Oceanographic Instrumentation 2012

华盛顿大学要求为R/V汤普森号（A 274？通用，全球级研究船，和R/V巴恩斯，66英尺的沿海研究船，都作为大学国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分。这些平台为进行由国家科学基金会和其他联邦机构资助的海洋学研究提供了设施。他们提议购买的仪器将为两艘船上的项目提供操作灵活性，将解决2011年秋季NSF船舶检查期间发现的一些缺陷，并将提高他们在资助巡航之间的过境期间进行有用的科学和数据收集的能力。按照优先顺序，他们建议购买以下产品：1。安立MS 2821 B频谱分析仪$13，4872。Mystaire FE-2620无管通风柜（2个）$8，9513. McLane大容量原位取样器WTS-LV 04（每个4个）$129，5584。海洋科学集团正在进行CTD $79，2585。SBE 911 plus串行上行链路修改和升级（各3个）$15，319 更广泛的影响：本提案的主要影响符合标准二，为科学家提供基础设施支持，以使用该船及其共享使用的仪器，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。

A request is made by the University of Washington to fund additional and replacement instrumentation for the R/V Thompson, a 274? general purpose, global class research vessel, and R/V Barnes, a 66-foot coastal research vessel, both operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. These platforms provide facilities for conducting oceanographic research funded by the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies. The instrumentation they propose to acquire will provide operational flexibility to projects that are embarked upon both vessels, will address some deficiencies noted during the fall 2011 NSF vessel inspections, and will increase their capacity to do useful science and data collection during transits between funded cruises.. In order of priority, they propose to purchase the following: 1. Anritsu MS2821B spectrum analyzer $13,4872. Mystaire FE-2620 ductless fume hoods (2 each) $8,9513. McLane large volume in situ samplers WTS-LV04 (4 each) $129,5584. Oceansciences Group underway CTD $79,2585. SBE911plus serial uplink modifications and upgrade (3 each) $15,319 Total $246,573Broader 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.