University of Hawaii R/V Kilo Moana Oceanographic Instrumentation - 2015

University Of Hawaii, Honolulu

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Abstract

A request is made by the University of Hawaii to fund additional and replacement instrumentation for the R/V Kilo Moana, (KM), a 185? general purpose research vessel. The vessel is owned by the Navy and operated by the University of Hawaii as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) research fleet. Instrumentation requested in this proposal incluses: 1) Scintillation counter $47,528 2) 12 kHz acoustic pinger $16,650 3) Reverse osmosis water purification system $8,135 4) High accuracy pressure standard $8,875 5) Replacement Xducers for subbottom profiling system $12,500 $93,688 Broader Impacts The principal impact of the present proposal is under Merit Review Criterion 2 of the Proposal Guidelines (NSF 13-589). It provides infrastructure support for scientists to use the vessel and its shared-use instrumentation in support of their NSF-funded oceanographic research projects (which individually undergo separate review by the relevant research program of NSF). 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.