Vocabulary
SeaVoX Device Catalogue
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| Description | Terms for distinct sampling or measuring devices that may be identified in the real world in terms of manufacturer and model number. |
| Creator | SeaDataNet and MarineXML Vocabulary Content Governance Group |
| Modified | 2024-09-24 |
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| Identifier | L22 |
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| TOOL0988 | 1-metre ring net | Plankton net described as 1-metre ring net; designed with single circular (ring) mouth piece with measurements: mouth diameter (metre)=1; with opening area (square metre)=0.8; with total filtering net length (metre)=not specified; with filtering net shape conical; with additional features: can be used for qualitative sampling or the capture of live animals or quantitative sampling if used with flowmeter; with mesh size (millimetre)=0.333 as a standard but may vary; and equipped with NO closing mechanism. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL2022 | 10x Genomics chromium controller single cell analyser | The Chromium Controller is a single cell gene sequencer and immunity profiler. It uses advanced microfluidics to perform single cell partitioning and barcoding on a timescale of minutes. The instrument utilises gel beads, each containing millions of barcoded oligonucleotides, which are mixed with cells or nuclei from a sample pool at a flow rate designed to enable each gel bead to bind to a single cell or nucleus. Once bound, the gel beads are immersed in an oil solution, capturing each single bead, cell, and the immediately surrounding reagents in a bubble which then serves as a reaction vesicle. Using advanced microfluidics, the instrument encapsulates the gel beads in GEMs (gel beads-in-emulsion), along with a single cell or nucleus and reagents to create a micro reaction. The Chromium Controller enables large scale integrated multiomic analysis, with a cell throughput of 500 to 140,000 singlets per run. The instrument allows for several assays - single cell gene expression, immune profiling, Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin (ATAC), and multiome ATAC + gene expression. | 2024-03-21 |
| TOOL1649 | 4-Deep Inwater Imaging HoloSea S7 submersible holographic microscope | A submersible holographic microscope for use in water profiling and monitoring applications, as well as particle, phytoplankton and zooplankton imaging for counts and morphological analysis. It outputs up to 22 images per second in real-time. It uses the principle of digital inline holography (DIH) to produce enlarged images of an object and its 3D structure. A laser is directed into a pinhole from which a spherical wave emanates. The wave illuminates the object and forms a geometrically magnified diffraction pattern on a charged couple device (CCD) screen. The interference pattern produced is displayed as a hologram stored as a digital image. The 3D structure of the object from the 2D hologram is reconstructed using a numerical algorithm (Kirchhoff-Helmholtz transform). The HoloSea S7 can be towed at 8 knots. The laser light source has a wavelength of 405 nm. It is pressure rated to 500 m with a cable depth of 100 m, but custom 6000 m rated models are also available. | 2023-04-13 |
| TOOL2101 | 4H JENA engineering CONTROS HydroC CO2 pCO2 sensor | A versatile underwater carbon dioxide sensor suitable for in-situ and online measurements of dissolved CO2. Applications include use on unmanned platforms such as ROV and AUV, long-term deployment on seabed observatories, buoys, and moorings, and profiling applications using water sampling rosettes. The partial pressure of carbon dioxide is determined by infrared absorption spectrometry of dissolved CO2 molecules which have passed through the instrument membrane into the detector chamber. Concentration dependent infrared light intensities are converted into an output signal from calibration coefficients stored in the sensor's firmware and data from additional sensors within the gas circuit. This instrument has deep sea capability, depth rating up to 6000 m. Temperature range: -2 to 35 degrees C. Measuring range: 200 - 1000 micro atmospheres. Resolution: < 1 micro atmosphere. Accuracy: 0.5 percent of reading. | 2024-09-23 |
| TOOL1120 | AERONET SeaWIFS SeaPRISM radiometer | A CIMEL CE 318 Sun Photometer that has been modified to validate satellite ocean colour measurements in the AERONET-OC network. It autonomously performs sky and sea radiance observations at programmable viewing and azimuth angles at centre wavelengths in the 412-1020 nanometre spectral range. | 2017-04-04 |
| TOOL1646 | AML Oceanographic AML-1 RT sonde | The AML-1 series of instruments is a highly configurable sonde designed for a wide range of data collection applications. The '1' designation refers to the number of sensors that may be installed on the instrument's endcap. The RT designation (i.e. AML-1 RT) stands for Real-Time as these instruments can stream data while in-situ. These instruments are commonly used in measurement of sound velocity on sonar systems, moored applications, buoys, underwater observatories, and ROVs. However, the AML-1 is compatible with any of the X2 series of Xchangeable sensors. Typical configurations include: Sound Velocity (SV), Turbidity (Tu), Pressure / Water Level (P), and Conductivity + Temperature (CT). Depth rated to 6000m. | 2021-03-01 |
| TOOL1599 | AML Oceanographic AML-6 LGR | Self-powered multiparameter sonde intended for water column profiling applications with internal data logging and post-deployment data tranfer. The sonde is part of the AML-6 series of instruments designed to carry up to six AML X2 series sensors on the endcap in costumizable configurations; optionally, two additional sensors may be connected externally. The sonde has integrated Wifi and GPS, USB connectivity, Sailfish software installed for automatic data processing and export, as well as optional UV biofouling protection. Depth rating of the instrument can be either 500 m or 6000 m. | 2021-01-25 |
| TOOL1600 | AML Oceanographic AML-6 RT | Externally powered multiparameter sonde intended for in-situ water column observations with real-time data stream, commonly used in moored platforms, buoys, underwater observatories and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The sonde is part of the AML-6 series of instruments designed to carry up to six AML X2 series sensors on the endcap in costumizable configurations; optionally, two additional sensors may be connected externally. The sonde has integrated Wifi and GPS, USB connectivity, Sailfish software installed for automatic data processing and export, as well as optional UV biofouling protection. Depth rating of the instrument can be either 500 m or 6000 m. | 2021-01-25 |
| TOOL1522 | AML Oceanographic C-Xchange conductivity sensor | A conductivity sensor in a field-swappable body. These sensors can be exchanged between different Xchange instrument types as well as allowing quick, easy, and on-site replacement of the sensor should the sensor be damaged. Ideal for long-term deployments. C-Xchange sensors store all pertinent manufacturing and calibration data internally. This allows the sensor to be swapped between any C-Xchange enabled instruments without manually updating the calibration coefficients. Calibration sheets can be printed on demand by any instrument connected to AMLs SeaCast software. Re-calibrations only require the sensor, not the instrument, to be shipped to the service centre. Right angle and in-line flow sensors are available. Depth rating: 6000 m. Range: 0-2 mS (standard) but will over-range to 100 mS/cm. During long term, in situ deployments, conductivity stability is +/- 0.003 mS/cm/month when used with UV-Xchange. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL0821 | AML Oceanographic Micro SV sound velocity probe | A single sensor, sound velocity probe for multi-beam systems. It can also be integrated into AUV and ROV systems. The probe directly measures sound velocity by the time-of-flight of an acoustic ping. It has a range of 1400 m/s - 1600 m/s and an accuracy of +/-0.05 m/s. | 2015-01-26 |
| TOOL1422 | AML Oceanographic Minos X CTD | A compact combined CTD/SVP. Minos X is the mid-size logger of the X Series family. It is designed primarily for small boat and hand deployed operations. It provides all the capabilities and accuracy of the larger Plus X instruments, but trades off battery capacity and additional sensor channels in favour of reduced weight and size. The instrument can measure conductivity, temperature, pressure, turbidity and sound velocity depending on the configuration of optional sensors. Minos X is capable of logging continuously for 38 hours with a full battery charge. The actual life varies somewhat depending on the sensors installed. Sampling rates are programmable by time (25 Hz to every 24 hours), by pressure (0.1 dbar or greater increments), or by sound speed (0.1 m/s or greater increments). When logging at time intervals of 25 seconds or more, Minos X powers down between samples to conserve the batteries. Also available as an SVPT. For those surveying beyond 1000 m, deep water Minos X in titanium housing will withstand the harshest of environments. Available with Data Xchange to enable WiFi communication, automatic data transfer, and integrated GPS positioning. | 2020-04-29 |
| TOOL1612 | AML Oceanographic P-Xchange pressure sensor series | A series of sensor components used as swappable sensor heads in AML Xchange instruments or as OEM components in other products when used with an adaptor. The sensors measure pressure using the Piezoresistive principle. Each sensor head contains its own embedded calibration. Different measurement range variations are available from 50-6000 dbar. It is depth-rated to 6000 m. It has a precision of 0.03% FS and accuracy of 0.05% FS. | 2021-06-08 |
| TOOL0822 | AML Oceanographic SV 2000 Smart Sensor sound velocity probe | A single sensor, sound velocity probe for use in a multitude of liquids and can be integrated into a variety of platforms. The probe directly measures sound velocity by the time-of-flight of an acoustic ping. It has a range of 500 m/s - 2000 m/s and accuracy of +/- 2 m/s accuracy (+/- 0.25 m/s in water). | 2015-01-26 |
| TOOL1701 | AML Oceanographic SV-Xchange sound velocity sensor | A sound velocity sensor in a field-swappable body. These sensors can be exchanged between different Xchange instrument types, with each sensor head containing its own embedded calibration, allowing quick, easy, and on-site replacement of the sensor without impacting field accuracy. The SV-Xchange sound velocity sensor has a depth rating of 6000 m, a resolution of 0.001 m/s, and a response time of 20 ms. There are three options available depending on the intended application (typical oceanographic conditions, brine solutions, and special fluids). The instruments have ranges of 1375-1625, 1100-2000, and 500-2000 m/s, and accuracies of 0.025, 0.5 and 1.0 m/s respectively among the three application options. | 2021-06-16 |
| TOOL0830 | AML Oceanographic Smart SV and P sound velocity probe | A sound velocity probe for use in shallow water applications, multi-beam systems and can also be integrated in AUV and ROV systems. The probe directly measures sound velocity by the time-of flight of an acoustic ping. It also measures pressure using a temperature-compensated strain gauge. It has a range of 1400 m/s - 1600 m/s and an accuracy of +/-0.05 m/s. It has a pressure range up to 6000 m (accuracy +/-0.05% FS). | 2015-02-19 |
| TOOL0823 | AML Oceanographic Smart SV and T sound velocity probe | A sound velocity probe for use in sound chest applications and can also be integrated in AUV and ROV systems. The probe directly measures sound velocity by the time-of flight of an acoustic ping. It also measures temperature using a precision-aged thermistor. It has a range of 1400 m/s - 1600 m/s and an accuracy of +/-0.05 m/s. It has a temperature range of -2 to 32 deg C (accuracy +/-0.005 deg C). | 2015-01-26 |
| TOOL1331 | AML Oceanographic Smart X multi-parameter hydrographic sensor | A triple port, real-time probe ideal for long-term in-situ deployments as well as deployments in salt or freshwater. The Smart X probe is fitted with a series of hydrographic Xchange sensors, manufactured by AML Oceanographic, that can be interchanged in the field leading to different configurations. Sensors include conductivity, temperature, sound velocity, pressure and turbidity. A UV sensor can also be fitted to reduce bio-fouling. The instrument is designed for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) deployments. The pressure range of the P Xchange sensor varies according to the chosen configuration, with various options between 50 - 6000 dbar. The Smart X probe has a depth rating of either 500 m or 6000 m, depending on the sensor cage material (carbon fibre, copper or titanium) and the housing material (acetal or titanium). Supported communication protocols for Smart X are RS-232 or RS-485. Sampling rates are programmable by time (25 Hz to every 24 hours). | 2021-01-27 |
| TOOL1702 | AML Oceanographic T-Xchange temperature sensor | A temperature sensor in a field-swappable body. These sensors can be exchanged between different Xchange instrument types, with each sensor head containing its own embedded calibration, allowing quick, easy, and on-site replacement of the sensor without impacting field accuracy. The T-Xchange temperature sensor has a depth rating of 6000 m, a range of -5 to 45 degC (but will over-range to 60 degC), precision, accuracy and resolution of 0.003, 0.005 and 0.001 degC respectively, and a response time of 100 ms. | 2021-06-16 |
| TOOL1318 | AML Oceanographic X Metrec multiparameter CTD | An interchangeable, in-situ multiparameter CTD sonde. It is designed for ROV or long-term remote deployments. The instrument features an interchangeable sensor head that allows users to change the sensor load from a dedicated pool of AML Xchange sensor caps. Available sensors measure combinations of conductivity, temperature, sound velocity, turbidity and pressure. The instrument also features auxiliary sensor ports. Supported communication protocols are RS-232 or RS-485. The instrument can be equipped with optional biofouling controls (UV or copper-nickel alloy cage). Sampling rates are set by time (2 Hz to every 24 hours), by pressure (0.1 dbar or greater increments), or by sound speed (0.1 m/s or greater increments). It is depth-rated to 500 m or 6000 m. | 2019-02-20 |
| TOOL1410 | AML Oceanographic X Series Plus X data logger | An underwater, multisensor data logger. It is designed for deep, winch deployed applications. It uses a combination of primary and secondary ports (up to 5 in total) to mount and interchange AML Xchange sensors, depending on the current application. Supported communication protocols are RS-232 or RS-485. The instrument can be powered both internally and externally, and can be equipped with a Data Xchange module to add wireless capabilities and enhance data transfer rates. Up to 4 additional remote analog ports can be added. It is capable of logging continuously for 49 hours with fresh alkaline batteries. Sampling rates are programmable by time (25 Hz to every 24 hours), by pressure (0.1 dbar or greater increments), or by sound speed (0.1 m/s or greater increments). Operational depth ratings are 500 m (acetal housing), 5000 m (anodized aluminum 6061) and 6000 m (anodized aluminum 7075). | 2020-03-19 |
| TOOL1509 | AMT Analysenmesstechnik MoS oxygen sensor | An underwater oxygen sensor. It is suitable for long-term deployments and can be used in salt water, lakes and rivers (fresh or charged water). It measures dissolved oxygen using the Clark-measuring principle. It consists of a pressure tube, oxygen sensor head and sensor cap with pressure compensation and membrane. A multi-core 4-wire sea-cable is used for power supply and data acquisition. A power supply of 12 VDC is used as current source for the sensor as standard. Other voltage and signal output configurations are possible. Housing maerial is plastic (POM) or titanium. Accuracy: 1.5% saturation. Measurement range: 0 - 150 % saturation. | 2020-08-03 |
| TOOL0986 | ARIES pup net | Plankton net described as one of typically two simple conical ring nets attached by bungee to either side of the ARIES net sampler frame to collect integrated samples; designed with single circular mouth piece with measurements: diameter (metre)=0.14; with opening area (square metre)=0.015; with total filtering net length (metre)=1.47; with filtering net shape conical; with mesh size (millimetre)=not specified; and equipped with NO closing mechanism. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL1151 | ASL AZFP Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler | An autonomous scientific echosounder for the measurement and monitoring of environmental conditions in oceans, lakes and rivers. Abundance of zooplankton, fish, bubbles and suspended sediments in the water column are common targets, via the measurement of acoustic backscatter returns at multiple ultrasonic frequencies. Using onboard data storage, the AZFP can collect data continuously for periods of up to one year at high temporal and spatial resolution. The AZFP is available with up to four frequencies in a single transducer housing. It can be operated in bottom-mounted, upward looking mode or in downward looking mode from a buoy, and is ideally suited for taut-line mooring operation. It has a configurable ping rate up to 1 Hz, 16 Gb Compact Flash storage with up to 32 Gb available, and weighs 50 kg in its ruggedised shipping case. | 2017-10-16 |
| TOOL0292 | ASL Environmental Sciences IPS4 Ice Profiler Sonar | The ASL Environmental Sciences ISP4 is an upward looking sonar device for measuring ice keel drafts. Distance between the instrument and ice keel is measured by sonar at an operating frequency of 420 kHz with a beam width of 1.8 degrees and sampling rate of up to 2Hz. Water depth is measured by a pressure sensor and ice draft is calculated by difference. It has a depth range of 175 metres in ice or 225 metres in water and a precision of 0.05 metres. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL1250 | ASL Environmental Sciences Shallow Water Ice Profiler | An upward-looking sonar device which can be mounted on lake, river or ocean floors to measure ice draft for monitoring of ice dynamics in shallow water environments. Ice thickness is measured in real-time using an acoustic transducer, tilt sensor, high-precision pressure sensor and temperature sensor, all providing suitably high resolution for shallow water measurements. The instrument can be operated in an internal recording mode with a connection to an underwater battery pack for power, or with RS-422 serial output for real-time operation using an underwater cable which also allows for external power. The SWIP has a storage capacity up to 16 Gb, an operating frequency of either 542 kHz (standard) or 235 kHz (optional), a half-beam width of 3 degrees (standard) or 5.5 degrees (optional), a sampling rate of up to 2 Hz, and a maximum range of 20 metres. The tilt sensor has a range -20 to +20 degrees, an accuracy -0.5 to +0.5 and a precision of 0.01 degrees. | 2018-07-31 |
| TOOL1420 | ASL Environmental Sciences Zooplankton Acoustic Profiler (ZAP) 200 kHz {Water Column Profiler (WCP)} echosounder | A cable tethered instrument designed to measure and record the Water Column moving through its field of view from the seabed during long, unattended, deployments. It transmits an acoustic pulse of programmable duration, then listens for the echo from targets in the water column. It returns a value of the acoustic intensity for every 12.5 cm. It can be deployed up to 150 m beneath the surface, looking upward, or from the surface looking downward. | 2020-04-17 |
| TOOL1777 | Aanderaa 2740 wind speed sensor | A wind speed sensor measuring average and maximum wind speed (gust), designed for use with the Aanderaa SmartGuard and the Aanderaa Automatic Weather Station 2700. Consisting of a three-cup rotor on top of an aluminium housing, it can be fitted onto the Sensor Cross Arms of an Aanderaa Automatic Weather Station or used separately via connecting cable. A micro controller reads the pulses from the magneto inductive switch sensing the rotor's rotation and uses the pulse count to calculate the wind speed. Average wind speed is obtained as the arithmetic mean of the wind regardless of the sampling interval, provided that the sampling interval is between four seconds and three hours. Maximum wind speed is the highest speed occurring over a two-second period at any time during the sampling interval. The micro controller also provides the Aanderaa SR10 output signals for wind speed and gust. Both output signals have the same conversion factor for calculation of wind speed in engineering units from the ten-bit output data. The 2740 has a range up to 79 m/s, accuracy +/-2 percent or +/- 0.2 m/s, whichever is greater. It requires a threshold wind speed 0.3 m/s and has an operating temperature of -40 to +65 degC. | 2022-02-22 |
| TOOL1767 | Aanderaa 2770 solar radiation sensor | A sensor for incoming solar and sky radiation, specially designed for use with Aanderaa Automatic Weather Station 2700 and SmartGuard. This sensor employs a high sensitivity thermistor bridge which measures the temperature rise of a black surface under a glass dome. The instrument has a measurement range of 0 - 2000 W/m2, with an accuracy better than +/- 20 W/m2, and a resolution of 4 W/m2. It can detect wavelengths between 0.3 to 2.5 micrometres. | 2022-02-16 |
| TOOL1779 | Aanderaa 2810 air pressure sensor | A barometric pressure sensor designed for use with the Aanderaa Automatic Weather Stations and Display Units. The 2810 utilizes a 4x4 mm silicon chip as a sensing element. A thin membrane is exposed to atmospheric pressure on one side and to a vacuum on the other. The membrane is furnished with 4 diffused resistors that form a Wheatstone bridge. The output signal is proportional to the atmospheric pressure. The chip acts as an absolute pressure-sensing device. A temperature sensing resistor and 4 heating resistors are also diffused onto the chip. In conjunction with an external control circuit, these resistors allow the chip to be held at a constant temperature of 47 degC during the measurement. It has a measurement range of 920 to 1080 hPa, an accuracy of +/- 0.2 hPa, a resolution of 0.2 hPa, and an operating temperature range of -40 to +47 degC. | 2022-02-22 |
| TOOL1775 | Aanderaa 3010 sensor scanning unit | A compact, electronic device for scanning and reading a set of Aanderaa sensors. It is a rugged, watertight design intended for use in Aanderaa Automatic Weather Stations and for other field datalogging applications. The 3010 contains a 12 channel multiplexer, an R-2R network for analog to digital conversion and a digital control system that includes a microprocessor. Input signals from the sensors may either be routed through the 18-pin mast cable receptacle (for the Aanderaa Automatic Weather Station) or the separate sensor receptacles. Up to 12 channels are available, selectable by a switch. A number of sampling intervals can be selected: Non-stop, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, 120 or 180 minutes. In the field the unit is powered by the Solar Cell Power Module 3189 or by batteries. If available it can be mains powered via the AC/DC Adapter 3786. Bridge voltage: 10 pulses for each channel. Duration of each pulse is 1/36 seconds. It has a 10 bit resolution and an accuracy of +/- 1 bit. It has an operating temperature of -40 to +60 degC. | 2022-02-22 |
| TOOL1776 | Aanderaa 3455 air temperature sensor | An air temperature sensor featuring a Pt2000 sensor element, designed for use with the Aanderaa Automatic Weather Station 2700. The sensor is furnished with a standard Aanderaa sensor foot that plugs directly onto the sensor cross-arm of the Automatic Weather Station 2700 or, it can be fastened to a 25 mm aluminium tube. The sensor is equipped with a radiation screen that will hinder heating of the sensor by direct sunshine in wind velocities as low as 0.5 m/s. The sensor is based on the ohmic half-bridge principle (VR-22) and employs a 2000 ohm film-type platinum resistor as the sensing element. Separate sensor cables of up to 500 meters can be used. The 3455 is available in three measurement ranges: -43 to +48 degC, -30 to +60 degC and -60 to +30 degC. The Pt2000 sensor element has a resolution of 0.1 percent of range and an accuracy +/- 0.1 percent of range. | 2022-02-22 |
| TOOL1778 | Aanderaa 3590 wind direction sensor | A sensor for measuring average wind direction, designed for use with the Aanderaa SmartGuard and the Aanderaa Automatic Weather Station 2700. It can be mounted directly on the sensor arm of the Automatic Weather Station 2700, and can also be deployed on a Data Buoy Sensor Ring. This sensor consists of a wind vane on top of a magnetically-coupled compass. The compass consists of a sensing element mounted on an electronic card. In the sensing element is a follower magnet which follows the magnet on the wind vane. Four Hall elements measure the direction every second and a micro controller on the electronic card calculates the average direction in the measuring period. When direction is to be read, the compass will read out the average reading since the last reading was taken. The housing bearing the compass must be orientated towards North or to a reference point like a ship's centre-line for an ordinary degree indication. A non-averaging version (3590B) is also available. The 3590 has a measurement range of 0 to 360 degrees magnetic and requires a threshold wind speed of 0.3 m/s. It has an accuracy +/- 5 degrees and an operating temperature from -40 to +65 degC. | 2022-02-22 |
| TOOL0836 | Aanderaa 3830 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor designed to mount on RCM 9 or RDCP 600 or similar OEM applications. Measurement based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. A black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight titanium housing (depth rating 6000m).The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Accuracy +/- 5% or 8uM; precision +/- 0.4 uM. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0103 | Aanderaa 3835 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor designed to mount on RCM 9 or RDCP 600 or similar OEM applications. Measurement based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. A black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight plastic and titanium housing (depth rating 300m).The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Accuracy +/- 5% or 8uM; precision +/- 0.4 uM. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL1421 | Aanderaa 3930 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor which can be connected via cable to AADI SR10/VR22 Data logger. Measurement based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. A black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight titanium housing (depth rating 6000m). The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Accuracy < 8uM or 5% (whichever is greater). | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0369 | Aanderaa 3975 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor which provides analogue output to third party data loggers. Measurement is based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. A black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight titanium housing.The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0102 | Aanderaa 4130 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor for use with Aanderaa data loggers. Measurement based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. A black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight titanium housing.The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0101 | Aanderaa 4175 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor for OEM applications. Measurement based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. A black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight titanium housing.The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Further information may be found on the BODC document server at URL: http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/119483/. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0826 | Aanderaa 4330 and 4330F oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor for use with Aanderaa data loggers. Data collection is based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescent quenchers. The platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water is the fluorescent indicator. Modulated blue light excites the sensor, which in turn measures the phase of the returned red light. Stability is improved by means of a reference phase reading using a red LED that does not produce fluorescence in the foil. The foil is standard or fast-acting (F). y linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Accuracy is <8 microMolar O2 or 5% (whichever is greater). It is depth-rated to 6000 m. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL1247 | Aanderaa 4330 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor that uses a standard sensing foil for use with Aanderaa data loggers. Data collection is based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescent quenchers. The platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water is the fluorescent indicator. Modulated blue light excites the sensor, which in turn measures the phase of the returned red light. Stability is improved by means of a reference phase reading using a red LED that does not produce fluorescence in the foil. The standard sensing foil is protected by an opticalisolation layer which makes the foil extra rugged and insensitive to direct sunlight. y linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Oxygen response time (63%) is <25 secs. Accuracy is <8 microMolar O2 or 5% (whichever is greater). It is depth-rated to 6000 m. | 2022-04-27 |
| TOOL1248 | Aanderaa 4330F oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor that uses a fast response sensing foil for use with Aanderaa data loggers. Data collection is based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescent quenchers. The platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water is the fluorescent indicator. Modulated blue light excites the sensor, which in turn measures the phase of the returned red light. Stability is improved by means of a reference phase reading using a red LED that does not produce fluorescence in the foil. The sensing foil is not protected by an opticalisolation layer to improve the reseponse time. y linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Oxygen response time (63%) is <8 secs. Accuracy is <8 microMolar O2 or 5% (whichever is greater). It is depth-rated to 6000 m. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0969 | Aanderaa 4531 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor which provides analogue and digital output to third party data loggers. Measurement based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. A black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight titanium housing.The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. | 2016-01-26 |
| TOOL1239 | Aanderaa 4831 oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor which provides analogue (0-5V) and digital output (RS-232) to third party data loggers, gliders and floats. Measurement based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. In this standard model, a black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight housing. The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. For improved stability the 4831 optode also performs areference phase reading by use of a red LED that does not produce fluorescence in the foil. This model is fitted with a standard sensing foil. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Accuracy +/- 1.5% or 2uM; precision +/- 0.2 uM. | 2022-04-27 |
| TOOL1240 | Aanderaa 4831F oxygen optode | A dissolved oxygen sensor which provides analogue (0-5V) and digital output (RS-232) to third party data loggers, gliders and floats. Measurement based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. This sub-model is not equipped with a black optical isolation coating that protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight housing. The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. For improved stability the 4831 optode also performs a reference phase reading by use of a red LED that does not produce fluorescence in the foil. This sub-model is fitted with a fast response (transparent) sensing foil (response time <8 secs). By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. Accuracy +/- 1.5% or 2uM; precision +/- 0.2 uM. | 2018-05-30 |
| TOOL0590 | Aanderaa CTR7 thermistor conductivity chain | An instrument with up to 5 induction conductivity and thermistor temperature sensor pairs along a string held vertically in the water column and connected to a 12-channel Aanderaa DL7 data logger. The twelfth channel may be used for an optional pressure sensor housed in one of the senor pairs Overall accuracy (+/-) 0.1C for temperature and 0.3 mS/cm for conductivity. Further information may be found in http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/78767/. | 2013-01-17 |
| TOOL0171 | Aanderaa Doppler current sensor 4100 | A 2 MHz vector averaging sensor for measuring current speed and direction. It can be deployed to a depth of 300 m, with a velocity range of 0-300 cm/s and a velocity accuracy of 0.15 cm/s. It has a directional accuracy of 5° for 0-15° tilt and 7.5° for 15-35° tilt. 4100R model also available with adjustable ping rate. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL1207 | Aanderaa Pressure Sensor 4117/4117R | An integrated pressure and temperature sensor designed to either be connected to an Aanderaa SmartGuard data logger, to be mounted on to the Aanderaa SeaGuard platform, or to operate as a stand-alone sensor using RS-232. The instrument can operate down to 6000 m depth, and has a selectable interval of 1 second to 255 minutes. The pressure range varies between the six sensor models, from 0-1000 kPa for the 4117A/4117AR model, to 0-60000 kPa for the 4117F/4117FR model; for all models, the pressure resolution is <0.0001 % full scale output (FSO) and the pressure accuracy is +/- 0.2% FSO. All models have a temperature range of 0 degC to 36 degC, a resolution of <0.001 degC, and an accuracy of 0.05 degC. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL0026 | Aanderaa RCM 11 Recording Current Meter | The RCM 11 is a single-point doppler recording current meter pressure cased to operate at depths of up to 6000 metres. Further information may be found on the BODC document server at URL http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/106028/ | 2010-09-07 |
