The Bermuda Testbed Mooring (BTM) Project

9730471 Dickey为百慕大试验台系泊（BTM）项目提供了新的支持。BTM项目部署和维护一个深海系泊设施，供社区使用，可用于长期测试海洋传感器和系统。该项目有三个主要的互补方面：1）技术开发，2）促进BTM为其他团体开发和测试新技术，和3）科学研究。前提是新开发的技术和仪器应与科学应用协同增效。从系泊处收集的跨学科时间序列数据可以使用在现场附近常规收集的综合船上数据集进行比较、校准和解释。在BTM上开发和测试的许多传感器和系统将适用于部署在其他平台上，如漂流器，自主水下航行器和海上结构。BTM部署在百慕大时间序列（BATS）站附近，该站点已连续采样超过15年，并在该位置提供了丰富的历史数据库。该系泊系统于1994年6月首次部署，自首次部署以来，已被各种科学家使用，这一点可以从许多支持信中得到证明。除了维持系泊作为试验台设施外，还将测试两个新的仪器系统，SAFIRE和HiROS。SAFIRE测量光谱荧光和吸收，将用于光学表征和区分颗粒成分和溶解的有机成分。HiROS系统将允许对固有光学特性进行高分辨率表征和量化。还将测试正在开发的一个新的实时数据遥测系统。PI将继续征集新的BTM用户，以促进所有研究者使用BTM，并提供基线跨学科测量。

9730471 Dickey Renewed support is provided for the Bermuda Testbed Mooring (BTM) project. The BTM project deploys and maintains for community use, a deep-sea mooring which is available for long-term testing of oceanographic sensors and systems. The project is has three major complementary facets: 1) technology development, 2) facilitation of the BTM for other groups developing and testing new technologies, and 3) scientific studies. The premise is that newly developed technology and instrumentation should be synergistic with scientific applications. Interdisciplinary time-series data collected from the mooring may be compared, calibrated, and interpreted using comprehensive shipboard data sets routinely collected near the site. Many of the sensors and systems developed and tested on the BTM will be suitable for deployment on other platforms such as drifters, autonomous underwater vehicles, and offshore structures. BTM is deployed near the Bermuda Time Series (BATS) station, a site that has been sampled continuously for over 15 years and provides a rich historic data base at the location. The mooring was first deployed in June, 1994 and has been used by a variety of scientists since its first deployment, as evidenced by numerous letters of support. In addition to maintaining the mooring as a testbed facility, two new instrument systems, SAFIRE and HiROS will be tested. SAFIRE measures spectral fluorescence and absorption and will be useful for optically characterizing and discriminating particulate components and dissolved organic constituents. The HiROS system will allow high resolution characterization and quantification of inherent optical properties. A new real-time data telemetry system under development will be tested as well. The PIs will continue to solicit new BTM users, to facilitate the usage of the BTM for all investigators, and to provide baseline interdisciplinary measurements.