Side scan sonar and swath bathymetry collected along OFOBS profiles during POLARSTERN cruise PS118 ...
The Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS), used during Polarstern research cruise PS118 to the Wedell Sea and Powell Basin, was 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 (iSiTE...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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PANGAEA
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.930222 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.930222 |
| Summary: | The Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS), used during Polarstern research cruise PS118 to the Wedell Sea and Powell Basin, was 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). The cameras were mounted on a steel frame (150L x 92W x 105H cm), together with two strobe lights (iSiTEC UW-Blitz 250, TTL driven), three parallel 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. For PS101 the OFOS was upgraded with a 85 cm tail to additionally mount an EdgeTech 2205 bathymetric side scan and BlueView M900-130 forward looking sonar systems, to become the Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS). Auxiliary sensors include an iXBlue PHINS 6000, and an AML Micro-X 6000 SV-Xchange sound velocity probe. An ... |
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