Development of the ANZCAN-ALOHA Ocean Observatory

0216164 Duennebier这一重大研究仪器奖授予夏威夷大学马诺阿分校，为在现有的夏威夷海洋时间序列(HOT)站Aloha的位置发展有线海洋观测站提供资金，该站将被称为ANZCAN-Aloha海洋观测站。该项目的目标是通过废弃的ANZCAN电信电缆提供电力和数据通信能力，该电缆将被移动26公里到13年ALOHA时间序列的现有地点。电缆在瓦胡岛登陆，将在夏威夷大学马诺阿校区进行管理。它将大大提高现场及其附近的实验能力，提供1千瓦的功率和2 Mb的数据速率，以支持物理、化学、生物和地质海洋学以及气象学、海洋光学、生物地球化学和其他领域的仪器和海洋实验。系泊剖面仪将提供对全水柱物理性质的持续监测，并由操作员控制以对海洋事件做出反应。将包括声学调制解调器功能，以允许部署和与物理上未连接到电缆接线盒的实验进行通信。有线天文台将有互联网连接，使研究人员能够观察和控制他们的实验，并为从小学到研究生的学生提供到天文台和相关教育网站的链接。夏威夷大学将提供相当于设备成本30%以上的成本分摊支持，根据核磁共振计划指南，为授予博士学位的机构提出的开发建议。*

0216164DuennebierThis Major Research Instrumentation award to University of Hawaii at Manoa provides funds for development of a cabled oceanographic observatory, at the location of the existing Hawaii Ocean Timeseries (HOT) Station ALOHA, to be known as the ANZCAN-ALOHA Ocean Observatory. The goal of the project is to provide power and data communication capability over the abandoned ANZCAN telecommunications cable, which will be moved 26 kilometers to the existing site of the 13-year ALOHA time series. The cable comes ashore on Oahu, and it will be managed from University of Hawaii's Manoa campus. It will enable a major increase in experimental capability at and near the site, with a kilowatt of power and 2 mbaud data rate available to support instruments and ocean experiments in physical, chemical, biological and geological oceanography as well as meteorology, ocean optics, biogeochemistry and other fields. A moored profiler will provide continuous monitoring of the physical properties of the full water column, with operator control to respond to ocean events. An acoustic modem capability will be included to allow deployment and communication with experiments that are not physically attached to the cabled junction box. The cabled observatory will have Internet connectivity, allowing researchers to observe and control their experiments, and providing links to the observatory and to related educational sites for students at levels from grade school to graduate school. University of Hawaii will provide cost-share support equal to more than 30% of equipment costs, per MRI Program guidelines for development proposals undertaken at Ph.D.-granting institutions.***