Instrumental Core

该核心的总体目标是为仪器提供先进的支持， 实现中心目标所需的发展。它将以两种密切相关的方式实现这一目标：1）支持仪器的进步，推进每个项目所需的硬件和软件2）在每个项目中利用仪器和程序的发展来设计，建造和测试3种类型的原型仪器，这些仪器将进行测量，包括现场部署和能够由非专业人员操作，无需事先培训。工作计划和相应的预算已经制定，以促进该核心履行其对整个项目的责任的能力：开发优化的关键组件，以推进所有三个项目的技术，然后开发一个包含这些开发的原型。这个核心的人员有具体的职责，这些职责延伸到所有三个项目，并将概念、软件和硬件纳入每个项目。该核心的人员将参与三个项目的日常运作，特别是开发专用仪器，以促进每个项目。因为这三个项目之间的时间承诺会随着时间的推移而变化，并且在这个核心中的个人之间，最有效的方法是不要试图表明他们在这三个项目上的努力的固定比例。相反，我们将有能力和灵活性来提供在所有3个项目中取得最大进展所需的努力，并将能够更快地推进可以最快地实现现场部署的项目。项目1和项目3（位于达特茅斯）的直接项目支持活动约占40%，项目2（位于佛罗里达）的直接项目支持活动约占20%。在资助期间，该中心的人员将花费越来越多的时间和精力来设计、建造和测试将要生产的原型仪器。项目人员将密切参与原型的设计和测试阶段。该核心还将与MCW的核心密切互动，后者将利用其专业知识提供组件和建议，使项目能够尽可能有效和高效地向前推进。

The overall aim of this core is to provide sophisticated state of the art support for the instrumental developments needed to reach the goals of the Center. It will accomplish this in two closely related ways: 1) to support the instrumental advances, both hardware and software needed to advance each project 2) to ufilize the instrumental and procedural developments in each project to design, construct, and test the 3 types of prototype instruments that will carry out the measurements including being field-deployable and capable of being operated by non-expert personnel with no prior training. The work plan and accompanying budget has been developed to facilitate the capabilifies of this core carrying out its responsibilities for the overall project: to develop optimized critical components to advance the technology in all three projects and then to develop a prototype that incorporates the developments. The personnel in this core have specific responsibilifies that extend across all three projects and also incorporate concepts, software, and hardware within each project. The personnel in this core will be involved in the day to day operations of the three projects, especially in the development of the specialized instrumentation to facilitate each project. Because the fime commitments among the three projects will vary over time and among individuals in this core, it is most efficient to not to try to indicate a set proportion of their efforts for the three projects. Instead we will have the capability and the flexibility to provide the effort that is need to attain maximal progress in all 3 projects and will be able to advance more quickly projects where the field deployability can be achieved most rapidly. The direct project-supporting acfivities will be roughly 40% each for projects 1 and 3 (these are at Dartmouth) and 20% for Project 2 which is centered at Florida. During the course of the grant period the personnel in this core will be spending an increasing amount of their fime and effort in the design, construction, and testing ofthe prototype instruments to be produced. The personnel ofthe projects will be closely involved in both the design and the testing phases of the prototypes that are produced. This core will also interact closely with the Core at MCW where the latter will use their specialized expertise to provide components and advice that will enable the projects to move forward as effectively and efficienfiy as possible.