| TOOL0211 | Aanderaa RCM 4/5 Recording Current Meter | Family of self-recording current meters with Savonius Rotors recording averaged speed and a magnetic compass recording spot directions. The meter has a balanced weight vane which aligns it with the current flow and is mounted using shackles between segments of mooring line. Optional temperature, pressure and conductivity sensors may be fitted. The RCM5 has a strengthened casing allowing deployment to 6000m. For more details see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/4872/ | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0212 | Aanderaa RCM 4/5 temperature and salinity recorders | Withdrawn RCM4 or RCM5 current meters fitted with conductivity and temperature sensors given a new lease of life as temperature and salinity recorders. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0121 | Aanderaa RCM 7/8 Recording Current Meter | Family of self-recording paddle wheel current meters with different pressure cases that record the vector averaged speed and direction over a sampling interval. The paddle wheel rotor is magnetically coupled to an electronic counter. The meter has a balanced weight vane which aligns it with the current flow. For more details see http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/65611/. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0028 | Aanderaa RCM 9 IW Recording Current Meter | The RCM 9 IW is a single-point doppler recording current meter with a medium weight case to operate at depths of up to 2000 metres. Further information may be found on the BODC document server at URL http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/106028/ | 2010-09-07 |
| TOOL0027 | Aanderaa RCM 9 LW Recording Current Meter | The RCM 9 LW is a single-point doppler recording current meter with a lightweight case to operate at depths of up to 300 metres. Further information may be found on the BODC document server at URL http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/106028/ | 2010-09-07 |
| TOOL0029 | Aanderaa RCM 9/11 Recording Current Meter | The RCM 9/11 a family of single-point doppler recording current meter with a different casing options to allow working at depths of up to 300 (RCM 9 LW), 2000 (RCM 9 IW) or 6000 (RCM 11) metres. Further information may be found on the BODC document server at URL http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/106028/ | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL0166 | Aanderaa RDCP 600 Recording Doppler Current Profiler | The RDCP 600 is a medium range, 600kHz self-recording Doppler Current Profiler. The standard RDCP 600 can be deployed to a depth of 300m, with a velocity range of 0-500 cm/s, vertical velocity accuracy of 1.0 cm/s and horizontal velocity accuracy of 0.5cm/s. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0306 | Aanderaa Seaguard Recording Current Meter | A multi-frequency Doppler current sensor for measuring horizontal current speed and direction. The shallow water (SW), intermediate water (IW) and deep water (DW) models can be deployed to 300 m, 2000 m and 6000 m, respectively. The instrument has a maximum sampling rate of 0.5 Hz, a velocity range of 0 - 300 cm s-1, and incorporates an electronic compass and a tilt sensor. A number of additional oceanographic sensors may also be attached. Further details can be found at http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/pdf/Aanderaa_Seaguard_RCM.pdf | 2017-08-10 |
| TOOL0629 | Aanderaa WLR 5 Water Level Recorder | A bottom pressure recorder for measuring sea level in shallow waters with optional Fenwall thermistor temperature sensor logging to an internal magnetic tape unit. More information is available in http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/67867/. | 2013-07-25 |
| TOOL0031 | Aanderaa WLR 7 Water Level Recorder | A bottom pressure recorder for measuring sea level in shallow waters with optional Fenwall thermistor temperature sensor logging to an internal solid-state data storage unit. More information is available in http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/225584/. | 2013-07-25 |
| TOOL0030 | Aanderaa WLR 8 Water Level Recorder | The WLR 8 is a bottom pressure recorder recording sea level with deployment depths of up to 6000 metres. Further information may be found on the BODC document server at URL http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/135903/ | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL0498 | Aanderaa conductivity sensor 3919A | An inductive conductivity sensor designed to operate over a range of 0-7.5 S/m with a resolution of 0.0002 S/m and an accuracy of +/- 0.005 S/m. The instrument includes a temperature sensor with a range of -5 to 40 degC, a resolution of 0.01 degC and an accuracy of +/-0.1 degC. The shallow water (SW) version of the instrument is rated to 300 m, the intermediate water (IW) version to 2000 m and the deep water (DW) version to 6000 m. The instrument has a titanium casing and can be interfaced with the Aanderaa RCM9/11 or RDCP, or used for standalone operations. | 2012-06-13 |
| TOOL0499 | Aanderaa conductivity sensor 3919B | An inductive conductivity sensor designed to operate over a range of 0-7.5 S/m with a resolution of 0.0002 S/m and an accuracy of +/- 0.0018 S/m. The instrument includes a temperature sensor with a range of -5 to 40 degC, a resolution of 0.01 degC and an accuracy of +/-0.1 degC. The shallow water (SW) version of the instrument is rated to 300 m, the intermediate water (IW) version to 2000 m and the deep water (DW) version to 6000 m. The instrument has a titanium casing and can be interfaced with the Aanderaa RCM9/11 or RDCP, or used for standalone operations. | 2012-06-13 |
| TOOL0626 | Aanderaa conductivity sensor 4319A | An inductive conductivity sensor designed to operate over a range of 0-7.5 S/m with a resolution of 0.0002 S/m and an accuracy of +/- 0.005 S/m. The instrument includes a temperature sensor with a range of -5 to 40 degC, a resolution of 0.01 degC and an accuracy of +/-0.1 degC. The shallow water (SW) version of the instrument is rated to 300 m, the intermediate water (IW) version to 2000 m and the deep water (DW) version to 6000 m. The instrument has a titanium casing and can be interfaced with the Aanderaa RCM9/11 or RDCP, or used for standalone operations. Unlike the Aanderaa 3919A, the 4319A incorporates SmartGuard data logger connectivity, and updated AADI protocol. | 2013-06-12 |
| TOOL0627 | Aanderaa conductivity sensor 4319B | An inductive conductivity sensor designed to operate over a range of 0-7.5 S/m with a resolution of 0.0002 S/m and an accuracy of +/- 0.0018 S/m. The instrument includes a temperature sensor with a range of -5 to 40 degC, a resolution of 0.01 degC and an accuracy of +/-0.1 degC. The shallow water (SW) version of the instrument is rated to 300 m, the intermediate water (IW) version to 2000 m and the deep water (DW) version to 6000 m. The instrument has a titanium casing and can be interfaced with the Aanderaa RCM9/11 or RDCP, or used for standalone operations. Unlike the Aanderaa 3919A, the 4319A incorporates SmartGuard data logger connectivity, and updated AADI protocol. | 2013-06-12 |
| TOOL0805 | Aanderaa optode | A generic label for a range of dissolved oxygen sensors produced by Aanderaa covering various mounting options. Each has a specific model number but in this case it is not known. All make measurements based on the ability of selected substances to act as dynamic fluorescence quenchers. The fluorescent indicator is a special platinum porphyrin complex embedded in a gas permeable foil that is exposed to the surrounding water. A black optical isolation coating protects the complex from sunlight and fluorescent particles in the water. This sensing foil is attached to a window providing optical access for the measuring system from inside a watertight titanium housing.The foil is excited by modulated blue light, and the phase of a returned red light is measured. By linearizing and temperature compensating, with an incorporated temperature sensor, the absolute O2 concentration can be determined. | 2014-11-12 |
| TOOL0804 | Aanderaa pressure recorder | An early (1970s) pressure recorder that used a Digiquartz type 2-300a quartz crystal pressure transducer. The pressure sensor consisted of a convoluted bellows linked to a 40kHz quartz crystal resonator coupled by piezoelectric action to an electronic resonator. Data were recorded onto 0.25 inch magnetic tape on an Aanderaa data logger in the same case. A quartz crystal clock was used for controlling the sampling interval. The data were recorded as 10 bit binary words in serial form with the frequency count from the sensor stored as the most and least significant counts. | 2014-11-12 |
| TOOL0712 | Aanderaa temperature sensor 4050 | A compact fully integrated sensor for measuring the water temperature. The sensor is designed to be mounted on Aanderaa recording instruments (e.g. RCM 9/11 doppler current meter) and data loggers. The sensor can also be used as stand alone, and is easily integrated in other measurement systems with third party data loggers. Resolution is 0.001 C and accuracy is 0.03 C. Further development of the 4050 has been suspended in favour of the replacement 4060 model. More information may be found in http://www.aanderaa.com/productsdetail.php?Temperature-Sensor-12. | 2014-06-30 |
| TOOL0711 | Aanderaa temperature sensor 4060 | A compact fully integrated sensor for measuring the water temperature based on a Fenwell thermistor that is designed to be mounted on the Aanderaa SeaGuard Platform. The sensor can also be used as stand-alone (RS232) and is easily integrated in other measurement systems with third party data loggers. It replaces the 4050 temperature sensor. Resolution is 0.001 C and accuracy is 0.03 C. More information may be found in http://www.aanderaa.com/media/pdfs/Temperature-Sensor-4060.pdf. | 2014-06-30 |
| TOOL0589 | Aanderaa thermistor chain | An instrument with 11 Fenwal 2K iso-curve thermistors mounted along a string from 10 to 400m long held vertically in the water column and connected to a 12-channel Aanderaa TR or SeaData data logger rated to 2000m depth. The twelfth channel was used for an internal reference number, a Bourdon tube pressure sensor (Aanderaa) or an additional thermistor (SeaData) housed in the logger. Overall accuracy (+/-) is between 0.1 and 0.2C. Further information may be found in http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/67001/. | 2013-01-17 |
| TOOL1064 | Active Microwave Instrument | An active microwave instrument consisting of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and a wind scatterometer (SCAT), the former designed to capture imagery of ocean, land and ice at high resolution and independently of weather conditions, and the latter utilised to measure horizontal wind speed and wind vector over the surface, as well as soil moisture and sea-ice type. The SAR radar operates by obtaining strips of imagery in two modes: the imaging mode, and the wave mode. In imaging mode, SAR provides two-dimensional images between (6 - 30)m along-track at a spatial resolution of 26m. In wave mode, imagettes of 5 km by 5 km in size are captured at regular intervals of 200 km along track; the imagettes are then processed within the swath to obtain the wave spectra, as changes in radar reflectivity on the sea surface are proxies for length and direction of surface waves. SCAT is composed by three sideways-looking antennas which generate radar beams at 45, 90 and 135 degrees azimuth across a swath 500 km wide situated 200 km to the right of the sub-satellite track. The radar backscatter is then measured for overlapping cells of 50 km resolution, using a grid spacing of 25 km. This technique permits three different viewing directions almost simultaneously, facilitating the determination of surface wind vectors. SAR and SCAT can be operated together, unless SAR is in imaging mode. The wave direction detected range is (0 - 180) degrees, at an accuracy of +/- 20 degrees; the detected wavelength range is (100 - 1000) m, with an accuracy of +/- 25%. AMI-SAR operates at the C-band frequency of 5.3 GHz with a bandwidth of 15.5 MHz, using vertically polarised antennas. The spatial resolution achieved is 30 m over a 100 km swath, located 250 km to the right of the sub-satellite track; the look angle is 23 degrees. Wind direction detected range is (0 - 360) degrees, at an accuracy of +/- 20 degrees; wind speed detected range is (4 - 24) m/s, at an accuracy of 2 m/s and spatial resolution of 50 km. AMI-SCAT operates at the C-band frequency of 5.3 GHz +/- 200 kHz. Flown on ERS-1, ERS-2. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/23; https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/24 | 2022-03-18 |
| NETT0001 | Adriatic plankton sampler - Krsinic (1990) | Construction is a 50 cm diameter cylindrical sampler sent to depth with the cylinder net (0.25 mm mesh) closed and upside down (cod-end facing upward). A messenger releases the bottom margin of cylinder allowing it to drop open (115 cm length) and at the same time closing half circle doors. A second messenger releases the first support bridle and the sampler turns right side up. Sampler collects about 250 litres of water [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 11 A]. | 2012-05-11 |
| TOOL1061 | Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer | A passive optical imager with dual view composed of a 7-channel infra-red radiometer, designed to measure sea surface temperature, cloud attributes, as well as vegetation and sea-ice cover. The infra-red radiometer uses an along-track scanning telescope to focus incoming radiation from two views at different angles: one at nadir and one fore-looking at approximately 47 degrees. The same point on the Earth's surface is thus observed twice through differing atmospheric thickness, allowing for direct estimation of the atmospheric absorption and scattering, which can be used for atmospheric correction of the surface dataset. The instrument carries an on-board visible calibration system. The AATSR is functionally identical to ATSR-2, but its structure is adapted to the Envisat platform. Moreover, AATSR has a larger telemetry bandwidth compared to ATSR-2, allowing it to collect and telemeter a greater amount of visible data. The instrument's bandwidths are: (0.53 - 0.57)um, (0.64 - 0.68)um, (0.85 - 0.89)um, (1.31 - 1.91)um, (3.55 - 3.85)um, (10.35 - 11.35)um, (11.50 - 12.50)um. The instrument's resolution is 1 km at the instantaneous field of view (IFOV). The swath is 500 km. The accuracy of sea surface temperature measurements is approximately 0.1 degC. Flown on Envisat. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/2 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1066 | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for Earth Observation from Space (AMSR-E) | A conical scanning, passive microwave radiometer designed for multiple purposes, including the determination of precipitation intensity at the surface, sea surface temperature, sea-ice cover, horizontal wind speed over the surface, and surface biomass. The antenna is at 55 degrees zenith angle, and operates by a conical scan mechanism, thus enabling the acquisition of both daytime and night-time data; its swath is 1450 kilometres, and it completes 40 scans per minute (10 kilometres per scan). The instrument's antenna is 1.6 metres in diameter, and receives 6 frequency bands over 12 channels in the range of 6.9 to 89 gigahertz (window channels only). The resolution changes with the frequency, and is consistent with the antenna's dimensions. Flown on Aqua (NASA). http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/29 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1065 | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-2 | A conical scanning, passive microwave radiometer designed for multiple purposes, including the determination of precipitation intensity at the surface, sea surface temperature, sea-ice cover, horizontal wind speed over the surface, and surface biomass. The antenna is at 55 degrees zenith angle, and operates by a conical scan mechanism, thus enabling the acquisition of both daytime and night-time data; its swath is 1450 kilometres, and it completes 40 scans per minute (10 kilometres per scan). The instrument's antenna is 2 metres in diameter, and receives 7 frequency bands over 14 channels in the range of 6.9 to 89 gigahertz (window channels only). The resolution changes with the frequency, and is consistent with the antenna's dimensions. Flown on GCOM-W1, GCOM-W2, GCOM-W3. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/28 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1067 | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - A | A multi-channel microwave radiometer designed to measure global atmospheric temperature profiles in nearly all weather conditions. AMSU-A samples thirty consecutive scene radiances in a stepped-scan fashion every eight seconds, and measures the atmospheric temperature profile by examining fifteen bands of microwave radiation ranging between (23 - 90) GHz. The instrument consists of two independent modules with their own spacecraft interface: AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2. AMSU-A2 identifies precipitation and corrects for surface emissivity, atmospheric liquid water and water vapour effects by processing the first two microwave radiation channels using one antenna. In AMSU-A1, two antenna-radiometer systems provide the other thirteen channels to retrieve atmospheric temperature profiles up to 42 km from the Earth's surface. The swath is 1690 km wide, and the spatial resolution is 40 km (horizontal) at nadir. The field of view is +/- 49.5 degrees cross-track, and the instantaneous field of view is 3.3 degrees circular. The thermal operating range is (0 - 20) degC. AMSU-A2 central channel frequencies are: (23.800, 31.400) GHz; AMSU-A1 central channel frequencies are: (50.300, 52.800, 53.596 +/- 0.115, 54.400, 54.940, 55.500, f0 = 57.290344, f0 +/- 0.217, f0 +/- 0.3222 +/- 0.048, f0 +/- 0.3222 +/- 0.022, f0 +/- 0.3222 +/- 0.010, f0 +/- 0.3222 +/- 0.0045, 89.0) GHz. Flown on Aqua, Metop-A, Metop-B, Metop-C, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-19 . http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/30 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1068 | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit - B | A five-channel microwave radiometer designed for humidity and precipitation sounding in nearly all weather conditions. AMSU-B is a cross-track, line scanned instrument which samples ninety consecutive scene radiances in a continuous fashion, and measures atmospheric humidity profiles by examining five bands of microwave radiation ranging between (89.0 - 193.31)GHz. The instrument consists of a scanning parabolic reflector antenna which rotates and focuses incoming radiation from the atmosphere into a quasi-optic system. The frequencies of interest are then separated into three discreet feed horns of the receiver assembly. AMSU-B works in conjunction with AMSU-A to provide a twenty-channel microwave radiometer. The swath is 2250 km wide, and the spatial resolution is 16 km (horizontal) at nadir. The scan period is 8/3 seconds. The instrument covers +/- 49.5 degrees cross-track from the sub-satellite point, and the instantaneous field of view is 1.1 degrees circular. AMSU-B central frequencies are: (89.0, 150.0, 183.31 +/- 7.0, 183.31 +/- 3.0, 183.31 +/- 1.0) GHz. Flown on NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/33 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1070 | Advanced SCATterometer | A C-band scatterometer designed to detect wind speed and vector over the sea surface, as well as large-scale soil moisture. Three sideways-looking antennas located on both sides of the instrument transmit microwave pulses toward the sea surface and measure the ground echoes returned back to the instrument. The backscattering properties of the signal detected are related to wind-generated sea-surface roughness, and can thus be used to infer wind speed and direction. The three antennas on each side are oriented at 45, 90 and 135 degrees azimuth respectively, and scan two 500 km swaths separated by a 700 km gap along-track. ASCAT operates at the C-band frequency of 5.233 GHz. The spatial resolution is 50 km (nominal) or 25 km (experimental). Flown on Metop-A, Metop-B, Metop-C. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/47 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1071 | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer | An optical imager detecting 14 spectral bands ranging from visible to thermal infrared light, designed to produce stereoscopic images and detailed terrain height models for high resolution land and vegetation observation. ASTER uses three sub-systems to detect radiation in the visible near-infrared (VNIR), short-wave infrared (SWIR), and thermal infrared (TIR), each with the ability to change the viewing angle in the cross-track direction. The VNIR radiometer has along-track stereo coverage in its third band (0.76 um - 0.86 um), with nadir and backward views. The swath width is 60 km. Bands of radiation wavelengths and their resolution at sub satellite point are: (0.52 - 0.60) um, (0.63 - 0.69) um, (0.76 - 0.86) um, which constitute the VNIR bands and have a resolution of 15 m; (1.60 - 1.70) um, (2.145 - 2.185) um, (2.185 - 2.225) um, (2.235 - 2.285) um, (2.295 - 2.365) um, (2.360 - 2.430) um, which constitute the SWIR bands and have a resolution of 30 m; (8.125 - 8.475) um, (8.475 - 8.825) um, (8.925 - 9.275) um, (10.25 - 10.95) um, (10.95 - 11.65), which constitute the TIR bands and have a resolution of 90 m. Flown on Terra. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/50 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1069 | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar | A radio-occultation imaging radar designed to capture imagery of ocean, land and ice at high resolution and independently of weather conditions. The instrument operates as an active remote sensing device, emitting microwave pulses in the C-band frequency range (2 GHz - 4 GHz) and recording the response reflected by the Earth's surface targeted. The time it takes for each emitted pulse to return to the instrument holds information on the distance of the target object, whilst the amount of the signal returned is used to extract information on surface properties. ASAR operates in five mutually exclusive modes, which output images of different sizes and spatial resolution. The instrument is able to create orthogonal polarised waves, the return signal of which can be used to extract information on the type of surface targeted. The user can select an operating mode out of five mutually exclusive options: the Image mode (IM), generating products at a spatial resolution of 30 m over one of seven selectable swath widths determined by incidence angles between 15 degrees to 45 degrees, at horizontal transmit and receive polarisation (HH) or vertical transmit and receive polarisation (VV); the Alternating Polarisation mode (AP), generating products at a spatial resolution of 30 m over one of seven selectable swath widths determined by incidence angles between 15 degrees to 45 degrees, at different dual polarisation combinations (HH/VV or HH/HV or VV/VH); the Wide Swath mode (WS), which uses the ScanSAR technique, thus providing images at 150 m resolution over five combined sub-swaths covering a total of 405 km, in HH or VV polarisation; the Global Monitoring mode (GM), outputting 1 km resolution images over a 405 km swath, in HH or VV polarisation; and the Wave mode (WV), which generates backscatter vignettes of 5 km by 5 km size, spaced 100 km along track in HH or VV polarisation. Flown on Envisat. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/44 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1074 | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - 1 | A radiation-detection imager with four spectral bands, designed to provide global data collection from the visible, near-infrared and thermal infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum at a high temporal resolution. Derived parameters include Sea Surface Temperatures (SST), Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), atmospheric aerosols and volcanic ash, snow and ice distribution, cloud patterns and land-water boundaries. A flat scanning mirror undergoes a continuous 360 degrees rotation at six scans per second around an axis parallel to the Earth's surface, thus scanning a field of view perpendicular to the satellite orbit track and at such speed that adjacent scan lines are contiguous at nadir position. The AVHRR instrument has an angular resolution of 1.3 mrad and a spatial resolution of 1.1 km at nadir. The swath width is 2900 km and the scan angle is 55.4 degrees from nadir. The scanning radiometer uses four detectors to collect different bands of radiation wavelengths: (0.55 - 0.68) um, (0.725 - 1.10) um, (3.55 - 3.93) um and (10.50 - 11.50) um. The instrument does not carry an on-board calibration system. AVHRR/1 was first deployed in 1978. AVHRR/2 is an improved version comprising five channels, and was first deployed in 1981. AVHRR/3 is the latest version advanced to six channels, and first deployed in 1998. Flown on NOAA-8, NOAA-10, TIROS-N, NOAA-6. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/60 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1075 | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - 2 | A radiation-detection imager with five spectral bands, designed to provide global data collection from the visible, near-infrared and thermal infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum at a high temporal resolution. Derived parameters include Sea Surface Temperatures (SST), Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), atmospheric aerosols and volcanic ash, snow and ice distribution, cloud patterns and land-water boundaries. A flat scanning mirror undergoes a continuous 360 degrees rotation at six scans per second around an axis parallel to the Earth's surface, thus scanning a field of view perpendicular to the satellite orbit track and at such speed that adjacent scan lines are contiguous at nadir position. The AVHRR instrument has an angular resolution of 1.3 mrad and a spatial resolution of 1.1 km at nadir. The swath width is 2900 km and the scan angle is 55.4 degrees from nadir. The scanning radiometer uses five detectors to collect different bands of radiation wavelengths: (0.55 - 0.68) um, (0.725 - 1.10) um, (3.55 - 3.93) um, (10.30 - 11.30) um, (11.50 - 12.50) um. The instrument does not carry an on-board calibration system. AVHRR/1 was first deployed in 1978, and only had four channels. AVHRR/2 is an improved version comprising five channels, and was first deployed in 1981. AVHRR/3 is the latest version advanced to six channels, and was first deployed in 1998. Flown on NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-13, NOAA-14, NOAA-7. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/61 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1076 | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - 3 | A radiation-detection imager with six spectral bands, designed to provide global data collection from the visible, near-infrared and thermal infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum at a high temporal resolution. Derived parameters include Sea Surface Temperatures (SST), Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), atmospheric aerosols and volcanic ash, snow and ice distribution, cloud patterns and land-water boundaries. A flat scanning mirror undergoes a continuous 360 degrees rotation at six scans per second around an axis parallel to the Earth's surface, thus scanning a field of view perpendicular to the satellite orbit track and at such speed that adjacent scan lines are contiguous at nadir position. The AVHRR instrument has an angular resolution of 1.3 mrad and a spatial resolution of 1.1 km at nadir. The swath width is 2900 km and the scan angle is 55.4 degrees from nadir. The scanning radiometer uses six detectors to collect different bands of radiation wavelengths: (0.58 - 0.68) um, (0.725 - 1.00) um, (1.58 - 1.64) um, (3.55 - 3.93) um, (10.30 - 11.30) um, (11.50 - 12.50) um. The instrument does not carry an on-board calibration system. The first AVHRR was deployed in 1978, and only had four channels. AVHRR/2 was an improved version comprising five channels, and first deployed in 1981. AVHRR/3 is the latest version advanced to six channels, and first deployed in 1998. Flown on Metop-A, Metop-B, Metop-C, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-19. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/62 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL0297 | Aerodyne High Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | An in-situ instrument that provides quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron atmospheric aerosol particles from high-resolution time-of-flight and mass-spectrometer measurements. The HR-ToF-AMS variant has a detection limit for nitrate of 0.003 (V-mode) or 0.05 (W-mode) ug/m3. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0991 | Agassiz 3.5m trawl sampler | Demersal trawl net described as 3.5m Agassiz trawl sampler; designed with single rectangular mouth piece with measurements: mouth opening width (metre)=3.5, mouth opening height (metre)=1; with opening area (square metre)=3.5; with total filtering net length (metre)=not specified; with filtering net shape conical; with additional features: not specified; with mesh size (millimetre)=10; and equipped with closing mouth mechanism. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL1335 | Agilent 1200 Series Rapid Resolution Liquid Chromatography (RRLC) system | An instrument designed for high-speed analyses of mixture components by Rapid Resolution Liquid Chromatography (RRLC) as well as standard High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). It can support narrow and standard bore columns of 10 to 300 mm in length, 1.0 to 4.6 mm in internal diameter, and with particle sizes from 1.5 to 10 um. For RRLC analysis, the system can be equipped with second generation ZORBAX Rapid Resolution HT 1.8 um columns, or Poroshell 120 columns; the latter may be mounted in-series to achieve separation power of up to 375 plates per second, which is about 20 times faster than conventional HPLC methods with no reduction in data quality. The system supports ultraviolet (UV) visible detectors as well as evaporative light scattering detectors (ELSD). The Agilent ChemStation software package is used as a system interface. | 2019-06-17 |
| TOOL0976 | Agilent 4890D gas chromatograph | A laboratory gas chromatograph that separates and analyses compounds that do not degrade or decompose in the gas phase. The sample is dissolved in a solvent and vaporised in the instrument. A chemically inert gas, (e.g. helium or nitrogen) carries the vaporised analyte through a stationary phase which is coated inside the capillary column that is maintained at an elevated temperature. The analyte mixture separates on the stationary phase leading to chromatographic separation of the molecules. It is a version of the 5890 Series II GC configured specifically for either one-or two-channel use. It can be used with a range of inlets (split/splitless and packed with Septum Purge), columns, detectors and flow and pressure control components. Optional detectors include Flame Ionization Detector (FID), Electron Capture Detector (ECD) and Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD). | 2016-02-29 |
| TOOL1118 | Agilent 5973Network Mass Selective Detector | A mass selective detector (MSD) designed to be used with the 6890 Plus Series Gas Chromatograph. This transmission quadrupole mass spectrometer is used for qualitative and quantitative analysis by electron ionization (EI), positive chemical ionization (PCI), and negative chemical ionization (NCI). The system comes in five different models: G2577A (diffusion pump EI MSD), G2578A (standard turbo EI MSD), G2579A (Performance turbo EI MSD), G2588A (standard turbo EI/PCI MSD), and G2589A (performance turbo EI/PCI/NCI MSD). | 2017-03-08 |
| TOOL1149 | Agilent 5975C Series Gas Chromatograph/Mass Selective Detector System | A Mass Selective Detector (MSD) with an inert Triple-Axis detector designed to be used with the following Gas Chromotagraphy (GC) units: 7890A, 6850, and 6890N. The system is used to carry out qualitative and quantitative analysis of substances by electron ionization (EI), positive chemical ionization (PCI), and negative chemical ionization (NCI). Optional configurations include the addition of Liquid Autosamplers such as G2880A, 7683, CombiPAL or G1888A. | 2017-09-07 |
| TOOL0569 | Agilent 6850 networked gas chromatograph | A single channel, networked, gas chromatograph that separates and analyses compounds into separate components and can be used for chemical, petrochemical and petroleum analyses. The sample is introduced into the injector and then vaporised in the instrument. A chemically inert gas (e.g. helium and nitrogen) carries the vaporised solute into the column that is maintained in a temperature controlled oven. As the solute elutes from the column, it enters the heated detector. An electronic signal is generated upon interaction of the solute with the detector. The Agilent 6850 has a similar performance to the Agilent 6890N GC, but is half as wide. The local interface provides run control and status information and the instrument comes network-ready with a built-in LAN communications interface. There is a choice of detectors available, the Flame Ionization Detector (FID), Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD) or Mass Selective Detector (MSD). There is an option of split/splitless or packed inlets, a variety of automated sample introduction systems and products available for headspace analysis. This model is no longer in production. | 2012-11-05 |
| TOOL0649 | Agilent 6890 networked gas chromatograph | A networked gas chromatograph that separates and analyses gas mixtures in water or air. The instrument includes a dual channel design supporting two inlets and two detectors. An automatic liquid sampling system is integrated into the mainframe control. Atmospheric pressure and temperature compensation is standard. The instrument supports 6 column oven ramps with 7 plateaus. The 6890N is customisable depending on the application, with choices of inlets, columns, detectors and sampling systems. All detectors include electronic pneumatics control and electronic on/off for all detector gases. Carrier and makeup gas settings are selectable for He, H2, N2, and argon/methane. The instrument has a 7683 ALS interface and incorporates local area network technology as standard. The Agilent 6890N replaced the HP Agilent 5890, and is no longer in production having itself been replaced by the 7890. | 2013-10-14 |
