A portable and towable current profiler

我们需要一台便携式和可拖曳的海流剖面仪，以测量圣劳伦斯河口、萨盖内峡湾和圣劳伦斯湾周围各种海湾等沿海海域小船的近地表水流。无论是监测浮游生物、营养物、沉积物或污染物的输送，还是支持地球物理流体动力学和海洋湍流的基础研究，在沿海海洋表层和光区获得这种海流测量对于几乎所有在沿海海洋开展的海洋学研究都至关重要。该仪器将支持应用以及基础研究和培训计划。在应用方面，例如，它将在2017年夏季期间作为加拿大健康海洋网络倡议的一部分，用于绘制九月湾的海流图，以便更好地了解污染物和沉积物在我国沿海地区的迁移和扩散对环境的影响。在基本方面，它将在2017年夏季用于支持加拿大-法国-荷兰的一个国际研究项目，该项目研究最近在萨盖奈峡湾发现的超大型(10米高)水下波的产生和传播。这些研究将有助于更好地管理沿海海域，帮助保护环境，改善我们对自然水流的基本了解，并增加加拿大的智力优势和科学创造力。

We request a portable and towable current profiler to measure near surface currents from small boats in coastal seas such as the St. Lawrence Estuary, the Saguenay Fjord and various bays surrounding the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Obtaining such current measurements in the surface layer and photic zone of the coastal ocean is central to just about all oceanographic researches carried out in coastal seas, whether it be to monitor plankton, nutrient, sediment or pollutant transports or to support fundamental research on geophysical fluid dynamics and ocean turbulence. This instrument will support applied as well as fundamental research and training programs. On the applied side, it will be used, for example, during Summer 2017 to map the currents in the Bay of Sept-îles as part of the Canadian Healthy Ocean Network initiative in order to better understand antrhopogenic environmental impacts of pollutants an sediment transport and dispersal in our coastal zones. On the fundamental side, it will be used during Summer 2017 to support an international Canada-France-Netherlands research project to study the generation and propagation of very large (> 10 m height) underwater waves recently found in the Saguenay Fjord. These researches will lead to better management of coastal seas and help protect the environment as well as improve our fundamental understanding of natural flows and increase Canada's intellectual merit and scientific creativity.