Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Oceanographic Instrumentation (Moored Instrumentation to Support Present and Future Field Programs)

请拨资金购买新的传感器，以支持POOL。伍兹霍尔海洋研究所的物理海洋学观测实验室(POOL)是一个虚拟设施，负责维护和向美国调查人员提供系泊仪器，这些调查人员在国家科学基金会和其他国家机构的支持下进行研究。部件实验室小组建造系泊元件和准备传感器，出海部署和回收系泊设备，如果首席调查员提出要求，则从系泊仪器中提取和处理数据，并为科学分析做好准备。大约5年前，通过一项重大研究仪器拨款，水池仪器得到了显著的更新。然而，目前的水池仪器盘存完全致力于当前正在进行的项目，这极大地限制了在不久的将来支持新举措的能力。此外，目前安排的重复部署将导致某些所要求的工具出现短缺。这里要求采购精选的新系泊传感器，以解决这一短缺问题，并促进未来的现场工作。所要求的仪器包括：1)Nortek Aquadop海流计$128,160 2)Seabird SBE 37SM MicroCats$116,9203 3)MP升级/大修/修改$103,425 4)EdgeTech 8242XS声学版本$133,200 5)Seabird SBE 37SM MicroCats$116,9206)MP升级/大修/修改$103,425$702,050更广泛的影响本提案的主要影响是根据提案指南(NSF 13-589)的优点审查标准2。它为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享仪器，以支持他们由NSF资助的海洋研究项目(这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查)。共享仪器的获取、维护和操作使任何美国大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员都可以获得用于其研究的工作、校准的仪器，从而降低了研究成本，并扩大了潜在研究人员的基础。

Funding is requested for the acquisition of new sensors in support of POOL. The Physical Oceanography Observing Laboratory (POOL) of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a virtual facility that maintains and provides moored instrumentation to U.S. investigators conducting research supported by the National Science Foundation and other national agencies. Component laboratory groups construct the mooring elements and prepare the sensors, go to sea to deploy and recover moorings and, if requested by the principal investigator, extract and process the data from the moored instrumentation and make them ready for scientific analysis. Nearly 5 years ago now, the POOL instrumentation was significantly renewed through a Major Research Instrumentation grant. Nevertheless, the present inventory of POOL instrumentation is fully committed to current, ongoing projects, greatly restricting the ability to supportnew initiatives in the near future. Moreover, overlapping deployments now scheduled willresult in a shortfall in some requested instruments. Acquisition of selected new moored sensorsis requested here to address this shortfall and facilitate future field work. Instrumentation requested includes:1) Nortek Aquadopp current meters $128,160 2) Seabird SBE 37SM MicroCats $116,920 3) MMP upgrade/overhaul/modifications $103,425 4) EdgeTech 8242XS acoustic releases $133,200 5) Seabird SBE 37SM MicroCats $116,920 6) MMP upgrade/overhaul/modifications $103,425 $702,050 Broader ImpactsThe principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 13-589). It provides 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.