Oceanographic Technical Services 2006 - 2008, R/V Wecoma

0610607Willis这个为期3年的奖项授予俄勒冈州立大学(OSU)，在NSF资助的R/V Wecoma项目期间为技术服务提供支持，Wecoma是一艘185英尺的通用研究船，作为大学-国家海洋实验室系统研究船队的一部分。OSU将在每艘R/V Wecoma邮轮上配备一名船上技术员，以支持海上研究项目，并为合格用户维护、校准和提供共用研究仪器池中的物品。作为专业服务，OSU将维护和运营Norcor设施，以便在需要时提供沉积物取心服务，以支持NSF资助的项目。Norcor取心系统是便携的，它们将在承担预定项目最有效的船只上操作，通常是UNLS船只，或者USCGC Healy，用于需要破冰能力的项目。俄亥俄州立大学还将提供一种用于获取海洋数据的起伏拖曳车辆，作为专门服务。这一仪器也可以从联索办事处的船只上操作，因此可以安排有效地利用联索办事处的船队。俄亥俄州立大学的技术人员还将继续在SWAP(船载无线应用协议)计划中进行合作，以通过无线通信技术加强船与船和船与岸之间的通信。通过该奖项提供的技术支持和仪器维护使来自美国各地的合格研究人员能够共享使用这一海洋设施，并使该船和其他专门仪器能够有效地用于联邦资助的海洋研究。***

0610607WillisThis 3-year award to Oregon State University (OSU) provides support for technical services during NSF-funded programs on R/V Wecoma, a 185' general purpose research vessel operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. OSU will provide one shipboard technician on each cruise of R/V Wecoma to support seagoing research projects and to maintain, calibrate and provide for qualified users items from their pool of shared-use research instrumentation. As specialized services, OSU will maintain and operate the NORCOR facility to provide sediment coring services when required in support of NSF-funded projects. The NORCOR coring systems are portable, and they will be operated from the vessel that is most efficient to undertake the scheduled project, normally a UNOLS vessel, or USCGC Healy for programs requiring ice-breaking capability. OSU will also provide as specialized services an undulating, towed vehicle for acquiring oceanographic data. This instrument, also, may be operated from UNOLS vessels of opportunity, and thus may be scheduled to make efficient use of the UNOLS fleet. OSU technical personnel will also continue to collaborate in the SWAP (Shipboard Wireless Applications Protocols) program, to enhance ship-ship and ship-shore communications via wireless communications technologies. The technical support and instrument maintenance provided via this award enables shared-use operation of this oceanographic facility by qualified researchers from throughout the US, and it enables efficient use of the vessel and other specialized instrumentation for federally-funded oceanographic research. ***