Publication of Special Edition of "Limnology and Oceanography"

《湖沼学与海洋学》特刊出版

• 批准号: 0737167
• 负责人: Mark Moline
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: California Polytechnic State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737167&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Publication; Special; Edition; Limnology; Oceanography

Recent advances in autonomous and Lagrangian platforms and sensors (ALPS) have been applied to physical, chemical and biological studies on a wide range of scales. This class of instruments facilitates sampling at relevant temporal and spatial scales while providing the continuous presence needed to capture multiple realizations of episodic events and characterize longer-term seasonal and inter-annual changes. Profiling floats, autonomous underwater vehicles, including gliders and drifters, offer a combination of high-resolution spatial coverage, vertical sampling through the water column and extended (days to years) deployments that cannot be easily achieved with other technologies. Novel applications of these new observational capabilities exploit the combination of spatial coverage and continuous presence to advance our understanding of physical, chemical and biological processes. As ALPS technologies mature they have transitioned from specialized engineering/science teams to mainstream applications supporting the larger scientific community. Results from early science missions are now becoming available, making this an excellent time to review how ALPS technologies have been applied to address compelling science questions and present advances in understanding that have resulted from these programs. As a result of this reward, Dr. Moline and colleagues are responsible for producing a special issue of Limnology and Oceanography, entitled "Scientific Results from Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors" as a means to increase awareness of the progress being made in autonomous systems to the broader scientific and management communities, demonstrate accessibility of these systems for scientific study, and, most importantly, highlight the scientific discovery that is enabled by these developing systems.

自主和拉格朗日平台和传感器(ALP)的最新进展已被广泛应用于物理、化学和生物研究。这类工具有助于在相关的时间和空间尺度上进行采样，同时提供所需的持续存在，以捕捉事件的多种实现，并确定较长期的季节性和年际变化的特征。剖面浮标、自动水下航行器，包括滑翔机和漂浮器，提供了高分辨率空间覆盖、在水柱中进行垂直采样和延长(几天到几年)部署的组合，这是其他技术无法轻松实现的。这些新观测能力的新应用利用空间覆盖和连续存在的组合来促进我们对物理、化学和生物过程的理解。随着阿尔卑斯山技术的成熟，他们已经从专门的工程/科学团队过渡到支持更大科学社区的主流应用程序。早期科学任务的结果现在已经公布，这使得现在是审查阿尔卑斯山技术如何被应用于解决引人注目的科学问题并展示这些计划在理解方面取得的进展的绝佳时机。由于这一奖励，Moline博士和他的同事负责制作了一期湖沼学和海洋学特刊，题为“自主和拉格朗日平台和传感器的科学成果”，作为一种手段，向更广泛的科学界和管理界提高对自主系统正在取得的进展的认识，展示这些系统进行科学研究的可及性，最重要的是，突出这些开发中的系统所带来的科学发现。