Renewal of the Multidisciplinary Instrumentation in Support of Oceanography- MISO Facility A Community Instrumentation Facility for Deep-Sea Digital Imaging...

摘要（0649621 Fornari）智力价值：该项目支持海洋设施（MISO）的持续运行，该设施为在世界海洋中进行地质、生物和化学研究的广泛调查人员提供深海数字摄影设备。设施中的设备包括转发器、高温排气流体记录仪、摄像机和频闪设备。此外，还将增加一个光纤摄像头，使TowCam系统能够提供等效的采样和CTD数据功能，以及接近实时的电缆成像能力。这种新能力将能够从配备牵引绞车和光纤电缆的大型联索特派团船上部署（例如，Melville、Revelle、Atlantis、Knorr、Kilo Moana）。使用这种仪器的费用结构将与过去的费用保持一致，并提供必要的资源，以确保设备的安全和成功使用。更广泛的影响：这项工作的更广泛的影响主要是增加和维持海洋科学研究的基础设施。MISO设施中的设备已用于由NSF RIDGE 2000计划资助的研究以及许多其他科学研究。由TowCam数码相机系统获得的图像提供了重要的视觉产品，用于公众宣传，使非科学家接触到深海研究的兴奋，并在许多层面上吸引学生。

Abstract (0649621 Fornari)Intellectual Merit: This project supports continued operation of an oceanographic facility (MISO) that makes deep-sea digital photographic equipment available to a wide spectrum of investigators who conduct geological, biological and chemical studies in the world's oceans. Equipment in the facility includes transponders, high-temperature vent fluid loggers, and camera and strobe equipment. This will be enhanced with the addition of a fiber optic camera that will allow the TowCam systems to provide equivalent sampling and CTD data functionality as well as near-real-time imaging capability up the cable. This new capability will be able to be deployed from large UNOLS ships equipped with a traction winch and fiber optic cable (e.g., Melville, Revelle, Atlantis, Knorr, Kilo Moana). A fee structure for the use of this instrumentation will remain consistent with past costs, and provides the necessary resources to ensure safe and successful use of the equipment. Broader Impacts: Broader impacts of the work are primarily in increasing and maintaining the infrastructure for research in the marine sciences. Equipment in the MISO facility has been used in research funded by the NSF RIDGE 2000 Program as well as a host of other scientific investigations. Images obtained by TowCam digital camera system have provided important visual products that have been used for public outreach to expose non-scientists to the excitement of deep sea research, as well as to engage students at many levels.