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Common Use Equipment

Quick Index:
Hydrographic Instrumentation - Seawater Analysis - Seafloor Sampling - Permanent Ship's Equipment - Shipboard Computing - Miscellaneous Grouping

The College of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Sciences maintains a pool of NSF-supported shared-use equipment which is available to all WECOMA users. A complete list, in the form of a check-off equipment request will be sent to all Chief Scientists requesting WECOMA ship time. These forms are usually sent out three to nine months before a cruise, and should be returned as far in advance as possible, to insure equipment availability. Scheduling is on a "first-come, first-served" basis.

All common use items have use charges associated with them. All users are required to pay charges covering consumables. In addition, projects sponsored by sources other than NSF are required to pay additional technician costs for preparation and staging. Scheduling of shred-use euqipment is done through the Marine Technician Group.

Chief Scientists receive a preliminary budget for approval well before the cruise. Users of common-use equipment are invoiced following the cruise for actual usage and costs.

Prospective ship users proposing WECOMA ship time are encouraged to contact the Marine Technician for a rough estimate of costs to be included in their proposals.

Non-NSF users must agree to replace or repair equipment in the event of damage or loss.


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Hydrographic Instrumentation

Seabird CTD system, General Oceanics 12 bottle rosette, General Oceanics 5L or 1.7L Niskins, General Oceanics 20L Go-Flo bottles, 30L Niskins, Digital Reversing Thermometers, RDI Doppler Profilers (300 and 150 kHz).

Seawater Analysis

Guildline 8400 AUtosal Salinometers, Turner Designs Field Model 10 Fluorometer, Soltec 2-pen Chart Recorder for Turner Designs Fluorometer, Automated Dissolved Oxygen Titration System, Nutrient Autoanalysis Facility, High Performance Pellicon Ultrafiltration System, B&L UV-Vis Spectrophotometer.

Seafloor Sampling

Piston Coring Facility, 20 ft Core Sample/Reefer Van, Other Items.

Permanent Ship's Equipment

XMIDAS Data Acquisition and Display System, Auxiliary Sensor Suite, Shipboard Echo Sounding, Navigational Aids, Lab Amenities, Shipboard Video Distribution System, Plain Paper Copier.

Shipboard Computing

Shipboard LAN for Scientific Party use, Dockside Internet Connection, Networked Laser Printer (currently not available), RS-232 Echo of Real Time Data.

Miscellaneous Grouping

SEASOAR Towed Undulating Vehicle, Millipore Milli-Q Water Purification System, Benthos Model 2216 12 kHz Pingers, Electromechanical Swivels, Winch Slip Rings, Sippican MK-9 XBT, -85C Freezers, MOCNESS Multiple Plankton Net.

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Contacts:
Tim Holt, holtt@oce.orst.edu, MT Skunk Works