University of Hawaii Oceanographic Instrumentation CY2012

夏威夷大学提出了一项申请，要求为185？作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统（UNOLS）研究船队的一部分操作的通用研究船。夏威夷大学（UH）支持两艘研究船，为海洋学、海洋生物学、地质学和大气科学领域的研究提供平台。他们要求获得资金购买海洋仪器和设备，以支持2012年在基洛莫阿纳号上进行的国家科学基金会/联合国海洋学支助办多学科项目。按照优先顺序，他们建议：1)重建UH CTD和Niskin瓶库存$109,9882)购买12 kHz声学ping仪(2)$44,7003)购买计速船滑轮$ 480004)购买额外的Niskin瓶组$28,791总计$231,479目前提案的主要影响是在标准二下，为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享使用的仪器来支持他们的国家科学基金会资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受国家科学基金会相关研究项目的单独审查）。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资助的研究人员为他们的研究访问工作、校准仪器，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。

A request is made by the University of Hawaii to fund additional and replacement instrumentation for the R/V Kilo Moana, (KM), a 185? general purpose research vessel operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. The University of Hawaii (UH) supports two research vessels that provide platforms for research in the fields of oceanography, marine biology, geology and atmospheric science. They request funds to purchase oceanographic instrumentation and equipment in support of the multidisciplinary NSF/UNOLS projects to be undertaken on R/V Kilo Moana in 2012. In order of priority, they propose to: 1) Rebuild UH CTD and Niskin bottle inventory $109,9882) Purchase 12 kHz acoustical pingers (2) $44,7003) Purchase metered overboarding sheave $48,0004) Purchase additional set of Niskin bottles $28,791 TOTAL $231,479Broader 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.