Oceanographic Technical Services 2006-2008, R/Vs Atlantis, Knorr and Oceanus

这项为期3年的合同授予了马萨诸塞州的伍兹霍尔海洋研究所（WHOI），为美国国家科学基金会资助的亚特兰蒂斯号、诺尔号和Oceanus号研究船项目提供技术服务支持。所有三艘船都由WHOI运营，作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）研究船队的一部分。WHOI将为“亚特兰蒂斯”号和“诺尔”号各提供两名船上技术人员，为“海洋”号提供一名技术人员，以支持海上研究项目，维护、校准并为合格用户提供共享研究仪器池中的项目。基本服务包括多波束声纳操作。此外，该合同还支持对WHOI船只和其他UNOLS船只的一些专门服务支持，WHOI技术人员将为这些船只提供支持。这项服务预计将通过为共享使用的海洋仪器提供具有成本效益的专家支持，大大提高科考船的作业效率

0610321WaldenThis 3-year award to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts provides support for technical services during NSF-funded programs on research vessels Atlantis, Knorr and Oceanus. All three vessels are operated by WHOI as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. WHOI will provide two shipboard technicians on each cruise of Atlantis and Knorr, and one technician on Oceanus, to support seagoing research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation. Basic services include multibeam sonar operations. In addition, the award supports some specialized services support on both WHOI vessels and other UNOLS vessels on which WHOI technical staff will provide support. 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.***