Oceanographic Technical Services 2003-2005, R/Vs Revelle, Melville, New Horizon and Sproul

这个为期3年的奖项授予加州大学圣地亚哥分校的斯克里普斯海洋研究所(SIO)，在NSF资助的研究船Revelle、Melville、New Horizon和Sproul项目期间为技术服务提供支持。所有四艘船都由SIO运营，作为大学-国家海洋实验室系统(UNLS)研究船队的一部分。SIO将在Revelle和Melville的每次巡航中配备两名船上技术人员，在New Horizon和Sproul上配备一名技术人员，以支持海上研究项目，并从他们的共享研究仪器池中为合格用户维护、校准和提供物件。此外，该合同还支持在SIO船只和联索办其他船只上提供的一些专门服务支持，SIO技术人员将在这些船只上提供支持。这些服务包括多波束声纳作业、地震反射剖面、减少震源对海洋哺乳动物的声学影响、生物和起伏海洋载具支持、对“参考质量”CTD作业的支持、水文多普勒声纳支持和技术人员培训。这里所支持的服务预计将通过对共用海洋仪器提供具有成本效益的专家支持，大大加强考察船的运作。

0313954KnoxThis 3-year award to University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) provides support for technical services during NSF-funded programs on research vessels Revelle, Melville, New Horizon and Sproul. All four vessels are operated by SIO as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. SIO will provide two shipboard technicians on each cruise of Revelle and Melville, and one technician on New Horizon and Sproul, to support seagoing research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation. In addition, the award supports some specialized services support on both SIO vessels and other UNOLS vessels on which SIO technical staff will provide support. Such services includes multibeam sonar operations, seismic reflection profiling, mitigation of acoustic impacts on marine mammals by seismic sources, biological and undulating oceanographic vehicle support, support for 'reference quality' CTD operations, hydrographic Doppler sonar support, and technician training. The services supported here are expected to significantly enhance the operation of the research vessels via cost-effective and expert support of shared-use oceanographic instrumentation.***