Oceanographic Instrumentation, R/V Cape Hatteras

Duke University, Durham NC

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Abstract

A request is made to fund additional and back-up instrumentation for the R/V Cape Hatteras, a 136-ft long research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the Duke/UNC Oceanographic Consortium as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. Four items were submitted for review. In order of priority they were: 1) HiSeasNet Installation 2) ROV 3) Ultra-cold Freezer 4) Mega Corer Broader Impacts: 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.