This paper describes several successful, ongoing projects utilizing Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution's (HBOI) manned submersibles. One project involved imaging natural and man-made objects near the ocean floor using a laser-line-scanning (LLS) system equipped with multiple receivers. This system was interfaced to the Research Submersible CLELIA and was employed on five missions during 1996. Spectacular high-resolution black and white, fluorescence and color images were obtained.
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This manuscript is available at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ and may be cited as: Liberatore, D., Askew, T., & Tusting, R. (1997). The manned submersible as an effective sampling and imaging platform. Oceans '97 MTS/IEEE: Conference proceedings: 6-9 October 1997, World Trade and Convention Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Vol. 1, pp. 51-58). Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Oceans '96 MTS/IEEE Conference Committee. doi:10.1109/OCEANS.1997.634335
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1175.