SGER: Physical Oceanography Equipment for use during the Arctic Science Submarine Cruise 1993

华盛顿大学极地科学中心的调查人员将购买一批潜艇舰艇发射消耗性CTD(SSXCTD)，并制造一个吊杆，用于从美国海军潜艇上部署其他科学仪器。美国海军正在为民间学术海洋科学界提供一个独特的、首次利用核动力潜艇在北冰洋冰层下进行科学测量的机会。这次巡航计划在夏末进行，是未来可能进行的潜艇科学巡航的原型。SSXCTD是潜射的，相当于从科考船上部署的XCTD。这些自由落体探头测量海水温度和电导率作为深度的函数。SSXCTD的使用对潜艇上计划的物理海洋学计划至关重要。长期以来，民间调查人员一直对从运行中的潜艇上进行海洋科学测量，特别是在冰盖下进行测量感兴趣。今年夏天的巡航是一个机会，可以测试使用作战潜艇进行基础科学研究的可行性。

Investigators at the Polar Science Center of the University of Washington will purchase a quantity of Submarine Ship launch eXpendable CTDs (SSXCTD) and fabricate a boom for deploying other scientific instruments from a U.S. Navy submarine. The Navy is providing the civilian academic ocean science community with a unique, first-time opportunity to make scientific measurements under the ice in the Arctic Ocean from a nuclear powered submarine. This cruise is scheduled for the late summer and is a prototype for potential future submarine science cruises. SSXCTDs are submarine- launched counterparts to XCTDs that are deployed from research vessels. These free-falling probes measure seawater temperature and conductivity as a function of depth. Use of SSXCTDs are crucial to the planned physical oceanography program on the submarine. Making ocean science measurements, especially under the ice cap, from an operational submarine has long been of interest to civilian investigators. This summer's cruise represents an opportunity to test the feasibility of using operational submarines for basic scientific research.