Active Heave-Compensated Overboarding System for Oceanographic Observations Aboard R/V Kilo Moana
Abstract
The University of Hawai~i (UH) proposes the purchase, fabrication and installation of an active heave-compensated overboarding syst"em for oceanographic observations and seawater sampling. The system consisting of a CTD winch and a Launch and Recovery System (LARS), and it will be used to support existing and future Navy- and other federal agency-funded research programs aboard the Navy-owned research vessel KILO MOANA (AGOR-26). KILO MOANA is operated by University of Hawai~i under a charter party agreement with ONR as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet, and supports projects by academic researchers funded b"y the Navy, NSF, NOAA, NASA, and other federal and stateagencies.""DURIP notes:The proposed equipment will support the acquisitio"n of the most important and most frequently collected oceanographic data obtained by scientists aboard oceanographic research vessels. The collection of sea water and conductivity, temperature and density (CTD) of sea water is supported by instrumentation and overboarding equipment common to all research vessels. All scientific programs, whether DoD funded or not depend on the safe and efficient means of collecting such ocean data, day after day all over the world. The system proposed represents the latest in such technology, and will fully support the requirements of just about every project conducted aboard the intended vessel, Kilo Moana, operated by the University of Hawaii on behalf of Navy and national oceanographic requirements.Understanding ocean acoustics and the ocean parameters affecting the transmission of sound in the sea is of primary importance to DoD missions. Gaining the tactical advantage begins with the collection of ocean data at all ocean depths to understand and predict the transmission of sound in the ocean. The CTD system proposed provides DoD-sponsored and other federally funded scientists the ability to collect the oceanographic information parameters most important to understanding the factors affecting sound transmission. The CTD system enables the collection of ocean data at all ocean depths in both a safe and efficient manner.The proposed equipment provides state of the art in the collection of oceanographic data and sea water sampling from the oceanographic vessel Kilo Moana, used for both Navy and federally sponsored science missions, as well as for the training and education of the next generation of scientists, including undergraduates and graduates from the University of Hawaii, as well as other institutions. The CTD system would be the most basic of systems to be used for training and instruction
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 25, 2019
- Source ID
- N000141912284
Entities
People
- Alexander Shor
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Hawaiʻi System