Acquisition of Shipboard Oceanographic Instrumentation for R/V Fay Slover

这项主要研究仪器奖授予了弗吉尼亚州的老道明大学，为一艘55英尺长的海岸研究船提供了购买海洋仪器的资金，用于切萨皮克湾及其周围的研究和教育项目。具体的仪器包括电导率-温度-深度系统（CTD）、精密深度记录仪、声波电流剖面仪、全球定位系统、箱盖和数据记录计算机系统。该合同还包括在最初的三年里为一名海上技术人员提供部分支持，以集成、安装和监督仪器的操作。该项目得到了美国国家科学基金会海洋科学部的支持。老道明大学将从非联邦基金中提供超过项目总成本30%的成本分担支持

This Major Research Instrumentation award to Old Dominion University in Virginia provides funds for acquisition of oceanographic instrumentation to outfit a 55-foot coastal research vessel for research and education projects in and around the Chesapeake Bay. Specific instrumentation to be acquired included a Conductivity-Temperature-Depth system (CTD), a precision depth recorder, an acoustic current profiler, a global positioning sytem, a box corer and a data logging computer system. The award also included partial support of a marine technician to integrate, install and oversee operation of the instrumentation during the initial three years. The project is supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences at NSF. Old Dominion University will provide cost-share support from non-federal funds for more than 30% of total project costs.***