaces on Earth<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">B. Loose, L. Glastra<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NASA Space Grant\u2014Brown University<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Response of Anti-Reflection Material to a Biofouling Challenger<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">L. Maranda<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">HighRI Optics, Inc.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Sources and Transformations of Export Production: A Novel 50-Year Record of Pelagic-Benthic Coupling from Coral and Plankton Bioarchives<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">K. McMahon<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">739<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">OECI-OET-ISC Education\/Outreach Video Production\/Broadcasting<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">H. Morin, D. Coleman<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Ocean Exploration Trust<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Linking Hyperspectra l Optical Prop- erties with Morphology and Taxonomy for Improved Phytoplankton Composition Discrimination<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">C. Mouw, V. Sonnet<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NASA<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-27\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Knauss Fellowship\u2014Harrelson<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D. Nixon<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NOAA Sea Grant<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-28\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Knauss Fellowship\u2014Ohnemus<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D. Nixon<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NOAA Sea Grant<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-29\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Knauss Fellowship\u2014Wibisono<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D. Nixon<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NOAA Sea Grant<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-30\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Manganese as a Key Reactant in the Expanding Low Oxygen Zones of the Gulf of Mexico, USA<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">V. Oldham, R. Robinson<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">893<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-31\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">CAREER: Toward a Sensor-Laden Future Ocean<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">M. Omand<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-32\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Understanding Dramatic Warming and Altered Fisheries on the U.S. Continental Shelf through Observations and Multi-Scale Models<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. Palter, K. McMahon, C. Kincaid<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NOAA<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">558<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-33\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Improving our Understanding and Quantification of Wintertime Air-Sea CO2 Exchange in the Gulf Stream and Subtropical Mode Water Formation Region<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. Palter, S. Nickford<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">NASA Space Grant\u2014Brown University<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-34\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Constraining the Relationship Between Oceanographic Features and Deep Scattering Layer Biology for Improved Tactical Capabilities<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">C. Roman<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Naval Undersea Warfare Center<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">233<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-35\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NIUVT 2020 SEED 26: Low-Cost Real-Time Visual Odometry for Underwater Navigation<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">C. Roman<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">University of Connecticut<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-36\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Hazard Resilient Future for Naval Station within its Coastal Community: Military Installation Resilience Review for Short-Term Preparedness and Long-Term Planning<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">P. Rubinoff, I. Ginis<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">City of Newport, R.I.<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-37\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NSF-RAPID: Autumn Transition in Plankton Ecology During an Ocean Heatwave on the N.E. U.S. Shelf<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">T. Rynearson, S. Menden-Deuer<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-38\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">URI-CINAR: Analysis of Nutrient Samples from the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">M. Schwartz<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-39\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">NSF-EAGER: Science Verification Activities for the 6500m HOV Alvin<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">A. Soule, C. Roman<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-40\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Upper Mt. Hope Bay Monitoring Through Narragansett Bay Fixed-Site Monitoring Network (NBFSMN)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">H. Stoffel, C. Oviatt<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Restore America\u2019s Estuaries<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-41\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">CESU Network 20-Year Program Characterization and Evaluation<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. Swift<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">U.S. Dept. of Interior<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-42\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Scientific Support of Environmental Emergency Response<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. Swift, A. Neville, N. Vinhateiro<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">R.I. Dept. of Environmental Management<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-43\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">DAI-Integrated Natural Resource Management<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">E. Torell, B. Crawford<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">DAI Global LLC<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-44\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Assessment Framework for Successful Development of Viable Ocean Multi-Use Systems<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">J. Walsh<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">124<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-45\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Inverted Echo Sounder (IES) Technology\/Research: Pressure Recorders (PIES) and Current Meters (CPIES)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">D. R. Watts<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">VARIOUS<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">549<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-46\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Using Machine Learning Method to Detect Slow Slip Events in Ocean Bottom Pressure Data<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">M. Wei, Y. Shen<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">National Science Foundation<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-47\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Pathway to Robot-Integrated Bay-Scale Ecosystem Observatory (RI-BSCO)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">M. Zhou, C. Roman, C. Kincaid<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quantity of world-class ocean science conducted at GSO is a special point of pride for URI and for all of Rhode Island. In fiscal year 2021, GSO researchers were awarded $49.6 million in funding for new and ongoing, multi-year efforts. The top three funders\u2014accounting for 79% of all dollars\u2014were the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2957],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2957"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175831,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175822\/revisions\/175831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}