Oceanographic Instrumentation

拉巴莱该合同授予路易斯安那大学海洋联盟(LUMCON)，为R/V鹈鹕购买两台声学海流剖面仪提供支持，这是一艘由LUMCON运营的研究船，作为大学-国家海洋实验室系统(UNLS)的一部分。这些海流剖面仪安装在船体上，并与船舶现有的姿态传感器和数据采集系统集成在一起，将在浅水深度沿船舶航迹提供准确的海流数据，补充了现有用于较深水域的系统。这些收购将为海洋科学家在2007年和未来几年的研究中使用R/V鹈鹕提供重要的新的共享使用能力。

RabalaisThis award to Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) provides support for the acquisition of two acoustic current profilers for R/V Pelican, a research vessel operated by LUMCON as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). These current profilers, mounted on the vessel's hull and integrated with the vessel's existing attitude sensors and data acquisition system, will provide accurate current data along the track of the vessel in shallower water depths, complementing the existing system used in deeper waters. These acquisitions will provide important new shared-use capability for marine scientists using R/V Pelican in their research during 2007 and future years.