Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Title
A System for High-Resolution Zooplankton Imaging
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2001
Publication Title
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
Keywords
Autonomous underwater vehicle, Imaging, Line-scan camera, Microscope, SIPPER
ISSN
0364-9059
Volume
26
Issue/No.
4
First Page
671
Last Page
676
Abstract
We discuss an in situ marine imaging system based on high-speed digital line scan cameras for collection of a continuous picture of microscopic marine particles ranging in size from 200 µm to several centimeters. The system is built to operate on a 53-cm-diameter autonomous underwater vehicle or a tethered platform. The digital imaging system provides a continuous record of all particles passing through a symmetric 96 x 96 mm sampling tube and provides views from two orthogonal directions. Data are compressed using a lossless encoding technique and stored onto a disk drive. Over 50 h of continuous imaging is possible using the system. Data are suitable for studies requiring sizing, identification, quantification, and spatial recording of semi-transparent and opaque particles. This paper summarizes the mechanical, optical, and data processing design of this instrument and discusses recent improvements.We also present images and quantitative results from recent deployments in the Gulf of Mexico.
Additional Comments
Office of Naval Research grant #: N00014-96-1-5020
NSUWorks Citation
Scott Samson, T. L. Hopkins, Andrew Remsen, Lawrence Langebrake, Tracey Sutton, and Jim Patten. 2001. A System for High-Resolution Zooplankton Imaging .IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering , (4) : 671 -676. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/507.
ORCID ID
0000-0002-5280-7071
DOI
10.1109/48.972110
Comments
©2001 IEEE