NSF Award Abstract - #0119793| NSF Award Abstract - #0119793 |
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| NSF Org | DBI |
| Latest Amendment Date | April 4, 2002 |
| Award Number | 0119793 |
| Award Instrument | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager |
Gerald Selzer DBI DIV OF BIOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BIO DIRECT FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES |
| Start Date | October 1, 2001 |
| Expires | March 31, 2006 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount | $115826 (Estimated) |
| Investigator | Anthony D. Hansen TonyHansen@MageeSci.com (Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
Magee Scientific Company 1829 Francisco Street Berkeley, CA 94703 / - |
| NSF Program | 1108 INSTRUMENTAT & INSTRUMENT DEVP |
| Field Application | 0000099 Other Applications NEC |
| Program Reference Code | 1689,9184,BIOT, |
This award provides support for the development and testing of a self-contained, transportable module that will provide a sheltered, temperature-controlled interior environment for standard, rack-mounted equipment. Electric power will be provided by solar panels and a wind generator, backed up by batteries of several days' capacity. The module will offer both AC and DC power for internal and external use, and will include datalogging and communications capability for practical application in a polar environment. At the South Pole Station, McMurdo Station, and almost all other inhabited camps in Antarctica, exhaust is released from aircraft, helicopters, ground vehicles, diesel generators and other sources, all of which have a potential impact on the environment. The collection of real-time pollution data at downwind locations can be used to assess the amount of pollution and the effectiveness of efforts to improve air quality. At the current time, optimal placement of the measuring instruments is severely limited by the availability of power and shelter, a limitation that the module is intended to overcome. Although designed to facilitate measurements at the South Pole, the module will be of use in a variety of other situations where remotely located equipment is to be used for long-term monitoring of environmental phenomena. The module will have zero emissions, thereby not affecting the environment that it is designed to study: and it could be placed at any location as called for by the research need.
