OFOBS Seafloor images from the Antarctic Peninsula and Powell Basin, collected during RV POLARSTERN cruise PS118 ...
During the RV POLARSTERN cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula and Powell Basin during Feb - April 2019 the Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS) was used to collect still and video images, as well as sidescan data, from various locations surveyed during the research cruise.The OFOBS sys...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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PANGAEA
2020
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.911904 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.911904 |
| Summary: | During the RV POLARSTERN cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula and Powell Basin during Feb - April 2019 the Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS) was used to collect still and video images, as well as sidescan data, from various locations surveyed during the research cruise.The OFOBS system consisted of a towed underwater camera system equipped with both a high-resolution photo-camera (iSiTEC, CANON EOS 5D Mark III) and a high-definition video-camera (iSiTEC, Sony FCB-H11) as well as an integrated sidescan sonar system. The cameras were mounted on a steel frame (140L x 92W x 135H cm), together with two strobe lights (iSiTEC UW-Blitz 250, TTL driven), three laser pointers spaced with a distance of 50 cm used to estimate the size of seafloor structures, four LED lights, and a USBL positioning system (Posidonia) to track the position of the OFOBS during deployments, with additional positioning information provided by the integrated INS and DVL systems.In automatic mode, a seabed photo, depicting an ... |
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