Oceanographic Instrumentation 2007

0710980威利斯这个奖项给俄勒冈州州立大学提供仪器上使用的研究船韦科马，一个NSF拥有的船舶由俄勒冈州立大学作为大学国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分。 该合同支持为该船的科学回声探测器购置一个新的传感器，并提供一个Ku波段船上卫星通信系统，以便利用联合国海洋法办事处的HiSeasNet系统从海上接入因特网。 这一系统通过卫星提供高速接入，大大改善了海上科学家可获得的科学和技术信息，并使岸上人员与实地同事有更密切的联系。

0710980WillisThis award to Oregon State University provides instrumentation for use on the research vessel Wecoma, an NSF-owned ship operated by OSU as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The award supports acquisition of a new transducer for the vessel's scientific echo sounder, and it provides a Ku-band shipboard satellite communication system that will allow use of the UNOLS HiSeasNet system for Internet access from sea. This system offers high speed access via satellite, significantly improving scientific and technical information available to scientists at sea, as well as offering shore-based personnel much closer contact with their colleagues in the fieldThis shared-use capability will be available to all funded users of the R/V Wecoma, and will provide a substantial advantage to marine scientists during 2007 and future years.