Purchase of a Nutrient Analysis System to Support Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Research

2010年4月20日，墨西哥湾深水地平线钻井平台爆炸，造成美国历史上最大的石油泄漏。释放持续到这个时候，并已蔓延到路易斯安那州，密西西比和佛罗里达的沿海地区。该提案要求通过“快速反应研究赠款”为海洋学仪器提供资金，以购买Seal Analytical QuAATro 4通道营养分析系统，供“哈特拉斯角号”船上在海上使用，以支持2010日历年及以后的研究日，努力以接近真实的时间绘制羽流在水面和水柱中的范围。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、校准仪器进行研究，降低研究成本，并扩大潜在研究人员的基础。

The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico on 20 April 2010 has resulted in the largest oil spill in U.S. history. The release continues to this time and has spread to coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida. This proposal requests funds for Oceanographic Instrumentation through Grants for Rapid Response Research to purchase a Seal Analytical QuAAtro 4-channel nutrient analysis system for use at sea aboard the R.V. Cape Hatteras in support of research days for the calendar year 2010 and beyond in their efforts to map in near real time the extent of the plume, both at the surface and in the water column.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.