| TOOL0464 | Agilent 7500ce inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer | A laboratory benchtop inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) for metal analysis. The instrument comprises a sample introduction system (micromist glass concentric nebuliser, quartz Scott-type spray chamber, peristaltic pump), an interface of nickel cones and dual on-axis extraction lenses, a vacuum system, mass flow controllers (plasma, auxiliary, makeup, and carrier gas and two Octopole Reaction System (ORS) reaction gas lines), a shieldtorch system (STS), an all-solid state digitally-driven 27 MHz RF generator and an off-axis Omega lens. The octopole cell of the ORS can be used with no gas, operated in collision mode using pure He cell gas or used in H2 reaction mode for ultra-trace Se analysis and semiconductor applications. All three of these modes come as standard in the 7500ce model. The instrument has been discontinued. | 2012-02-21 |
| TOOL0463 | Agilent 7500cx inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer | A laboratory benchtop inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) for metal analysis. The instrument comprises a sample introduction system (micromist glass concentric nebuliser, quartz Scott-type spray chamber, peristaltic pump), an interface of nickel cones and dual on-axis extraction lenses, a vacuum system, mass flow controllers (plasma, auxiliary, makeup, and carrier gas and two Octopole Reaction System (ORS) reaction gas lines), a shieldtorch system (SIS), an all-solid state digitally-driven 27 MHz RF generator and an off-axis Omega lens. The octopole cell of the ORS can be used with no gas or operated in collision mode using pure helium cell gas. As an optional extra for the 7500cx model, the cell can also be used in hydrogen reaction mode for ultra-trace Se analysis and semiconductor applications. The instrument has been discontinued. | 2012-02-21 |
| TOOL1336 | Agilent 8453 UV-visible spectrophotometer | A laboratory optical instrument for chemical analysis to extract spectral information in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible light. The instrument radiates a single light beam by optically combining two source lamps: a deuterium-discharge lamp for the UV wavelength range and a tungsten lamp for the visible and short wave near-infrared (SWNIR) wavelength range. The beam passes through the sample, is focused and dispersed within the spectrograph lens, slit and grating, and reaches the diode array in the form of a spectral image. The diode array samples a wavelength range of 190 to 1100 nm at a mean sampling interval of 0.9 nm. The nominal spectral slit width is 1 nm and the stray light is less than 0.03%. | 2019-06-17 |
| TOOL1222 | Agilent Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrophotometer | A laboratory instrument that measures the amount of light at discrete pre-determined wavelengths that is transmitted or emitted by a sample. It can be operated with measurement modes for fluorescence, phosphorescence, chemiluminescence and bioluminescence. The instrument uses Czerny-Turner 0.125 m monochromators with a 190-1100 nm wavelength range and a fixed selectable spectral bandwidth from 1.5 to 20 nm. It uses a full spectrum Xe pulse lamp single source and dual R928 photomultiplier tubes. The instrument has scan rates from 0.01 to 24000 nm/min, and a maximum measurement rate of 80 data points per second. It also has room light immunity when in fluorescence mode. | 2018-04-10 |
| TOOL0478 | Agilent Integrated Autosampler I-AS | A laboratory autosampler for low volume and ultra-trace analyses. The instrument features a peristaltic pump and continuously flowing rinse port so that the probe is always rinsed with fresh wash solution, eliminating the risk of cross contamination during a long sample sequence. It uses non-metal materials to minimise the risk of trace metal contamination. The autosampler was designed for use with the Agilent 7500 series ICP-MS but can also be used with the Agilent 4500 series ICP-MS. | 2012-03-06 |
| TOOL1134 | Agilent/HP 5972A Mass Selective Detector | The Agilent/HP 5972A Mass Selective Detector (MSD) is a stand-alone, capillary Gas Chromatography (GC) detector, designed for use with a HP 5890 Gas Chromatograph. The HP 5890 GC powers the heater in the GC interface of the 5972A MSD by 110 V ac electricity. The data system features Hewlett Packard MS ChemStation software, which includes programs to calibrate (tune) the MSD, acquire and analyse the data. | 2017-09-06 |
| TOOL1225 | Airmar CS4500 (ultrasonic) water speed sensor | A speed sensor that is used on all types and sizes of sailboats and powerboats It measures boat speed using ultrasonic pulses to collect echoes from small particles in the water as they pass under two transducers embeded in the sensor. The time taken for particles to travel between transducers is used to calculate vessel speed. It has a transmit frequency of 4.5 MHz and pulse repetetion frequency of 5.5 kHz. Low-profile, plastic, or bronze housings available. Speed range: 0.1-40 knots. Speed accuracy: 0.1 knots. | 2018-04-20 |
| TOOL1029 | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation 100WX | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation 100WX is a compact meteorological station designed to provide real-time, site-specific weather information on stationary platforms. The instrument combines up to seven sensors to measure apparent wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, dew point and wind chill temperature. Ultrasonic readings of apparent wind speed and direction are taken for wind speeds up to 40 m/s. Output options include NMEA 0183 (RS422) and NMEA 0183 (RS232). | 2016-10-24 |
| TOOL1030 | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation 110WX | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation 110WX is a compact meteorological station designed to provide real-time, site-specific weather information on stationary platforms. The instrument combines up to seven sensors to measure apparent wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, dew point and wind chill temperature. Ultrasonic readings of apparent wind speed and direction are taken for wind speeds up to 40 m/s. This model includes optional heater and upper ring, as well as field-serviceable relative humidity calculated dew point and heat index. Output options include RS422/CAN BUS and RS232/CAN BUS. | 2016-10-24 |
| TOOL1031 | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation 150WX | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation 150WX is a compact meteorological station designed to provide real-time, site-specific weather information on moving platforms. The instrument combines up to seven sensors to measure apparent and true wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, dew point and wind chill temperature. Ultrasonic readings of true and apparent wind speed and direction are taken for wind speeds up to 40 m/s. This model includes: optional heater and upper ring; field-serviceable relative humidity calculated dew point and heat index; a 10 Hz GPS; a two-axis solid-state compass; a three-axis accelerometer. Output options include RS422/CAN BUS and RS232/CAN BUS. | 2016-10-24 |
| TOOL1032 | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation 200WX | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation 200WX is a compact meteorological station designed to provide real-time, site-specific weather information on moving platforms. The instrument combines up to seven sensors to measure apparent and true wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, dew point and wind chill temperature. Ultrasonic readings of true and apparent wind speed and direction are taken for wind speeds up to 40 m/s. This model includes: optional heater and upper ring; field-serviceable relative humidity calculated dew point and heat index; a 10 Hz GPS; a three-axis solid-state compass with dynamic stabilisation; a three-axis accelerometer; three-axis rate gyros. Output options include RS422/CAN BUS and RS232/CAN BUS. | 2016-10-24 |
| TOOL1224 | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation PB200 weather station | An integrated, multi-parameter meteorological sensor that is used on marine vessels. It measures wind speed and direction, air temperature, barometric pressure and navigation. It comprises an ultrasonic anemometer, thermistor, piezoresistive pressure sensor, magnetoinductive XYZ sensors, 3-axis MEMS accelerometer, MEMS rate gyro and WAAS/EGNOS GPS receiver. The PB200 WeatherStation has two separate communication interfaces: one compliant with the NMEA 2000 protocol, and the other with the NMEA 0183 protocol. GPS positioning accuracy: <3 m; wind speed accuracy: 1-5 knots; wind direction accuracy: 2-8 degrees; air temperature accuracy: +/- 1 degrees C; barometric pressure accuracy: +/- 2 mbar. | 2018-04-20 |
| TOOL1028 | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation WX series | Airmar Ultrasonic WeatherStation WX series instruments (100WX, 110WX, 150WX and 200WX) are compact meteorological stations designed to provide real-time, site-specific weather information. The instruments combine up to seven sensors to measure apparent wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, dew point and wind chill temperature. Ultrasonic wind readings are taken for wind speeds up to 40 m/s. Apparent wind models (100WX and 110WX) are designed for fixed platforms; apparent and true wind models (150WX and 200WX) are designed for moving platforms. | 2016-10-24 |
| TOOL0918 | Alec Electronics MDS-MkV/L light intensity recorder | This is an ultra-miniature light meter less than 10cm long and 2cm in diameter with an approximately (due to a relatively large linkage to the body) spherical light collector and photodiode sensor. It can measure light intensities up to 2000 uMole/m2/s with an accuracy of 4% full-scale and a resolution of 1 uMole/m2/s. No documentation can be found giving the spectral range of the sensor, but the approximate 4-pi geometry (measuring scalar irradiance) is usually associated with PAR wavelengths. | 2015-07-23 |
| TOOL1889 | Allied Vision Technologies Prosilica GC1290C camera | A Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) camera with an ultra-compact, lightweight housing, fast frame rates, and auto-iris control. Applications include Industrial inspection, Machine vision, Ophthalmology, Aeronautical and aerospace, Public security, Surveillance, Traffic imaging, and OEM applications. It is a modular system and various components can be customised including the lens mount, housing variants, optical filters, case design, etc. It has a large choice of CCD (charged coupled device) and CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) sensors up to 5 Megapixels. The standard sensor is the Sony ICX445 which is a CCD Progressive. In the standard configuration the resolution is 1280 (H) × 960 (V), Pixel size is 3.75 µm × 3.75 µm, and maximum frame rate at full resolution is 33 frames per second. | 2023-01-03 |
| TOOL1072 | Along Track Scanning Radiometer - 1 | A passive optical imager with dual view composed of a 4-channel infra-red radiometer and a 2-channel nadir-viewing microwave sounder, designed to measure sea surface temperature and cloud parameters. The infra-red radiometer uses an along-track scanning telescope to focus incoming radiation from two views at different angles: one at nadir and one fore-looking at approximately 47 degrees. The same point on the Earth's surface is thus observed twice through differing atmospheric thickness, allowing for direct estimation of the atmospheric effect as well as atmospheric correction for the surface dataset. The radiometer's bandwidths are (1.46 - 1.76)um, (3.55 - 3.85) um, (10.35 - 11.35) um, and (11.50 - 12.50)um; the microwave sounder's central frequencies are 23.8 GHz and 36.5 GHz, and have a bandwidth of 400 MHz. The instrument's resolutions at sub-satellite point are 1 km (infra-red radiometer) and 20 km (microwave sounder). The swath is 500 km. The accuracy of sea surface temperature measurements is approximately 0.3 degC. Flown on ERS-1. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/55 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1073 | Along Track Scanning Radiometer - 2 | A passive optical imager with dual view composed of a 7-channel infra-red radiometer, designed to measure sea surface temperature, cloud attributes, as well as vegetation and sea-ice cover. The infra-red radiometer uses an along-track scanning telescope to focus incoming radiation from two views at different angles: one at nadir and one fore-looking at approximately 47 degrees. The same point on the Earth's surface is thus observed twice through differing atmospheric thickness, allowing for direct estimation of the atmospheric absorption and scattering, which can be used for atmospheric correction of the surface dataset. The instrument carries an on-board visible calibration system. The ATSR-2 is functionally identical to AATSR, but its structure is adapted to the ERS-2 platform. Moreover, ATSR-2 has a narrower telemetry bandwidth compared to AATSR, allowing it to collect and telemeter a smaller amount of visible data. The instrument's bandwidths are: (0.53 - 0.57)um, (0.64 - 0.68)um, (0.85 - 0.89)um, (1.31 - 1.91)um, (3.55 - 3.85)um, (10.35 - 11.35)um and (11.50 - 12.50)um. The instrument's resolution is 1 km at the instantaneous field of view (IFOV). The swath is 500 km. The accuracy of sea surface temperature measurements is approximately 0.1 degC. Flown on ERS-2. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/56 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL0414 | Alpkem RFA-300 colorimetric autoanalyser | A rapid flow analyser (RFA) that may be used to measure nutrient concentrations in seawater. It is an air-segmented, continuous flow instrument comprising a sampler, a peristaltic pump which simultaneously pumps samples, reagents and air bubbles through the system, analytical cartridge, heating bath, colorimeter, data station, and printer. The RFA-300 was a precursor to the smaller Alpkem RFA/2 (also RFA II or RFA-2). | 2011-08-05 |
| TOOL0244 | Alpkem RFA/2 colorimetric autoanalyser | A rapid flow analyser that may be used to measure nutrient concentrations in seawater. It is a continuous flow instrument consisting of a sampler, peristaltic pump, analytical cartridge, heating bath, colorimeter, data station, and printer. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL2058 | Amersham Imager 600 series | The Amersham Imager 600 series is an imaging instrument designed to identify and quantify proteins or DNA in gels or membranes. A cooled 3.2 megapixel CCD camera is used to capture high resolution digital images of protein and DNA bands in gels and on membranes. The 600 series includes the Amersham Imager 600, 600 UV, 600 QC, 600 RGB. Three different modes are available from the 600 series: Chemiluminescence capture mode is available in all configurations; Fluorescence capture mode is available on the 600 UV, 600 QC, and 600 RGB; Colorimetric capture mode is available in all configurations. | 2024-06-27 |
| TOOL0707 | Analog Devices AD590 Temperature Transducer | This is a 2-terminal integrated circuit temperature transducer that produces an output current proportional to absolute temperature (one microAmp per Kelvin). It is calibrated by laser trimming of the resistors on the chip to produce an output of 298.2 microAmps at 298.2K. It is supplied in a range of standard electronic component packages for inclusion on circuit boards. It can operate from -55-150C, is linear to 0.3C over full range and has an accuracy of 0.5C. Further details may be found at http://www.analog.com/en/mems-sensors/digital-temperature-sensors/ad590/products/product.html. | 2014-06-17 |
| TOOL0335 | Analogue tide gauge | Generic term for instruments that transform the damped level of the sea surface into a marking on a chart by a continous pen recorder or an analogue display that may be read and written into a ledger. | 2010-09-06 |
| TOOL1427 | Analytical Sciences Thermalox TOC and TNb (thermal oxidation) elemental analyser series | A series of bench-top, thermal oxidation systems. The instruments are designed for use in aqueous systems and solids. They primarily measure Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and Total Nitrogen (TN). Analysers use catalytic thermal oxidation to convert carbon or nitrogen species to either carbon dioxide (CO2) or NOx gases. CO2 is analysed using non-dispersive infrared detectors. The influence of total inorganic carbon (TIC) can be determined by introducing an aliquot of sample into a heated TIC reactor containing phosphoric acid that reacts with carbonate to form CO2. NOx is analysed using vacuum chemiluminescence detectors that utilize the chemiluminescent reaction between NO and O3 to determine the NO concentration. Because NO2 is also present as an oxidant, this is reduced in a special reduction furnace to NO. Analysers are available as separate stand-alone instruments that analyse TOC and TNb, or as a combined TOC/TNb system. The standard deviation is 20ppb for carbon and 10ppb for nitrogen. | 2020-05-05 |
| TOOL1573 | Anton Paar PSA particle size analyser series | A series of laser diffraction particle size analysers incorporating the PSA 990, 1090 and 1190 models. They are designed to measure particle size from nanometre to millimetre range. They are available for both wet and dry dispersions of particles. The 900 features a single laser, the 1090 features 2 lasers, and the 1190 features 3 lasers for full range measurement. It features an autosampler capable of picking and pouring up to 30 samples. It also features integrated PSA software with no additional software required. The 900 has a measurement range of 0.2 um - 500 um. The 1090 has a measurement range of 40 nm to 500 um. The 1190 has a measurement range of 40 nm to 2.5 mm. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0224 | Apogee CS300 pyranometer | A silicon pyranometer with a spectral range of 300-1100nm. Accuracy for total daily radiation is +-5%. Marketed by Campbell Scientific. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL1014 | Apollo SciTech AS-ALK2 total alkalinity titrator | An automated acid-base titrator for use in aquatic carbon dioxide parameter analysis. The titrator provides standardisation and sample analysis, using the Gran titration procedure for alkalinity determination of seawater and brackish waters. It is designed for both shipboard and land based laboratory use. The precision of the instrument is 0.1 percent or higher, and sample volumes may range from 10-25 ml. Titraton takes approximately 8 minutes per sample, and the repeatability is within plus or minus 1-2 micromoles per kg. | 2016-09-12 |
| TOOL1017 | Apollo SciTech AS-C3 Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) analyser | A Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) analyser, for use in aquatic carbon dioxide parameter analysis of coastal waters, sediment pore-waters, and time-series incubation samples. The analyser consists of a solid state infrared CO2 detector, a mass-flow controller, and a digital pump for transferring accurate amounts of reagent and sample. The analyser uses an electronic cooling system to keep the reactor temperature below 3 degrees Celsius, and a Nagion dry tube to reduce the water vapour and keep the analyser drift-free and maintenance-free for longer. The analyser can handle sample volumes from 0.1 - 1.5 millilitres, however the best results are obtained from sample volumes between 0.5 - 1 millilitres. It takes approximately 3 minutes per analysis, and measurement precision is plus or minus 2 micromoles per kilogram or higher for surface seawater. It is designed for both land based and shipboard laboratory use. | 2016-09-20 |
| TOOL2033 | Apollo SciTech AS-C6L Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) analyser | An instrument designed for the analysis of dissolved inorganic carbon in samples from various aquatic environments. It comprises of a laser-based CO2 detector (LI-7815), a digital syringe pump, a mass flow controller, CO2 stripping reactor, an electronic cooling system and a computer communication assembly (RS-485, USB). The AS-C6L supersedes the earlier AS-C3 model, which used non-dispersive infra-red CO2 detection (LI-7000, discontinued). The AS-C6L improves on the AS-C3 by incorporating a multi-sampler of one set of standards plus 8 samples, and uses improved Apollo SciTech software. The AS-C6L is suitable for use in either shipboard or land-based laboratories. It maintains a precision of +/-0.1 % for seawater (or +/-2 umol/kg), enables sample volumes ranging from 0.5 - 3.5 ml per analysis, and an analytical rate of approximately 3 minutes. | 2024-05-29 |
| TOOL1906 | Apollo SciTech AS-D1 Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and delta13C preparation system and analyser | The AS-D1 is an instrument designed to prepare natural water samples for Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) and delta13C analysis and provide the user with the analyses outputs. It has features that are specifically useful for seawater and coastal water samples. The instrument provides the user with DIC values (micromol per kg) and the delta13C content of the DIC (per mille). It consists of a digital syringe pump for delivery of reagent and samples, a mass flow controller to regulate flow rate, a CO2 stripping reactor, and an electronic cooling system to remove moisture. The AS-D1 does not measure the sample but is designed to send the gas to a different analyser. This second instrument then sends the measurements back to the AS-D1 after analysis. The AS-D1 then calculates the desired DIC and delta13C outputs. This instrument is designed for automatic sampling from multiple bottles. It can be used in laboratories on shore or at sea. The instrument was created to be paired with the Picarro G-2131i Carbon Isotope Analyser, however, other models that measure the isotopic ratio of CO2 may be compatible. The precision is +/- 0.1 % for DIC of seawater and +/- 0.07 % for DIC-delta13C. Sample volume is 1 - 7 ml per analysis, and sample time is under 12 minutes. | 2023-03-30 |
| TOOL1674 | Apollo SciTech AS-P3 combined pCO2 analyser and underway system | A continuous measurement pCO2 system. It is designed for land or ship-board laboratory use. Water sample is forced into the equilibrator by a shipboard pump. Equilibrated air is drawn from the equilibrator and dried with an electronic cooling system and a Nafion dry tube. It is then quantified with a CRDS CO2 analyser (Picarro G-2301) and/or an infrared CO2 analyser (LI-7000) before returning to the equilibrator. Optional sensors can be integrated. It measures at <100 -3000 uatm. Response time is 2 minutes. Repeatability is <1 ppm. Accuracy is +/- 1 to 2 ppm for pCO2. The detector can be replaced with a LI-850 analyser (pCO2 ranges 0-20,000 uatm) or LI-7815. | 2021-03-30 |
| TOOL0751 | Applanix POSMV 320 global positioning system | The Applanix POS/MV 320 (POS) is a vessel positioning and orientation system. The GPS aided Inertial Motion Unit (IMU) provides measurements of roll, pitch, and heading that are all accurate to +/- 0.02 degrees. There have been 5 generations of this unit (V1-5). | 2014-12-12 |
| TOOL1754 | Applied Acoustics DTS-500 deep tow sparker system | A deep-tow sparker source sub-bottom profiler designed for use in high and ultra-high resolution sub-bottom surveys. It is designed to operate with industry standard coaxial tow cables up to 2000 m, so is often referred to as a DTS-2000 system. It features an eight-element hydrophone receiver towed behind the towfish. The DC power, communications and analogue seismic data are multiplexed from the towfish to a surface console which is also used to control and monitor the towfish. The DTS-500 has a depth rating of 500 m and a maximum power level of 300 J. It has a 15-25 cm resolution depending on the power output selected. It has a 500 Joule per second charge rate which allows a typical repetition rate of 150 Joule at 3 Hz. | 2021-12-15 |
| TOOL1709 | Applied Acoustics Dura-Spark 410 Sparker System | A variable tow-depth sparker for use in sub-bottom geophysical surveys. It is mounted on a stainless steel catamaran with flotation for towing behind a vessel. The Dura-Spark 410 consists of 5 arrays of 80 tips allowing the operator to tune the source from the vessel to its application. The typical operational bandwidth of the Dura-Spark 410 is 300Hz to 1.2KHz. When coupled with the CSP-Nv Seismic Power Supply the system offers 2000J/s peak discharge rate. | 2021-06-23 |
| TOOL1756 | Applied Acoustics Duraspark 400 sparker system | A variable tow-depth sparker for use in sub-bottom geophysical surveys. It is mounted on a stainless steel catamaran with flotation for towing behind a vessel. The Dura-Spark 400 consists of 5 arrays of 80 tips allowing the operator to tune the source from the vessel to its application. The typical operational bandwidth of the Dura-Spark 410 is 300Hz to 1.2KHz. When coupled with the CSP-Nv Seismic Power Supply the system offers 2000J/s peak discharge rate, with 5 J per tip to minimise the bubble collapse component. It has a sound output ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 ms. | 2021-12-15 |
| TOOL1755 | Applied Acoustics Squid 2000 sparker system | A surface-towed sparker designed for use in high-resolution sub-bottom geophysical surveys. It is a catamaran based device with integral buoys offering an adjustable depth capability. It features a high amplitude short duration pulse with minimal reverberation, with sparker tips arranged in a planar horizontal design. Different sparker tips can be used to increase resolution or penetration as required. It has an operating voltage ranging from 3000-4000 v and a power range of 600 J-2400 J, with a maximum energy output of 2500 J. | 2021-12-15 |
| TOOL1411 | Applied Biosystems ABI PRISM 7000 Sequence Detection System | The ABI PRISM 7000 Sequence Detection System (7000 SDS instrument) is a second generation sequence detection instrument capable of quantitative and qualitative detection with fluorescent-based PCR chemistries. The instrument is capable of quantitative detection using real-time analysis, and qualitative detection using end-point and dissociation-curve analysis. The 7000 SDS instrument combines thermal cycling, fluorescence detection, and application-specific software. It detects accumulated polymerase chain reaction (PCR) product cycle-by-cycle, thus making quantification available immediately after completion of PCR, without the need for further process analysis. Real-time, quantitative PCR applications include gene expression and pathogen detection. Post-PCR detection is also available for non-quantitative assays such as allelic discrimination (SNP detection) and plus/minus assays. It was manufactured by Applied Biosystems. In November 2008, Applied Biosystems merged with Invitrogen, forming Life Technologies, which was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2014. | 2020-03-23 |
| TOOL0041 | Applied Microsystems CTD-12 | A self-contained CTD with platinized 4-electrode glass conductivity cell, pressure-protected thermistor temperature sensor and a semiconductor strain gauge pressure sensor plus integral data logger. | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL0433 | Applied Microsystems CTD-12 plus | A self-contained CTD with platinized 4-electrode glass conductivity cell, pressure-protected, aged thermistor temperature sensor, a semiconductor strain gauge pressure sensor and an integral data logger. The CTD offers the options of logging data continuously, at user selected depth increments, at user selected time increments, or upon request. Data can be viewed in real time and downloaded on recovery of the CTD. The instrument can be used for profiling to 5000 m or for in-situ long term deployments and has a sampling frequency of 11 Hz. It can support four additional sensors, the options being temperature-compensated pressure, dissolved oxygen, pH, redox, turbidity, radiometer and fluorometer. | 2011-11-02 |
| TOOL0868 | Applied Microsystems Ltd SV Plus probe | An instrument that measures the velocity of sound in seawater and can assist creating profiles for input into echosounders to correct the varying passage of sound waves through the water column. The SV Plus was the pre-2002 predecesssor to the SV Plus V2. Applied Microsystems Ltd., is also known as AML Oceanographic. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0434 | Applied Microsystems Micro CTD | A small, high accuracy CTD including a 4-electrode conductivity cell, temperature sensor, strain gauge pressure sensor and Delrin housing. No pump is required. Sampling frequency is user-selectable up to 25Hz and the instrument has three sampling modes: continuous; defined increment of time or pressure; and on request. The unit is externally-powered and provides real time data as it has no internal data logging capabilities. It can support up to 2 optional additional analogue channels or one additional digital channel. The instrument has a maximum depth range of 6000m. | 2011-11-02 |
| TOOL0447 | Applied Microsystems Sound Velocity Profiler model 16 | An autonomous, battery-powered sound velocity profiler that uses a "sing-around" sensor to measure sound velocity in the water column. It has a range of 1300-1500 m/s, an accuracy of +/-0.25 m/s and a resolution of 0.13 m/s. A built-in microprocessor enables samples to be logged at pre-determined depth increments or for changes in sound velocity greater than 1 m/s. The standard model has a depth rating of 1000 m but other options are available up to a maximum rating of 5000 m. The instrument is no longer in production. | 2012-01-05 |
| TOOL0152 | Applied Microsystems conductivity and temperature array | A data logger based on the AML MC7 micro-CTD with 3 remote conductivity plus temperature sensors. The logger can sample on command, at a fixed rate or in burst mode and has a real-time feed. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL1818 | Applied Physics Systems Model 1540 magnetometer | The Applied Physics Systems Model 1540 is a compact high-speed digital 3-axis fluxgate magnetometer. Magnetic field data transmitted by the 1540 are expressed in units of gauss (G). The 1540 employs 24-bit analog-to-digital converters enabling the measurement of magnetic field magnitudes from +/- 0.65 G down to the system noise level (5 microgauss peak-to peak). The instrument communicates over a bi-directional serial interface using TTL logic levels and RS232 levels but can be optionally configured to communicate with the RS422 protocol. The instrument has applications in fluxgate compass systems, magnetic fuses and measurement of magnetic signatures or fields generated by power lines. The 1540 has a resolution of 0.0001 mG, an accuracy of +/- 0.5% FS, initial offset of <0.005 mG, orthogonality of axes better than +/- 0.2 degrees, linearity of +/- 0.05% FS, and is capable of operating in a temperature range of -25 to 70degC. | 2022-07-27 |
| NETT0003 | Apstein net as described by Apstein (1896); Dakin (1908) | Plankton net described as the Apstein net (Apstein 1896; Dakin 1908) [Wiebe & Benfield (2003)]; designed with single circular mouth piece with reducing cone; with measurements:opening diameter (metre)=0.14, non-filtering cone mouth piece length (metre)=0.2, net mouth diameter (metre)=0.4; with opening area (square metre)=0.0154; with total filtering net length (metre)=1; with filtering net shape conical; with additional features: not specified; with mesh size (millimetre)=0.076 (No. 20 silk); and equipped with optional closing mouth mechanism. | 2016-04-05 |
| TOOL0978 | Apstein-style ring net | Plankton net described as Apstein-style ring net based on Apstein (1896); a small ring net designed with single circular mouth piece with optional reducing cone; with conical filtering net shape; and equipped with optional closing mechanism. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL1302 | Aquatec AQUAlogger 210TY turbidity sensor series | A series of in-situ turbidity sensors. They are primarily used in dredging and water quality studies. The sensors output turbidity in FTU and are optionally, integrated with thermistor temperature and Piezo-resistive bridge pressure sensors. Based on optical backscatter, the sensors use a light source wavelength of 880 nm and scattering angles of 15 - 150 degrees. The sensors take their readings within 5 cm of the optical window, reducing interference. An optional wiper can be attached to prevent biofouling of the optics. The standard version (acetal) has a depth rating of 1000 m. A deepwater version (stainless steel) is capable of reaching 4000 m. The turbidity measurement range is between 0 - 2000 FTU (linear/polynomial). Temperature and pressure accuracy is +/-0.5 degC and 0.2 % full scale, respectively. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0686 | Aquatec AQUAlogger 520P mini pressure logger | A miniature (200 mm long, 32 mm diameter) self-contained data logger incorporating a pressure sensor in a housing designed to operate at depths down to 1000 m. The type of pressure sensor fitted depends upon the maximum operating depth required with resolution and accuracy a function of the full-scale reading. The logger may be programmed to provide a wide variety of sampling regimes, including burst recording. More information may be found in http://www.aquatecgroup.com/images/manual_guides/bg%20-%20520.pdf. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0685 | Aquatec AQUAlogger 520PT mini temperature and pressure logger | A miniature (200 mm long, 32 mm diameter) self-contained data logger incorporating a thermistor temperature sensor (resolution better that 0.007 degC, accuracy 0.05 degC) and a pressure sensor in a housing designed to operate at depths down to 1000 m. The type of pressure sensor fitted depends upon the maximum operating depth required with resolution and accuracy a function of the full-scale reading. The logger may be programmed to provide a wide variety of sampling regimes, including burst recording. More information may be found in http://www.aquatecgroup.com/images/manual_guides/bg%20-%20520.pdf. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0684 | Aquatec AQUAlogger 520T mini temperature logger | A miniature (200 mm long, 32 mm diameter) self-contained data logger incorporating a thermistor temperature sensor (resolution better that 0.007 degC, accuracy 0.05 degC) in a housing designed to operate at depths down to 1000 m. The logger may be programmed to provide a wide variety of sampling regimes, including burst recording. More information may be found in http://www.aquatecgroup.com/images/manual_guides/bg%20-%20520.pdf. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1357 | Aquatec AQUAscat 1000R (automated) acoustic suspended sediment profiler | A high frequency acoustic suspended sediment profiler used in measurement of suspended sediment profiles, precision altimetry, dredge plumes and turbulence. The instrument is portable and can be used on a small vessel and stationary structures, such as buoys and mooring lines. The sensor transmits pulses of sound at various frequencies into the water and records the sound signal scattered back. In order to calculate suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) from acoustic backscatter, multiple frequencies of sound are transmitted into the same body of water. The size dependent response from the same sediment particles scattering different frequencies of sound enable the mean particle size and SSC to be calculated for bins along the profile range. It consists of 4 cabled acoustic transducers selectable from a range of 7 different frequencies (from 300 kHz to 5 MHz) with integrated temperature and depth sensors. The housing is designed to operate at depths down to 1000 m in both freshwater and marine water environments. Other housing options are available providing greater depth capability. Turbidity sensor is optional. The instrument is most suitable for particle sizes between 20 and 500 um radius and concentrations of 0.01 to 20 g/l over 1 m, and capable of horizontal or vertical profiling. Vertical resolution: 2.5 mm to 4 cm. Range: 150 cm (typical), up to 10 m at frequencies below 2 MHz. | 2024-08-14 |
