Oceanographic Instrumentation 2007

0710980Willis该奖项授予俄勒冈州立大学，为研究船Wecoma提供仪器，Wecoma是美国国家科学基金会拥有的船，由俄亥俄州立大学运营，是大学-国家海洋实验室系统研究船队的一部分。该合同支持为该船的科学回声测深仪采购新的换能器，并提供一个Ku波段舰载卫星通信系统，该系统将允许从海上使用联合国日内瓦办事处HiSeasNet系统进行互联网接入。该系统通过卫星提供高速访问，极大地改善了海上科学家可获得的科学和技术信息，并使岸上人员与他们在现场的同事有了更密切的联系。这一共享使用能力将向R/V Wecoma的所有资助用户提供，并将在2007年和未来几年为海洋科学家提供重大优势。

0710980WillisThis award to Oregon State University provides instrumentation for use on the research vessel Wecoma, an NSF-owned ship operated by OSU as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The award supports acquisition of a new transducer for the vessel's scientific echo sounder, and it provides a Ku-band shipboard satellite communication system that will allow use of the UNOLS HiSeasNet system for Internet access from sea. This system offers high speed access via satellite, significantly improving scientific and technical information available to scientists at sea, as well as offering shore-based personnel much closer contact with their colleagues in the fieldThis shared-use capability will be available to all funded users of the R/V Wecoma, and will provide a substantial advantage to marine scientists during 2007 and future years.