Title :
The Two-Stage ROV for Sediment Sampling on Mariana Trench
Author :
Yoshida, Hiroshi ; Aoki, Taro ; Osawa, Hiroyuki ; Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi ; Tahara, Junichiro ; Ishibashi, Shojiro ; Ochi, Hiroshi ; Watanabe, Yoshitaka ; Mizuno, Masashi
Author_Institution :
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sci. & Technol., Yokosuka
Abstract :
JAMSTEC has been developing the remotely operated vehicle system having a limited role to explore the deepest parts of the oceans since April 2005. This ROV system´s main mission is to survey sediments in sea bottoms. This system consists of a launcher and a small vehicle. The launcher carries two types of bottom samplers as well as the vehicle. One launches the small vehicle to make a preliminary survey, launching the sampler to obtain a sample. The samplers can be changed a gravity core sampler for a grabber. The system assembly will be completed by the spring of 2006 and then its sea trials will be started.
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; remotely operated vehicles; sediments; AD 2005 04; AD 2006; JAMSTEC; Mariana trench; remotely operated vehicles; sediment sampling; Gravity; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Microorganisms; Oceanographic techniques; Oceans; Probes; Remotely operated vehicles; Sampling methods; Sediments;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2006 - Asia Pacific
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0138-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0138-3
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANSAP.2006.4393893