| NETT0210 | Aquatic BioTechnology simple plankton net with 100 um mesh size, 40 cm diameter mouth opening, CP3-110 collector | A cylindrical-conical plankton net with 40 cm diameter mouth opening and 100 um mesh size, with cod end adapted to fit Aquatic BioTechnology CP3-110 collectors. The net is designed to be dragged by a boat, and includes a stainless steel cable with an anti-twist shackle for connecting to the main line. The net structure comprises a hoop, clamp, triple-point bridle, and a rod for attaching a flow meter. | 2024-04-19 |
| NETT0209 | Aquatic BioTechnology simple plankton net with 200 um mesh size, 40 cm diameter mouth opening, CP3-110 collector | A cylindrical-conical plankton net with 40 cm diameter mouth opening and 200 um mesh size, with cod end adapted to fit Aquatic BioTechnology CP3-110 collectors. The net is designed to be dragged by a boat, and includes a stainless steel cable with an anti-twist shackle for connecting to the main line. The net structure comprises a hoop, clamp, triple-point bridle, and a rod for attaching a flow meter. | 2024-04-19 |
| TOOL0862 | Ashtech 3DF Global Positioning System receiver | The Ashtech 3DF was a global positioning system receiver that provided three dimensional attitude measurements to better than 3 arc minutes. It was the predecessor of the more advanced Ashtech ADU5 receiver. | 2015-05-27 |
| TOOL0390 | Ashtech ADU2 Global Positioning System receiver | A GPS receiver providing three-dimensional position, velocity and attitude information at a rate of up to 2 Hz. The ADU2 uses four antennas and a 48-channel receiver for Position Dilution of Precision (PDOP)-based satellite tracking. Real-time horizontal position accuracy is ≥ 5 m in autonomous mode and ≥ 1 m in differential mode. | 2022-03-18 |
| TOOL0389 | Ashtech ADU5 Global Positioning System receiver | A GPS receiver providing three-dimensional position, velocity and attitude information at a rate of up to 5 Hz. The ADU5 uses four antennas and 56 channels for satellite tracking and reliable positioning. It incorporates signals from Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) and includes a 2-channel 300-kHz beacon receiver for differential GPS (DGPS) operations. Real-time horizontal position accuracy is ≥ 3 m in autonomous mode and ≥ 40 cm in differential mode. | 2022-03-18 |
| TOOL1524 | Ashtech ADU800 gyrocompass | A 6D positioning system providing position and orientation It is a three antenna GNSS system employing on-the-fly integer ambiguity resolution techniques using carrier phase measurements from the three on board GNSS receivers to provide instantaneous 3D attitude information. In addition to the 3D attitude, the main GNSS board of the ADU800 is providing a 3D position up to centimetre-level accuracy in RTK mode. | 2024-08-13 |
| TOOL0524 | Ashtech G12 Global Positioning System receiver | A 12-channel, all-in-view Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. It is Differential GPS (DGPS) ready, with a horizontal accuracy of 90 cm in GPS mode and 40 cm in DGPS mode. Update rate is selectable up to 10 Hz. | 2012-07-16 |
| TOOL0388 | Ashtech GG24 Global Positioning System and Global Navigation Satellite System receiver | A receiver which utilises both GPS and GLONASS satellite constellations for all-in-view positioning at a rate of up to 2 Hz (standard), or 5 Hz (optional). The GG24 has 12 channels for GPS and 12 for GLONASS, providing real-time horizontal position accuracy of ≥ 3.2 m in autonomous mode and ≥ 40 cm in differential mode. | 2011-04-14 |
| TOOL0415 | Astoria Pacific micro-segmented flow analyser | A continuous flow analyser that can be used to measure nutrient concentrations in seawater. The six channel digital detector allows analysis of four to six parameters from a single sample. The system consists of a sampler, a peristaltic pump, reaction cartridge, colorimeter and data acquisition software. The pump pushes a sample into the reaction cartridge, where the sample and reagent are brought together. Air-segmentation bubbles are introduced to help facilitate the mixing of sample and reagents. The sample is then analysed colorimetrically. This instrument is an upgrade of the Alpkem RFA-300, which was bought from OI Analytical by Astoria Pacific Inc. | 2011-08-05 |
| TOOL0782 | Atelier VIX plastic Forel-Ule colour comparator | A set of 21 plastic filters that match the colours of the standard Forel-Ule vials. Natural water bodies are colour matched in-situ by visual comparison with the filters and assigned the number (1-21) of the nearest match. The filters were designed by scientists at NIOZ and are manufactured by Altelier VIX. More information is available at DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2971/jeos.2014.14025. | 2014-08-26 |
| TOOL0974 | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory automated oxygen titrator | A titrator system developed by AOML to determine the dissolved oxygen concentration using amperometric end point detection. The system uses LabView software for sample titration, data logging and graphical display. It includes a titrator, burette, stepper motor, Hi 190M stirrer, 10ml Wheaton dispenser and amp probe. | 2016-02-29 |
| TOOL1876 | Atlas Deso 20 Single-beam echosounder | The Atlas Deso 20 is a dual frequency echo sounder, used to measure the depth of the seafloor. Its transducers operate at 33 and 210 kHz with respective beam widths of 16 and 9 °. Data can be output in analogue and digital form. The measuring range is 0 - 5000 m. This instrument is no longer in production. | 2022-11-15 |
| TOOL0911 | Atlas Hydrographic Hydrosweep DS multibeam echo sounder | A deep water multi-beam echo sounder which uses an operating frequency of 15.5 kHz to determine bathymetric depth. It can generate 59 receive beams per ping and has a swath width of 90 degrees. This is the 1st generation of the Hydrosweep DS which was replaced by the DS-2. Atlas Hydrographic is now part of the Teledyne Reson group. | 2015-07-22 |
| TOOL0910 | Atlas Hydrographic Hydrosweep DS 2 multibeam echo sounder | A deep water multi-beam echo sounder which uses an operating frequency of 15.5 kHz to determine bathymetric depth. As a special feature, it contains extended coverage of 2x 60 degrees (with 1 or 2 x 59 sound beams, each with approximately 2, 3 degree beam width). Available transducers are T-type arrays. The system has a depth range of 10 to 11,000 m. This is the 2nd generation of the Hydrosweep DS. Atlas Hydrographic is now part of the Teledyne Reson group. | 2015-07-22 |
| TOOL0909 | Atlas Hydrographic Hydrosweep DS 3 multibeam echo sounder | Also known as a DS 3G. A deep water multi-beam echo sounder which uses operating frequencies between 14 - 16 kHz to determine bathymetric depth. It can generate 320 receive beams per ping which can be modulated using beamforming into 960 soundings per swath. It also generates 2 swaths simultaneously per ping. The third generation uses not only continuous wave (CW) pulses, but also frequency-modulated (chirped) pulses and Barker coded pulses which result in 20 - 50% more swath width. Available transducers are planar arrays with beam resolutions of 0.5x1, 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2 degrees. The system has a depth range of 10 - 11,000 m. This is the 3rd generation of the Hydrosweep DS. Atlas Hydrographic is now part of the Teledyne Reson group. | 2015-07-22 |
| TOOL1062 | Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment - Fourier Transform Spectrometer | An infrared Fourier Transform Spectrometer, designed to perform solar occultation measurements to infer the chemical composition of the atmosphere at high latitudes and high altitudes. The spectrometer is composed of a Michelson interferometer with two cube corners and a visible/near infrared imager with two filtered channels. A pointing mirror tracks the Sun's centre as a movable mirror inside the instrument generates an interferogram from the incoming radiation, which is then converted to a spectrum through Fourier transform. The instrument operates using the solar occultation technique, thus carrying out measurements of the Sun-emitted radiation during the short time span at which it travels tangent to the Earth's surface through the atmosphere at sunrise and sunset. The instrument on SCISAT-1 captures approximately 30 occultations per day, as determined by the satellite's polar orbit. The spatial resolution is 1-2 km (vertical), and 500 km (horizontal). The spectral range is (2.2 - 13.3) um, equivalent to (750 - 4400) cm^-1; the spectral resolution is 0.02 cm^-1. The FTS has a circular field of view is 1.25 mrad. The imager within the instrument has two filtered channels at 0.525 um and 1.02 um respectively, and a total field of view of 30 mrad.Flown on SCISAT-1. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/6 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1063 | Atmospheric Infrared Sounder | A space-based cross-track scanning instrument designed to measure the amount of infrared energy emitted from the atmosphere, with the purpose of creating three-dimensional maps of air and surface temperature, water vapour and cloud properties, as well as determining the amount of trace greenhouse gases (e.g. ozone, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and methane). A mirror rotating around an axis along the line of flight of the spacecraft scans the Earth on either side of the ground track and directs the infrared energy into the instrument. A total of 2378 detectors measure within the thermal infrared range of (3.7 - 15.4) micrometres, and 4 detectors measure within the visible range of (0.4 - 1.0) micrometres. The accuracy level is 1 degC in layers 1 kilometre thick for atmospheric temperature measurements, and 20 percent in layers 2 kilometres thick for humidity measurements in the troposphere. The swath centred on the nadir is approximately 49.5 degrees, and is scanned every 2 seconds. Each scan line contains 90 infrared footprints, with a resolution of 13.5 kilometres at nadir, and (41 x 21.4) kilometres at the scan extremes from a nominal orbit of 705.3 kilometres. The visible/near infrared spatial resolution is approximately 2.3 kilometres at nadir. Flown on Aqua (NASA). http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/16 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL0283 | Atmospheric thermometer | A generic term for a device that measures atmospheric temperature. The term is for use where details of the make, model number and measurement principle are not known. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL1193 | AutoFlux Logging System | An autonomous system designed to produce continuous measurements of turbulent air-sea flux estimates of wind stress, buoyancy, heat, water vapour and carbon dioxide from ship-mounted instrumentation using the inertial dissipation method (Yelland et al., 1994). [AutoFlux Group - MAST project MAS3-CT97-0108; Yelland et al., 1998; Yelland, Pascal, Taylor, Moat, 2009]. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL0240 | Autolab bench salinometer | A laboratory instrument that determines salinity of a water sample by comparison of its electrical conductivity with a standard solution. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0635 | Automated Coulometer (Robinson and Williams, 1992) | An automated coulometric titration system used for the continual measurement of dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2), developed by Robinson and Williams (1992). The instrument consists of a sampling pipette, CO2 extractor-stripper, scrubbers and a coulometer interfaced with a PC. The equivalence point is detected photometrically with thymolphthalein as the indicator. It is based on the Johnson et al. (1987) 5011 coulometer manufactured by UIC, but with a number of improvements, including: improved analytical time of 6 minutes; solid state optical liquid-level switches; a three-way mixer valve to allow interchange between sample and standard input; and replacement of PTFE tubing with stainless steel. The Robinson and Williams (1992) coulometer achieves an analytical precision (1 SD) of +/-0.5-1.0 umol/kg (0.025-0.05 percent) and accuracy of 0.15 percent. | 2013-08-14 |
| NETT0005 | Automatic high-speed plankton sampler - Williamson (1962, 1963) | A sampler that has a series of 21 nets attached to the bottom of rectangular "trap doors" which are sequentially closed by means of a cam/screw assembly driven by a ships log (propellor). Each net is about 6.35 cm long and made of nylon cloth with 23.6 meshes per cm. The body of the device is 29.2 cm tall x 14 cm wide x 114 cm long not including the side fins. The aperture is 1.9 cm x 1.9 cm Effective sampling speeds 5 to 11 knots and sample length is 1 to 20 cm. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0004 | Autosampling and Recording Instrumental Environmental Sampler - Dunn et al. (1993) | A stretched version of the Lowestoft modified Gulf III (similar to Williams et al., LHPR frame) mounting three sampling systems. The nose cone had a 35.6 cm diameter opening expanding to 76 cm diameter. Instead of an LHPR box, a 2000 cm long by 16 cm wide belt was outfitted with 110 6-cm diameter cod-ends with 0.2 mm mesh. A drive motor periodically incremented the belt moving the nets from a feed spool into a position to collect a sample at the back of the net and then onto a take-up spool. Water samples were collected with 60 250 ml bottles mounted in a carousel similar to a conventional rosette sampler. A data logger recorded temperature, conductivity, pressure, flow, and sampling events at rates between 1 second and 60 minutes. User selected plankton and water sampling rates were 1 to 60 minutes. An acoustical telemetry system transmitted depth for realtime monitoring of the system. Towing speed is 4-5 kts [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 27 C] | 2012-06-21 |
| TOOL0501 | Autosampling and Recording Instrumental Environmental Sampler rosette water bottle | A custom made water sampling bottle designed to fit on the ARIES net rosette sampler. The bottle comprises a free-flooding tube with hinged sealing lids at each end. The lids of each tube are connected by an internal length of silicone elastic. Prior to sampling the lids are held open by pins slotted into pivoting levers. When sampling is complete for one bottle the levels at each end of the next tube in the carousel are simultaneously turned by a rotating arm, thus releasing the lids and closing the tube. Each tube is 40 cm long and has an external diameter of 42 mm and a capacity of 250 ml. | 2012-06-21 |
| TOOL1804 | Avantes AvaSpec 3648 Fibre Optic Spectrometer | High resolution, fibre optic spectrometer used for marine chemical analysis to determine spectral information of water samples. It operates in the ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), and Near Infrared (NIR) spectral ranges (200 - 1100 nm). Ideal for spectroscopy and atomic emission spectroscopy, the AvaSpec-3648 outputs reflection, transmission, irradiance, and light emission and absorbance. It is based on a symmetrical Czerny-Turner with 75 mm focal length and 3648 pixel CCD linear array detector. The instrument has 16 grating options, an electronic shutter, Avantes deep-UV (DUV) coating, a range of slit sizes, and fibre optic entrance connectors. Optional additions include ultra-low stray light (ULS) optical bench, dual and multi-channel housings, wireless communication, and installed SD card. The instrument has an integration time of 10 microseconds, and a resolution between 0.04 and 20 nm. | 2022-05-26 |
| TOOL1890 | Axis Communications 214 (PTZ) network camera | A network camera with pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ), and audio for professional surveillance and remote monitoring applications. It has automatic day and night functionality and provides perfect colour images in lowlight conditions as well as sharp black and white images in extremely poor lighting conditions. The camera has built-in motion detection and powerful event management. It has built-in two-way audio which enables remote users to listen-in on an area and communicate through the camera. It has an 18x optical motorized lens with auto-focus. The image resolution can be set at 160x120 to 704x576. | 2023-01-03 |
| TOOL2088 | Axis Communications M1054 network camera | A network camera with digital pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ), and two-way audio streaming. The Axis M1054 is suitable for a range of professional surveillance and remote monitoring applications. This instrument uses progressive scan to provide full frame rate video and features an integrated PIR sensor for detecting movement. The M1054 comes with a built-in microphone (which can be disabled), speaker, and white LED for illuminating the scene of an event. Full frame rate video is available in resolutions up to 1 megapixel including HDTV 720p. 2.8 mm camera lens with 1/25000 s to 1/6 s shutter time; video resolution 1280x800 to 160x90 with a frame rate of 25/30 fps in all resolutions. Operational temperature: 0 - 40 degrees C. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL1891 | Axis Communications M3068-P (mini dome) network camera | A 12-megapixel mini dome camera with 360 degree panoramic view. It has forensic Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) and day/night functionality. It's resolution depends on the mode selected and can be: Overview: 2880x2880 to 160x160 (1:1); Panorama: 3840x2160 to 192x72 (8:3, 16:9 or 32:9); Double panorama: 3584x2688 to 384x288 (4:3 or 16:9); Quad view: 3584x2688 to 384x288 (4:3 or 16:9); View area 1-4: 2048x1536 to 256x144 (4:3 or 16:9); Corner left/right: 3200x1600 to 192x72 (2:1 or 8:3); Double corner: 2880x2880 to 384x288 (1:1 or 4:3); Corridor: 2560x1920 to 256x144 (4:3 or 16:9). It's frame rate in 360 degree overview up to 2880x2880 without WDR is 25/30 frames per second at 50/60 Hz, or in 360 degree overview and 4 de-warped views with WDR is up to 12.5/15 frames per second at 50/60 Hz. | 2023-01-03 |
| TOOL1892 | Axis Communications M5014 (PTZ mini dome) network camera | A mini-HDTV dome camera with pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) for remote indoor monitoring. The ceiling-mount camera enables flexible coverage over a 400 square meter area, with a +/-180 degree pan, 90 degree tilt and 3x digital zoom. It provides full frame rate video in HDTV 720p resolution. It supports multiple H.264 and Motion JPEG video streams. The maximum video resolution is 1280x720, and maximum frame rate is 25/30 frames per second. It has video motion detection. The IP51 rating ensures protection against dust and dripping water. It has a two-way audio and also supports audio detection. | 2023-01-03 |
| TOOL1927 | Axis Communications P1346 network camera | An indoor fixed network camera suitable for a range of video surveillance applications, including government and industrial buildings, retail environments, airports, railway stations, and schools. Also available in an "-E" outdoor version. The P1346 model is distinguished as having a 3-megapixel camera with HDTV 1080p, and day and night capabilities. Features P-Iris control, allowing the camera to precisely control the iris position to optimise depth of field and lens resolution for optimal image sharpness, in addition to digital pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ), which allows a selected area of interest to be cropped from the full view for viewing or recording, thereby minimising the bit rate and storage needs. The H.264 compression capability reduces bandwidth and storage needs without compromising image quality. Supports multi-view streaming for up to eight individually cropped out view areas. The remote back focus function enables the focus to be fine-tuned from a computer. Resolution is 2048 x 1536 (3 MP) to 160 x 90, and shutter time is 1/35500 to 1/6 s. The lens is a varifocal F1.8, 4 to 10 mm, with 61 to 29deg view, and DC-iris lenses also supported. When streaming five view areas in VGA resolution, the rate is 20 fps per stream in H.264/Motion JPEG (3 MP capture mode). | 2023-05-30 |
| TOOL1928 | Axis Communications P1347 network camera | An indoor fixed network camera suitable for a range of video surveillance applications, including government and industrial buildings, retail environments, airports, railway stations, and schools. Also available in an "-E" outdoor version. The P1347 model is distinguished as having a 5-megapixel camera with HDTV 1080p, and day and night capabilities. Features P-Iris control, allowing the camera to precisely control the iris position to optimise depth of field and lens resolution for optimal image sharpness, in addition to digital pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ), which allows a selected area of interest to be cropped from the full view for viewing or recording, thereby minimising the bit rate and storage needs. The H.264 compression capability reduces bandwidth and storage needs without compromising image quality. Supports multi-view streaming for up to eight individually cropped out view areas. The remote back focus function enables the focus to be fine-tuned from a computer. Resolution is 2560 x 1920 (5 MP) to 160 x 90, and shutter time is 1/25500 to 1/6 s. The lens is a varifocal F1.6, 3.5 to 10 mm with 77 to 28deg view, and DC-iris lenses also supported. When streaming four view areas in VGA resolution, the rate is 12 fps per stream in H.264/Motion JPEG (5 MP capture mode). | 2023-05-30 |
| TOOL1929 | Axis Communications P1355 network camera | An indoor fixed network camera suitable for a range of video surveillance applications, including government and industrial buildings, retail environments, airports, railway stations, and schools. Also available in an "-E" outdoor version. The P1355 model is distinguished as having a HDTV 1080p camera and day and night capabilities. Features P-Iris control, allowing the camera to precisely control the iris position to optimise depth of field and lens resolution for optimal image sharpness, in addition to digital pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ), which allows a selected area of interest to be cropped from the full view for viewing or recording, thereby minimising the bit rate and storage needs. The camera is equipped with a serial port for communication with auxiliary equipment such as pan/tilt head in order to remotely change the camera direction. The H.264 compression capability reduces bandwidth and storage needs without compromising image quality. Supports multi-view streaming for up to eight individually cropped out view areas. The remote back focus function enables the focus to be fine-tuned from a computer. Resolution is 1920 x 1080 (HDTV) to 160 x 90, and shutter time is 1/28000 to 2 s (50 Hz) or 1/33500 to 2 s (60 Hz). The lens is a varifocal F1.2, 2.8 to 8 mm with 80 to 39deg view. | 2023-05-30 |
| TOOL1930 | Axis Communications P1364 network camera | A fixed network camera designed for surveillance in extreme low light. The P1364 can deliver up to HDTV 720p video at 50/60 frames per second (fps) with reduced noise and motion blur in demanding light conditions. Features P-Iris control, allowing the camera to precisely control the iris position to optimise depth of field and lens resolution for optimal image sharpness, in addition to digital pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ), which allows a selected area of interest to be cropped from the full view for viewing or recording, thereby minimising the bit rate and storage needs. Axis Zipstream technology reduced bandwidth and storage requirements. Video is optimised for forensic purposes and provides high levels of detail. The P1364 can transition between wide dynamic range (WDR) and Lightfinder modes and features two-way audio. The remote back focus function enables the focus to be fine-tuned from a computer to ensure image sharpness. Resolution is 1280 x 960 to 160 x 90, with 25/30 fps (WDR) or 50/60 fps (no WDR), and shutter time is 1/28000 to 2 s (50 Hz) or 1/33500 to 2 s (60 Hz). The lens is a varifocal F1.2, 2.8 to 8.5 mm, with 92.3 to 33.3deg view (horizontal), 67.9 to 24.7deg view (vertical). | 2023-05-30 |
| TOOL1939 | Axis Communications P1375 network camera | A network camera designed for surveillance at entrances or open areas, under various light conditions. It produces HDTV 1080p video, using a CMOS image sensor, Lightfinder 2.0, and Forensic wide dynamic range (WDR). The P1375 is PVC free, uses power over Ethernet (PoE), and has local memory storage. It has electronic image stabilisation, and offers shock detection and active tampering alarm. It allows for video compression, audio, and motions jpegs, but is not wireless. It uses a CS mount and supports motorised i-CS lenses which allows the user to change the lens to their needs. The image sensor size is 1/2.8, minimum colour lux 0.05, minimum b/w lux 0.01. Maximum video resolution 1920X1080 with 50/60 frames per second. The lens has a focal length of 2.8 -8 mm, with horizontal view between 124 and 42 deg, and a vertical view between 65 and 24 deg. | 2023-06-06 |
| TOOL1940 | Axis Communications Q1755 network camera | The indoor Q1755 network camera is designed for securing areas where high-quality identification is needed, e.g. passport control, airports, etc. It produce HDTV 1080p or 720p video, using a CMOS image sensor, with autofocus and pan/tilt capacity. The camera offers video motion detection, audio detection, active tampering alarm. The camera is encased in zinc. They use power over Ethernet (PoE), and have local memory storage. Also available in an "-E" outdoor version, with an impact resistant aluminium enclosure. The image sensor size is 1/3, minimum colour lux 2, minimum b/w lux 0.2. Maximum video resolution 1920X1080 at 30 frames per second. The lens has a focal length of 5.1 - 51 mm, with horizontal view between 50 and 5.4 deg, 10x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom. | 2023-06-06 |
| TOOL1941 | Axis Communications Q6034 (PTZ dome) network camera | The indoor Q6034 PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) network camera is designed for surveillance in large areas, e.g. airports and train stations. It produces HDTV 720p video, using a progressive scan CCD image sensor, with day/night functionality, autofocus and pan/tilt capacity. The Q6034 is encased in aluminium and an acrylic clear dome. It uses power over Ethernet (PoE) and local memory storage. It offers video motion detection, audio detection, and auto-tracking. The image sensor size is 1/3, minimum colour lux 0.74, minimum b/w lux 0.04. Maximum video resolution 1280X720 at 25/30 frames per second. The lens has a focal length of 4.7 - 84.6 mm, with horizontal view between 55.2 and 3.2 deg, 18x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom. This instrument is no longer in production. | 2023-06-06 |
| TOOL1942 | Axis Communications Q6035 (PTZ dome) network camera | The indoor Q6035 PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) network camera is designed for surveillance in large areas, e.g. airports and train stations. It produces HDTV 1080p or 720p video, using a CMOS image sensor, with day/night functionality, autofocus and pan/tilt capacity. The camera offers video motion detection and auto-tracking. The Q6035 is encased in aluminium with an acrylic clear dome. It uses power over Ethernet (PoE), and have local memory storage. Also available in an "-E" outdoor version, which comes with a PC/ASA sunshield. The image sensor size is 1/2.8, minimum colour lux 0.8, minimum b/w lux 0.04. 1080p video resolution 1920x1080 at 25/30 frames per second and 720p video resolution 1280x720 at 50/60 fps. The lens has a focal length of 4.7 - 94 mm, with horizontal view between 54.1 and 2.9 deg. (1080p) or 37.6 and 2 deg. (720p), 20x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom. This instrument is no longer in production. | 2023-06-06 |
| TOOL1955 | Axis Communications Q6044 (PTZ dome) network camera | An indoor pan-tilt zoom network camera designed for wide area coverage and detailed surveillance at great distances, such as at airports, train stations, arenas, shopping malls and warehouses. It produces HDTV 720p video using a progressive scan CCD image sensor, with day/night functionality, autofocus and pan/tilt capacity. AXIS Q6044 offers basic video analytics such as motion detection, autotracking, Active Gatekeeper and audio detection. It is encased in IP52-rated aluminium casing with an acrylic clear dome. It uses Power over Ethernet (PoE) and local memory storage. Two models available as either a 50 Hz or 60 Hz. Image sensor size is 1/3 inches, minimum colour lux 0.2, minimum b/w lux 0.04. Maximum video resolution 1280x720 at 25/30 frames per second (50/60 Hz). Lens focal length 4.4 - 132 mm with horizontal view between 62.9 - 3.2 deg, 30x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom. This instrument is no longer in production. | 2023-06-16 |
| TOOL1956 | Axis Communications Q6045 (PTZ dome) network camera | An indoor pan-tilt zoom network camera designed for wide area coverage and detailed surveillance at great distances, such as at airports, train stations, arenas, shopping malls and warehouses. It produces HDTV 1080p video using a progressive scan CMOS image sensor, with day/night functionality, autofocus and pan/tilt capacity. AXIS Q6045 comes with built-in video analytics such as motion detection, highlight compensation, object removal, fence detector, object counter, enter/exit detection, autotracking and Active Gatekeeper. It is encased in IP52-rated aluminium casing with an acrylic clear dome. It uses Power over Ethernet (PoE) and local memory storage. Two models available as either a 50 Hz or 60 Hz. Image sensor size is 1/3 inches, minimum colour lux 0.6, minimum b/w lux 0.04. Maximum video resolution 1920x1080 at 25/30 frames per second (50/60 Hz). Lens focal length 4.45 - 89 mm with horizontal view between 62.98 - 3.49 deg, 20x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom. This instrument is no longer in production. | 2023-06-16 |
| TOOL1957 | Axis Communications Q6074-E (PTZ dome) network camera | An outdoor pan-tilt zoom network camera designed for wide area coverage and detailed outdoor surveillance in cities, plus other industrial and infrastructure applications. It produces HDTV 720p video using a progressive scan CMOS image sensor, with day/night functionality, autofocus and pan/tilt capacity. AXIS Q6074-E features Lightfinder 2.0, enabling detailed image capture in low light conditions. Includes built-in analytics such as autotracking, click and track functionality, and an orientation aid. Also includes Axis Zipstream with H.264/ H.265 which lowers bandwidth and storage requirements. It is encased in IP66-, IP67-, NEMA 4X- and IK10-rated aluminium with a polycarbonate clear dome and sunshield, enabling protection from dust, rain, snow and impacts. It uses Power over Ethernet (PoE) and local memory storage. Two models available as either a 50 Hz or 60 Hz. Image sensor size is 1/2.8 inches, minimum colour lux 0.1, minimum b/w lux 0.002. Maximum video resolution 1280x720 at 50/60 frames per second (50/60 Hz). Lens focal length 4.25-127.5 mm with horizontal view between 63.8 - 2.6 deg, 30x optical zoom and 12x digital zoom. | 2023-06-16 |
| TOOL1301 | Axys Technologies Watchman500 data logger | A scientific sensor logging system that can be deployed on a diverse range of environmental long-term monitoring platforms. Scientific sensors are integrated into the system. In addition to sensor data, sensor configuration are logged and the system allows two-way communication. The logger connects to a PC based system via telemetry, which displays and archive real time data, provide system configuration and enables sensors to be controlled remotely. Supports analog, digital, RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, CANBUS, SDI-12, and PUCK sensor interfaces. Supported telemetry options include VHF, cellular (GPRS/CDMA) and satellite transmission, landline phone, serial interface, and TCP/IP Ethernet. | 2018-12-14 |
| TOOL1181 | BAS MUDL Bongo net | A motion-compensated upwards and downwards looking Bongo net - one facing upwards, one downwards. The instrument is designed for capturing zooplankton moving up and down the water column. It uses a spring mechanism to compensate for the platform's movements, maintaining the net's upward and downward velocity close to steady-state. The system uses sealed cod ends and a time-controlled open/close mechanism. The cod ends need to be pre-filled with water before deployment to avoid implosion. | 2017-11-27 |
| TOOL1114 | BD Biosciences Accuri C6 Plus flow cytometer | A flow cytometer designed to detect fluorochromes (including FITC, PE, APC), polymer dyes and fluorescent proteins (including GFP, YFP, mCherry). The instrument is equipped with a blue and red laser, two light scatter detectors, and four fluorescence detectors with user-interchangeable filters. A non-pressurised peristaltic pump system drives the fluidics. The system monitors the sample volume pulled per run, and can calculate absolute counts or sample concentration per uL. In the standard configuration (3-blue/1-red), three detectors read fluorescence emissions from fluorochromes excited by the blue laser, while a fourth detector reads emissions from fluorochromes excited by the red laser. The optional Selectable Laser Module allows to operate the system in 2-blue/2-red and 4-blue configurations. The minimum detectable particle size and sample volume are 0.5 um and 0.5 uL respectively. The maximum number of events is 1 million with an acquisition rate of up to 10,000 events/second. | 2017-02-13 |
| TOOL0519 | BD Biosciences FACSAria II Flow Cytometer | A high-speed fixed-alignment benchtop cell sorter. The cytometer can be operated at varied pressures and can acquire up to 70,000 events per second. It is capable of multicolour analysis of up to 13 fluorescent markers and two scatter parameters at a time. The system consists of three major components: a fluidics cart, optics system and cytometer electronics. This model has been discontinued. BD Biosciences is a component of BD, previously known as Becton Dickinson. | 2012-07-04 |
