Hardware and Software Enhancements of a Digital CCD Camera System for Use with the ALVIN Submersible

PI申请资金购买仪器， 作为深海研究的共用设备运行。 将使用所要求的仪器，即升级到CCD照相机的仪器 在阿尔文号潜水器上， 操作车辆（ROV）。 要求的升级包括一个新的CCD 具有更高灵敏度的芯片，增加了ALVIN的光源， 具有更大视野的视频透镜和改进的软件 这将提高数据采集速率。 这些升级将 提高CCD摄像机的性能， 海底的高分辨率数字照片拼图。采集 具有这些功能的相机系统被认为是一个高 深潜科学委员会（Deep Submergence Science Committee，DESSC） 监督ALVIN和其他研究ROV的运行。 的 要求的仪器将增强各种NSF资助的 科研

The PI requests funding to purchase instrumentation that will be operated as shared-use equipment for deep oceanographic research. The instruments requested, upgrades to a CCD camera, will be used aboard the submersible ALVIN and, potentially, aboard remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The requested upgrades include a new CCD chip with greater sensitivity, increased light sources for ALVIN, a video lens with a greater field of view, and improved software that will increase the data acquisition rate. These upgrades will enhance the performance of the CCD camera to produce comprehensive, high-resolution digital photomosaics of the seafloor. Acquisition of a camera system with these capabilities was identified as a high priority for the Deep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) which oversees the operation of ALVIN and other research ROVs. The instrumentation requested will enhance a wide variety of NSF-funded scientific research.