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张燕武老师在他的“To share the joy in the ocean”帖子中为我们介绍了Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute的海洋科技项目。
1. The gulper AUV.
在MBARI的 Dorado AUV 上,有10 个 快速水样采集器 (gulper). Each gulper, when triggered, can take in a 2-liter water sample in less than two seconds. (你看,尽管长远目标是 "Return information to shore, not samples",现今条件下,往往还是需要 return samples to shore.). 那么关键的问题就在于:要在海洋信号最强的地方trigger the gulpers,请参看我最近在IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 上的paper (http://www.mbari.org/staff/yzhang/,the third paper under "Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers"). 我的照片,就是2010年5~6月在Gulf of Mexico oil spill survey 时,我把 Dorado AUV 的fairing打开,看到水样采回。
2. Environmental Sample Processor (ESP).
The ESP is an "automated molecular biology lab", 可真是按照 "Return information to shore, not samples"的方向去作的。请参看" http://www.mbari.org/mars/science/deep_esp.html ".
全文见http://www.joyocean.org/viewthre ... ra=page%3D1#pid3412。 |
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