In situ observation and detection of deep-sea hydrothermal and cold seep systems based on ROV Fa Xian at R/V Ke Xue

Author

Xin Zhang ; Chuanbo Wang ; Tingting Chen ; Yue Wu ; Zhangnan Zhao ; Zhendong Luan ; Changan Chen ; Jun Yan

Author_Institution

Inst. of Oceanol., Qingdao, China

fYear

2014

fDate

14-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, we will report the first scientific using results for a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) named Fa Xian at R/V Ke Xue. A deep-sea hydrothermal area nearby Iheya North at Okinawa Trough and a cold seep area nearby Taiwan had been visited by ROV Fa Xian at the spring of 2014. An Insite Zeus Plus HD color zoon camera had collected a series of high definition video in both of areas. In situ deep-sea environmental data such as CTD, dissolved oxygen, pH, fluorimeter, turbimeter, CH₄ and CO₂ had been detected by different kinds of sensors. It is just a start of a big long-team project; more detail work will be report in future papers.

Keywords

geophysical image processing; image colour analysis; ocean composition; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic regions; pH; remotely operated vehicles; robot vision; seafloor phenomena; video cameras; video signal processing; CH₄; CO₂; CTD; Iheya North; Insite Zeus Plus HD color zoon camera; O; Okinawa Trough; R/V Ke Xue; Taiwan; cold seep area; cold seep system; deep-sea hydrothermal area; deep-sea hydrothermal system; dissolved oxygen; fluorimeter; high definition video; in-situ deep-sea environmental data; pH; remotely operated vehicle Fa Xian; turbimeter; Fluids; High definition video; Ocean temperature; Sea floor; Sediments; Vents;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Oceans - St. John's, 2014

Conference_Location

St. John´s, NL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4920-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2014.7003247

Filename

7003247