RAPID: Oceanographic Instrumentation: R/V CAPE HATTERAS 2011 Rapid Response ADCP

本提案要求为哈特拉斯角号R/V提供海洋测量船150 kHz ADCP。船上的当前装置发生故障，根据制造商Teledyne RDI的诊断测试，确定需要更换ADCP。此外，这一点在与夏威夷大学协商后得到了证实。哈特拉斯角的时间表包括从10月31日到11月17日为ORS的Michael Gregg进行的巡航，其中安装ADCP的船只对他们的研究至关重要。2012年，哈特拉斯角号上还有至少两次预定的巡航，其中ADCP是一件必需的设备。更广泛的影响：本提案的主要影响属于标准二，为科学家使用船舶及其共用仪器提供基础设施支持，以支持他们的NSF资助的海洋学研究项目（这些项目单独接受NSF相关研究计划的单独审查）。 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。

This proposal requests an Ocean Surveyor 150 kHz vessel mounted ADCP for the R/V Cape Hatteras. The current unit onboard the ship failed and per diagnostic testing through the manufacturer, Teledyne RDI, it was determined that the ADCP would need to be replaced. Additionally, this was confirmed upon consultation with University of Hawaii. The Cape Hatteras schedule includes a cruise for Michael Gregg, ORS, from October 31 through November 17 in which a vessel mounted ADCP is critical to their research. There are also at least two scheduled cruises on board the Cape Hatteras for 2012 in which an ADCP is a required piece of equipment. The equipment requested will allow the ship to continue providing ocean scientists with accurate and reliable data.Broader Impacts: The principal impact of the present proposal is under criterion two, providing infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). 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.