Collaborative Research: Development of a Polar Remote Interactive Marine Observatory (PRIMO) Near Palmer Station on the Western Antarctic Peninsula

拟议的项目将开发一个远程水下观测站，即极地远程交互式海洋观测站（PRIMO），包括一个仪器包，系在距南极洲帕尔默站几公里的50至100米水深的海底平台上。这套设备将包括一个带有温度、盐度和深度传感器的垂直剖面仪、一个流速计、水听器、叶绿素和溶解有机物荧光、氧气、硝酸盐传感器、一套生物光学设备、一个浮游生物录像机和一个冰下录像观察监视系统。剖面仪将上升到表面，每天多次取样。 虽然提议将太平洋区域海洋观测系统作为一个独立的系统，补充该区域正在进行的海洋学工作，但该系统也将作为在300至400米深的大陆架上建立一个类似观测站的概念验证和试验平台。建议书中要求的仪器将使许多实地和实验室的合作项目受益，并将在几个层面上做出重要的教育和信息贡献。 这些仪器将为本科生、研究生和博士后提供更多的培训机会，并为年轻学生提供教育机会。 研究的信息将通过几个渠道公开，包括PI及其合作者创建的网站。

The proposed project would develop a remote underwater observatory, Polar Remote Interactive Marine Observatory (PRIMO), consisting of an instrument package tethered to a seafloor platform in 50 to 100 meters of water several kilometers offshore from Palmer Station, Antarctica. The package will consist of a vertical profiler with temperature, salinity, and depth sensors, a current meter, hydrophone, sensors for chlorophyll and dissolved organic matter fluorescence, oxygen, nitrate, a bio-optical package, a video plankton recorder and an under-ice video observation surveillance system. The profiler would rise to the surface and take samples multiple times per day. While PRIMO is proposed as a stand-alone system that would complement ongoing oceanographic work in the region, the system would also serve as a proof of concept and test bed for the implementation of a similar observatory to be located on the continental shelf at a depth of 300 to400 meters. The instrumentation requested in the proposal will benefit numerous collaborative projects in the field and in the laboratory, and will lead to significant educational and information contributions at several levels. The instrumentation will provide increased opportunities for training with state of the art equipment at the undergraduate, graduate and post doctoral level, and educational opportunities for younger students. Information from the research will be made publicly available through several outlets, including websites generated by the PIs and their collaborators.