Multi-Disciplinary Investigation of Guyamas Basin Using Manned and Unmanned Vehicles Via Shore-based Satellite Network

多学科的努力将加强计划于1993年2月底和3月初在墨西哥海岸外瓜伊马斯盆地进行的一次主要的、多媒体的教育考察。该计划的教育方面由JASON教育基金会和海军作战部副部长资助。科学家将使用载人潜水器和远程操作的车辆系统来探索海底并进行实验。海上调查人员将通过卫星将安装在水下航行器上的摄像机的实时视频传输给全国各地几个地点的其他科学家和学生。与此同时，岸上实验室的科学家们也将能够在水下遥控水下航行器的几个功能。这次探险相当于利用现代海洋和卫星通信技术对远程呈现进行了一次重要的海底测试。NSF的资金将允许扩展这些海底系统和通信链路的使用，超出了JASON项目教育目的的要求。美国国家科学基金会资助的海洋科学家将能够测试和评估这些现代海底能力的有效性，以控制水下航行器，远程进行海底观测，并操纵某些基础海洋科学研究实验。

A multidisciplinary effort will augment a major, multi-media, educational expedition planned for the Guaymas Basin off the coast of Mexico scheduled for late February and early March 1993. The educational aspects of this program are being funded by the JASON Foundation for Education and the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. Scientists will be using a manned submersible and a remotely operated vehicle system to explore the seafloor and conduct experiments. Investigators at sea will transmit live video from cameras mounted on the underwater vehicles via satellite to other scientists and students at several sites across the country. Concurrently, scientists ashore in their laboratories will also be able to control several functions of the remotely operated undersea vehicles while they are submerged. The expedition amounts to a significant undersea test of telepresence using modern oceano- graphic and satellite communications technologies. The NSF funds will permit the extended use of these undersea systems and communications links beyond that required for the JASON Project's educational purposes. NSF-sponsored ocean scientists will be able to test and assess the effectiveness of these modern undersea capabilities for controlling submerged vehicles and making seafloor observations remotely and for manipulating certain basic ocean science research experiments.