Oceanographic Instrumentation 2009 EM-302

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。要求为R/V托马斯汤普森，一个274？通用全球研究船，由华盛顿大学运营，是大学-国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分。拟议的仪器将提高测量的质量和可靠性，并为汤普森项目提供更强的业务能力。具体来说，建议是获得和安装A）一个孔斯贝格EM 302条带多波束回声测深系统？更广泛的影响：共享使用仪器的获取、维护和操作允许来自任何美国大学或实验室的NSF资助的研究人员使用工作、校准的仪器进行研究，降低研究成本，扩大潜在研究人员的基础。

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 on the R/V Thomas Thompson, a 274? general purpose Global research vessel operated by the University of Washington as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. The instrumentation proposed will improve the quality and reliability of measurements and provide enhanced operational capabilities to projects that are embarked upon the Thompson. Specifically, the proposal is to obtain and install A) a Kongsberg EM 302 swath multibeam echo sounder system ? an upgrade from their existing EM 300 system; and B) a Bell BGM-3 gravimeter available through the WHOI-managed gravimeter pool.Broader 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.