A Deep-Sea ROV-based RockDrilling System for Jason2

该奖项授予马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔海洋研究所(WHOI)，为购买一台凿岩机提供支持，该钻机将与Jason2遥控运载器(ROV)集成，用于深海科学研究采样。钻头是从蒙特利湾水族馆研究所(MBARI)购买的，主要是从水下机器人Tiburon部署的；将其转移到世界卫生组织将使其能够作为一个共享系统进行管理，更容易进行修改以满足科学需求，并与国家深潜设施ROV一起在全球范围内运行。这笔奖励包括将钻头改装成在Jason2上操作的费用，以及MBARI工程师协助WHOI人员过渡和培训的工资。它还包括支持2005年一个项目的可消费用品的费用，以及今后支持外地行动所需的集装箱和相关材料的运输费用。目前的支持将通过MISO(支持海洋学的多学科仪器)设施提供，该设施将使研究人员能够接触到ROV钻探，将其作为与国家深海潜水设施的潜水器和遥控潜水器一起使用的“第三方工具”。因此，钻探将成为美国海洋学研究人员可用的标准仪器阵列的一部分，预计它将在2005年和未来几年为科学家们的深海研究带来实质性的好处。

FornariThis award to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts provides support for the acquisition of a rock drill to be integrated with the Jason2 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for deep-sea scientific research sampling. The drill is being acquired from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), where it has been deployed primarily from ROV Tiburon; transferring it to WHOI will allow it to be managed as a shared-use system, more readily modified to meet scientific needs, and operated worldwide in conjunction with the National Deep Submergence Facility ROV. The award includes costs for modifying the drill to operate from Jason2, as well as salary for MBARI engineers to assist in the transitioning and training of WHOI personnel. It also includes costs of expendible supplies to support one project in 2005, plus containers and related materials to allow future shipping as required to support field operations. The ongoing support will be provided via the MISO (Multidisciplinary Instrumentation in Support of Oceanography) facility, which will provide researchers with access to the ROV drill as a 'third party tool' for use in conjunction with submersibles and remotely operated vehicles of the National Deep Submergence Facility. The drill will thus become part of the standard array of instruments available to US oceanographic researchers, and it is expected to be of substantial advantage to scientists in their deep-sea research during 2005 and future years.