St. Lawrence University Acquisition of Instrumentation for Monitoring Climate, Atmospheric, and Aquatic Environmental Processes in Northern New York

圣劳伦斯大学(SLU)的这一主要研究仪器(MRI)是为了收购纽约北部的气候、大气和水环境过程监测仪器。来自该奖项的资金将用于完成网络气候、大气和水生监测(CAAM)计划的采购和安装，该计划将作为大学综合科学教育计划的一部分，用于几名教职员工的研究和教育计划，以及用于本科生的研究。连同已购买的设备，CAAM设施将由四个主要部分组成：1)一个由三个气象站和便携式现场传感器组成的网络，用于监测当地气候和协助建立空气质量模型；2)分水岭内的一个空气质量监测站，以支持监测酸雨/雪沉积以及环境空气中各种气体和颗粒物中的化学物质；3)一个移动水质监测探头网络，允许同时和连续监测小河沿岸和我们教员感兴趣的其他河流和湖泊的化学和水文状况；以及4)加强分析能力，以支持对监测项目收集的空气和水样中的各种化学物种进行更深入的识别和量化。利用这笔赠款提供的资金，将完成CAAM设施的购置和安装：1)第三个永久性气象站；2)一个计算机系统，用于自动从气象站收集数据；3)为现有的两个便携式气象站增加传感器，使其达到研究级别；4)一个URG环境空气每周采样器；5)一个瓦里安原子吸收光谱仪，以取代现有的有17年历史的原子吸收光谱仪；6)额外的两个水实验室多探头；以及7)一个研究级Dionex离子色谱仪，以取代现有的已有13年历史的非自动化仪器。拟议的CAAM计划将产生几个广泛的影响：1)SLU的本科生研究文化将得到改善，因为该计划将增强校园教师的研究能力，并促进更多的师生合作研究；2)学生的学习将得到改善，因为可以在课程中收集和分析更多的数据；3)CAAM计划将生成大量数据集，供克拉克森大学波茨坦分校的合作者、当地学校和其他社区成员免费使用；4)通过我们与五大湖研究联盟的合作，我们的教员将能够将我们的CAAM数据提供给更广泛的地区使用和比较，并鼓励与来自五大湖地区的其他科学家进行合作研究。*

0421249GaoThis Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) to St. Lawrence University (SLU) is for acquisition of Instrumentation for Monitoring Climate, Atmospheric, and Aquatic Environmental Processes in Northern New York. Funds from this award will be used to complete the acquisition and installation of a networked climate, atmospheric, and aquatic monitoring (CAAM) program for use as part of the university wide Integrated Science Education Initiative, in the research and education programs of several faculty members, and for research conducted by undergraduates. Together with equipment already acquired, the CAAM facility will consist of four major parts: 1) a network of three weather stations and portable field sensors to monitor local climate and to assist air quality modeling; 2) an air quality monitoring station in the watershed to support the monitoring of acid rain/snow deposition and a wide range of chemical species in gaseous and particulate matter in ambient air; 3) a mobile network of water quality monitoring probes that allow for simultaneous and continuous monitoring of chemical and hydrological conditions along the Little River and for other rivers and lakes of research interest to our faculty members; and 4) an enhanced analytical capability to support the more intensive identification and quantification of a wide range of chemical species in the air and water samples collected by the monitoring projects. With funds provided by this grant, CAAM facility will be completed through the acquisition and installation of: 1) a third, permanent weather station; 2) a computer system to automate data collection from the weather stations; 3) additional sensors for the two existing portable weather stations to bring them up to research grade; 4) a URG ambient air weekly sampler; 5) a Varian atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS) to replace an existing 17-year old AAS; 6) two additional Hydrolab multiprobes; and 7) a research-grade Dionex ion chromatograph to replace an existing 13-year old non-automated instrument. The proposed CAAM program will have several broad impacts including: 1) the undergraduate student research culture at SLU will be improved since the program will enhance the research capacity for faculty on campus and foster more faculty-student collaborative research; 2) student learning will improve as more data can be collected and analyzed in courses; 3) the CAAM program will generate large data sets that will be freely available to collaborators at the Clarkson University Potsdam site, local schools, and other community members; and 4) through our association with the Great Lakes Research Consortium, our faculty will be able to make our CAAM data available for broader regional use and comparison and encourage collaborative research with other scientists from the Great Lakes Region.***