Improved Meterological Measurements for the University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Fleet

作为将于1992年开始实地试验的世界海洋环流试验的一部分所计划的许多研究工作都需要更精确的气象数据。尽管许多传感器在商业上是可用的，但它们的准确性和用于船舶和浮标的校准直到最近才得到测试。最初授权给PI公司（OCE-87- 09614）完成的工作量化了一些浮标和船舶传感器的性能特征，PI公司和制造商之间的合作导致了这些传感器的改进。适用于任何传感器的数据记录系统的开发也已完成并授权给商业制造商。改进后的传感器系统被称为IMET，即改进气象系统。这笔拨款为最近开发的IMET传感器系统的最终文件提供资金。该文件将允许海洋学界的其他人员在各种研究船上安装和维护IMET系统。

More accurate meteorological data is required for many of the research efforts planned as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), which will begin field experiments in 1992. Although many sensors are available commercially, their accuracy and calibration for ships and buoys had not been tested until recently. Work completed in an initial grant to the PI's (OCE-87- 09614) quantified the performance characteristics of some buoy and ship sensors, and cooperation between the PI's and manufacturers resulted in improvements to these sensors. Development of a data logging system that is applicable to any sensor was also completed and licensed to a commercial manufacturer. The improved sensor system is known as IMET, for Improved METeorological. This grant provides funding for the final documentation of the recently developed IMET sensor system. This documentation will allow the rest of the oceanographic community to install and maintain the IMET system on a variety of research vessels.