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

作为世界海洋环流实验(WOCE)的一部分计划的许多研究工作都需要更准确的气象数据，该实验将于1992年开始实地实验。虽然市面上有很多传感器，但它们对船舶和浮标的准确度和校准直到最近才得到测试。在对PI的初始拨款(OCE-87-09614)中完成的工作量化了一些浮标和船舶传感器的性能特征，PI与制造商之间的合作导致了这些传感器的改进。还完成了适用于任何传感器的数据记录系统的开发，并将其授权给一家商业制造商。改进后的传感器系统被称为IMET，意为改进的气象。这笔赠款为最近开发的IMET传感器系统的最后文件提供资金。这份文件将使海洋学界的其他人员能够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.