Polar Services - Antarctic - Meta-Data Summaries (2007/08 Season) - B-174 Kim

B-174 Kim


Data Set Name:
B-174M Kim 2007-08

Investigator:
PI: Dr. Stacy Kim
Institution: California State University
POC: Stacy Kim
Email: skimmlml.calstate.edu

Data Type:
RTK GPS

Dates:
10/17/2007 - 12/20/2007

Location:
Name: McMurdo Sound
Coordinates: 77 50 18 S 166 40 09 E 
Radius: 5 km

Data Center:
Name: UNAVCO
URL: www.unavco.org
Email: archive-gpsunavco.org
Phone: 303-381-7500

Summary: Dr. Stacey Kim has introduced a novel new concept in the field of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) by developing a form factor that allows the robot to be launched through a 6 inch diameter hole in the sea ice.  Underwater navigation is controlled via precisely positioned transducers dropped through the ice.  UNAVCO assisted in pre-locating multiple dive holes and transducer positions for the instrument.  One of these holes was used to successfully relocate a dive experiment placed on the ocean floor 40 years ago that no diver had been able to revisit since.  Unavco also provided RTK equipment and training, allowing the group to set up dive locations in a variety of field locations.

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