Acquired Data & Metadata from robotic and manned underwater exploration and monitoring vessels
Find dive histories and basic metadata for the submersible Alvin from 1964 to the present, for the towed vehicles Jason, JasonII, Medea, DSL120, DSL120a, Argo1, Argo2, Angus, CMARC, TowCam and Oceanic Explorer from 1972 to the present, and for the autonomous vehicle Sentry from 2009 to the present
Links to resources that contain NDSF data
The Frame-Grabber imaging system mounted on the submersible Alvin provides Web access to video imagery co-registered with vehicle navigation and attitude data for shipboard analysis, planning deep-submergence research cruises, and review of data following research expeditions
The Jason Virtual Control Van is a real-time logging system that provides functionality similar to the Alvin Frame Grabber. It is also equipped with an event logging system that is used to digitally log comments and observations during operations. The Virtual Van interface can also be accessed, and events can be logged, via a web browser running on the ship's network
Precise navigation, robust control and co-registered sensors permit Sentry to characterize the seafloor and the near-bottom environment on the meter-scale through complementary sensing modes