Collaborative Research: Incorporation of Sensors into Autonomous Gliders for 4-D Measurement of Bio-Optical and Chemical Parameters

合作研究：将传感器融入自主滑翔机中，用于生物光学和化学参数的 4 维测量

• 批准号: 9911037
• 负责人: Mary Perry
• 金额: $ 98.46万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-10-01 至 2005-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9911037&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Incorporation; Sensors; into

9911037PerryThis research project is conducted under the auspices of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP). Partners include the Univ. of Maine, Univ. of Washington, several commercial instrument manufacturers, and two local government agencies. The project addresses an ocean sciences requirement for new ocean observational capabilities for continuous, high-resolution measure-ments of oceanic processes that include characterization of distributions, mechanisms, and rates of processes involving chemical and biological variables together with physical variables in the ocean. The overall objective is to add new capabilities to a small (1.8 m, 52 kg) autonomous underwater glider that moves horizontally and vertically using variable buoyancy control and wings. It can perform hundreds of cycles per launch from surface to 2,000 m or less, report data back (including GPS location) in real time upon each surfacing, and be reprogrammed from shore. New sensors will be developed and integrated into the system for dissolved oxygen and various inherent optical properties of seawater, all measured at the same time and space scales as physical properties. The project encompasses development of new sensors, miniaturization of several extant sensors and extensive field tests. The research team includes industrial partners, local governments working on practical societal/scientific issues; biological, physical and optical oceanographers; and an education effort from 8th grade through graduate school. The specific goals of this project are:- to extend development of an autonomous, underwater glider to be capable of measuring biological, optical, physical and chemical variables on the same time and space sales, in real time, and in diverse environments; -to develop small, light-weight, low-power sensors for measuring dissolved oxygen, inherent optical properties (IOPs) of seawater, chlorophyll a fluorescence (the primary surrogate for phytoplankton biomass), and other fluorescing compounds; -to verify with ground-truth measurements the high quality data collected by the glider; -to demonstrate the glider's capabilities for real-time, data-adaptive sampling; -to enhance understanding of the dynamics of key physical and biological parameters in Puget Sound that are essential to assessing human impacts on water quality; -to demonstrate the glider's ability to significantly improve validation of satellite ocean color data by sampling at the appropriate scales; and -to engage undergraduates and graduate students in engineering tests and research applications.The newly developed optical sensors for IOPs and chlorophyll a fluorescence would be easily adaptable to other platforms, and hence be easily and rapidly available to the general oceanographic community. Also, the glider will be able to operate in areas beyond Puget Sound including both coastal and open-ocean environments.

9911037Perry 该研究项目是在国家海洋学伙伴计划（NOPP）的赞助下进行的。 合作伙伴包括大学。缅因大学华盛顿州、几家商业仪器制造商和两个地方政府机构。 该项目满足了海洋科学对新海洋观测能力的要求，以对海洋过程进行连续、高分辨率的测量，包括涉及海洋中化学和生物变量以及物理变量的分布、机制和过程速率的表征。总体目标是为小型（1.8 m，52 kg）自主水下滑翔机添加新功能，该滑翔机使用可变浮力控制和机翼水平和垂直移动。它每次从水面发射到 2,000 m 或更低的高度时可以执行数百次循环，每次浮出水面时实时报告数据（包括 GPS 位置），并从岸上重新编程。新的传感器将被开发并集成到系统中，用于测量溶解氧和海水的各种固有光学特性，所有这些传感器都作为物理特性在同一时间和空间尺度上进行测量。该项目包括新传感器的开发、现有传感器的小型化以及广泛的现场测试。 研究团队包括工业合作伙伴、致力于实际社会/科学问题的地方政府；生物、物理和光学海洋学家；以及从八年级到研究生院的教育努力。该项目的具体目标是： - 扩展自主水下滑翔机的开发，使其能够在同一时间和空间上、实时和不同环境中测量生物、光学、物理和化学变量； -开发小型、轻量、低功率传感器，用于测量溶解氧、海水的固有光学特性（IOP）、叶绿素a荧光（浮游植物生物量的主要替代物）和其他荧光化合物； - 通过地面实况测量来验证滑翔机收集的高质量数据； -展示滑翔机实时、数据自适应采样的能力； - 加强对普吉特海湾关键物理和生物参数动态的了解，这对于评估人类对水质的影响至关重要； - 展示滑翔机通过适当尺度采样显着改进卫星海洋颜色数据验证的能力； -让本科生和研究生参与工程测试和研究应用。新开发的用于IOP和叶绿素a荧光的光学传感器将很容易适应其他平台，因此可以轻松快速地提供给一般海洋学界。此外，滑翔机将能够在普吉特海湾以外的地区运行，包括沿海和公海环境。