South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observational Network
Abstract
A remote undersea observation tool was developed to take and send images of fish in their natural habitat about 45 mi. offshore of Georgia, and send them through an established microwave system to shore based storage. Still images were taken at 10 min. intervals and 10 sec. video clips were taken every hour. About 20 images each day were displayed on an internet site for public information. The system operated for over 1.5 years with no major problems and is presently working, but not transmitting images regularly. Significant information was obtained on stochastic predation events associated with reef fish assemblages and the seasonal changes in community composition. In the future efforts should be directed at archiving past images to make them available, increasing the microwave bandwidth available for streaming video and investigating automatic annotation underdevelopment at the MBARI.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 30, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA405456
Entities
People
- Charles A. Barans