Connecting RMBL to the Larger World

落基山生物实验室（RMBL）获得了一笔拨款，用于加强其研究和教育计划，安装一套无线电设备，以增加该站的带宽。作为501c3组织的一员，我们推进对自然的深刻科学认识，促进对地球的明智管理。每年，来自100多家机构的200名学生研究人员和科学家将进入受保护的研究地点和研究设施，作为实地研究地点和他们所在机构之间的桥梁。在生物进化、河流生态学、气候变化、种群动态、行为生态学和相互关系等一系列生态和进化问题上，我校的研究提供了重要的见解。此外，研究还为河流、水和空气质量以及气候变化的管理政策提供了信息。这笔拨款将用于安装一系列收音机，为电台带来带宽。目前，RMBL通过Qwest运营的系统上的光纤电缆上网。该电缆提供T1线路，容量为1.5 Mbps。考虑到在RMBL接待的大量科学家和学生，这个带宽严重不足。通过安装无线电设备将该站与当地服务提供商的光学载波- 3互联网连接连接起来，与其他解决方案相比，该站将能够在具有成本效益的基础上大幅增加带宽。这个项目将提高RMBL记录和理解变化世界的能力。目前，科学家收集的信息中只有一小部分进入了公共领域。通过增加台站的带宽，RMBL将能够更有效地支持台站的学生和科学家的工作，并增加从台站到更大世界的信息流，包括RMBL的自动传感器信息和科学家收集的数据。这笔赠款将用于支持教育活动。本科生和研究生都直接与研究科学家一起工作，包括通过NSF本科生研究经验项目资助的学生。增加的带宽将帮助学生为他们的研究项目做背景工作，并支持教他们如何使他们的数据公开可用。更多关于RMBL的信息，请访问网站http://www.rmbl.org/。

The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) is awarded a grant to enhance its research and education programs installing a set of radios to bring increased bandwidth to the station. A 501c3 organization, RMBL advances the deep scientific understanding of nature that promotes informed stewardship of the Earth. Each year RMBL hosts 200 student researchers and scientists from 100+ institutions, providing access to protected research sites and the research facilities needed to serve as a bridge between field sites and their home institutions. Research at RMBL has provided critical insights into a range of ecological and evolutionary questions, including evolution, stream ecology, climate change, population dynamics, behavioral ecology, and mutualisms. Additionally, research at RMBL has informed policy on management of streams, water and air quality, and climate change. This grant will pay for installation of a series of radios that will bring bandwidth to the station. Currently RMBL obtains internet through a fiberoptic cable on a system operated by Qwest. This cable provides a T1 line, with a capacity of 1.5 Mbps. Given the large number of scientists and students hosted at RMBL, this bandwidth is woefully inadequate. By installing radios linking the station to a local service provider's Optical Carrier- 3 Internet Connection, the station will be able to substantially increase bandwidth on a cost effective basis when compared to alternate solutions.This project will increase RMBL's ability to document and understand a changing world. Currently only a small percentage of the information collected by scientists makes it into the public domain. By increasing bandwidth to the station, RMBL will be able to more effectively support the students and scientists work at the station, as well as increase the flow of information from the station to the larger world, including information from RMBL's automated sensors and data collected by scientists. This grant will support education activities. Both undergraduate and graduate students work directly with research scientists, including students funded through NSF's Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Increased bandwidth will help students do background work for their research projects, as well as support teaching them how to make their data publicly available. For more information about RMBL, please visit the website at http://www.rmbl.org/.