Interim Maintenance of SeaNet Operations

9908869 Maffei授予马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔海洋研究所的这一奖项将支持SeaNet项目的持续运营，该项目为美国学术研究船队的研究船带来了增强的通信协议，包括互联网访问。 这一能力大大加强了外联和K-12教育活动的努力，特别是为研究人员将海上实时研究项目与公共和基础教育活动相结合。 SeaNet还为船舶运营商提供了代表船舶科学用户管理船上通信的巨大好处，并以较低的通信成本引入了通用协议和高速接入。 目前的合同已经在五艘学术研究船上实施，将在计划开发和扩大能力时提供操作和测试。

9908869MaffeiThis award to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts will support continuing operations of the SeaNet project, a development bringing enhanced communications protocols, including Internet access, to research vessels of the U.S. academic research fleet. This capability substantially enhances efforts for outreach and K-12 educational activities, in particular, for researchers combining real-time research projects at sea with public and elementary education activities. SeaNet also offers vessel operators substantial benefits in managing shipboard communications on behalf of scientific users of the vessel, and introduces common protocols and high-speed access at lower communications cost. Already implemented on five academic research vessels, the present award will provide for operations and testing as development and expansion of the capability are planned.***