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，极地远程交互式海洋观测站（PRIMO），由一个仪器包组成，该仪器包系在距离南极洲帕尔默站离岸几公里的50至100米深的海底平台上。该设备包将包括一个垂直剖面仪、温度、盐度和深度传感器、一个电流计、水听器、叶绿素和溶解有机物荧光、氧、硝酸盐传感器、一个生物光学包、一个浮游生物视频记录仪和一个冰下视频观察监视系统。分析器会上升到水面，每天多次采样。虽然提议将PRIMO作为一个独立的系统，补充该区域正在进行的海洋学工作，但该系统也将作为概念证明和试验平台，以便在300至400米深的大陆架上实施类似的观测站。提案中所要求的仪器将有利于现场和实验室的许多合作项目，并将在几个层面上产生重大的教育和信息贡献。这些仪器将为本科生、研究生和博士后提供更多的先进设备培训机会，并为年轻学生提供教育机会。该研究的信息将通过几个渠道公开，包括由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.