| TOOL1210 | BD Biosciences FACSCalibur Flow Cytometry System | The FACSCalibur flow cytometer is an autonomous benchtop flow cytometer designed for routine cell analysis, assay development, verification and identification of cellular populations. It is equipped with a blue (488 nm) air-cooled argon laser and a red (635 nm) diode laser. For each particle (cell), five optical parameters can be recorded from the 488 nm laser beam excitation: two light scatter signals, namely forward and right angle, and three fluorescences corresponding to emissions in green (530/30 nm BP), orange (585/42 nm BP) and red (670 nm LP) wavelength ranges. A far red fluorescence (661/16 nm BP) induced by the red diode can also be recorded. Data are analysed using BD Biosciences CellQuest software. Optional features include a cell sorting option, allowing users to identify and isolate a population of interest and a HTS option (High-throughput (HT) or Standard (STD) mode), where sample volumes range from 2-10 microlitres in HT mode and 2-200 microlitres in STD mode. An optional BD FACS Loader tube-lifter can be used to verify tube position and rack identification. The instrument has a capture rate of 300 cells per second, supports 40 (12 x 75 mm) tubes per rack, and has an operating temperature ranging from 16-29 degC. | 2018-02-02 |
| TOOL1132 | BD Biosciences Influx Cell Sorter | The BD Influx cell sorter is a flow cytometry platform with modular architecture and a combination of detection capabilities and hands-on controls. The optical system has up to ten lasers that can be customized with detectors and filters. The BD Influx system can handle a throughput rate of up to 200,000 events per second and features two, four and six way sorting as well as plate sorting. The fluidics system protects cells and addresses contamination. The nozzle assembly is designed to produce high droplet frequencies at relatively low pressures, enabling high-speed sorting while maintaining cell viability and functionality. | 2017-05-19 |
| TOOL0853 | BGS Waverley Sonar 3000 side scan sonar | Waverley Sonar 3000 is the primary side scan sonar system for the British Geological Survey (BGS). A 100 kHz system with a single processing unit typically used in water depths up to 300 m, with a 750 m range each side. | 2022-06-08 |
| NETT0007 | BIOMAPER-II - Wiebe et al (1999, 2002) | An integrated instrument platform for coupled biological and physical measurements that has a 5 frequency split-beam acoustic system, a VPR system, an environmental sensing system and a bio-optical system. An electro-optical towing cable is used for two-way data communications and the system can be towed oscillating to depths of 300 m [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 41 A-E]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0008 | BIONESS 1m - Sameoto, Jaroszynski and Fraser (1979, 1980) | Construction is a 100 cm x 100 cm mouth opening with 10 nets. The system is powered electrically on conducting wire and controlled from a surface deck unit. Data logging includes depth, roll, pitch, flowmeter revolutions, temperature and conductivity. There is also a 1/4 m system. This system has basic design similarities to that of Be MPS system [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 30 C, D]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0564 | BIOPROBE benthic lander | A seabed lander comprising a stainless steel tripod with instrument cage, water samplers, water pump, compass, camera system, transmissometer or optical backscatter sensor, 3 current meters, thermistor temperature sensor and an electronic control unit with data logging. The components are independently housed to allow for changes in experimental setup. Sensor operation, data recording and water sampling are synchronised. The water sampling system consists of four cylindrical 15 litre polyethylene bottles, with inlets located 10, 15, 25 and 40 cm off the seabed. The bottles are connected to a centrifugal pump and during the sampling procedure fresh water in the four bottles is replaced by the near-bottom water. The instrument cage is located at the top of the tripod, well above the boundary layer sampling section and the sensors are controlled by a master electronics unit. | 2012-10-15 |
| TOOL1204 | BX-650 box corer | A box corer designed for sediment surface sampling, also referred to as 'MK-III box (spade) corer'. The unit includes a stainless steel sample box of 50 cm x 50 cm in dimension, an automatic door-closing device, a pretrip preventer bar, quick release spade latches, and jacking dolly for mounting and removing sample box and spade. The corer can penetrate to a maximum of 60 cm into the sediment. Its weight is of approximately 740 kg, and its height is 212 cm with a deck footprint of 165 cm x 192 cm. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL0597 | Bangor Ocean Colour Sensor | An ocean colour sensor set measuring upwelling irradiance at 440, 490, 570 and 670 nm that was designed and built by the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University. Data were integrated over a 30-second period and logged every 10 or 30 minutes. | 2013-01-31 |
| TOOL0784 | Barnett-Watson multiple corer | A corer designed at SMBA (current name Scottish Association for Marine Science) that collects multiple undisturbed samples of the upper sediment, flocculent material and overlying water. This is achieved by a hydraulically-damped controlled descent of the open core liners once the frame has landed on the seabed. Rubber seals at the top and bottom of the core liner prevent sample loss during recovery. The outer framework supports weighted arrays of polycarbonate liners (4 split liners of 10cm internal diameter and 8 split liners of 6 cm internal diameter) hanging from a water-filled dashpot. | 2014-08-28 |
| TOOL0281 | Barometer | A generic term for a device that measures atmospheric pressure. The term is for use where details of the make, model number and measurement principle are not known. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0956 | Barringer M123 Marine Proton magnetometer | Barringer M123 magnetometer is a towed proton precession magnetometer that takes measurements of the Earth's magnetic field. Self contained system but requires 110 VAC, 50 Hz, 13 amp for the mangetometer console. System comprises of the Barringer M123 magnetometer console, sensor bottle and cable, deck lead sensor cable reel to console, W +W two channel recorder and Black Box BCD convertor for digital logging. | 2022-06-08 |
| TOOL0656 | Bartington Magnetic Susceptibility MS2E point sensor | A portable, 2 kHz, MS2 magnetic susceptability point meter used to analyse the flat surface of split drill or soft sediment cores at high spatial resolution. The MS2E has a sensing area mounted on a ceramic tube which allows the sensor to be placed directly on the flat surface of a split core. The area of response from the probe is 3.8 mm x 10.5 mm (at 50% maximum response) allowing for high spatial resolution measurements along the core surface. The sensor operates by generating a low intensity (approx. 80 A/m RMS), non-saturating, alternating current magnetic field. The MS2 family of sensors have a volume specific maximum resolution of 2 x 10^-6 SI (2 x 10^-7 CGS). | 2013-12-02 |
| NETT0017 | Bary Catcher high-speed plankton sampler - Bary et al. (1958) | Has a 22.9 cm diameter mouth opening behind a closing valve. The tube chamber is 19.5 cm diameter. The overall length of the outer fiberglass shell is 213 cm. Two metal nets can be used, one with 15.70 meshes per cm and one with 3.9 meshes per cm. Has depth-flowmeter (like that of Currie and Foxton, 1957) in the tail. Towed up to 10 knots. More than one unit can be attached to the wire. Can be used for vertical or horizontal towing [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 18 B, C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0878 | Battele Seaology pCO2 monitoring system | An autonomous air and water pCO2 monitoring device comprising an equilibrator to extract diffused gases from seawater, an air block that collects an air sample whilst excluding seawater and a non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) carbon dioxide detector. These are designed to be mounted in a surface buoy (moored or drifting) with a power source (battery and solar), a stock of calibration standard gas, a control system, satellite communications including GPS and data storage. It has a measurement range of 100 to 600 ppm and precision of about 1 ppm.More information at http://battelle.org/our-work/national-security/maritime-technologies/sensors/battelle-seaology/battelle-pco2-monitoring-system#sthash.qWbxMCsQ.dpuf. | 2015-06-11 |
| TOOL0658 | Baumer OADM 20I4560/S14C laser distance sensor | Laser line sensor for measuring distances to rough surfaces using traingulation from a pulsed red laser diode light source (laser class 2, 675 nm) and detection by a photoelectric array. The sensing range is 30 - 130 mm (resolution < 0.06 mm, linearity error +/- 0.2 mm, response time < 10 ms). The sensor has 5 pin connector and is analogue output (4 - 20 mA / 0 - 10 VDC). | 2013-12-09 |
| TOOL0632 | Beckman Coulter LS 6000 Series Scintillation System | A benchtop liquid scintillation analyser for counting the level of radioactive decay in a sample. Typically the instrument features a Multichannel Analyzer and a quench monitor. Sample capacity is either 336 standard vials, or 648 miniature vials. It has an operating ambient temperature range of 15-35 degC. | 2013-07-31 |
| TOOL1570 | Beckman Coulter LS13 320 XR particle size analyser | A laser diffraction particle size distribution analyser designed to measure particle size from nanometre to millimetre range. It is available for both wet and dry dispersions of particles. It uses a low angle forward light scattering method with optional PIDS (Polarization Intensity Differential Scattering) technology. It implements both the Fraunhofer and Mie light scattering theories. It also analyses vertical and horizontal polarised light at six different angles using three additional wavelengths. It has a measurement range of 10 nm - 3.5 mm. Light source: Laser diode (785 nm); PIDS: Tungsten lamp with band-pass filters (475, 613 and 900 nm). | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL1569 | Beckman Coulter LS13 320 particle size analyser | A laser diffraction particle size analyser designed to measure particle size in the micrometre to millimetre range. It uses a low angle forward light scattering method with optional PIDS (Polarization Intensity Differential Scattering) technology. It implements both the Fraunhofer and Mie light scattering theories. It has a measurement range of 0.017 um - 2mm. It has a measurement time of 15 - 90 seconds and operates between 10 and 40 degC. Light sources: Solid State (780 nm); PIDS - Tungsten lamp with band-pass filters (450, 600 and 900 nm). | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL1782 | Becton Dickinson FACScan flow cytometer | A flow cell-based benchtop cytometer. It uses hydrodynamic focusing to pass particles through a laser light. The scattered and fluorescent light is collected by appropriately positioned lenses. A combination of beam splitters and filters steers the light to the appropriate detectors. The detectors produce electronic signals proportional to the optical signals striking them. The analyser uses a 20mW Coherent 488nm, air cooled, argon ion laser. Detectors are three photomultiplier tubes with bandpass filters for FITC (530/30nm), PE (575/26nm), PerCP, or PE-Cy5,or PE-Cy5-5 or PE-Cy7 (650nmLP). Fluorescence sensitivity: <2,000 molecules of equivalent soluble fluoroscein. Fluorescence resolution: < 3% for PI labelled chick erythrocyte nuclei. | 2022-03-22 |
| TOOL0521 | Becton Dickinson FACSort Flow Cytometer | A fixed-alignment, 5 detector benchtop cell sorter. The cytometer can sort cells at a rate of 300 per second and can be used at three selectable flow rates. The cytometer uses an argon-ion laser and has a variable sample pressure. Seven data channels are available for data acquisition. The cytometer consists of an optics, electronics and fluidics system. Becton Dickinson is now BD Biosciences. | 2012-07-05 |
| TOOL2063 | Bell Aerospace BGM 3 marine gravimeter | A marine gravity meter that measures the earth's gravitational field. The BGM-3 system consists of a forced feedback accelerometer mounted on a gyrostabilized platform. The instruments sensor requires no cross-coupling correction. | 2024-07-04 |
| TOOL1561 | BellaMare LLC and University of Miami RSMAS In Situ Ichthyoplankton Imaging System {ISIIS} - Cowen and Guigand (2008) | The ISIIS was developed in collaboration between the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Atmospheric and Marine Science (RSMAS) and the subsea engineering company, Bellamare, LLC. Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation, NOAA, UNH Large Pelagics Center, and UM Maytag Chair of Ichthyology. ISIIS systems image organisms and particles in-situ as they swim or flow in between its two pods (fitted with a camera and illumination system). The instrument captures images of mostly undisturbed organisms, at a fine spatial and temporal resolution. ISIIS is an underwater imaging system for capturing in situ, real time images of marine zooplankton of relatively low abundance such as fish larvae and fragile gelatinous organisms. ISIIS imaging systems use industrial grade cameras. On towed sleds, they use a line-scan camera creating one single continuous image representing a real slice of the ocean. However, they can also be fitted with a classic area-scan camera if a system is to be used still (underwater monitoring station) or do slow vertical profiles. The ISIIS system utilizes a high-resolution line-scanning camera with a Light Emitting Diode (LED) light source, modified by plano-convex optics, to create a collimated light field to backlight a parcel of water. The imaged parcel of water passes between the forward portions of two streamlined pods (UW housings), and thereby remains unaffected by turbulence. The resulting very high-resolution image is of plankton in their natural position and orientation. When a sufficient volume of water is imaged this way, quantification of density and fine-scale distribution is possible. ISIIS is capable of imaging a maximum of 162 L of water per second (when flying at 5 knots) with a pixel resolution of 70 um, imaging particles from 1 mm to 13 cm in size. | 2020-11-02 |
| TOOL0790 | Benthos 2216 Deep Sea pinger | The Benthos 2216 Deep Sea Pinger is a 12kHz acoustic transmitter designed with full ocean depth capability and a 1 pulse per second repetition rate. The instrument's pulse has switch selectable lengths of 0.5, 2, and 10 ms and is depth rated to 12,000 m. Benthos is now Teledyne Benthos. | 2017-08-10 |
| TOOL0134 | Benthos PSA-916T Sonar Altimeter | A titanium sonar altimeter with 200 kHz operating frequency and 14 deg conical band width. It has a range of 100 m and is depth rated to 6000 m. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL2049 | Bettersize Instruments Bettersizer S3 Plus particle size analyser | The Bettersizer S3 Plus combines laser diffraction and dynamic image analysis in one instrument. It can measure the size and shape of particles from 0.01 um to 3500 um. It is equipped with two high-speed CCD cameras (0.5X and 10X magnification) to capture images of the sample being measured. During measurement, the particles dispersed in the medium of choice are pumped through two sample cells. In the first one, short-wave laser light (532 nm) illuminates particles and is scattered. The 96 detectors detect optical signals in an angle range of 0.02 degrees - 165 degrees. | 2024-06-17 |
| TOOL1408 | BioSonics DT-X digital echosounder | A digital echosounder designed for underwater acoustic assessment and monitoring of physical and biological features. The instrument may be used in either marine or freshwater environments, for mobile or autonomous fixed location surveys. The BioSonics DT-X echosounder consists of a surface unit with LINUX-based embedded processor, a digital transducer with cable, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, and a notebook computer for communication, real-time display and data storage. The instrument can operate single-beam or split-beam transducers, allowing for the network of up to four separate transducers at four different frequencies. Operating frequencies include 38 kHz, 70 kHz, 120 kHz, 200 kHz, 420 kHz and 1000 kHz. Standard DT-X transducers may be deployed at a maximum of 100 m depth; the recommended maximum range depends on the transducer configuration: 995 m (single-beam), 497 m (dual-beam) or 248 m (split-beam). | 2020-03-19 |
| TOOL1116 | Biospherical Instruments C-OPS spectroradiometer system | A radiometer system used for determining apparent optical properties in aquatic systems. It consists of two 7 cm diameter radiometers: one measures in-water upwelling radiance, and the other either downward irradiance or upward irradiance. It also includes sensors for temperature, pressure/depth and tilt. Each radiometer is a cluster of up to 19, stand alone, microradiometers. Thus, each radiometer is equipped with up to 19 optical wavebands. The radiometers are mounted on a free-fall frame. The frame can be optimised for either slow descent rates for work in very shallow coastal waters, or faster descent rates for observations in the open ocean. The system has a spectral range of 250 - 1650 nm and maximum depth rating of 300 m (125 m for standard version). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1548 | Biospherical Instruments GUV-2511 Ground Based UV/PAR radiometer | A multiwavelength ground-based radiometer system designed to measure solar ultra-violet (UV) irradiance and Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) for long-term monitoring applications. It can also be used to measure cloud optical thickness and total column ozone. It features powder-coated aluminium housing which may be mast-mounted, as well as specialised low-noise sensors with optimised interference filters. An internal sensor also measures photodiode array temperature. It uses RS-232 serial output for connection to a PC, and may be deployed individually or in networks. The GUV-2511 replaced the GUV-511 in 2003, and was retired in 2017. The GUV-2511 measures UV irradiance over 6 wavebands: 305; 313; 320; 340; 380 and 395 nm. It measures PAR from 400 - 700 nm. It as a standard FWHM bandwidth of 10 nm with an optional FWHM bandwidth of 20 nm. The temperature coefficient of the dark signal is less than +/- 3 uvolts per degC. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0440 | Biospherical Instruments MER-2040A profiling spectroradiometer | An underwater radiometer designed for multiwavelength profiling and surface measurements of irradiance, radiance, temperature, and remote sensing reflectance in the SeaWiFS wavelength bands. The standard instrument comes with 8 (expandable to 13) channels each of downwelling irradiance and upwelling radiance (or optionally, irradiance), a spectral range of 340 - 780 nm, a depth transducer (200 m full scale, 500 m optional) and a dual axis inclinometer. The optical sensors are based on high stability, solid-state photodetectors, each with its own narrow-band (10 nm) interference filters. Additional, externally-mounted blocking filters are used where needed. The irradiance sensor is composed of an array of detectors that view a common cosine-corrected optical collector. The radiance sensor is a constructed from an array of telescopes, which define the collection angle (10° field of view), and are coupled to individual detectors. Each detector is connected to an electrometer amplifier, forming an array of amplifiers that are scanned under microprocessor control at approximately one channel per millisecond. The instrument can be modified to measure ultraviolet radiance and irradiance, vector (cosine) upwelling irradiance, and scalar upwelling and downwelling irradiance. A variety of additional sensors can be added to the MER-2040A to form a CTD with auxiliary sensors. Options include PAR, fluorescence, water current, transmissance, temperature, conductivity, oxygen and high resolution pressure sensors. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1254 | Biospherical Instruments PAR sensor (unspecified model) | An irradiance sensor, designed to measure Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0443 | Biospherical Instruments PRR-600 profiling reflectance radiometer | An underwater radiometer designed for multiwavelength profiling and surface measurements of irradiance, radiance, temperature, and remote sensing reflectance in the SeaWiFS wavelength bands. The standard instrument comes with 6 (expandable to 7) channels each of downwelling irradiance and upwelling radiance, and the user can select from 9 specialised detector channels at 412, 443, 490, 510, 555, 665, 683, 780 nm and Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR: 400 to 700 nm). The optical sensors are based on photodetectors, each with its own narrow-band (10 nm) interference filters. The PRR-600 irradiance collector is Teflon, backed with 100 % acrylic, optimized for excellent cosine response in water. The instrument is designed to be hand-lowered, and includes a temperature sensor and pressure transducer with a 200 m depth range. It is powered and controlled from a deck unit and data are transmitted to the deck via a conductive cable. There is the option to include additional upwelling and downwelling sensors, tilt and roll sensors, and two analog input channels. The instrument can also be configured for moorings, free-fall deployment, and low profile for towed applications. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0286 | Biospherical Instruments QCD-905L underwater PAR sensor | Aluminum quantum cosine PAR sensor with log output for depths to 10,000 m and 12 bit ADC systems. Single channel analog output voltage is proportional to the log of incident PAR (Photosynthetically Available Radiation: 400 - 700 nm) irradiance. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1737 | Biospherical Instruments QCP-2150 underwater PAR sensor | A cosine-corrected PAR quantum irradiance profiling sensor. For use in high-pressure underwater applications with 24 bit ADC systems. Measures light available for photosynthesis on a flat surface. Operation is by a single channel compressed analog output voltage that is proportional to the log of incident PAR (400 - 700 nm) irradiance. The sensor can either be operated with a generic terminal emulation program such as HyperTerminal or RealTerm, or with a dedicated software such as Logger2150 or LabVIEW. Custom-housed versions of this sensor are also available for gliders and other undersea or monitoring applications. Optional inclusion of temperature in the data stream. The QCP-2150 has a sample rate up to 250 Hz and is designed for operation in waters to depths of up to 6,800 m. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1189 | Biospherical Instruments QCP-2200 underwater PAR sensor | A cosine-corrected PAR quantum irradiance profiling sensor. For use in underwater applications with a 16 bit or higher analog-to-digital converter. Measures light available for photosynthesis on a flat surface. Operation is by a linear analog output voltage that is proportional to the log of incident PAR (400 - 700 nm) irradiance. The sensor is designed for operation in waters to depths of up to 2,000 m (standard) or 6,800 m (high-pressure standard option) or 10,000 m (high-pressure user-specific option). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0288 | Biospherical Instruments QCP-2300 underwater PAR sensor | Log output quantum cosine PAR profiling sensor. For use with 12 bit ADC systems. Single channel analog output voltage is proportional to the log of incident PAR (Photosynthetically Available Radiation: 400 - 700 nm) irradiance. Cosine corrected for use underwater to depths up to 1000 m. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1186 | Biospherical Instruments QCP-2350 underwater PAR sensor | A cosine-corrected PAR quantum irradiance profiling sensor. For use in underwater applications with 24 bit ADC systems. Measures light available for photosynthesis on a flat surface. Operation is by a single channel compressed analog output voltage that is proportional to the log of incident PAR (400 - 700 nm) irradiance. The sensor is designed for operation in waters to depths of up to 2,000 m (standard) or 6,800 m (optional). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1187 | Biospherical Instruments QCP-2350-HP underwater PAR sensor | A cosine-corrected PAR quantum irradiance profiling sensor. For use in high-pressure underwater applications with 24 bit ADC systems. Measures light available for photosynthesis on a flat surface. Operation is by a single channel compressed analog output voltage that is proportional to the log of incident PAR (400 - 700 nm) irradiance. A variant of the QCP-2350 model, it uses a pressure-tolerant BH-4-MP connector. The sensor is designed for operation in waters to depths of up to 10,000 m. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1671 | Biospherical Instruments QCR-2150 surface PAR sensor | A quantum surface reference radiometer PAR sensor designed to measure cosine irradiance in air, above water. No specifications are available for the QCR models, but they are identical to the QCP series except for the sensor collectors; the QCR models are designed for surface use whereas the QCP models are designed for underwater 'profiling' use. The QCR-2150 output is provided as a calibrated ASCII text data stream with optional inclusion of sensor temperature. It is designed for use with Logger 2150 software but is also suited for integration with third-party software, for example in multi-parameter monitoring systems. The QCR-2150 uses a 24 bit analog-to-digital converter with low noise and excellent stability. It is equipped with a Switchcraft EN3P5M connector. It measures over the PAR spectral range from 400 - 700 nm, and has sampling rates from 250 Hz to 1 sample average per hour. It has a dark reading stability < 0.003 uE/m2/sec (between 0 - 50 degC). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0070 | Biospherical Instruments QSP-200L underwater PAR | Underwater radiometer with a PAR spectral response (400 - 700 nm). Standard configuration had a spherical collector measuring 4-pi scalar irradiance but a flat plate cosine collector was available as an identically-designated option | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1305 | Biospherical Instruments QSP-2150 underwater PAR sensor | Quantum Scalar Irradiance PAR sensor. Developed for multi-parameter logging applications. It uses a scalar irradiance collector to obtain a uniform directional response over 3.6-pi steradians. A stainless steel encased optical light pipe guides flux from the collector to a filtered silicon photodetector, resulting in a flat quantum response over the PAR spectral region (400 - 700 nm). The sensor produces a digital ASCII output and uses a Teledyne-Impulse MCBH series connector. It uses a 24‐bit analog to digital converter (ADC) operating at frequencies of 4 to up to 250 Hz. It has a stability (dark reading) of < 0.003 microE m-2 sec‐1 and operates in waters depths up to 2000 m. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1368 | Biospherical Instruments QSP-2155 underwater PAR sensor | A custom-built version of the QSP-2150 Quantum Scalar Irradiance PAR Sensor, the QSP-2155 is designed for use on Teledyne Webb autonomous underwater vehicles, such as gliders. It is electronically and functionally equivalent to the QSP-2150, developed for multi-parameter logging applications, but its housing is tailored specifically for glider use. It uses a scalar irradiance collector to obtain a uniform directional response over 3.6-pi steradians. A stainless steel encased optical light pipe guides flux from the collector to a filtered silicon photodetector, resulting in a flat quantum response over the PAR spectral region (400 - 700 nm). The sensor produces a digital ASCII output and uses a Teledyne-Impulse MCBH series connector. It uses a 24-bit analog to digital converter (ADC) operating at frequencies of 4 to up to 250 Hz. It has a stability (dark reading) of < 0.003 microE m-2 sec-1 and operates in waters depths up to 2000 m. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1277 | Biospherical Instruments QSP-2350 underwater PAR sensor | Quantum Scalar Irradiance PAR Sensor. Developed for data loggers with limited dynamic range. It uses a scalar irradiance collector to obtain a uniform directional response over 3.6-pi steradians. A stainless steel encased optical light pipe guides flux from the collector to a filtered silicon photodetector, resultng in a flat quantum response over the PAR spectral region (400 - 700 nm). The sensor produces a logarithmically compressedanalog voltage output and BH-4-MP connector Operates in waters depths up to 2000 m. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1723 | Biospherical Instruments QSR 2150 surface reference radiometer | QSR sensors are surface reference radiometers to measure scalar irradiance from sunlight with a Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) response. These sensors are often used on ships during on-deck incubations, or while a QSP sensor is vertically profiling, for example, when mounted on a CTD. The QSR-2150 model has a digital ASCII output. QSR sensors are equipped with a detachable field-of-view cut-off shield to limit its response to light from the upper hemisphere (2 Pi steradians). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL2017 | Biospherical Instruments QSR 2200 surface reference radiometer | A surface reference radiometer to measure scalar irradiance from sunlight with a PAR response. These sensors are often used on ships during on-deck incubations, or while a QSP sensor is vertically profiling, for example, when mounted on a CTD. The QSR-2200 outputs a linear analog signal and is compatible with data loggers that can accept a wide range of signal voltages. QSR sensors are equipped with a detachable field-of-view cutoff shield to limit its response to light from the upper hemisphere (2 Pi steradians). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0811 | Biospherical Instruments QSR-2000 series quantum scalar reference sensors | Irradiance sensors which measure the total incident Photosynthetically Available Radiation (400 - 700 nm) from the sun and sky. Standard configuration is a PTFE spherical collector with hemi-spherical field-of-view cutoff measuring directional response over 2 pi steradians. Nominal sensitivity is 1 volt = 1 x 10^17 quanta/(cm2·sec). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0071 | Biospherical Instruments QSR-240 surface PAR | Shipboard radiometer with a PAR spectral response (400 - 700 nm) designed to monitor surface irradiance during underwater light profile measurement. Hemispherical collector measuring 2-pi scalar irradiance | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1692 | Biospherical Instruments profiling natural fluorometer | An integrated optical system designed to measure Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) and Natural Fluorescence (the fluorescence from phytoplankton stimulated by available sunlight). This system can be deployed from small vessels or inflatables. It can measure natural fluorescence, scalar irradiance of PAR (400 - 700 nm), water temperature, and depth to 100 m. Unlike strobe fluorometers, a natural fluorometer measures fluorescence emitted under the ambient light conditions that are driving photosynthesis in situ. The instrument has a depth range of 200 m and an operating temperature range of -5 to 35 degC. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0929 | Biotrack MK3 geolocator tags | A family of tags designed for tracking animal movements over long periods based on measurement of light levels at dawn and dusk. The tags also measure temperature and whether they are wet or dry. Geolocator accuracy is of the order of 150km. Tags must be recovered for data download. The MK3 family weigh 2.5 grams and are designed to be attached to deep-diving and larger water birds. Tags in this family were developed by British Antarctic Survey and are produced under licence by Biotrack: the BAS MK19 as the Biotrack MK3005 and the BAS MK16 as the Biotrack MK3006. | 2015-08-04 |
| TOOL0609 | Biral HSS VPF-730 Visibility and Present Weather Sensor | An infrared forward scatter meter which measures horizontal visibility and precipitation. The sensor measures the amount of light scattered by small suspended particulates (i.e. fog, haze and smoke aerosols) or larger particles (i.e. rain, snow, ice pellets, drizzle and mist) passing through the sample volume. The sensor calculates the atmosphere EXtinction COefficient (EXCO) from which the Meteorological Optical Range (MOR) is calculated. Using an infra-red light source and intelligent sensing technology the measurements are unaffected by other light-sources. | 2013-03-22 |
| TOOL1832 | Biral SWS-100 visibility sensor | A forward-scattering visibility sensor designed to monitor visibility and obstruction to vision caused by dust, fog, rain, drizzle, snow and hail. It includes digital, analogue and switching relay outputs. It features WMO 4680 precipitation codes, and measurements are reported as instantaneous and averaged forward scatter Meteorological Optical Range (MOR). Reporting of atmospheric Extinction Coefficient (EXCO) is a user selectable option. The sensor enclosure is aluminium as standard, a powder coating to protect from corrosion. It can be supplied with a hard coat anodizing and powder coat finish as an option, recommended for marine environments. Heated hoods are also available. It uses RS-485 Modbus communication. Default measurement range is 10 - 2000 m, with maximum visibility ranges up to 75 km and a user selectable resolution of either 1 or 10 m. The scatter angle ranges from 39 to 51 degrees, centred at 45 degrees. Operating temperature is from -40 to +60 degC. | 2022-08-04 |
| TOOL1919 | Biral SWS-200 visibility and present weather sensor | A forward-scattering visibility sensor designed to monitor visibility and obstruction to vision caused by dust, fog, rain, drizzle, snow and hail. It is compatible with the ALS-2 ambient light sensor for use in Runway Visual Range (RVR) aviation applications. The SWS-200 includes digital, analogue and switching relay outputs, featuring WMO 4680 precipitation codes. Measurements are reported as instantaneous and averaged forward scatter Meteorological Optical Range (MOR). The ASCII text data message is transmitted using a RS232, RS422 or RS485 interface. Reporting of atmospheric Extinction Coefficient (EXCO) is a user selectable option. The sensor enclosure is aluminium as standard, a powder coating to protect from corrosion. It can be supplied with a hard coat anodizing and powder coat finish as an option, recommended for marine environments. Heated hoods are also available. Default measurement range is 10 m to 20 km, with maximum visibility ranges up to 99.9 km and a user selectable resolution of either 1 or 10 m. The scatter angle ranges from 39 to 51 degrees, centred at 45 degrees. Operating temperature is from -40 to +60 degC. | 2023-05-17 |
