Oceanographic Instrumentation 2010

一个请求是资助额外的和备份仪器的R/V托马斯汤普森，一个274？通用全球研究船和R/V克利福德巴恩斯，一个66？一般用途的沿海船只。这两艘船都是由华盛顿大学作为大学国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分运营的。该请求包括按优先级列出的四个项目：1）R/V Thompson气象传感器套件2）R/V巴恩斯气象传感器套件3）300 Khz ADCP，船体安装在R/V Thompson上4）150 kHz Lowered-ADCP，用于任何一艘船，加上电池组本提案的主要影响是在标准二之下，为科学家使用该船及其共用仪器提供基础设施支持，以支持他们的NSF资助的海洋学研究项目（由NSF的相关研究计划单独进行审查）。 共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许来自任何美国大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员使用工作、校准仪器进行研究，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。

A request is made to fund additional and back-up instrumentation on the R/V Thomas Thompson, a 274? general purpose Global research vessel and the R/V Clifford Barnes, a 66? general purpose Coastal vessel. Both vessels are operated by the University of Washington as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The request includes four items listed by priority:1) Meteorological sensor suite for R/V Thompson 2) Meteorological sensor suite for R/V Barnes 3) 300 Khz ADCP, hull-mounted on R/V Thompson 4) 150 kHz Lowered-ADCP for use on either ship, plus battery pack Broader Impacts: The principal impact of the present proposal is under criterion two, providing infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers.