Oceanographic Instrumentation

一个请求是资助额外的和备份仪器的R/V罗杰Revelle，一个273？通用全球船只; R/V梅尔维尔，a 279？通用全球船舶; R/V新地平线，170？，通用，中间船和R/V斯普劳尔，一个125？一般用途区域船只。所有四艘船都由斯克里普斯海洋学研究所运营，作为大学国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分。该请求包括按优先级列出的五个项目：1）船上网络升级2）MicroK-100 Tmperature Bridge 3）TrackLink 5000 USBL 4）降低ADCP（2个系统）5）AA-III自动分析仪用泵（3）更广泛的影响：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 Roger Revelle, a 273? general purpose Global vessel; the R/V Melville, a 279?general purpose Global vessel; the R/V New Horizon, a 170?, general purpose, Intermediate vessel and the R/V Sproul, a 125? general purpose Regional vessel. All four vessels are operated by Scripps Institute of Oceanography as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The request includes five items listed by priority: 1) Shipboard Network Upgrades 2) MicroK-100 Termperature Bridge3) TrackLink 5000 USBL4) Lowered ADCP (2 systems)5) Pumps for AA-III AutoAnalyser (3)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.