SeaNet: Providing Internet Services for Shipboard Research

这个奖项授予马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔海洋研究所，为支持和扩展现有的SeanNet计划提供技术人员和硬件，以便在海上进行海洋研究的船只和岸上设施之间提供互联网和其他计算机通信能力。Seanet是一项发展，为美国学术研究船队的研究船带来了增强的通信协议。这一能力大大加强了外联和K-12教育活动的努力，特别是针对将海上实时研究项目与公共和基础教育活动相结合的研究人员。Seanet还为船舶运营商在代表船舶的科学用户管理船上通信，包括电子邮件和大型数据文件传输方面提供了实质性的好处，并提供了共同的协议和对卫星通信的高速访问。本合同已在六艘学术研究船上实施，将用于增加四个新系统以及支持业务、维护硬件和软件以及一些增强的通信能力。

0083693MaffeiThis award to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts provides technical personnel and hardware to support and extend the existing SeaNet program to provide Internet and other computer communications capabilities between vessels conducting oceanographic research at sea and facilities on shore. SeaNet is a development bringing enhanced communications protocols 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, including both electronic mail and large data file transfers, on behalf of scientific users of the vessel, and it provides common protocols and high-speed access to satellite communications. Already implemented on six academic research vessels, the present award will provide for addition of four new systems as well as support of operations, maintenance of hardware and software, and some enhanced communications capabilities.***