Oceanographic Instrumentation

夏威夷大学的夏威夷地球物理研究所将购置几件海洋仪器，放在一个共用设备池中。该设备的维护是为了在该机构运营的研究船上使用或与之配合使用。1988年期间，这些船的大部分运行计划是为了支持nsf赞助的研究项目。该仪器还将提高舰船和机构支持研究和工程活动的能力。仪器包括：-数据记录和分析计算机系统，增加多用户海上计算能力；-莲座板，用于升级水样瓶的框架，从而增加在特定海洋深度收集离散海水样本的灵活性；-透射仪，用于测量水柱中的光衰减，从中可以获得有关水中悬浮颗粒数量和类型的信息；-岩石薄片设备，用于准备从海底采集的岩石样本，用于岩石学调查；-平板绘图仪，用于绘制海底测深图和其他海底地图。夏威夷大学为购买这一设备提供了相当大的费用分摊。上述仪器将增加研究所支持nsf资助的研究和工程项目的能力。

The Hawaii Institute of Geophysics at the University of Hawaii will acquire several items of oceanographic instrumentation to be placed in a pool of shared use equipment. This equipment is maintained for use on or in association with the research vessels the institution operates. A substantial part of the ships' operating schedule during 1988 is in support of NSF-sponsored research projects. The instrumentation will also increase the capabilities of the ships and of the institution to support research and engineering activities. The instrumentation includes: -A data logging and analysis computer system for increasing multi- user sea-going computing capabilities, -Rosette plates for upgrading the frame to which water sampling bottles are attached and thus increasing flexibility for collecting discrete seawater samples at specific ocean depths, -a transmissometer for measuring light attenuation in the water column, from which information may be derived about quantity and types of suspended particles in the water, -rock thin-section equipment for preparing samples of rocks collected from the sea floor for petrological investigations, and -a flatbed plotter for making bathymetric and other maps of the seafloor. The University of Hawaii is providing considerable cost sharing for acquiring this equipment. The instrumentation described above will increase the capability of the Institution to support NSF-sponsored research and engineering projects.