| TOOL0006 | Bissett-Bermann 9006 STD system | The Bissett-Bermann 9006 was an STD (salinity, temperature depth) profiler. Output was analogue, producing plots of salinity and temperature versus depth that were subsequently manually digitised. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0005 | Bissett-Bermann 9040 CTD system | This instrument, also known as the Plessey 9040, incorporates pressure, temperature and conductivity sensors whose output may be digitally logged in addition to the derived parameters depth, salinity and sound velocity. An optional dissolved oxygen sensor is available. Salinity accuracy is quoted at +/-0.02 ppt and temperature accuracy is quoted at +/-0.02 C in normal oceanographic conditions. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL1543 | Blue Robotics Ping sonar altimeter and echosounder | A single-beam echosounder designed for underwater distance measurement applications. These include altimetry when mounted on an ROV or AUV, for bathymetry work when mounted on a USV, or as an obstacle avoidance sonar. It uses a piezoelectric transducer to send an ultrasonic acoustic pulse into the water, and then detects returning echoes. The Ping is able to determine the distance to the strongest echo, which is usually the ocean floor or a large object. It can also provide the full echo response (echo strength versus time). The Ping is housed in a hard-anodized aluminium enclosure. It has four threaded mounting holes and is supplied with a mounting bracket and hardware for specific use on the Blue Robotics BlueROV2 remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The Ping connects to the open source user interface Ping-Viewer for control and data display. The Ping uses a 115 kHz transducer frequency and has a measurement range of 0.5 to 30 metres. It has a beamwidth of 30 degrees and is depth-rated to 300 metres. It can operate in temperatures from 0 to 30 degC. | 2020-09-15 |
| TOOL1544 | Blue Robotics high definition video camera | A high-definition (HD), wide-angle, low-light video camera designed for use on the Blue Robotics BlueROV2 remotely operated vehicle (ROV). It enables a live HD video feed for shallow water inspections and operations. The camera is mounted to a Hitec HS-5055MG tilt servo mechanism, enabling the pilot to tilt the camera up or down. The camera operates via USB at 1080p, 30fps, and has an 80 degrees horizontal field of view. It has a camera tilt range of +/- 90 degrees (180 degrees total range). | 2020-09-15 |
| TOOL0358 | Bolt Associates Inc PAR air gun | A towed chamber that rapidly released a single bubble of highly compressed air on command to generate an acoustic shock wave plus sonic oscillations as the bubble collapsed. These were used as energy sources for seafloor seismic surveys from the mid-60s until superseded by the Bolt Long-Life air gun in 1992. Bolt Associates Inc. are now known as Bolt Technology Corporation. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0357 | Bolt Technology Corporation 1500-LL air gun | A towed chamber that rapidly releases a single bubble of highly compressed air on command to generate an acoustic shock wave plus sonic oscillations as the bubble collapses. It is used a an energy source for seafloor seismic surveys. The 1500-LL is designed for chamber volumes ranging from 40 to 1500 cubic inches and has a maximum operating pressure of 2000 psi. Multiple guns can be configured in a cluster to increase energy output. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0356 | Bolt Technology Corporation 1900-LLXT air gun | A towed chamber that rapidly releases a single bubble of highly compressed air on command to generate an acoustic shock wave plus sonic oscillations as the bubble collapses. It is used a an energy source for seafloor seismic surveys and is suited to both shallow and deep water work. The 1900-LLXT is designed for chamber volumes ranging from 10 to 380 cubic inches and has been tested at an operating pressure of 3000 psi. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0355 | Bolt Technology Corporation 2800-LLX air gun | A towed chamber that rapidly releases a single bubble of highly compressed air on command to generate an acoustic shock wave plus sonic oscillations as the bubble collapses. It is used a an energy source for seafloor seismic surveys and is suited to shallow water work. The L2800-LLX is designed for chamber volumes ranging from 5 to 120 cubic inches and has a maximum operating pressure of 2000 psi. It can be configured in 2-3 gun clusters to increase energy output. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0353 | Bolt Technology Corporation Long-Life air gun | A family of air guns with maximum bubble sizes from 125 to 2000 cubic inches. Air guns comprise a towed chamber that rapidly release a single bubble of highly compressed air on command to generate an acoustic shock wave plus sonic oscillations as the bubble collapses. This family has been used as energy sources for seafloor seismic surveys since their introduction in 1992. | 2010-11-18 |
| NETT0176 | Bongo net | A generic term for a plankton net designed with double circular (ring, hoop or drum) mouth pieces; with further specifications either unknown or described elsewhere in the supporting metadata. | 2018-01-09 |
| NETT0009 | Bongo-style vertical closing net - Brown (1975) | An open pair of 50 cm diameter circular net hoops were mounted on each end of a 150 cm wide cross-strut which was attached to a towing cable. Nets were attached to the bottom of the hoops and their cod-ends were attached to a spreader bar which was also attached to the wire. The nets were lowered to a maximum depth to haul and then during the haul back to the surface, a messenger was used to close the nets either by releasing the hoops so that they turned 90 degrees or by releasing the nets which fell back and were pursed by throttling lines attached to the cross-strut. A non-opening/closing variant of this net is known as the CalVET net [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 10 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0012 | Booby-II neuston net - Bieri and Newbury (1966) | Construction is a wooden frame 63 cm wide x 16.5 cm tall x 121 cm long with a pair of Otter board fins extending down 58.5 cm below the top. Styrofoam plastic used for floatation. Inside the wooden frame is a metal framework to support a 63 cm x 20 cm rectangular net 100 cm long (number 54 nylon grit gauze). Towed at 1 to 3 kts from the bow of a vessel with bridle attached to the forward side of the frame so that it rides out away from the vessel [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 20 B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0014 | Bottom plankton sampler - Macer (1867) | Approximately 30 cm x 20 cm mouth opening. Net dimensions or mesh used are not given [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 23 B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0013 | Bottom plankton sampler - Omori (1969) | A 70 x 70 cm rectangular mouth opening net is attached to a sled made of iron (75 cm wide x 90 cm long x 25 cm tall) with a plastic runner on the bottom. The net of 2.0 mm mesh is 350 cm long. A finer mesh netting (330 microns) was used to line the posterior 150 cm to retain smaller zooplankton. The system is equipped with a messenger operated closing mechanism and a flow meter. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0015 | Bottom skimmer - Frolander and Pratt (1962) | A double runner sled 46 cm wide x 23 cm tall x 132 cm long with a roller on the forward lower cross strut, sheet lead attached to the bottom near the front, and a pair of metal float balls snap-hooked to the top to keep sled right-side-up. Inside was mounted a Clarke-Bumpus cylinder and net (63.5 cm length). Towed at speeds of 1-2 knots [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 23 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0472 | Bowers and Connelly Mega Corer | A sediment corer which collects relatively undisturbed sea-floor sediment samples including an intact sediment-water interface and overlying supernatant water. The Mega Corer holds 12 tubes, each 600 mm in length, allowing collection of sediment cores up to 400 mm long. It has a hydrostatic damping system which is used to slow down the penetration rate and to remove the typical bow wave. Corer deployment rates are in the region of 1 metre per second on the descent, and at any speed on retrieval as the samples are sealed top and bottom. The core tubing can be manufactured from acrylic, poly carbonate or stainless steel. The instrument was designed by Bowers and Connelly and is now manufactured by OSIL. | 2012-02-21 |
| TOOL1269 | Bowtech Aqua Vision L3C-550 colour camera | A miniature colour charge-couple device (CCD) camera with fixed focus (100mm to infinity), designed for underwater viewing. The camera’s sensor type is a Sony 1/3” EX-View Hole-Accumulation Diode (HAD) CCD sensor with 10 bit digital processing; its horizontal resolution is 550 Television lines (TVL) and its light sensitivity limit is 0.1 lux at aperture size f2.0. The camera is enveloped in a titanium housing with a 4000m rating, with a 6000m option. | 2018-08-02 |
| TOOL1539 | Braincon unknown model current meter | An instrument designed to measure the speed and direction of movement of water in a water body. Current speed is recorded by a rotor which is coupled to a revolution counting mechanism. The rotor is rotated by the current and the speed of rotation is a known function of the speed of the current. | 2020-09-08 |
| TOOL1229 | Brinno TLC200 time-lapse camera | A portable, time-lapse video and still photo camera. It is typically used in domestic applications. It outputs AVI (video) and JPG (still photo) formats with resolutions of 1280x720 or 640x480. It is 64 x 64 x 106 mm (DxWxH) in size, weighs 120 g and has up to 32 GB memory storage (SD card). It can be fitted with a wide-angle lens (0.45x) and weather resistent housing. Captures up to 270,000 frames in 2.2 days at up to 2 frames per second. Custom frame time interval: 1 sec to 24 hours. Field of view: 59 degrees. Focal length: 36 mm (35 mm equivalent). Focus distance 75 cm (minimum). | 2018-04-20 |
| TOOL1169 | British Antarctic Survey (long) piston corer | Long Piston Corer (LPC) developed by BAS in collaboration with Marine Project Developments of Hull, originally trialled in 1992. Piston corers use heavy tubes which are plunged into the seafloor to extract samples of mud sediment. A piston inside the tube allows scientists to capture the longest possible samples. The corer can collect undisturbed marine sediment cores with barrel lengths of up to 30m. | 2017-11-23 |
| TOOL1202 | British Antarctic Survey Acoustic Towfish | An acoustic towfish developed by the British Antarctic Survey, built to carry a set of transducers (38 kHz split beam, 120 kHz split beam, 200 kHz single beam) and to be towed in 20 m to 30 m depth. This instrument was design to sample in the 'blanking zone' of ship-mounted echosounders, an area in the water column where air bubbles and acoustic noise corrupt the echosounder's measurements. | 2018-01-30 |
| NETT0184 | British Antarctic Survey Continuous Plankton Recorder | A British Antarctic Survey-built plankton sampling instrument, designed to be towed from a ship at a depth of approximately 10 m. Water passes through the CPR, and plankton are filtered onto a slow-moving band of silk with a mesh size of 270 um, covered by a second band of silk. | 2018-01-30 |
| NETT0182 | British Antarctic Survey Epi-benthic Sledge | A British Antarctic Survey-built sledge, designed to be towed along the seabed to stir up the top layer of sediment and collect organisms living just above the seafloor. The EBS has a stainless steel metal frame with two nets built in, and two doors at the front, which are operated by a mechanical leaver to ensure accurate sampling. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL0992 | British Antarctic Survey Foredeck Net | The foredeck (also fore-deck) net was designed by Doug Bone (Gear Development, British Antarctic Survey) in 1980. It has a square net mouth of 1 square metre area and is fitted with a 5 millimetre mesh tapering over 3 metre to a solid conical cod end. The foredeck net is towed from the hydrolic crane at a depth near to the sea surface. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL0994 | British Antarctic Survey Mini-Bongo net | A British Antarctic Survey-built small and light version of a Bongo net, the Mini-Bongo can be deployed from smaller boats with small winches. It is mainly used to catch small Zooplankton in good condition in depth up to about 100m. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL0993 | British Antarctic Survey Motion Compensated Bongo Net | A British Antarctic Survey-built motion compensated Bongo net. It has two nets with different mesh sizes (100 um and 200 um) deployed at the same time to collect plankton samples. No open or closing is required. The motion compensation unit has a spring mechanism to maintain the net at a steady speed by increasing or decreasing the length of the wire depending on the ships movements and catches plankton in much better conditions. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL0996 | British Antarctic Survey N70 Plankton Net | A British Antarctic Survey-rebuilt version of the Nansen N70 net as described in Ward et al. 2012 used to collect zooplankton samples. | 2016-04-04 |
| NETT0188 | British Antarctic Survey NEuston MOdified {NEMO} microplastics net | A HydroBios microplastic sampling net of mesh size 0.3 mm mounted in a neuston sledge. The 70 cm x 40 cm rectangular net mouth is equipped with a flowmeter. A modified design comprises of two microplastic nets, a 0.1mm mesh size net outside of a 0.3mm mesh size net. The system is designed for sea surface sampling in the maximum sea state of Beaufort 5. | 2018-10-04 |
| TOOL1274 | British Antarctic Survey Net Traps | A pair of nets composed by an upward-looking bongo net, composed by two conjoined rings, and a downward-looking net with lead weights on the net-ring. The net traps are connected to a brass jawed mechanism, which uses brass messengers sent down the wires to sequentially open them at the desired depth, and close them at the end of the sampling period before for recovery. They are designed to catch plankton swimming into them from both directions. | 2018-08-02 |
| NETT0178 | British Antarctic Survey Rectangular Midwater Trawl 1 | A British Antarctic Survey-built pelagic trawl system, mainly used to catch zooplankton. The RMT system is operated in combination with the down-wire net monitor, a custom-built electronic system that enables two-way communications between the net and controllers aboard the ship. The net has a mouth opening of 1 m^2. | 2018-01-30 |
| NETT0179 | British Antarctic Survey Rectangular Midwater Trawl 1+8 | A British Antarctic Survey-built pelagic trawl system, composed of a combination of RMT1 and RMT8 nets. The RMT1 net is best suited to catch zooplankton, while the RMT8 net is used to catch krill. The RMT system is operated in combination with the down-wire net monitor, a custom-built electronic system that enables two-way communications between the net and controllers aboard the ship. The nets have mouth openings of 1 m^2 (RMT1) and 8 m^2 (RMT8). | 2018-01-30 |
| NETT0181 | British Antarctic Survey Rectangular Midwater Trawl 25 | A British Antarctic Survey-built pelagic trawl system, best suited to catch fish. For targeted sampling in specific swarms or water layers, two nets can be used independently. The RMT system is operated in combination with the down-wire net monitor, a custom-built electronic system that enables two-way communications between the net and controllers aboard the ship. The net has a mouth opening of 25 m^2, and weighs around 1000 kg. | 2018-01-30 |
| NETT0180 | British Antarctic Survey Rectangular Midwater Trawl 8 | A British Antarctic Survey-built pelagic trawl system, mainly used to catch krill. The RMT system is operated in combination with the down-wire net monitor, a custom-built electronic system that enables two-way communications between the net and controllers aboard the ship. The net has a mouth opening of 8 m^2. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL1251 | British Antarctic Survey Shipboard Three Component magnetometer | A British Antarctic Survey-built shipboard three-component magnetometer. The design of this instrument was based on the STCM described by Korenaga et al., 1995; however, BAS's version is simplified, it does not use a gyrocompass, and records heave, roll and pitch information using an Ashtech 3D GPS and TSS300 HRP attitude sensor. One of the principles of the STCM is to simultaneously measure the ship's attitude and the magnetic vector field, in order to remove the effect of the ship's motion. In order to obtain unbiased ambient geomagnetic field measurements, the ship's own magnetisation needs to be known. This is obtained by carrying out 'figure eight' manoeuvres at constant speed, during which unbiased ship's rolling data can be acquired. | 2022-06-08 |
| TOOL0995 | British Antarctic Survey Towed Bongo Net | A British Antarctic Survey-built bongo net used to collect plankton samples while being towed behind the ship; collects samples from targeted water depths or strata. | 2022-05-13 |
| TOOL1179 | British Antarctic Survey gravity corer | Gravity corer built in 2010 by P.Smit, Netherland. It was primarily used in the Paleo - Ice Sheets and Quaternary Sediments Work packages at BAS. The corer uses the pull of gravity to penetrate the seabed with a core barrel to collect samples. Corer can configure 3m, 6m, 9m, and 12m barrels. | 2017-11-23 |
| TOOL2000 | British Antarctic Survey manual permafrost corer | A manual coring device to extract cores through permafrost in peat banks. A 600 mm long SIPRE (Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Research Establishment) type ice-core barrel with internal diameter of 82.5 mm and plastic flights was adapted for peat core extraction. Shoe plates can be continually stacked to allow the angle of the cutting edges to be altered depending on the field conditions. It utilises vertical extension rods 1 m long, along with a manual horizontal rotation bar. The barrel and head were designed with four spring-loaded lever arms called 'core dogs', as opposed to the usual two, for extraction of the material from the core hole. The drill head has two sharp cutting teeth. It is operated by manual rotation of the barrel whilst being held vertical. The maximum length of core potentially held within the barrel is 600 mm. | 2024-01-15 |
| TOOL1994 | British Antarctic Survey motorised permafrost corer | The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) motorised permafrost corer comprises a one metre coring barrel and a motorised component. The barrel features a diameter of between 8.42 and 8.89 cm, with two 1 x 0.3 cm spiral strips welded to the barrel with a pitch of 27.5 cm per revolution. | 2023-11-30 |
| NETT0185 | British Antarctic Survey multiple plankton net system based on MOCNESS | A British Antarctic Survey-built version of the Multiple Opening and Closing Net with an Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) originally designed by Wiebe et al. (1976) for capturing zooplankton. This version consists of nine nets, which can be towed to a maximum depth of 1000 m. A live data stream allows an operator on the ship to close a net, thus triggering the opening of the next one. The first net is open when the system goes in the water; when the maximum depth is reached, the operator triggers it to close, thus automatically prompting the next one to open. This mode of operation is repeated until all nets have collected samples. This system allows for accurate control over timing and location of samples, which are collected sequentially through the nine nets. The frame also carries a current meter and a CTD system. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL1258 | British Antarctic Survey prototype re-usable Sonic sonobuoy | A British Antarctic Survey-built prototype of a free-floating re-usable sonobuoy, designed to record low frequency acoustic information generated by remote marine seismic sources. The instrument is used in conjunction with a towed airgun array, or other remote marine seismic sources. Further details can be found in section 10.10 of JR18 cruise report. | 2018-08-20 |
| TOOL1170 | British Antarctic Survey rock chipper | BAS built rock chipper (also known as a wax corer) collects samples of volcanic rock. The head of the chipper is wax filled so that when the corer is lowered and free falls to the seabed, it splinters the rock and collects samples of rocks in the wax. | 2017-11-23 |
| TOOL1195 | British Geological Survey Airgun Profiling System | A British Geological Survey-built airgun profiling system composed of: a Bolt 600B gun array of five guns as sound source, each fitted with 655 cm^3 (i.e. 40 cubic inches) firing chambers; a hydrophone streamer; a compressor container; a BGS/CODA digital acquisition and processing system; and a Waverley thermal recorder. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL1262 | British Geological Survey Deep Tow Boomer | A British Geological Survey-built seismic tool, designed to be towed behind a ship within a water depth range of 100m - 2000m. The DTB has a vertical resolution of 1m, and acoustic penetrations of up to 150m. | 2018-08-02 |
| TOOL1172 | British Geological Survey RD1 5m (combined) rockdrill and vibrocorer | A combined rockdrill and vibrocorer system developed by BGS. It has been used to sample offshore and deep water material. The system is capable of collecting hard rock (5m maximum) and soft sediment (6 m maximum). | 2017-11-23 |
| TOOL1196 | British Geological Survey Sparker Profiling System | A British Geological Survey-built sparker profiling system composed of: either a EG&G, nine candle or a BGS, four candle sparker array as sound source; a Teledyne hydrophone; a high voltage power supply with up to 2 KJ output; a high voltage generator (optional); a BGS/CODA digital acquisition and processing system; and a Waverley thermal recorder. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL1171 | British Geological Survey VC1 6m vibrocorer | British Geological Survey (BGS) VC1 Vibrocorer is an upgraded 6m system. It is used for collecting soft and unconsolidated sediment. Sediments are collected in a plastic liner tube within a core barrel driven by a one-tonne weight and vibrator motor (hence the name vibrocorer) mounted at the top of the rig. Guillotine closure below the core barrel during recovery of the equipment aids in core retention during operations. It is capable of collecting sediment in up to 6000m of water. | 2017-11-23 |
| TOOL1092 | Brunel SP95I Microscope | An inverted microscope designed for all types of cell culture and microbiology examinations. The instrument operates by illuminating the specimen from above, using a rheostat controlled quartz halogen lightning system of 6 volt 20 watt. Kohler illumination is enabled by a fitted field iris diaphragm. The microscope is equipped with a binocular viewing head with extra widefield 10x eyepieces, and a camera port for digital, 35mm photomicrography, and CCTV. The specimen stage measures 200 mm by 155 mm and is fitted with circular and rectangular removable plates. Drop down coaxial movement controls enable a traversing distance of 75 mm (X axis) and 50 mm (Y axis). | 2016-11-24 |
| TOOL0011 | Bubbler tide gauge | The full tide bubbler system normally consists of two independent measuring systems. The pressure points are mounted approx 1m below Admiralty Chart Datum (ACD) so that negative surges may be recorded and are similar in appearance to an inverted bucket with a copper nozzle mounted on the side. This nozzle is the actual measuring point. A low flow of dry air (normally 7ml/min) is fed down an air tube to the top of the pressure point. When the air pressure in the air line equals the pressure exerted by the column of water above it, then the excess air is released as bubbles through the copper nozzle. This means that the pressure in the air line is proportional to the weight of the water column. | 2008-11-28 |
| TOOL0536 | Bucket | Typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom. Usually attached to a semicircular handle. | 2012-09-25 |
| TOOL0614 | Burkard Scientific SFA 2000 colorimetric AA-II segmented flow analyser | A colorimetric segmented flow nutrient AA-II analyser. The standard high sensitivity colorimetric and UV detectors use filter technology and flow through cells with a range of path lengths from 3-50mm. | 2013-04-23 |
| TOOL0742 | C & C Technologies C-Nav2000 satellite positioning system receiver | A 10-channel all-in-view L-band receiver, the C-Nav2000 produces positional fixes with a horizontal accuracy of <10 cm and a vertical accuracy of <30 cm. The instrument has a range of user-programmable output rates. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0743 | C & C Technologies C-Nav2050G satellite positioning system receiver | A 26-channel all-in-view receiver, with 12-channels available for each of L1 and L2, plus two channels for SBAS. The C-Nav2000 produces positional fixes with a horizontal accuracy of <10 cm and a vertical accuracy of <15 cm. The instrument has a range of user-programmable output rates up to 50 Hz for raw data, and 25 Hz for position, velocity and time data. The C-Nav2050G is the standard model. A C-Nav2050M is available with a 1 PPS output port and a combined Event/CAN Bus interface port. A C-nav2050R is available, which allows for two L-Band signal connections: one for the Dual Frequency GPS antenna and the other for a hi-gain L-band communication satellite antenna. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0349 | C & C Technologies C-Nav3050 satellite positioning system receiver | A 66-channel "all-in-view" parallel tracking combined GPS/GNSS/L-band receiver providing high accuracy positional information worldwide between 72N and 72S. The C-Nav3050 tracks GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, C-Nav and other SBAS signals, producing positional fixes with a horizontal accuracy of <10 cm and a vertical accuracy of <15 cm. The instrument has a range of user-programmable output rates (1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 Hz). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL2034 | C-NavX1 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver | A rugged, mobile, quad-band IP67-rated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver, designed for use in the marine sectors. Suited for real-time applications such as surveying and dynamic positioning. The C-NavX1 is an integrated multi-constellation GNSS and Precise Point Positioning (PPP) augmentation receiver that tracks GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo and QZSS constellations. In addition, the device tracks SBAS WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS and GAGAN. It receives C-NavMAX corrections data via Iridium's global satellite communications network. It can be configured to log data via a C-Controller device, storing to the Personal Computers storage, or USB drive. Accurate to < 10 cm including polar regions. 1 pulse-per-second output. 30 GB storage capacity. Operating temperature -40 to +70 degC. | 2024-05-29 |
| TOOL0692 | CAE BA20 barometer | An electronic barometer with sensitivity of 0.1 hPa and accuracy of +/-0.5 hPa from 600 to 1100 hPa. Operating temperature range is -40 to 60 degC. | 2014-05-01 |
| TOOL0691 | CAE DV20/VV20 anemometer | A cup and vane anemometer with sensity of 0.02 m/s and accuracy of +/-1 percent from 0 to 61 m/s, and 0 to 360 degrees. Operating temperature range is -30 to 60 degC. | 2014-05-01 |
| TOOL0695 | CAE HE20/K pyranometer | A HE20/K pyranometer measuring total incident solar radiation with temperature dependence of less than 2 percent, and nonlinearity of +/-1.5 percent from 0 to 1500 W/m2. Operating temperature range is -40 to 60 degC. | 2014-05-01 |
| TOOL0694 | CAE PMB2 rain/snow gauge | A mechanical rain/snow gauge with sensitivity of 100cm2 cup area and accuracy of +/-0.2mm from 0 to 300mm per hour. Operating temperature range is 0 to 60 degC. | 2014-05-01 |
| TOOL0690 | CAE SPM20 Weather Station | A modular weather station | 2014-05-01 |
| TOOL0693 | CAE TU20 thermistor/hygrometer | An electronic hygrometer TU20 that comprises a PT100 thermometer and a capacitance hygrometer, with sensitivity of 0.02 degC and accuracy of +/-2 percent from 0 to 100 percent relative humidity. Operating temperature range is -20 to 50 degC. | 2014-05-01 |
| TOOL0652 | CEFAS 4m survey beam trawl | This is the standard net used by the CEFAS fisheries laboratory for beam trawl surveys in UK coastal waters. The net is held open by a 4m (measured inside the end plates) metal beam with a chain mat attached to the beam to increase seabed disturbance. 75mm cod ends were optionally fitted with 40mm liners. Post-1991 80mm (post-1991) cod ends were always fitted with 40mm liners. | 2013-11-19 |
| TOOL0631 | CHN elemental analyser | A laboratory instrument that primarily determines total carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen in a sample but may also measure total sulphur and oxygen. Flash combustion is used to convert all organic and inorganic substances into combustion products. The resulting combustion gases pass through a reduction furnace and are then swept into the chromatographic column by a carrier gas where they are separated and detected. | 2013-07-29 |
| TOOL0663 | CMST-DSTO underwater sound recorder | Instrument that contains a hydrophone plus a data logger in a deep-water housing designed for long-term monitoring of underwater noise. It can be deployed for periods of up to two years. Sampling frequency and schedule (including burst recording) may be programmed. More information at http://cmst.curtin.edu.au/products/usr.cfm. | 2014-02-06 |
| TOOL1366 | CODAR SeaSonde continuous surface current mapping and wave monitoring HF radar system | A high-frequency radar system designed for fixed deployment on the shore or on offshore structures. It measures continuous sea-surface current velocities and wavefield conditions such as significant wave height, dominant on-shore direction and dominant wave period. The CODAR SeaSonde transmits radio waves, receives Doppler-shifted reflected signals and processes the resulting data into radial ocean current velocities. The data from two or more radial stations can be combined into total velocities, i.e. ocean currents resolved into their N-S and E-W components. Total velocities are available only in regions of overlap with other stations. For wave measurements, the SeaSonde works on the principal of Bragg scattering; radial stations detect radar backscatter from ocean waves with wavelengths one-half the radar wavelength. The radar system is available in three configurations: Standard, Hi-Res and Long-Range. The SeaSonde's spatial range varies from 15 - 220 km (dependent on the configuration), and offers 360 degrees coverage. The angular resolution is a 1-5 degree grid and is user selectable. Significant wave height accuracy is 7-15 percent, dominant on-shore direction accuracy is 5-12 degrees, wave period accuracy is 0.6 s, current accuracy is typically <7 percent of the total current velocity. | 2019-10-17 |
| TOOL2023 | Cabled Observatory Reciprocal Acoustic Scintillation System (CORAS) | The Acoustic Scintillation Flow Meter (ASFM) is a specialised acoustic instrument that uses forward scatter acoustic propagation methods to estimate the velocity of the medium between transducers positioned in the direction perpendicular to parallel transducer placement. The Cabled Observatory Reciprocal Acoustic Scintillation (CORAS) instrument allows for real-time output over Ethernet cable. The instrument has particular applications in real time monitoring of vertical velocity of deep sea hydrothermal vents and natural methane and oil seeps by transmitting sound through the plume. The instrument measures coherent turbulent flow patterns to quantify the contributions that the fluids make to the chemical and thermal budget of the global ocean, or upwelling velocities. Vertical velocity and turbulent characteristics are measured over time to quantify temporal variability. Sound is transmitted at a carrier frequency of 307 kHz using a toroidal transducer, with a path length of 80 m. Beam pattern is 10 degrees in the vertical plane, and omnidirectional in the horizontal plane. | 2024-04-08 |
| NETT0016 | CalCOFI net - Ahlstrom (1948) | A 100 cm diameter ring net about 5 m in length with No. 30 xxx grit gauze (a grade of silk bolting cloth). Netting changed to 505 micron Nitex mesh and then to 333 micron mesh [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 2 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1855 | Campbell Scientific (Goodrich) 0871LH1 freezing rain sensor | A freezing rain sensor originally manufactured by Goodrich. It is used to detect the presence if icing conditions for the prevention of damage to power lines, to warn of icy road hazards, and prevention of ice build-up on wind turbine blades or aeroplane wings. The 0871LH1 uses resonant frequencies to determine the presence of icing conditions. Its main component is a nickel alloy rod that has a natural resonant frequency of 40 kHz. As ice collects on the rod, the added mass causes the resonant frequency to decrease. When the frequency decreases to 130 Hz (or 0.02 inch layer of ice), an internal heater automatically defrosts the sensor. It can operate in two modes; Sensing mode, where it operates with no ice or with probe ice thickness below the set point; De-icing mode, where it operates with probe ice thickness exceeding the set point. It has a built-in test (BIT) feature which is performed on initial power-up and continually. It features RS-422 output and operates at 9600 bps. It has an operating temperature range from -55 to +71 degC and an operating voltage from 18 to 29.5 Vdc. It has a maximum power draw of 5 W in sensing mode and 27 W in de-icing mode. | 2022-10-11 |
| TOOL0647 | Campbell Scientific 215 Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe | A meteorological sensor that uses the Sensirion SHT75 combined temperature and relative humidity element based on Sensiria combined temperature and humidity element called the Sensirion's CMOSens technology. This sensor comes pre-calibrated, is field-replacable and outputs an SDI-12 signal that can be measured by most Campbell Scientific dataloggers. | 2013-09-30 |
| TOOL0646 | Campbell Scientific 50Y Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe | A meteorological probe that uses a 1000 ohm platinum resistance thermometer to measure temperature and a Vaisala (INTERCAP) capacitive humidity sensor to measure relative humidity. The instrument has a total operating range of -40 degC to +60 degC for temperature and a range of 0 to 100 percent for relative humidity. | 2013-09-30 |
