Oceanographic Instrumentation - 2010

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA

Investigators

Abstract

A request is made to fund additional and back-up instrumentation on the R/V Atlantis, a 274? general purpose Global vessel; the R/V Knorr, a 279?general purpose Global vessel; and the R/V Oceanus, a 177?, general purpose, Intermediate vessel. All three vessels are operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System research fleet. The request includes four items listed by priority: 1) LADCP Instruments 2) SWR/LWR Met Sensors 3) Soutar Box Core 4) Knudsen 3260 Echosounder 5) SBE 19+ CTD 6) Multi-Channel LSC 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.