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--极地远程互动海洋观测站(PRIMO)，该观测站由一个仪器包组成，该仪器包系在距离南极洲帕尔默站几公里外50至100米深的海底平台上。该装置将由一个带有温度、盐度和深度传感器的垂直剖面仪、一个海流计、水听器、叶绿素和溶解有机物荧光、氧、硝酸盐传感器、一个生物光学装置、一个浮游生物录像机和一个冰下视频观测监控系统组成。剖面仪会浮出水面，每天多次采集样本。虽然PRIMO被提议作为一个独立的系统，以补充该区域正在进行的海洋学工作，但该系统也将作为一个概念验证和试验台，以便在300至400米深的大陆架上建立一个类似的观测站。提案中要求的仪器将使总部外和实验室中的许多合作项目受益，并将在几个层面上对教育和信息作出重大贡献。该仪器将提供更多的机会，在本科、研究生和博士后水平上使用最先进的设备进行培训，并为年轻学生提供教育机会。这项研究的信息将通过几个渠道公开，包括由私人投资机构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.