An Autonomous Bottom-Transecting Instrument for Making Long Time-Series Measurements of Phytopigment Fluorescence & Acoustically Detectable Sediment Structure to Abyssal De

小行星9732353 斯克里普斯海洋学研究所将继续开发 深海自主航行器（AUV）的能力，将提供 一个平台，用于各种海洋感兴趣的传感器， 科学界。 这项建议建立在工作的基础上， 这是我们在开发ROVER汽车时积累的经验。 该项目涉及开发先进的罗孚II， 仪器装配和有效载荷的重大修改 用于容纳光学声学成像系统的配置 和顺序多取芯系统。这些新的传感器和 采样系统也将需要修改中央 控制器包。罗孚二号被设想为一个自主的 用于进行时间序列测量的底部横切仪 植物色素荧光和声学检测沉积物 结构 这辆车解决了一些重要的问题， 引起了海洋生物化学家广泛兴趣和关注 和底栖生物学家。 时间序列测量 底栖生物群落对脉冲颗粒有机物的响应 物质（POM）的传递，以及由此产生的分布和命运 表层沉积物中的有机物，对我们的 了解底栖-中上层耦合在全流域化学循环预算中的作用。

9732353 Smith Scripps Institution of Oceanography will continue development of a deep sea autonomous vehicle (AUV) capability that will provide a platform for a variety of sensors of interest to the ocean science community. This proposal builds on the work and experience gained during development of the ROVER vehicle. The project involves development of an advanced ROVER II, with major modifications in the instrument assembly and payload configuration to accommodate an optical acoustic imaging system and a sequential multiple coring system. These new sensing and sampling systems also will require modification of the central controller package. ROVER II is envisioned to be an autonomous bottom-transecting instrument for making time-series measurements of phytopigmnet fluorescence and acoustically detectable sediment structure. This vehicle addresses questions of significant interest and concern to a broad spectrum of marine biogeochemists and benthic biologists. Time-series measurements of the responses of benthic communities to pulsed Particulate Organic Matter (POM) delivery, and the resultant distribution and fate of organic matter within surface sediments, is critical to our understanding of the role of benthic-pelagic coupling in basin- wide chemical cycling budgets.