Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility

加拿大的国家深海研究设施，即加拿大科学潜水设施，使加拿大海洋科学家得以在海绵礁生态、冷水珊瑚和热液喷口以及海底块状硫化物和天然气水合物矿床的地球化学和经济潜力等深海研究领域成为公认的世界领先者。加拿大在深海电缆观测站的开拓性工作方面获得了世界声誉。CSSF与大学合作伙伴自1996年以来一直在运营远程操作车辆（ROPOS）。CSSF从一开始就将ROPOS转变为世界各地实验室的首要科学工具，现在为越来越多的加拿大研究人员提供前所未有的海底访问。与其他科学ROV一样，ROPOS由一组与船上使命科学家密切合作的飞行员工程师从支持船上部署。一条光电脐带缆在船舶和海底电缆之间提供电力和双向遥测。2008年，CSSF开始协助开发SuMo的科学用途，SuMo是一种较小但可能非常强大的机器人，附在加拿大海岸警卫队的破冰船Amundsen上，在加拿大北极进行大学研究。我们寻求每年525，000美元，为期三年，以继续：1）保持世界一流的设施; 2）以负担得起的价格向不断增长的加拿大学术研究人员社区提供访问; 3） 支持动员ROPOS（现在是SuMo）进行科学考察的年度费用。

Canada's national facility for deep-sea research, the Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility (CSSF), has made it possible for Canadian ocean scientists to become established world leaders in areas of deep-sea research such as the ecology of sponge reefs, cold-water corals and hydrothermal vents, and the geochemistry and economic potential of seafloor massive sulphide and gas hydrate deposits, and for Canada to gain a world reputation for pioneering work on cabled deep-sea observatories. CSSF with university partners, has operated the remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) ROPOS since 1996. From humble beginnings CSSF has transformed ROPOS into a premier scientific tool chartered to laboratories worldwide and now provides a growing community of Canadian researchers with unprecedented access to the seafloor. Like other scientific ROVs, ROPOS is deployed from a support vessel by a team of pilot-engineers who work closely with on-board mission scientists. An electro-optical umbilical cable provides power and two-way telemetry between ship and ROV. In 2008, CSSF began assisting with developing scientific usage of SuMo, a smaller but potentially very capable ROV attached to the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Amundsen that conducts university research in the Canadian Arctic. We seek $525,000 annually for three years to continue: 1) maintaining the facility in world-class condition; 2)providing access at affordable rates to a growing community of Canadian academic researchers and 3) supporting annual costs of mobilizing ROPOS (and now SuMo) for science expeditions.