Shipboard Technician Support

该项目将为哥伦比亚大学拉蒙特-多尔蒂地质观测站提供新的支助，支持与科考船康拉德号有关的船上技术人员活动。这是一艘配备了大量仪器的209英尺长的船，由该大学运营，专门装备用于地质和地球物理研究。这艘船在1987年的运营计划中有很大一部分是为了支持NSF赞助的研究项目。舰载技师计划有两个组成部分：海上组成部分和岸上组成部分。海上部分包括指导科学人员使用共享的船上设备；维护、修理和校准科学仪器；指导和监督甲板作业；以及向来往的科学人员提供后勤援助。陆上活动包括维护、修理和校准共享使用的海上设备，并协助科学人员为船上的实地工作做准备。由该奖项资助的船上技术人员在提供成功完成海上研究项目所需的协调和援助方面负有广泛的责任。活动水平和支援数量与船只的作业区和历年时间表、船只的大小和能力以及科学装备和能力密切相关。

This project will provide renewed support to the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University for shipboard technician activities associated with the research vessel CONRAD. This is an extensively instrumented, 209-foot ship that is operated by the University, and is specially outfitted for geological and geophysical research. A significant portion of the ship's operating schedule during 1987 is in support of NSF-sponsored research projects. The Shipboard Technician Program has two components: an at-sea component and an ashore component. The at-sea component consists of instructing scientific personnel in the use of shared shipboard equipment; maintenance, repair, and calibration of scientific instrumentation; instruction and supervision of deck operations; and providing logistics assistance to on-coming and off-going scientific parties. On shore activities include the maintenance, repair, and calibration of shared use seagoing equipment and assisting scientific personnel in preparing for field work on the vessel. Shipboard technicians funded by this award have broad responsibilities for providing the coordination and assistance needed for the successful completion of research projects at sea. The level of activity and amount of support are closely related to the vessel's operating areas and schedule for the calendar year, the size and capability of the vessel, and its scientific outfit and capability.