Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment, RV Blue Heron, 2013

该奖项资助了RV Blue Heron上的船上科学支持设备，该设备由明尼苏达大学拥有，由大湖天文台运营，并作为联合国海洋法办事处的船只运营。 根据UNOLS RVSS附录B，资金将用于为我们的A形框架、起重机、甲板插座和01甲板、捕鱼吊架和绞车编制最大容量文件（MCD），并购买火灾探测系统和更换自动化信息系统。所有这些设备和文件将有助于确保蓝鹭船上更安全的工作条件，从而改善船舶的所有用户的操作。更广泛的影响来自资助的MCD，火灾探测系统，AIS和化学品储存柜，这将提高明尼苏达大学？研究和教育的基础设施。 这些项目和文件将提高船上的安全水平，确保NSF支持的项目能够安全及时地完成。该设备将安装在船上，因此将提供给所有的蓝鹭？的用户。

This award funds shipboard scientific support equipment on the RV Blue Heron, which is owned by the University of Minnesota and operated by the Large Lakes Observatory and operated as a UNOLS vessel. Funds will be used to develop maximum capacity documentation (MCDs) for our A-frame, crane, deck sockets and 01 deck, fishing gallows, and winches as per UNOLS RVSS Appendix B, and to purchase a fire detection system, and a replacement Automated Information System. All of this equipment and documentation will help ensure safer working conditions on board the Blue Heron thereby improving operations for all users of the ship.Broader Impacts result from the funded MCDs, fire detection system, AIS and chemical storage locker, which will enhance the University of Minnesota?s infrastructure for research and education. The items and documentation will increase the level of safety on board the vessel, ensuring that projects supported by NSF will be completed in a safe and timely manner. The equipment will be installed on the vessel and therefore will be available to all of the Blue Heron?s users.