| TOOL1541 | Campbell Scientific CR1000 data logger | A data logger that can be used in a broad range of measurement and control functions. Can be used in extreme conditions and remote environments. It collects and stores data and controls peripherals. Applications include fire weather, mesonet systems, wind profiling, weather stations, air quality, ETo/agriculture, soil moisture, water level/stage, aquaculture, avalanche forecasting, time-domain reflectometry, vehicle testing, SCADA, and water quality The data logger consists of a measurement and control module and a wiring panel. This datalogger uses an external keyboard/display and power supply. The CR1000's module measures sensors, drives direct communications and telecommunications, reduces data, controls external devices, and stores data and programs in on-board, non-volatile storage. The electronics are RF shielded and glitch protected by the sealed, stainless-steel canister. A battery-backed clock assures accurate timekeeping. The module can simultaneously provide measurement and communication functions. The on-board, BASIC-like programming language supports data processing and analysis routines. The control module easily disconnects from the wiring panel allowing field replacement without rewiring the sensors. Operating Temperature Range -25 degC to +50 degC (standard), -55 degC to +85 degC (extended). Dataloggers that have a module with a serial number greater than or equal to 11832 will have a 4 MB Battery-backed SRAM for CPU Usage & Final Storage 4 MB instruments manufactured before September 2007 had 2 MB of memory. | 2020-09-15 |
| TOOL1922 | Campbell Scientific CR3000 data logger | The CR3000 is a data logger that can be used in a broad range of measurement and control functions. Designed for stand-alone operation in harsh, remote environments. Applications include open path eddy covariance systems, meteorology, wind profiling, agriculture and agricultural research, air quality, soil water, water quality, and water level/flows. The data logger consists of a measurement and control module and a wiring panel. This datalogger uses an integrated keyboard and display screen to program or manually initiate data transfer and view data. The CR3000 has 14 differential or 28 single-ended individually configured input channels. It comes with 2 MB of flash memory for the operating system and 4 MB of battery backed SRAM for CPU usage. It uses an RS-232 port for connecting a computer, serial sensor, or modem. iOS or Android devices can be used to program the device. It can be battery operated or receive power from a separate dc source, and store data on a CompactFlash card or Flash Memory Drive. It has a maximum scan rate of 100 Hz. This instrument is no longer in production. | 2023-05-17 |
| TOOL1795 | Campbell Scientific CR6 data logger | The CR6 measures almost any sensor with an electrical response, drives direct communications and telecommunications, reduces data to statistical values, performs calculations, and controls external devices. After measurements are made, data are stored in onboard, nonvolatile memory awaiting transfer to the computer. The program usually combines several measurements into computational or statistical summaries, such as averages and standard deviations. The data logger features fast communication, low power requirements, built-in USB connection, compact size, and high analog input accuracy and resolution. It uses 12 universal (U) terminals to allow a connection to virtually any sensor - analog, digital, or smart. Directly connects to Ethernet with 10/100 Ethernet RJ-45 or Ethernet over USB (virtual Ethernet). Includes a microSD card drive for extended memory requirements. Several communication options are available: the CR-6 WIFI option for short-range wireless IP communications; the CR6-RF407 or CR6-RF412 options for medium-range license-free radio communications at 900 MHz, 250 mW or 922 GHz, 250 mW respectively; the CR6-RF422 option for short to medium-range license-free radio communications at 868 MHz, 25 mW; or the CR6-RF451 option for long-range license-free communication at 900 MHz, 1W. Operating temperature range of -40 to 70 degC (standard) or -55 to 85 degC (extended). Maximum scan rate of 1000 Hz. | 2022-04-19 |
| TOOL1510 | Campbell Scientific CR800 data logger | A stand-alone datalogger. It is designed for use in harsh and remote environments. It operates using 12 VDC power sources such as batteries recharged with solar panels or wall sockets. It contains a custom ASIC chip and supports PakBus, Modbus, DNP3, SDI-12, SDM communication protocols. It has a real-time clock accuracy of +/-3 min per year. | 2020-08-03 |
| TOOL1124 | Campbell Scientific CS456 pressure transducer | A submersible pressure transducer. Its applications are for long-term deployments such as water-level measurements in canals, wells, ponds, harbours, lakes, streams and tanks. It has a titanium case and outputs either a digital SDI-12 or RS-232 signal to indicate observed pressure and temperature. The CS456 replaces the CS455 transducer. It has a smaller gap between the water ports and the diaphragm so that less air is trapped that the user must remove during deployment. It is available in 6 pressure depth range options (0-2.9, 0-7.25, 0-14.5, 0-29, 0-72.5, 0-145 psig) and two accuracy options. The standard accuracy option provides +/-0.1% full-scale range TEB over the 0 - 60 degrees C temperature range. The high accuracy option provides +/-0.05% full scale range TEB over the 0 - 60 degrees C temperature range. | 2017-04-04 |
| TOOL1924 | Campbell Scientific MetSENS200 ultrasonic anemometer | A compact weather sensor that measures wind speed and direction via an ultrasonic sensor. An integrated electronic compass provides apparent wind measurements. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) average wind speed and direction and gust data are provided. The MetSENS200 is designed to be compatible and easily integrated with the MeteoPV Solar Resource Platform and any Campbell Scientific data logger using SDI-12, RS-485, ModbusRS-485, or NMEA RS-232. The sensor is capable of operating between -40 and 70 degC and features a sampling rate of 1 Hz. Wind speed measurement range is between 0.01 and 60 m s -1, with an accuracy of +/- 3% (up to 40 m s-1) or +/- 5% (up to 60 m s-1) for both wind speed and direction. Wind speed resolution and starting threshold is 0.01 m s-1. Wind direction measurement range is 0 to 359 degrees with a resolution of 1 degree. | 2023-05-19 |
| TOOL1476 | Campbell Scientific OBS 3A turbidity temperature logger series | A combined optical backscatter and temperature logger that monitors turbidity and suspended sediment concentrations. A pressure transducer for depth measurement and a conductivity probe are available as options. This sensor detects near infrared (NIR) radiation (875 nm) scattered from suspended particles. A fast-response, stainless steel-clad thermistor monitors temperature. Pressure is measured with a semiconductor piezoresistive strain gauge, and conductivity is measured with a four-electrode conduction-type cell. The system can perform wave processing of the depth measurements using a fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm for wave height and period. The pressure transducer is selected from a range between 0 - 200 m. The sensor has a maximum submersion depth of 300 m. Turbidity accuracy: <+/-2%. Sediment concentration accuracy: +/-2% of reading (for mud), +/-3.5% of reading (for sand). Pressure accuracy: +/-0.5% of full scale. Temperature accuracy: +/-0.5 deg C. Conductivity accuracy: +/-1%. | 2020-06-02 |
| TOOL1838 | Campbell Scientific OBS-3+ turbidity probe and optical backscatter sensor | The OBS-3+ is a compact, submersible turbidity probe and optical backscatter (OBS) sensor that has sideways-facing optics. It uses OBS technology to measure suspended solids and turbidity for applications ranging from water quality in freshwater rivers and streams to sediment transport and dredge monitoring. The OBS-3+ emits near-infrared light (850 nm +/- 5 nm) into the water, then measures the light that bounces back from the waters suspended particles. Campbell Scientific data loggers then measure the OBS-3+ probe's output and calculate turbidity. The sensor is capable of measuring suspended solids and turbidity at 10 Hz for up to 4000 NTUs, in depths up to 500 m (stainless-steel body) or 1500 m (titanium body). Concentration accuracy is 2% of the reading or 1 mg/l (whichever is greater) for mud, or 4% of the reading or 10 mg/l (whichever is greater) for sand, and turbidity accuracy is to within 2% of the reading or 0.5 NTU (whichever is greater). | 2024-07-31 |
| TOOL1959 | Canon PowerShot G16 digital camera | A compact multi-purpose handheld digital camera featuring a 1/1.7 back-illuminated CMOS image sensor, with 12.1M pixels. It features a DIGIC 6 image processor with iSAPS technology. The lens has a 6.1 - 30.5 mm focal length (35 mm equivalent: 28 - 140 mm: f/1.8-2.8) and 5x optical zoom (10x ZoomPlus). It has a 1 - 1/4000 sec. default shutter speed, up to 250 - 1/4000 sec. total range depending on the shooting mode. The LCD screen is a 7.5 cm (3.0") PureColor II G LCD (TFT). Image compression is available in RAW, Superfine or Fine. Video is available in full HD 1920 x 1080, 60 fps/30fps (HD) 1280 x 720, 30 fps, (L) 640 x 480, 30 fps. | 2023-06-16 |
| TOOL0504 | Carboy | A rigid container made of material such as glass or high density plastic with a typical capacity of 20 to 60 litres. A carboy is typically used to store or transport liquids. | 2012-06-21 |
| TOOL1984 | Carlo Erba 5160 (high resolution) gas chromatograph | A high-resolution gas chromatograph (HRGC) that separates and analyses gas mixtures in water or air. Can be installed with a cold on-column injector, fused silica capillary column, and a flame ionization detector (FID). This model is no longer in production. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1182 | Carlo Erba EA 1108 elemental analyser | An elemental analyser. It simultaneously determines the total carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulphur in a small solid or liquid sample. A sample is put into a tin capsule which is placed in the combustion tube. Here, the sample is in oxygen rich gas stream which causes flash combustion of the tin capsule and in turn the sample is rapidly combusted. The resulting gases are separated on a packed gas chromatography column and quantified using a thermal conductivity detector. The instrument was originally manufactured by Carlo Erba, which has since been replaced by Thermo Scientific (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific). This model is no longer in production. It is also possible to determine oxygen with a modification to the systems configuration. Analysis times: CHN in 7 min, S in 5 min, and O in 6 min. Range: 10 ppm to 100%. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0470 | Carlo Erba NA 1500 elemental analyser | A laboratory instrument that simultaneously determines total nitrogen and total carbon from a wide range of organic and inorganic sediment samples. The sample is completely and instantaneously oxidised by flash combustion, which converts all organic and inorganic substances into combustion products. The resulting combustion gases pass through a reduction furnace and are swept into the chromatographic column by the carrier gas which is helium. The gases are separated in the column and detected by the thermal conductivity detector which gives an output signal proportional to the concentration of the individual components of the mixture. The instrument was originally manufactured by Carlo Erba, which has since been replaced by Thermo Scientific (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific). This model is no longer in production. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1789 | Carlo Erba NA 2500 (NCS) elemental analyser | A laboratory elemental analyser part of the EA 1110 series of analysers. It measures total nitrogen (N), carbon (C) and sulphur (S) in organic and inorganic samples. Analysis operates with dynamic flash combustion of the sample with oxygen. After combustion the resulted gases are carried by a helium flow to a layer containing copper, they are swept through a water trap, and then through a GC column, which provides the separation of the combustion gases. Finally, they are detected by a Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD). The instrument can determine N individually or NC or NCS simultaneously depending on the analytical configuration. Combustion is at 900-1000 degC. Reduction is at 680-780 degC. Helium gas flow is 140 ml/min (150 kPa). Oxygen flow is 40-60 ml/min (150 kPa) and oxygen loop is 25 cc. Cycle time is 240 seconds and oxygen injection time is 60 secondss. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0496 | Carlo Erba NC 2500 elemental analyser | A laboratory instrument that simultaneously determines total nitrogen, total hydrogen and total carbon in a solid sample. The sample is completely and instantaneously oxidised by flash combustion, which converts all organic and inorganic substances into combustion products.The resulting combustion gases pass through a reduction furnace and are swept into the chromatographic column by the helium carrier gas. The gases are separated in the column and quantified or they can be introduced into another instrument, such as an isotope ratio mass spectrometer, for further analysis. The instrument was originally manufactured by CE instruments (formerly Carlo Erba) and has since been replaced by Thermo Scientific (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific). This model is no longer in production. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0622 | Cary Porter tide gauge | An analogue instrument that measured sea level by a float in a stilling well that was mechanically coupled to a pen recording on a rotating drum. | 2013-06-05 |
| NETT0018 | Catcher II high-speed sampler | A high-speed, opening-closing plankton sampler. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1339 | Cefas water sampler | A programmable water sampler developed in-house, originally designed for use with a Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR). It can also be deployed on moorings, ROV or AUV platforms and towed-vehicle systems, to determine the species of marine plankton or for capturing marine contaminents. A pump collects up to 16 individual samples into gas-impermeable 250 ml bags, each within protective enclosures, which can be pre-filled with preservative. Sampling can be set-up via a Windows software interface, allowing the user to programme for water samples to be taken at specific times. It also has the capability for remote control sampling through an Iridium satellite interface, allowing remote sampling activation. Each bag fill can be performed either as a one shot operation, or as a repeat fill. The repeat fill feature allows a sample bag to be filled gradually over a period of time, with the amount of fill for each stage being preset through the user interface. Larger sampling bags can also be fitted as necessary. The sampler operates up to approximately 20 m depth, and can pump 100 ml in approximately 90 seconds. Further information can be found at http://www.cefastechnology.co.uk/products/water-sampler/. | 2019-07-11 |
| TOOL0469 | Challenger Oceanic Stand-alone Pump | A submersible battery powered water pump that sucks water through various filters leaving the materials of interest on the filter for analysis. The SAP is deployed clamped to a hydrographic wire. Challenger Oceanic no longer exists. | 2012-02-21 |
| TOOL1473 | Chelonia C-POD acoustic monitoring receiver | A fully automated passive acoustic monitoring receiver used to detect trains of echo-location sounds and clicks produced by marine mammals, such as porpoises, dolphins and other toothed whales. This data can be used for monitoring cetacean population and behaviour. The C-POD uses an omni-directional 20-160 kHz hydrophone to detect cetacean clicks. The C-POD app (cpod.exe) carries out objective automated data analysis (KERNO classifier) to find and classify click trains in the data. It also provides fast display and export of data and enables users to change C-POD settings. C-PODs are supplied with two 8 Gb removable SD cards for data storage and can operate in water depths up to 100 metres. Using D-cell batteries, the C-POD can operate for approximately 200-212 days. | 2020-06-02 |
| TOOL0050 | Chelsea Technologies Group 2-pi PAR irradiance sensor | A submersible irradiance sensor designed by Plymouth marine Laboratory and developed commercially by CTG. The collector is designed to measure the amount of light available for photosynthesis over a hemisphere. Sensors are often paired, one facing up the other down, to determine total PAR. Relative Spectral Sensitivity flat to + 3% from 450-700nm, down 8% of 400nm and 36% at 350nm. Casings on commercial instruments are rated to 1000m depth, but operationally deployed prototype instruments from PML were only rated to 500m. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0425 | Chelsea Technologies Group Alphatracka II transmissometer | A compact digitally controlled transmissometer similar to the CTG Alphatracka I but with smaller diameter titanium pressure housing. Versions available with optical path-lengths of 5 or 10 or 25 cm. Standard wavelength is 660 nm but optional wavelengths of 470 nm or 565 nm or 590 nm also available. Depth rated to 6000 m. | 2011-09-12 |
| TOOL0065 | Chelsea Technologies Group Alphatracka transmissometer | Dual beam, ratiometric digitally controlled transmissometer of titanium construction rated to 6000m. 5/10/25cm path lengths and 470/565/590/660nm wavelengths available. | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL0043 | Chelsea Technologies Group Aqualog CTD | A self-contained unit comprising pressure, temperature and conductivity sensors, an optional dissolved oxygen sensor, a fluorometer and a data logger. The unit could be used in a variety of modes including vertical profiling, towed undulator and short-term moorings. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0048 | Chelsea Technologies Group Aquapack CTD | Single titanium housing containing temperature, conductivity, depth and fluorescence sensors. Also contains internal batteries and a data logger. Spare analogous channels are available to interface a range of additional externally mounted sensors such as PAR and dissolved oxygen. Has a depth rating of 200m. | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL0424 | Chelsea Technologies Group Aquatracka III fluorometer | A compact light-weight submersible fluorometer for detection of chlorophyll-a, dye tracing or turbidity with a 4-decade logarithmic output. It can sense chemical fluorescence or light scatter between 400-800nm and uses a pulsed xenon light source. Titanium casing rated to 6000m. Broadly similar to the Aquatracka II but with improved detection optics and internal enhancements. | 2011-09-12 |
| TOOL0049 | Chelsea Technologies Group Aquatracka fluorometer | A submersible fluorometer that may be configured for measurement of chlorophyll-a, tracer dye or set up as a nephelometer to measure turbidity. It is manufactured from titanium giving a depth rating of 6000m. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0142 | Chelsea Technologies Group FASTtracka I fast repetition rate fluorometer | An in-situ fast repetition rate fluorometer which can be deployed autonomously to depths up to 500 m. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0143 | Chelsea Technologies Group FASTtracka II fast repetition rate fluorometer | A fast repetition rate fluorometer incorporating significant improvements over the FASTtracka I. It may be deployed in-situ to depths up to 500 m. Accessories include a dark chamber, a laboratory conversion module and a protective cage. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0662 | Chelsea Technologies Group GLOWtracka bioluminescence | The GLOWtracka is designed to measure visible emissions from bioluminescent organisms in the marine environment. It can be moored, used in profiles, or deployed in towed vehicles. It's precision flow meter stimulates bioluminescent organisms and measures the light flashes as the organisms pass the photodiode. The sensor can be deployed to depths up to 1000 m and has an irradiance detectivity of 10 picowatt at 560 nm over z.f. -50 Hz (-3 db). | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0480 | Chelsea Technologies Group HB 071 4-pi photosynthetically active radiation sensor | A submersible instrument designed to measure irradiance over the 4-pi photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) spectral range. It includes two hemispherical sensors to provide a spherical field of view and uses a logarithmic amplification to provide light measurements over several orders of magnitude. It uses a photodiode with enhanced blue/green sensitivity which, when used in conjunction with blue-tint glass, produces a quantum response that is flat to +/- 3 % over the range 450 to 700 nm, and 8 % at 400 nm The instrument has a depth rating of 500 m. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0118 | Chelsea Technologies Group MINITracka II fluorometer | In-situ miniature low-power fluorometer with good turbidity rejection and ability to operate at high levels of ambient light. Performance has a high degree of insensitivity to water temperature changes. A manifold is available for on-deck through flow applications. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL0341 | Chelsea Technologies Group MINIpack CTD-F | A single titanium/acetyl housing containing temperature, conductivity, pressure and fluorescence sensors, a data logger and internal batteries. The fluorometer can be configured to measure a variety of pigments or turbidity and the sensor package has a depth rating of 600m. Data can be recorded internally or output in real time. Spare channels are available to interface up to 16 external sensors such as PAR and dissolved oxygen. | 2010-10-14 |
| TOOL1689 | Chelsea Technologies Group UV Aquatracka fluorometer | An in situ fluorimeter designed to monitor concentrations of hydrocarbons (360nm) and Gelbstoff (440nm). The instrument may be mounted on a towed vehicle such as Chelsea Technologies Group's AQUAshuttle III, NvShuttle or SeaSoar, it can be deployed on buoys, on a mooring, or vertically in a profiling mode. The fluorimeter uses a pulsed light double beam technique. The pulsed technique allows virtually perfect discrimination to be achieved against "steady" ambient light signals since the light pulse is only two microseconds long, variations in ambient intensity due to wave glitter, etc. are considered "steady" by the high-speed processing circuits and are effectively rejected by the AQUAtracka. The double beam system allows the light intensity of the optical beam(X) returned from the specimen to be compared with the light intensity of the reference beam(Y) generated from the same pulsed light source. The outputs are then ratioed(X/Y) so that they are not affected by any variations in the flash lamp strength due to lamp ageing. The housing is constructed in titanium and the instrument is rated to 600m (option 6000m) and incorporates an optional ambient light baffling cowl. A fast response (300ms) platinum resistance Pt 100 Temperature Probe can also be included optionally. Using 360nm fluorescence the detection range is between 0.001 and 10 micrograms per litre of Carbazole. Using 440nm fluorescence the detection range is between 0.001 to 10 micrograms per litre Perylene. The operating temperature range of the instrument is -2 to +40 degrees Celsius. | 2021-05-11 |
| TOOL0342 | ChemLab AA-II segmented continuous flow autoanalyser | A rapid flow analyser that may be used to measure nutrient concentrations in seawater. It is a continuous flow instrument consisting of a sampler, peristaltic pump, analytical cartridge, heating bath, colorimeter, data station, and printer. | 2010-09-06 |
| TOOL0206 | Chernikeeff Aquaprobe Mk5 electromagnetic speed log | This is a military grade electromagnetic log system directly measuring speed relative to the water. It can be configured to provide single or dual axis speed and distance travelled measurement, using single or twin transducers. | 2023-03-06 |
| TOOL0371 | Christian Albrechts University of Kiel Multisonde CTD profiler | A conductivity-temperature-pressure profiler with a pressure rating of either 600dbar or 6000dbar and a pressure accuracy of +/- 0.01%. It was capable of operating over a temperature range of -2 to 40 degC with an accuracy of +/- 0.01 degC and a conductivity range of 5 to 55 mmho/cm with an accuracy of +/- 10 umho/cm. The instrument was developed in the 1970s by what was then the Institute for Applied Physics of Kiel University and was used by the then Institute for Marine Science, Kiel. | 2011-02-09 |
| NETT0019 | Chun-Peterson net - Chun (1888, 1903) | A vertical net lowered closed with propellor-activated opening and closing. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1572 | Cilas 1190 particle size analyser | A tri-laser diffraction particle size analyser designed to measure particle size from nanometre to millimetre range. It is available for both wet and dry dispersions of particles. The 1190 uses Cilas' patented multi-laser technology which incorporates three lasers. All optical components are permanently mounted on a rigid cast iron base plate. An integrated image analysis system enables particle shape analysis of parameters such as aspect ratio, shape factor, area, perimeter and fiber length. The Cilas 1190 is compliant with the ISO 13320 standard for particle size analyzers It has a measurement range of 40 nm to 2.5 mm. | 2024-07-22 |
| NETT0020 | Clarke Jet Net high-speed plankton sampler - Clarke (1964) | Construction is a 12 cm diameter mouth opening with an overall length of 125 cm. Uses nylon netting with 0.44 mm mesh. Towing speeds up to 10.5 knots [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 18 E]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0021 | Clarke-Bumpus plankton sampler - Clarke and Bumpus (1939, 1950) | Construction is a 12.7 cm diameter mouth opening with cylindrical tube 16.0 cm long. The tube is equipped with flat plate which pivots to open or close the flow through the tube and a flowmeter. A 61 cm long conical net is attached to the rear of the tube [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 8 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0561 | Clean pumped sea water supply | The system comprises a precision echosounder (PES) fish attached to a clean, reinforced tube (typically composed of braided PVC). The fish is designed to be towed alongside a moving ship at a depth of 1-3m and water is drawn through the system by a clean pump. The tube usually leads to a clean laboratory on board the vessel, inside which samples are drawn for analysis. The system is typically used for continuous, underway, clean sampling (e.g., trace metal studies) of near-surface waters. | 2012-10-17 |
| TOOL1896 | ClearWater Nitrate + Nitrate Lab-On-Chip (LOC) sensor | A stand-alone microfluidic wet-chemical (colourimetric) nitrate and nitrite lab-on-chip (LOC) system. Designed to perform automated in-situ chemical analyses, in multiple scenarios from salt to fresh water and profiles to moorings. The instrument outputs the Nitrate+Nitrite concentration in µmol/L. It is designed to filter a water sample through a 0.45 µm filter, mix it with chemical reagents, and measure the resulting colour change using LEDs and photodiodes. The sensors carry onboard reference standards which are analysed frequently to correct for instrumental drift. The instrument can be used fully submerged or at the surface. Data can be accessed in real time via the RS232 interface or post deployment via USB download. Without calibration it samples every 5 min., with calibration every 15 min. The sample volume is 0.6 mL. It measures Nitrate+Nitrite in a range of 0-1000 µmol/L with a detection limit of 0.025 µmol/L. Depth rating 6000 m. | 2023-02-03 |
| NETT0023 | Closing Net - Hart (1935) | A rod of wood or pipe is outfitted with a combination wire clamp and closing release at the top and a pair of snap hooks at the bottom, one to secure the device to the wire and one to secure the bottom portion of the net. Attached to the rod is a net with a bridle which inserts into the release latch. Midway along the pipe is a second snap hook which is attached to the mid section of the net. Multiples of these units may be attached to the wire at various depth intervals as the wire is lowered vertically into the water. Plankton collections are made as the nets are hauled up until a messenger hitting the release lets the bridle go, thus closing the net [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 5 B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0022 | Closing midwater trawl - Enzenhofer and Hume (1989) | Construction is a 300 cm x 700 cm rectangular mouth opening with net 1800 cm in length. The net is made from five sets of mesh with coarse mesh at the front and fine mesh at the back (600 cm of 10.2 cm mesh, 400 cm of 5.1 cm mesh, 300 cm of 1.9 cm mesh, 300 cm of 1.3 cm mesh and 200 cm of 0.3 cm mesh). There are two towing cables: one for the top spreader bar and one for the bottom. Each cable goes to separate winch. The net is lowered with tension on bottom spreader so that it is closed. Tension is then transferred to the top spreader to open the net. Tension again taken by lower spreader to close net [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 12 B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0006 | Closing net - Barnes (1953) | Construction is a hemispherical metal cowling mounted in front of a net ring with an opening sized so that a closing lid can be accommodated when the net is open. A Nansen messenger closing mechanism is used to release the spring loaded closing lid which pivots over the net mouth. No dimensions given for net size or mesh [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 8 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1724 | Coastal Environmental Systems WEATHERPAK 2000 shipboard weather system | Coastal Environmental Systems WEATHERPAK 2000 shipboard weather system WEATHERPAK-2000 An automatic weather station which has been designed for shipboard applications. Used to measure wind speed, temperature, relative humidity, and barometric pressure. Winds are vector averaged and the barometer is read several times and averaged to remove wind, wave, and roll induced errors. When power is applied, if no terminal intervention occurs, the system will automatically initialize itself and begin sampling according to its predetermined schedule. The WEATHERPAK has a hardware clock accurate to about 5 seconds per day. The sensors include: a propeller and vane wind monitor with a wind speed detection range of 0 to 100 m/s with an accuracy of < 0.5 m/s and resolution of 0.1m/s, and 360 degrees wind direction measurement to an accuracy of 2 degrees and resolution of 1 degree; An ultrasonic wind monitor that can measure wind speeds between 0 and 60m/s with a resolution of 0.01 m/s, and wind directions from 0-360 degrees with an accuracy of 1 degree; A threaded air temperature and relative humidity sensor that can measure a temperature range of -10 °C to 60°C to an accuracy +/-0.6°C and a reported resolution of 0.1 °C, humidity is accurate to +/- 3% and is reported to a resolution of 1%; A Hygroclip S3 air temperature and relative humidity sensor that measures a temperature range of -40°C to +85°C, accuracy of +/-0.2°C, and resolution of 0.1°C, and humidity range of 0-100% accurate to +/-1% with a resolution of 0.02%; and a barometric pressure sensor with an accuracy of <5mb and reported resolution of 1 mb. | 2021-07-27 |
| TOOL0302 | Coastal Leasing MacroTide water level recorder | A sub-surface water level recorder designed for measurement of tidal signals and water temperature with an ICS Strain Gauge Pressure Sensor logged at 12-bit resolution and a YSI internal (or optionally external) thermistor. Pressure accuracy is 0.1% of measurement range. Temperature accuracy is 0.1C (resolution 0.02C). | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0303 | Coastal Leasing MacroTide+ water level recorder | A sub-surface water level recorder designed for measurement of tidal signals and water temperature with a Parascientific Digiquartz pressure sensor logged at 16-bit resolution and a YSI internal (or optionally external) thermistor. Pressure accuracy is 0.015% of measurement range. Temperature accuracy is 0.1C (resolution 0.02C). | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL1582 | CoastalOceanVision CPICS-1000-e imaging sensor | The Continuous Particle Imaging and Classification Sensor (CPICS) provides in situ aquatic microscopy of seawater, freshwater and laboratory samples. The CPICS-1000-e is a stand-alone package that may be deployed on a CTD rosette or autonomous vehicle. It uses darkfield illumination to capture high-resolution colour images, showing features as small as 0.04 mm and as large as 12 mm. Because of its open-flow approach to water sampling, delicate structures of plankton and particles remain intact, as do predator-prey interactions. It has a colour resolution of 24-bits, an image resolution of 6 Megapixels (2736 x 2192) and a maximum frame rate of 10fps. The instrument has a depth rating of 1000m. | 2021-01-26 |
| NETT0024 | Cod-end sampler - Motoda (1953) | Construction is a 15.5 cm diameter mouth opening and 35.5 cm long body attached to 57 cm diameter net 200 cm long with bolting cloth 42.5 meshes per inch in upper 120 cm and 56.5 meshes per inch in lower 80 cm [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 25 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1631 | Coda Octopus F185 gyrocompass | An instrument that measures position, heading, heave, pitch, and roll. The F185 features dual-frequency GPS on the primary receiver to allow real-time kinematic (RTK) correction for greater positional accuracy. The instrument also features a software component (iHeave), which is an intelligent heave processing module running in near real time to remove noise such as low period swell artefacts. Designed for applications in the offshore industry such as hydrographic surveys, dredging and offshore renewables. Positional accuracy of 0.01 m with L1/L2 RTK correction, 0.3 m with DGPS correction and 0.8 m with SBAS correction. Roll and pitch accuracy of +/- 0.025 degrees. True heading accuracy of +/-0.05 degrees (2 m baseline) or +/- 0.025 degrees (4 m baseline). Heave accuracy of 5 cm or 5% (on-line), or 3.5 cm or 3.5% (iHeave), whichever is greater. Velocity accuracy of 0.014 m/s. Outputs at up to 100 Hz. | 2021-02-10 |
