Oceanographic Instrumentation

University Of California-San Diego Scripps Inst Of Oceanography, La Jolla CA

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Abstract

0101025 Knox This award to University of California at San Diego will provide instrumentation for oceanographic research for use by the Oceanographic Data Facility of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, as well as specific instruments for use on the four research vessels operated by the institution, R/Vs Revelle, Melville, New Horizon and Sproul. All four of these research vessels are operated by the university as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. Specific instrumentation to be acquired includes new meteorological sensors for underway data acquisition, new transmissometers, thermometers and altimeters for use with CTD systems, new servers for shipboard computer networks, a replacement GPS system for attitude and speed data acquisition, and a grab sampler and deep ocean pinger. The shared-use instrumentation supported here will assist marine scientists conduct studies worldwide on SIO and other research vessels during 2001 and future years. ***