The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) was awarded a $185,553 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund a collaborative research project to develop an autonomous profiling vehicle to conduct concurrent acoustic, visual and environmental measurements in the mesopelagic ocean from September 2021 through August 2024. The Geosciences program supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system. This particular award will allow BIOS to advance oceanographic research capabilities by designing and testing an autonomous underwater vehicle to gather multifaceted data on the poorly understood midwater environment over the course of the three-year project period.
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