University of Hawaii Oceanographic Instrumentation CY2013

一个请求是由夏威夷大学资助额外的和更换仪器的R/V基洛莫阿纳，（KM），一个185？作为大学-国家海洋学实验室系统研究船队的一部分运营的通用研究船。 夏威夷大学（UH）支持两艘研究船，为海洋学、海洋生物学、地质学和大气科学领域的研究提供平台。他们请求提供资金，用于购买海洋学仪器和设备，以支持将于2012年在Kilo Moana号研究船上开展的国家科学基金会/联合国海洋和海洋法处多学科项目。按照优先次序，他们建议： 1)EM 710多波束声纳备件采购 升级和维护Kilo Moana正在进行的DAS的多年计划 163，311元更广泛的影响本建议的主要影响是在建议指引的准则二下。它们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来支持他们的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 Hawaii to fund additional and replacement instrumentation for the R/V Kilo Moana, (KM), a 185? general purpose research vessel operated as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. The University of Hawaii (UH) supports two research vessels that provide platforms for research in the fields of oceanography, marine biology, geology and atmospheric science. They request funds to purchase oceanographic instrumentation and equipment in support of the multidisciplinary NSF/UNOLS projects to be undertaken on R/V Kilo Moana in 2012. In order of priority, they propose: 1) Acquisition of spares for EM 710 Multibeam Sonar $113,3292) Multi-year plan to upgrade and maintain underway DAS on Kilo Moana $49,982 $163,311Broader ImpactsThe principal impact of the present proposal is under criterion two of the Proposal Guidelines. They provide 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.