SeaNet Lite: A Small Step on the Way to Connectivity

该奖项是对Lamont Doherty地球天文台(LDEO)、伍兹霍尔海洋研究所(WHOI)和联合海洋研究所(JOI)的合作赠款，用于与获取和开发能够从船上到海岸的高数据速率传输的舰载通信系统相关的活动。该通信系统将安装在研究船托马斯·汤普森号上，这是一艘279英尺长的船，由海军所有，由华盛顿大学运营。该系统将在1995年和1996年大量使用，以支持JGOFS阿拉伯海方案。这项提议是开发一种名为SEANET的原型舰载通信系统的合作提议的一部分。合作赠款中包括的提案包括：提案#PI机构#95-10117安迪·马菲·伍兹霍尔海洋研究所#95-09870戴尔·查耶斯·拉蒙特·多尔蒂地球天文台#94-19306艾伦·卡普尔联合海洋机构这三项提案概述了开发舰载通信系统原型的努力如下：1)LDEO的戴尔·查耶斯将购买船上硬件(53,000美元)，与安迪·马菲合作集成硬件，前往阿曼在R/V Thompson上安装系统，并参加一次巡航，以排除系统故障，并教汤普森的技术人员/科学家如何使用它。LDEO还将提供一些行政支持，以建立国际海事卫星组织因年内使用该系统而产生的费用的账单系统，Chayes将在JGOFS巡航完成后将该系统移除并重新部署到另一艘船上。2)WHOI的安迪·马菲将协助查耶斯整合硬件，并将为船上通信系统提供用户友好的软件。他将整合该系统的硬件和软件，包括该船的系统、国际海事卫星组织卫星、地球地面站、路由器和互联网连接。在操作过程中，如有必要，他将对系统进行故障排除。3)Ellen Kappl(Joi)和Rex Buddenburg(NPGS)：Kappl将提供全面的计划管理，包括向所有UNLS机构传达计划目标和进展，并将NSF的SEANET努力与其他机构的互补努力相结合，包括但不限于NOAA、USCG和NASA。布登堡是一名卫星通信专家，他将在系统开发和分析使用其他卫星系统的备选方案期间与美国航天局进行技术协调。创建一个支持从船到岸的高速数据传输和与互联网连接的系统的目标是OCE高性能计算和通信(HPCC)计划的一部分。因此，海洋科学研究科(海洋科学研究科)和海洋设施科(海洋设施科)将为这项工作提供联合支助。

This award is a cooperative grant to Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) for activities associated with the acquisition and development of a shipboard communications system that will be capable of high data rate transfers from ship to shore. The communications system will be installed on the research vessel THOMAS THOMPSON, a 279-foot vessel, owned by the Navy and operated by the University of Washington. The system will be heavily used in 1995 and 1996 to support the JGOFS Arabian Sea Program. This proposal is part of a cooperative proposal to develop a prototype shipboard communications system called SEANET. Proposals included in the cooperative grant are: Proposal # PI Institution #95-10117 Andy Maffei Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution #95-09870 Dale Chayes Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory #94-19306 Ellen Kappel Joint Oceanographic Institutions These three proposals outline an effort to develop a prototype shipboard communications systems as follows: 1) Dale Chayes at LDEO will purchase the shipboard hardware ($53,000), work with Andy Maffei to integrate the hardware, travel to Oman to install the system on the R/V THOMPSON, and participate in one cruise in order to trouble shoot the system and teach the THOMPSON's technicians/scientists how to use it. LDEO will also provide some administrative support to establish a billing system for INMARSAT charges resulting from use of the system during the year, and Chayes will remove and redeploy the system on another ship when JGOFS cruises are completed. 2) Andy Maffei at WHOI will assist Chayes with the integration of the hardware and will provide user-friendly software for the shipboard communications system. He will integrate the system's hardware and software, including the ship's system, INMARSAT satellites, earth groundstations, routers, and Internet connections. He will be available to trouble-shoot the sy stem as necessary during operations. 3) Ellen Kappel (JOI) and Rex Buddenburg (NPGS): Kappel will provide overall program management, including communication of program goals and progress to all UNOLS institutions, and will integrate the NSF's SEANET effort with complementary efforts of other agencies, including but not limited to NOAA, USCG and NASA. Buddenburg, a satellite communications expert, will provide technical coordination with NASA during the system development and analysis of options to use other satellite systems. The goals of creating a system that will support high-speed-data transfer from ship to shore and connections to the Internet are part of OCE's plan for the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) initiative. Therefore, joint support for this effort will be provided by the Oceanographic Sciences Research Section (OSRS) and by the Oceanographic Facilities Section (OCFS).