PANGAEA_995890
Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS) seafloor images and videos of the western Weddell Sea collected during RV POLARSTERN cruise PS153
Boehringer, Lilian; Jerosch, Kerstin; Hoge, Ulrich; Schimpf, Karsten
Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS) seafloor images and videos of the western Weddell Sea collected during RV POLARSTERN cruise PS153
2026-07-08
PANGAEA
Dataset
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995890
Earth Science
geoscientificInformation
Benthic ecology
Benthos
iFDO
Seafloor images
Weddell Sea
2026-02-12
2026-03-28
Complete
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SWOS
Summer Weddell Outflow Study
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26 datasets
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Schoening, Timm; Durden, Jennifer M; Faber, Claas; Felden, Janine; Heger, Karl; Hoving, Henk-Jan T; Kiko, Rainer; Köser, Kevin; Krämmer, Christopher; Kwasnitschka, Tom; Möller, Klas Ove; Nakath, David; Naß, Andrea; Nattkemper, Tim W; Purser, Autun; Zurowietz, M (2022): Making marine image data FAIR. Scientific Data, 9(1), 414, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01491-3
During the RV POLARSTERN cruise PS153 (2026-02-06 to 2026-04-09) to the western Weddell Sea, as part of the SWOS (Summer Weddell Outflow Study) project, the Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS) was used to collect still images and video footage from various locations surveyed during the expedition. The OFOBS consisted of a towed underwater camera system equipped with a high-resolution photo-camera (iSiTEC, CANON EOS 5D Mark III) and a high-definition video-camera (iSiTEC, Sony FCB-H11) as well as an integrated sidescan sonar system. The cameras were mounted on a steel frame (140 L x 92 W x 135 H cm), together with two strobe lights (iSiTEC UW-Blitz 250, TTL driven), three laser pointers spaced with a distance of 50 cm used to estimate the size of seafloor structures, four LED lights, and a USBL positioning system (Posidonia) to track the position of the OFOBS during deployments, with additional positioning information provided by the integrated INS and DVL systems. For some deployments, the OFOBS was additionally equipped with an automated eDNA sampler (RoCSI), 2 NISKIN bottles, and a CTD. An automatic seafloor image was taken every 20 seconds to obtain 'TIMER' stills distributed at regular distances along each of the survey profiles. Additional 'MANUAL' photos were triggered individually when interesting objects appeared in the live feed. In total, 26 OFOBS deployments were carried out. If no positions for the OFOBS were available, the ships position was used instead. Metadata in the form of iFDOs are available for each deployment containing a detailed description of the image and video data collection and curation process. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995890"!
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01491-3
Making marine image data FAIR
DIF
9.4
2026-07-08
2026-08-06