Oceanographic Instrumentation for the RV Endeavor: 2008

本提案要求为“奋进号”RV的船上科学设备和仪器提供资金。资金要求购买五件物品：(1)戴尔电脑，(2)10-L Niskin水瓶，(3)ISUS硝酸盐传感器，(4)实验室冰箱，(5)麦哲伦ADU5 GPS接收器系统。该设备集成到RV Endeavor？美国的科学库存将扩大使用该船的研究人员的抽样能力，并将成为共享设备池的一部分。RV奋进号由美国国家科学基金会所有，由罗德岛大学根据合作协议运营。更广泛的影响：所要求的设备和仪器将增强罗德岛大学的科学基础设施和RV奋进号的科学能力。对船舶科学基础设施的投资有利于科学界，并加强本科生、研究生和实习生的航海教育和研究。共享使用的设备池为研究人员提供了一种具有成本效益的资源，使他们能够访问专用设备，否则这些设备在个人研究计划中将会非常昂贵。

This proposal requests funds for shipboard scientific equipment and instrumentation for the RV Endeavor. Funds are requested to purchase five items: (1) Dell computers, (2) 10-L Niskin water bottles, (3) an ISUS nitrate sensor, (4) laboratory refrigerators, and (5) a Magellan ADU5 GPS receiver system. The integration of this equipment into RV Endeavor?s scientific inventory will expand the sampling ability of researchers using the ship and will become part of the shared-use equipment pool. The RV Endeavor is owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Rhode Island under a cooperative agreement.Broader Impacts:The equipment and instrumentation that are requested will enhance the scientific infrastructure of the University of Rhode Island and the scientific capabilities of the RV Endeavor. Investments in the scientific infrastructure of the ship benefit the science community and enhance the sea-going education and research of undergraduate and graduate students and interns. The shared-use equipment pool provides a cost-effective resource for researchers to access specialized pieces of equipment that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive to include in individual research proposals..