Title :
System integration with an optical plankton counter
Author :
MacKay, Ian ; Bowers, Kenneth ; Snow, James
Author_Institution :
Focal Technol. Inc., Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Abstract :
The general problem of integration of data sets from multiple oceanographic instruments and related sensors continues to increase with the prevalence of microprocessor-based instruments. A critical issue is synchronization. The authors present one solution based on the optical plankton counter (OPC)
Keywords :
aquaculture; biological techniques; data reduction; geophysical signal processing; oceanographic techniques; sensor fusion; data acquisition; data processing; data reduction; data set integration; geophysical signal processing; marine animal; marine biology; measurement technique; multiple oceanographic instruments; ocean; optical plankton counter; sensor fusion; synchronization; system integration; zooplankton; Biomedical optical imaging; Conductors; Counting circuits; Frequency division multiplexing; Instruments; Integrated optics; Marine vegetation; Optical sensors; Power cables; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '97. MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Halifax, NS
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4108-2
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1997.634343
