Oceanographic Instrumentation, R/V Blue Heron 2009

这项奖励是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。请求资助R/V蓝鹭号的额外和后备仪器，这是一艘86英尺长的沿海船只，由明尼苏达大学拥有，由大湖区观测站运营，作为大学-国家海洋实验室系统(UNLS)研究船队的一部分。该请求包括一个项目/系统：1)系泊释放、触发释放和额外漂浮的备用甲板箱影响：共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许任何美国大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员使用工作的、校准的仪器用于他们的研究，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。共用系泊释放系统的增加将增强R/V蓝鹭在五大湖完成系泊试验的能力。这是联合国难民事务高级专员公署唯一在这些水域作业的船只。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).A request is made to fund additional and back-up instrumentation for the R/V Blue Heron, an 86 foot Coastal vessel owned by the University of Minnesota and operated by the Large Lakes Observatory as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. The request includes one item/system: 1) Mooring releases, a spare deck box to trigger the releases and additional floatationBroader Impacts: The acquisition, maintenance and operation of shared-use instrumentation allows NSF-funded researchers from any US university or lab access to working, calibrated instruments for their research, reducing the cost of that research, and expanding the base of potential researchers. The addition of a shared use mooring release system will enhance the ability of R/V Blue Heron to complete mooring experiments in the Great Lakes. This is the only UNOLS ship that operates in these waters.