NSF Org:	EAR Division Of Earth Sciences
Recipient:	THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Initial Amendment Date:	August 7, 2007
Latest Amendment Date:	January 15, 2010
Award Number:	0723013
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Russell Kelz EAR  Division Of Earth Sciences GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	September 1, 2007
End Date:	October 31, 2011 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$308,980.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$324,980.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2007 = $308,980.00 FY 2010 = $16,000.00
History of Investigator:	Jill Singer (Principal Investigator) singerjk@buffalostate.edu Thomas Manley (Co-Principal Investigator) Patricia Manley (Co-Principal Investigator) Kevin Williams (Former Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	SUNY College at Buffalo 1300 ELMWOOD AVE BUFFALO NY  US  14222-1004 (716)878-3047
Sponsor Congressional District:	26
Primary Place of Performance:	SUNY College at Buffalo 1300 ELMWOOD AVE BUFFALO NY  US  14222-1004
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	26
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	VKAPREANC226
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Major Research Instrumentation, Instrumentation & Facilities
Primary Program Source:	app-0107  01001011DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, 1189, 1580, OTHR
Program Element Code(s):	118900, 158000
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program award provides support for the acquisition of equipment to support research on the hydro and sediment dynamics of the lower reaches of the Buffalo River and within Lake Champlain in areas impacted by bi-directional flows. Specific equipment to be purchased includes: 1) multiple acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP), surface meteorologic (MET) sensor packages, bottom water temperature sensors and associated hardware to initially install five ADCP/MET observational systems along the reach of the lower Buffalo River; 2) a bathymetric profiling system; and 3) a laser diffraction based grain size analysis system. The acquisition of these instruments will support research on the physical processes that control sedimentation and bottom surface morphology (e.g., furrows) in the lower reaches of the Buffalo River, which due to lake wind-driven seiche effects exhibits hydrodynamic behavior analogous to estuarine dynamics. PIs from Buffalo State College and Middlebury College in Vermont will incorporate observational data into models for hydro and sedimentary bedform dynamics in the Buffalo River and Lake Champlain. The Buffalo River is heavily impacted by industrial effluents and bottom sediments sequester a large variety of deleterious inorganic and organic compounds. Advances in understanding of the hydrodynamic forcing of sedimentary deposition and transport have ramifications for remediation efforts. Buffalo State College (BSC) is a Hispanic serving undergraduate institution, and Middlebury College is a liberal arts institution in Vermont with active undergraduate research programs.

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