Oceanographic Instrumentation

Oregon State University, Corvallis OR

Investigators

Abstract

0138703 Willis This award to Oregon State University provides instrumentation to significantly improve the oceanographic research capabilities of the institution and the research vessel Wecoma, an NSF-owned ship operated by OSU as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The award supports acquisition of a phased array 75 kHz acoustic current profiler that is expected to significantly improve the R/V Wecoma's capabilities for measuring currents. It also provides upgrades to the piston corers of the NORCOR facility and improvements to the shipboard computer network on R/V Wecoma. All of these are shared-use capabilities that are available to all funded users of the R/V Wecoma, or in the case of the coring systems, users of any UNOLS vessel. These improvements will be of substantial advantage to marine scientists during 2002 and future years. ***