Oceanographic Instrumentation

海洋仪器项目支持获取用于收集、处理和分析海洋数据的仪器。这份来自德州农工大学的提案要求为设备提供资金，这些设备将用于支持美国国家科学基金会资助的海洋研究船队中的几艘船的研究巡航，特别是莫阿纳波号、托马斯华盛顿号和新地平线号。PI提议与夏威夷大学和斯克里普斯海洋学研究所的科学家合作，升级这三个研究所使用的数字地震系统。升级后的系统将包括一个SUN SPARCstation，输出8mm或4mm磁带。新系统将比目前的系统更小、更便携，存储介质（Exabyte或DAT磁带）将比目前使用的存储介质（9轨磁带）更便宜、更小。将开发三个系统，供科学界使用。

The oceanographic instrumentation program supports requests to acquire instrumentation for the collection, processing and analysis of oceanographic data. This proposal from Texas A&M University requests funding for equipment that will be used to support NSF- funded research cruises on several of the ships in the oceanographic fleet, particularly the MOANA WAVE, the THOMAS WASHINGTON and the NEW HORIZON. The PI's propose to collaborate with scientists at the University of Hawaii and Scripps Institute of Oceanography to upgrade the digital seismic systems used at all three institutions. The upgraded systems will consist of a SUN SPARCstation with output to either 8mm or 4mm tape. The new systems will be significantly smaller and more portable than the current systems, and the storage media (Exabyte or DAT tapes) will be cheaper and significantly smaller than the currently used storage media (9-track tapes). Three systems will be developed and made available for use by the scientific community.