Collaborative Research: Development of Autonomous Underwater Instruments to Sense Zooplankton and Their Environment Using a Laser Optical Plankton Counter

合作研究：开发自主水下仪器，利用激光光学浮游生物计数器来感知浮游动物及其环境

• 批准号: 0320739
• 负责人: George Jackson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-10-01 至 2008-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0320739&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Development; Autonomous; Underwater

0321167 Checkley0320739 JacksonThis collaborative Major Research Instrumentation award to Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San Diego) and Texas A&M University provides funds for development of the SOLOPC, an autonomous profiling float that combines existing SOLO float profiler technology with a laser optic plankton counter (LOPC) to provide a means of assessing oceanic zooplankton distribution in addition to physical ocean properties and circulation. The initial objective is to develop an instrument that will produce 50-100 profiles over a period up to one year, during which it will transmit position and profile data via satellite when at the surface, and ultimately be recovered. The longer-term objective is to develop relatively inexpensive, expendable instruments, suitable for ocean basin-scale studies. The development effort builds on several generations of profiling floats, including ALACE and SOLO, which profile, drift and transmit physical oceanographic and position data via satellites to autonomously profile currents and physical properties of the ocean. The additional data here on zooplankton size with the LOPC will be augmented with a fluorometer for measuring chlorophyll a as well. Field evaluation and testing is incorporated in the three-year development effort in several ways. Initial evaluation of float parameters will be tested offshore from Scripps Institution in small boats. More complete testing will involve 20 days of UNOLS vessel time (Sproul, New Horizon), validating SOLOPC data against shipboard data collected with water samples and net tows, and the final testing will include deployment during a CALCOFI cruise off Southern California, with the floats transiting the standard grid of Southern California stations simultaneously with the research vessel. This instrumentation award is supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences at NSF. Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides cost sharing support from non-federal funds.***

0321167 CHECKLEY0320739 JACKSONITHIS SCRIPPS合作研究仪器奖，授予Scripps海洋学机构（加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校）和德克萨斯州A＆M University为Solopc的开发提供资金，以开发Solopc，自主分析，一种自动构图，一种将现有的Solo floater技术与Laser OptiC planktton相结合的ZOUPS Insproction（Laser OptiC plank to to to propect），以提供Laser Optic coumper（lopc），以供lopc country（lopc）（lopc），以便于海洋性能和循环。最初的目标是开发一种将在一年内产生50-100个轮廓的仪器，在此期间，它将在表面上通过卫星传输位置和轮廓数据，并最终回收。 长期目标是开发相对便宜的，消耗性的工具，适合海盆规模研究。 开发工作基于几代分析的浮子，包括Alace和Solo，它们通过卫星介绍，漂移和传输物理海洋学以及位置数据，以自主对海洋的自动剖面电流和物理性质。 此处的有关浮游动物大小的浮游生物的附加数据也将通过荧光计来增强，以测量叶绿素A。 现场评估和测试以多种方式纳入了三年的发展工作中。 浮点参数的初步评估将在小船上的Scripps机构的海上测试。 More complete testing will involve 20 days of UNOLS vessel time (Sproul, New Horizo​​n), validating SOLOPC data against shipboard data collected with water samples and net tows, and the final testing will include deployment during a CALCOFI cruise off Southern California, with the floats transiting the standard grid of Southern California stations simultaneously with the research vessel. 该仪器奖由NSF的海洋科学系支持。 Scripps海洋学研究所提供了非联邦基金的成本共享支持。***