In Situ Camera Systems for Measuring the Abundance, Flux andSinking Speed of Marine Snow Aggregates

这个海洋科学仪器开发项目将 由博士后助理弗农·阿斯珀博士负责 他是牛津大学海洋科学中心的教授， 密西西比南部。 该项目的目标是开发一个 集成的摄像系统，以评估通量，丰度， 海洋雪在开阔海域的下沉速度。 的 系统将包括双摄像头，定制的电子，CTD， 透射计和专门设计的沉降室。 的 该系统旨在改进早期的原型系统。 它将提供科学信息， 通过现有的方法。 该项目是为了满足以下长期需求： 海洋化学家和生物海洋学家来测量 微生物的丰度、分布和沉降速率 海洋中的微粒 需要这些信息来更好地 了解它们在海洋生态系统和沉积作用中的作用 流程. 这些无处不在的极端脆弱的性质 颗粒使得这些测量非常难以获得，并且 现场摄像系统是获得高分辨率图像的最可靠方法。 质量数据。 该提案包括测试和使用 为获资助的研究项目提供拟议的仪器， 它提供给其他科学家。

This ocean sciences instrumentation development project will be undertaken by Dr. Vernon Asper, a post-doctoral assistant professor at the Center for Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi. The project's goal is to develop an integrated camera system to assess the flux, abundance, and sinking speed of marine snow aggregates in the open ocean. The system will include dual cameras, customized electronics, CTD, a transmissometer, and a specially designed settling chamber. The system is designed to improve upon an earlier prototype system. It will provide scientific information that cannot readily be obtained by existing methods. The project is in response to a long-term requirement of marine chemists and biological oceanographers to measure the abundance, distribution, and settling rates of microscopic particles in the ocean. The information is needed to better understand their role in the marine ecosystem and in sedimentation processes. The extremely frail nature of these ubiquitous particles makes these measurements very difficult to obtain, and an in-situ camera system is the most reliable way to obtain high quality data. The proposal includes plans to test and use the proposed instrumentation on funded research projects and to make it available to other scientists.