Hardware and Software Enhancements of a Digital CCD Camera System for Use with the ALVIN Submersible

PI申请资金购买仪器，这些仪器将作为深海海洋学研究的共享设备。所要求的仪器，升级为CCD相机，将用于潜水器ALVIN，并可能用于远程操作车辆（rov）。要求的升级包括具有更高灵敏度的新型CCD芯片，为ALVIN增加光源，具有更大视场的视频镜头，以及提高数据采集速率的改进软件。这些升级将提高CCD相机的性能，以产生全面的、高分辨率的海底数码显微图像。深潜科学委员会（DESSC）负责监督ALVIN和其他研究rov的操作，因此，获得具有这些功能的摄像系统被认为是重中之重。所要求的仪器将加强各种nsf资助的科学研究。

The PI requests funding to purchase instrumentation that will be operated as shared-use equipment for deep oceanographic research. The instruments requested, upgrades to a CCD camera, will be used aboard the submersible ALVIN and, potentially, aboard remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The requested upgrades include a new CCD chip with greater sensitivity, increased light sources for ALVIN, a video lens with a greater field of view, and improved software that will increase the data acquisition rate. These upgrades will enhance the performance of the CCD camera to produce comprehensive, high-resolution digital photomosaics of the seafloor. Acquisition of a camera system with these capabilities was identified as a high priority for the Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) which oversees the operation of ALVIN and other research ROVs. The instrumentation requested will enhance a wide variety of NSF-funded scientific research.