Shipboard Scientific Support Equipment - 2011

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA

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Abstract

ABSTRACT 10 August 2011 Proposal Number: 1118318 Institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution PI: A. Suchy The proposal requests one Shipboard Scientific Support item for Woods Hole vessels; namely replacement portable overboarding blocks. These blocks will enhance safety and keep WHOI vessels in compliance with current wire and cable Safe Working Load standards (RVSS, Appendix A) as well as improve science support capabilities. Broader Impacts: Woods Hole vessels support federally funded scientific research throughout the world?s oceans and routinely expose graduate and undergraduate students to seagoing oceanography. All told, the KNORR, ATLANTIS and OCEANUS are scheduled to complete over 580 NSF sponsored days in 2011.