St. Lawrence University Acquisition of Instrumentation for Monitoring Climate, Atmospheric, and Aquatic Environmental Processes in Northern New York

0421249高向圣劳伦斯大学（SLU）提供的主要研究仪器（MRI）是为了获得北方纽约的气候、大气和水环境过程监测仪器。 该奖项的资金将用于完成网络气候，大气和水生监测（CAAM）计划的收购和安装，该计划将作为大学综合科学教育计划的一部分，用于几名教师的研究和教育计划，以及由本科生进行的研究。 加上已经购置的设备，CAAM设施将由四个主要部分组成：1）一个由三个气象站和便携式现场传感器组成的网络，以监测当地气候并协助建立空气质量模型; 2）一个位于流域的空气质量监测站，以支持监测酸雨/雪沉积和环境空气中气体和颗粒物中的各种化学物质; 3）一个移动的水质监测探头网络，允许同时和连续监测化学和水文条件沿着小河和其他河流和湖泊的研究兴趣，我们的教师;和4）的方法加强分析能力，以支持更深入地识别和量化收集的空气和水样本中的各种化学物质，监测项目。 利用这笔赠款提供的资金，CAAM设施将通过购买和安装：1）第三个永久性气象站; 2）自动收集气象站数据的计算机系统; 3）为现有的两个便携式气象站增加传感器，使其达到研究级别; 4）URG环境空气每周采样器; 5）Varian原子吸收光谱仪（AAS），以取代现有的17岁的AAS; 6）两个额外的Hydrolab多探针;和7）研究级Dionex离子色谱仪，以取代现有的13岁的非自动化仪器。 CAAM项目的实施将产生以下几个方面的影响：1）该项目将提高SLU的本科生科研文化，因为该项目将提高校内教师的科研能力，并促进更多的师生合作研究; 2）学生的学习将得到改善，因为课程中可以收集和分析更多的数据; 3）CAAM计划将产生大型数据集，这些数据集将免费提供给克拉克森大学波茨坦分校、当地学校和其他社区成员的合作者; 4）通过我们与五大湖研究联盟的联系，我们的教师将能够使我们的CAAM数据可用于更广泛的区域使用和比较，并鼓励与来自五大湖的其他科学家进行合作研究区域 *

0421249GaoThis Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) to St. Lawrence University (SLU) is for acquisition of Instrumentation for Monitoring Climate, Atmospheric, and Aquatic Environmental Processes in Northern New York. Funds from this award will be used to complete the acquisition and installation of a networked climate, atmospheric, and aquatic monitoring (CAAM) program for use as part of the university wide Integrated Science Education Initiative, in the research and education programs of several faculty members, and for research conducted by undergraduates. Together with equipment already acquired, the CAAM facility will consist of four major parts: 1) a network of three weather stations and portable field sensors to monitor local climate and to assist air quality modeling; 2) an air quality monitoring station in the watershed to support the monitoring of acid rain/snow deposition and a wide range of chemical species in gaseous and particulate matter in ambient air; 3) a mobile network of water quality monitoring probes that allow for simultaneous and continuous monitoring of chemical and hydrological conditions along the Little River and for other rivers and lakes of research interest to our faculty members; and 4) an enhanced analytical capability to support the more intensive identification and quantification of a wide range of chemical species in the air and water samples collected by the monitoring projects. With funds provided by this grant, CAAM facility will be completed through the acquisition and installation of: 1) a third, permanent weather station; 2) a computer system to automate data collection from the weather stations; 3) additional sensors for the two existing portable weather stations to bring them up to research grade; 4) a URG ambient air weekly sampler; 5) a Varian atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS) to replace an existing 17-year old AAS; 6) two additional Hydrolab multiprobes; and 7) a research-grade Dionex ion chromatograph to replace an existing 13-year old non-automated instrument. The proposed CAAM program will have several broad impacts including: 1) the undergraduate student research culture at SLU will be improved since the program will enhance the research capacity for faculty on campus and foster more faculty-student collaborative research; 2) student learning will improve as more data can be collected and analyzed in courses; 3) the CAAM program will generate large data sets that will be freely available to collaborators at the Clarkson University Potsdam site, local schools, and other community members; and 4) through our association with the Great Lakes Research Consortium, our faculty will be able to make our CAAM data available for broader regional use and comparison and encourage collaborative research with other scientists from the Great Lakes Region.***