| NETT0025 | Collapsible Rectangular Midwater Trawl 1+8 - Griffiths et al. (1980) | The RMT 1+8 system described by Baker was modified to enable handling from smaller vessels without a crane using Kelly's eyes and chain rather than link wire. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1557 | Columbia Weather Magellan MX Weather Station series | A portable, multi-parameter, all-in-one weather monitoring station with internal compass and GPS. Four different models offer various sensor and parameter options (MX200, MX300, MX500, MX501, MX600). Parameters include ultrasonic wind speed and direction, combined temperature, pressure and relative humidity, rain drop size and number, and solar radiation. MX weather stations feature a weather-protected sensor unit. The internal GPS and compass allows for compensated wind speed and automatic self-alignment of wind direction. MX Weather Stations can be supplied with an optional Display Console and Weather MicroServer (PC or cloud-based) which uses WeatherMaster software. This enables real-time data display and on-the-fly computations. MX Weather Stations measure temperatures from -40 to +70 degC and at an accuracy of +/- 0.3 degC and resolution of 0.1 degC. Barometric pressure is measured from 8.85 to 32.48 inHg (300-1100 hPa) at an accuracy of +/- 0.0015 inHg (+/- 0.5 hPa) and resolution of 0.003 inHg (0.1 hPa). Wind direction is measured from 0 to 359 degrees at an accuracy of +/- 0.02 mph and resolution of 1 degrees. Relative humidity is measured from 0-100 percent RH at an accuracy of +/- 2 percent RH and resolution of 1 percent RH. | 2020-10-27 |
| TOOL0001 | Conductivity, temperature and depth package | A generic term for a set of co-located conductivity, temperature and pressure (proxy for depth) sensors. The pressure sensor is generally used to ascertain the instrument Z co-ordinate in the water body, whilst the other sensors determine water temperature and salinity. Deployed on a range of platforms such as vertically lowered metal frames, towed fish, AUVs or moorings. | 2012-01-05 |
| TOOL1837 | Consilium SAL 860T Doppler speed log | The Consilium SAL 860T is a dual axis Doppler speed log operating on the principle of acoustic echo correlation. The instrument is capable of independently measuring relative, true longitudinal and transversal speed and depth. The system is redundant and can also be used as a docking system. The T denotes a new bottom tracking main unit, built on digital signal processing technology, and features a patented hydroacoustic transducer. The transducer contains one pair of piezoelectric elements oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vessel to measure the component (F) of the relative speed, and five piezoelectric elements, grouped in a patented way, to measure the components of the absolute speed. All elements work both for radiation and for reception. Sound energy is emitted vertically to the ground, perpendicular to the bottom of the ship. Relative velocity (WT) is measured at 4 MHz (pulse mode). To measure the absolute speed (BT), a frequency of 150 kHz is used, sound reflection comes from the ground. The same frequency is also used to measure depth. The multi-element hydroacoustic transducer allows measuring absolute velocity vectors in 12 directions - through 30 along the entire horizon, which provides high-precision calculation components (Vx) and (V) of the ship's speed. In addition, simultaneous measurements of the absolute and relative speed of the vessel make it possible to calculate the speed of the current. This feature is implemented in the SAL-860 log (Docking Log). The instrument is capable of measuring within the range of -8 to +30 knots and in depths from 3 to 300 metres, with speed measurement error within +/- 0.1 knots or 0.5% (whichever is greater), distance covered within +/- 0.2% and depth under the keel within +/- 1%. | 2024-07-31 |
| TOOL1669 | Consilium SAL T2+ acoustic correlation dual speed log | A docking and dual-axis vessel speed logger designed to measure simultaneous two-axis true vessel speed over ground (SOG) and relative speed through water (STW). It requires only a single hull penetration, and is approved for use on vessels up to 50,000 GT. The transducer uses a correlation principle to measure SOG and STW vertically, eliminating the effects of temperature and salinity on the speed of sound. It measures STW at +/- 50 knots with a speed inaccuracy of 0.1 knot, or 0.5% whichever is greater, and a distance inaccuracy < +/- 0.5 % of travelled distance in water. It can be used in minimum waters depths of 3 m below the transducer. It measures SOG at +/- 40 knots with a minimum depth range of 2-250 m below transducer. The SOG speed inaccuracy is 0.1 knot, or 0.5% whichever is greater. | 2021-03-26 |
| TOOL2005 | Continental Scientific Drilling Facility Livingstone-type piston corer | A drive rod piston corer. For use in water up to about 30m deep to collect successive 1 meter drives down hole of soft to consolidated sediment, which are extruded between drives into split tubes and stabilised for transport and storage. The core diameter is 5cm. It can be used in sediments up to 30m deep. | 2024-01-31 |
| NETT0026 | Continuous Plankton Recorder - Hardy (1926, 1936); Glover (1962) | Construction is a 1.27 cm on side square mouth opening (originally 10.1 cm diameter) high-speed (12 to 17 knots) towed body collecting plankton on gauze (22.9 cm wide and 23.6 meshes per cm) rolls. The body is 50 cm wide x 50 cm tall x 100 cm long. A propellor drives the rollers winding up the gauze. The system is normally towed at 10 m depth at speeds up to 20 ktnos [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 19 A, B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0571 | Copper pipe air sampler | Copper tubing leading directly from the least contaminated part of a ship to an analytical instrument. Air is drawn through the pipe by the instrument. | 2012-11-15 |
| TOOL0847 | Costech International Elemental Combustion System (ECS) 4010 | The ECS 4010 Nitrogen / Protein Analyzer is an elemental combustion analyser for CHNSO elemental analysis and Nitrogen / Protein determination. The GC oven and separation column have a temperature range of 30-110 degC, with control of +/- 0.1 degC. | 2015-04-28 |
| TOOL0280 | Cup and vane anemometer | A generic term for a device that measures windspeed by determining the speed of rotation of 3 cups mounted on horizontal arms with a central pivot and wind direction by determining the orientation of a separate pivot-mounted sail. The term is for use where the measurement principle is known, but details of the make and model number are not known. | 2010-05-18 |
| NETT0199 | Custom 3 x 18 cm mouth opening x 40 cm diameter conical nets plankton net - AMT 18 (2008) | Construction is 3 conical nets with mesh sizes 180, 100 and 40 um. Each net comprises an 18 cm mouth opening using a plastic inverted cone to reduce the diameter from approx. 40 cm to 18 cm. The nets were conical with an outer diameter of approx. 40 cm and a closed cod-end design. | 2021-11-16 |
| TOOL1416 | Custom-made 3M Scotch-Brite pad on polyvinyl chloride settlement plate | An artifical colonisation substrate made of a sheet of PVC covered with 3M Scotch-Brite pads of unknown material. It is used to determine the extent of colonisation and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment. | 2020-04-07 |
| TOOL1413 | Custom-made Lexan plastic 6-plate settlement panel | An artificial colonisation substrate sometimes referred to as "colonisation sandwich", that is made of 6 Lexan plastic sheets separated from each other by spacers. It is used to determine the extent of colonisation and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment. | 2020-04-07 |
| TOOL1415 | Custom-made ceramic tile settlement plate | An artificial colonisation substrate made of ceramic tiles. It is used to determine the extent of colonisation and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment. | 2020-04-07 |
| TOOL1414 | Custom-made grooved polyvinyl chloride half-pipe | An artificial colonisation substrate made from PVC pipe cut length-wise and engraved with lines to roughen its surface. It is used to determine the extent of colonisation and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment. | 2020-04-07 |
| TOOL1417 | Custom-made grooved polyvinyl chloride settlement plate | An artificial colonisation substrate made of a sheet of PVC with engraved lines to roughen its surface. It is used to determine the extent of colonisation and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment. | 2020-04-07 |
| TOOL0563 | Cyclonic separation sampler | A device designed to remove particulates from an air, gas or liquid stream through vortex separation. A high speed rotating flow is established within a vertical cylindrical or conical container, where the stream to be separated is fed in the top (wide) end, flows helically around the container to the bottom (narrow) end and then exits the cyclone in a straight stream through the centre and out the top. Instead of following the flow of the stream, the inertia of large (dense) particles causes them to hit the sides of the container and fall to the bottom, where they can be removed. The cyclone geometry and flow rate define a cut point, which is the size of the particle that will be removed from the stream with 50% efficiency. Larger particles will be removed with a greater efficiency and smaller particles with a lower efficiency. The sampler may be used in series with filters designed to collect different target particles. | 2012-10-15 |
| TOOL1209 | CytoBuoy CytoSense flow cytometer | The CytoSense is a portable, benchtop autonomous flow cytometer designed for phytoplankton species classification and analysis of filamentous algae. It can also be used in situ to reveal temporal and spatial phytoplankton variability. It can be remotely controlled, and has been specifically designed to record the optical pulse shapes of suspended particles between <1 and 800 micrometres in diameter and up to 4 millimetres in length (for chain-forming cells recording) in relatively large volumes of water (several centimetres cubed per sample). The instrument combines high sensitivity with an extremely wide particle size range (from sub-micron up to 1.5 millimetres in diameter) and acquires multiple data points per particle, which distinguishes the CytoSense from conventional flow cytometers. The CytoSense has a modular design, with various upgrades and accessories available to suit user requirements. These include additional lasers, optional cameras to take pictures of particles and a widened flow cell. The sample intake speed ranges from 0.07 - 17 microlitres per second, allowing high particle loads (thousands of particles per second) as well as very low concentrations. | 2018-02-02 |
| TOOL2064 | Czech Academy of Sciences custom infrared kinetic fluorometer - Koblizek et al. (2007) | A custom fluorometer used to measure chlorophyll-a and bacteriochlorophyll-a (BChl-a). Based on the design from Koblizek et al. (2005) with some modifications. It consists of a Photon Systems Instruments (PSI) fluorometer control unit (FL200/PS) and custom-made optics consisting of one PSI flashing unit (SN-LF 8052) populated with 73 blue light emitting diodes (NSPB500S, 470 nm, Nichia, Japan). 49 diodes provide short intense measuring pulses (10 us), with the rest serving as an actinic light source operating in a continuous mode. Modifications from the 2005 version include: a white Teflon sample chamber containing a spherical compartment (60 ml), with an inlet and outlet for sample injection and removal. The chamber contains four ports (as opposed to three from the 2005 version); two ports for light excitation generated by two flashing units, each populated with four blue Luxeon diodes (LXHL PB09, 470 nm); two ports for interfacing with chlorophyll and BChl-a detectors. The detectors consist of two cooled large area avalanche photodiodes (Advance Photonix, USA). Absolute detection limit: 0.2 ng BChl a l-1 and 1 ng chlorophyll a (Chl a) l-1. Relative detection limit: 10-3 bacteriochlorophyll to chlorophyll ratio. | 2024-07-05 |
| TOOL0579 | D and A Instruments Optical Backscatter Sensor OBS-3 | Optical backscatter instrument measuring scattering in water between 140 - 160deg for a wavelength of 875nm. It has a turbidity range of 0-2000 FTU and a maximum working depth of 500m. This instrument was superseded by the OBS-3+ model in 2005. The D and A Instrument Company and its OBS product line were purchased by Campbell Scientific Inc who now has full responsibility for D and A Instruments. | 2012-12-18 |
| NETT0028 | DBAD-MOCNESS - Wiebe (1994); Greene (1998) | A 1-m2 MOCNESS was equipped with a dual-beam echosounder and dual-axis training mechanism for the transducers. An electro-optical cable was used data telemetry [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 40 E]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0553 | DGT Research Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films trace metal sampler | A device designed to measure concentrations of dissolved metal species in water. It comprises a plastic casing that contains a Chelex resin impregnated in a hydrogel to accumulate metals. The resin layer is overlain by a diffusive layer of hydrogel and a filter. Ions diffuse through the filter and diffusive layer to reach the resin layer, thereby establishing a constant concentration gradient in the diffusive layer that allows the quantitative measurement of labile species in solution through laboratory analysis. | 2012-11-15 |
| TOOL0533 | DTU Nutech GM-25-5A beta Multicounter system | A laboratory instrument designed to count beta particles emitted by a sample using the Geiger-Muller principle. A steady gas stream of argon (99%) and isobutene or propane (1%) becomes ionised due to beta particle emission from the sample, and the ionised gas particles are collected within a high voltage field, detected as an electric current pulse and recorded as a counting event. A guard counter allows the removal of the cosmic background radiation signal. The instrument is typically placed inside a lead shielding to reduce the ambient background radiation. | 2012-08-21 |
| TOOL0013 | Dataring pressure point transducer | The Dataring pressure point comprises differential transducers contained in a watertight housing. The reference port is vented to atmosphere via the power supply and signal cable tube, while the measuring port of the transducer is connected to a copper outlet nozzle on the top of the transducer housing. The copper nozzle, transducer measuring port and connecting tube are filled with oil so the pressure is transmitted to the crystal element via the oil, thus keeping the transducer components free from the effects of the saltwater. | 2008-11-28 |
| TOOL1027 | Datawell MOSE-G1000 | A GPS-based motion sensor to measure the long period, three-dimentional motions of floating platforms and large buoys. This sensor measures the translational motion of the GPS antenna in three frequency regimes, each with its own precision: the high frequency motion (1-100 second periods, 1 centimetre precision); the low frequency motion (10-1000 second periods, several centimetres precision, depending on the filter selected); the very low frequency regime (long periods, outputs every 10 seconds at a precision of several metres). Three filters with cut-off periods of 300, 600 or 1000 seconds can be applied, as well as two filters with a 10 or a 30 seconds cut-off period to minimise noise levels. All data are output through a RS232 port. | 2016-10-24 |
| TOOL0268 | Datawell directional waverider buoy | A directional waverider buoy comprising a heave-pitch-roll sensor, two accelerometers and a 3-axis fluxgate compass in a 90cm diameter spherical buoy that measures waves using a translational principle so that horizontal motions rather than wave slopes are measured making the measurement independent of buoy roll motions. A single point rubber cord vertical mooring ensures adequate symmetrical horizontal buoy response to resolve small motions at low frequencies. Data are transmitted to a shore based station and/or an Argos satellite. Three versions of the buoy designated MkI, MkII and MkIII have been produced with evolving internal electronics but fundamentally the same design. More information may be found at http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/65329/ | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0781 | Datawell waverider buoy | A non-directional waverider system with an accelerometer mounted in a loose tethered buoy (0.7 or 0.9m in diameter) that measures the vertical accelerations of the buoy as it moves with the water surface. The accelerations are integrated twice within the buoy and the displacement signal so obtained is then transmitted to a shore station where it is processed to provide wave data statistics. | 2014-08-26 |
| TOOL1511 | Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus 6162 (wireless) weather station | A weather station with pre-installed meteorology sensors. Wind speed is measured using a solid state magnetic sensor. A wind vane and potentiometer is used to measure wind direction. Rain is collected in a tipping spoon type collector. Temperature is measured using a PN junction silicon diode and relative humidity ismeasured using a film capacitor element. The package is equiped with console and integrated sensor suite with outside & inside temperature & humidity, barometer, wind, and rain sensors as standard. The radiation shield is passive. The 'plus' also integrates UV and solar radiation sensors. The console power is sourced via three C batteries or AC adapter. Data is transfered using a wireless solar-powered transmitter. The instrument may be optionally fitted with a fan-aspirated radiation shield. | 2020-08-03 |
| TOOL1512 | Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus 6162C (cabled) weather station | A weather station with pre-installed meteorology sensors. Wind speed is measured using a solid state magnetic sensor. A wind vane and potentiometer is used to measure wind direction. Rain is collected in a tipping spoon type collector. Temperature is measured using a PN junction silicon diode and relative humidity ismeasured using a film capacitor element. The package is equiped with console and integrated sensor suite with outside & inside temperature & humidity, barometer, wind, and rain sensors as standard. The radiation shield is passive. The 'plus' also integrates UV and solar radiation sensors. The console power is sourced via an AC adapter with battery backup. Data is transfered using a cable. | 2020-08-03 |
| TOOL0963 | Day grab | The Day grab is regarded as a valuable alternative to the Smith-McIntyre grab. It has a typical sampling area of 0.1 m2 and a typical penetration depth of up to 15 cm. It has a frame to keep the grab level on the sea bed, and two trigger plates for actuating the release, but no springs to force the hinged buckets into the bottom. Penetration of the sediment is assisted by the weight of the grab, of sometimes with addition lead weights. | 2015-12-16 |
| TOOL0337 | Decca main chain navigation receiver | A hyperbolic low-frequency (70 and 130 kHz) signal receiver that determined position based on the phase difference between signals transmitted by groups of a master plus three slave transmitters. Range depended on radio reception conditions but was typically 450km (day) to 750km (night). Accuracy ranged from 50m (day) or 200m (night) in ideal conditions down to 2km near the range limit. The system operated from the WWII until the UK transmitters were switched off at the end of March 2000. | 2010-09-06 |
| NETT0034 | Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Alvin Net-1 - Grice and Huelsemann (1970) | A pair of nets were mounted onto the front of DSRV Alvin for collecting planktobenthos at great depths. The mouth openings were D-shaped and hinged so that on descent and ascent of the submersible, the nets could be turned back away from the flow and would not filter. The Alvin arm was used by the pilot to open and close the net. The nets had 0.233 mm mesh [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 23 D]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0035 | Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Alvin Net-2 - Grice (1972) | A pair of nets were attached to a pair of rectangular frames 61 cm wide x 31 cm tall which each had a metal door hinged at the top. The Alvin arm was used by the pilot to open and close the door. The nets were positioned about 20 cm above the bottom. The nets had 0.239 mm mesh. Normal pushing speed was 1 knot [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 23 E]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0030 | Deep-Tow net system - Wishner (1980) | Three rectangular mouth opening nets ~30 cm wide x 44 cm tall and 130 cm long mounted on a metal framework attached to the bottom of the Deep-Tow Instrument . The unobstructed nets were opened/closed by surface command transmitted via conducting cable to a release mechanism [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 24 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1962 | DeepSea Power & Light Multi SeaCam MSC-1060 (low-light black and white) camera | An analogue camera for subsea operations. It is designed for deep ROV or shallow diver applications. The ROV version is made from titanium and is rated to 6000 meters (20 000 feet). The diver version is made from black Delrin and is rated to 300 meters (1000 feet). All camera versions come with DeepSea's wide angle, fixed focus optics. It has a 5mm, f2.8 lens, a 1/2-inch CCD image sensor, and can focus from 30cm to infinity. | 2023-06-26 |
| TOOL2043 | Deeptrekker Mini-ROV DTG3 video camera | The DTG3 is a mini observation-class underwater ROV video camera. It has a 1080p camera with upgrade up to 4k available. 75 m tether with options up to 700 m available. 200 m depth rating. Operating temperature -10 to 50 degrees C. | 2024-05-30 |
| TOOL1278 | Delta-T Devices GP1 Data Logger | A seven channel general purpose data logger designed for applications in soil science, plant physiology, agronomy, climate research and meteorology, horticulture, agriculture, turf and gardens-amenity landscaping. It primarily measures water content, moisture, temperature and electrical conductivity. Operation is by initial installation of software and data logging of the sensor readings. Key characteristics are high accuracy with logging capability up to 600,000 readings and use of the DeltaLINK-Cloud data viewing and sharing service. The GP1 can record to two differential analogue voltages, two temperature channels, two pulse counters and a Plus 1 Delta-T WET sensor. The GP1 provides the logging engine for the WS-GP1 Weather Station. The logging frequency is 1 second to 24 hours. Typical voltage accuracy is +/- 0.3 mV + 0.01% reading. Temperature accuracy is +/- 0.07 degC. Soil moisture accuracy is +/-0.06% (+/-0.0006 m3.m‐3). | 2018-09-10 |
| TOOL1279 | Delta-T Devices WS-GP1 Weather Station | A compact Weather Station supplied as a ready to use package with sensors, two-metre tripod mast and GPRS modem download options. The instrument is designed for use in meteorology, climate change monitoring, environmental compliance, eco‐physiology, water resource studies, waste management, crop trials and agro-meteorology. It primarily measures rainfall, solar radiation, wind speed and direction, relative humidity and air temperature. Operation is by connecting to a PC and ensuring correct sensor set up. The sensors and logger are ready assembled and pre‐wired on the cross‐arm. Key characterists include its portability, it is pre-wired for rapid set up, and comes with the use of DeltaLINK-Cloud data viewing and sharing service. The typical air temperature accuracy is +/- 0.3 degC. Humidity accuacy is +/- 2% RH. Wind direction accuracy is +/-4 degrees with 0.5 degrees resolution, and wind speed accuracy is +/- 0.1m.s‐1. | 2018-09-10 |
| TOOL0928 | Delta-T Instruments PAR sensor | Instrument used to measure the photosynthetically active radiation spectral range of solar radiation. The model is unknown. It is assumed to have a spectral response of 400-700nm. It could have any type of collector (flat plate cosine collector, spherical or hemispherical). | 2015-07-30 |
| TOOL0927 | Didcot DRP-1 PAR sensor | Instrument used to measure the photosynthetically active radiation spectral range of solar radiation. It is assumed to have a spectral response of 400-700nm. It could have any type of collector (flat plate cosine collector, spherical or hemispherical). | 2015-07-30 |
| TOOL0128 | Didcot/ELE DRP-5 PAR sensor | A sensor that measures the photon flux density of light in the 400-700nm waveband using a blue-enhanced silicon photocell. Cosine correction ensures that readings are obtained from widely varied angles of incidence. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0945 | Digitron 2000 series 2028T Thermometer | Digitron 2000 series are a range of hand-held digital thermometers. The 2028T model provides readings in seconds with an accuracy of 0.2 percent. Temperature measurements are available in Celsius or Fahrenheit with a temperature range of 200 degC to +1350 degC/ -328 degF to +2462 degF. | 2015-11-26 |
| TOOL1190 | Digitron TM-22 Differential Digital Thermometer | The Digitron TM-22 is a water-resistant, hand-held digital thermometer. It complements Digitron's PM series of pressure instruments. Its typical battery life is 500 hours from two AA or equivalent cells. Temperature measurements are available in Celsius or Fahrenheit with a temperature range of -200 degC to +1350 degC/ -328 degF to +2462 degF. | 2018-01-16 |
| TOOL0659 | Dionex ICS-2500 ion chromatograph | A gas chromatograph that separates and analyses compounds that do not degrade or decompose in the gas phase. The instrument can be configured with a wide range of modules to build the optimum system for an application. The ICS-2500 features include component modularity, a variety of pump configurations, multiple detectors, full automation capability and System Wellness. The instrument was originally manufactured by Dionex Corporation which was bought by Thermo Scientific (part of Thermo Fisher Scientific). The ICS-2500 was introduced in 2005 and is no longer in production. | 2014-01-27 |
| NETT0108 | Discovery net N70 V net - Currie and Foxton (1956) | A version of the Nansen net with a 70 cm diameter mouth opening with 3 nearly cylindrical net sections and a final conical section. Section 1 with .63 cm mesh, section 2 canvas for closing rope, section 3 made of silk with 40 meshes per inch (15.7 meshes per 1 cm), and section 4 made of silk with 74 meshes per inch (29.1 meshes per 1 cm) | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0029 | Discrete-depth plankton sampler - Aron et al. (1964) | A cod-end sampler used with IKMT or a 1-m diameter net with underwater electronics to sample depth and temperature operated with single conductor cable. Mark III had 10 or 15 cm diameter opening and four catch chambers [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 26 B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0031 | Diver tow net - Emery (1968) | A 30 cm diameter ring net with 0.183 mm mesh towed by diver. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0032 | Diver-pushed net - Porter (1973) | A 50 cm diameter ring net 200 cm long with 0.12 mm mesh pushed by a diver. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0033 | Double Longhurst-Hardy Plankton Recorder - Williams et al. (1983) | A modified version of the LHPR . An unenclosed Lowestoft Sampler , 130 cm high x 92 cm wide x 357 cm long and with a 35.6 cm expanding to 76 cm diameter nose cone was used with a recorder box (with 0.28 mm nylon mesh gauze) attached to the cod-end of a main net. A second recorder box was attached to the end of 0.053 mm polyester mesh net. The mouth of this net was attached to a nose cone with 2.6 and 5.1 diameter mouth openings expanding to 7.7 cm. System acoustically (IOS) telemeters depth, flow, and temperature. System also carries a chlorophyll sensor with recorder system. Nose cones of both nets have doors that are shut when system deployed and can be opened remotely. Designed to tow up to 6 knots [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 27 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0066 | Dr.Haardt BackScat Fluorometer Model 1302 | Backscatter fluorometer comprising three optical sensors integrated into one housing with a light source of 2 xenon flash tubes and filters for the detection of chlorophyll, yellow substance (gelbstoff) and Mie backscattering. | 2010-09-08 |
| TOOL1693 | Dr.Haardt BackScat I (in situ) fluorometer series | The BackScat fluorometers series 1100, 1200 and 1300 are designed for the in situ measurement of Chlorophyll a, phycoerythrin, Rhodamine B, sulforhodamine, humic acids (Gelbstoff), fluorescein, hydrocarbons and other fluorescent agents. The instruments of the series 1100 are measuring the fluorescence and optionally the turbidity by means of the elastically backscattered light entering the same window. The fluorometers of the series 1200 are designed to measure two fluorescent agents simultaneously through a single window. The series 1300 fluorometers are equipped with two windows for two different channels designed for those combinations of fluorescent agents, the spectra of which would cross each other either in emission or in excitation. The light source of this series of fluorometers is Xenon flashlight, which covers the spectral range from the UV near 300 nm to the IR at 1100 nm. A special UV Xenon flashtube extends the UV range to about 220 nm. The tuning to specific fluorescent agents is realized by special filters and dichroic beam-splitters. Spectrally improved photodiodes convert the received light to electric signals. Optional sensors: depth, turbidity, temperature, etc. The instrument has spectral ranges of 360 - 800 nm (Vis), with options: 320 nm - 1100 nm (UV1), 220 nm - 1100 nm (UV2). Filter units include: Chlorophyll a, Phycoerythrin, Phycocyanin (Vis), humic acids (UV1), Rhodamine (Vis), Sulforhodamine (Vis), Fluorescein (Vis), 3-cyclic hydrocarbons (UV2), others are available on request. The standard operational depth is 1500 m, but options include 3000 m and 6000 m depth ratings. | 2021-05-11 |
| TOOL0408 | Dr.Haardt BackScat I Fluorometer Model 1101 | Backscatter fluorometer with a xenon-flashlight source and filter for the detection of chlorophyll-a. The titanium housing has a maximum depth rating of 6000 m. | 2011-07-27 |
| TOOL0406 | Droplet Measurement Technologies Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer Probe (PCASP) 100 | The PCASP 100 is an optical particle counter that measures aerosol particle size distributions. It uses a 5 mW He-Ne passive cavity laser, directed onto the aerodynamically focussed air sample. Scattered light is collected at angles between 35 degrees and 120 degrees, and focussed onto a photodetector. Particle size is determined from the light scattering intensity using MIe scattering theory, assuming a spherical particle of refractive index 1.58. The instrument was developed by Particle Measuring Systems and was sold to Droplet Measurement Technologies. | 2011-07-27 |
| TOOL0837 | Druck 2900 PSIA pressure sensor | A strain gauge pressure sensor rated to a maximum pressure of 2900 pounds per square inch absolute (2000m depth). | 2015-03-26 |
| TOOL0196 | Druck RPT 301 barometer | A barometer based on silicon pressure sensor having a multi-layer construction. The resonator and pressure sensitive diaphragm micro-machined from one piece of silicon. The resonator is bonded to a second silicon wafer containing the drive and pick-up system under vacuum. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0985 | Dual Methot Isaacs-Kidd Trawl net | Pelagic trawl net described as Dual Methot Trawl net ; designed with single rectangular mouth piece with measurements: not specified; with opening area (square metre)=1.5; with total filtering net length (metre)=not specified; with filtering net shape conical; with additional features: dual-net system; with mesh size (millimetre)=1.5; and equipped with an opening-closing mechanism. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL1487 | Duncan and Associates Shipek grab | A center-pivot sampler designed to sample unconsolidated sediments from soft ooze to hard-packed silts from deep lakes and near offshore. The sampler scoops a sediment sample from the top 10cm of the seabed. It brings up virtually un- disturbed, unwashed samples to the surface from any depth. Its specialty is sampling benthic organisms living at or immediately below the water/bottom interface and sediment containing a significant population of non-sessile forms. When the grab touches the bottom, inertia from a self-contained weight releases a catch and helical springs rotate the inner half cylinder by 180 degrees. After turning, the scoop remains closed by the residual torque of the scoop spring. Because the rotation of the bucket is very rapid, its shear strength is far greater than the sediment strength, thus cutting cleanly, particularly in soft clays, muds, silts and sands. Manufactured in 316 stainless steel with a sampling area of 0.042m sq. There is the option of adding a landing table. | 2020-06-30 |
| TOOL1174 | Duncan and Associates gravity corer | A marine sediment corer. It uses the pull of gravity to penetrate the seabed with a core barrel to collect samples. Manufactured in mild steel with varying corer barrel lengths between 1m and 6m, and a range of barrel diameters. These can also be adapted to be used as Piston corers and supplied with stainless steel releaser mechanisms. | 2017-11-23 |
| TOOL1173 | Duncan and Associates unknown box corer | A Duncan and Associates box corer where the model is unknown. It is fitted with a 300 mm X 300 mm X 955-975 mm high cabinet box. It is capable of collecting oceanographic sediments up to 5000 m. | 2017-11-23 |
| TOOL1728 | Dynamic Gravity Systems AT1 marine gravimeter | A high resolution 1Hz marine gravity meter with integrated GPS position and time recording. A full feedback, magnetically damped sensor locks the beam at the reading line, minimizing sensor errors, and eliminates mechanical counter screw errors and reduces cross coupling errors. The instrument has a worldwide gravity range, with a resolution of 0.01 milliGals (mGal), static repeatability of 0.05 mGals, dynamic repeatability of 0.25 mGal at 50,000 mGal horizontally, 0.50 mGal at 100,000 mGal horizontally, and 0.25 mGal at 100,000 mGal vertically. The instrument has an accuracy at sea of 0.7 mGals, a platform range of 30 degrees roll and pitch. The data and GPS recording rate is 1Hz. | 2021-09-08 |
| TOOL2015 | E+E Elektronik EE060 humidity and temperature probe | An analogue relative humidity and temperature probe with voltage output, designed to maintain optimal measurement performance in corrosive, dusty or oily atmospheric environments. The probe's electronics are completely encapsulated, and its HCT01 sensing element is coated by an E+E proprietary protective layer. Electrical connection is provided through either a cable of 1.5 m to 5 m length, or a 4 pole M12 connector plug. The probe can be fitted with either a membrane or a metal grid filter. The humidity and temperature output range can be configured to (0 - 1) V, (0 - 5) V or (0 - 10) V. The measuring range is 0% - 100% (+/- 2.5% accuracy) for relative humidity, and -40 degC to either 60 degC or 80 degC (+/- 0.3 degC accuracy) for temperature. | 2024-02-14 |
| TOOL2016 | E+E Elektronik EE08 humidity and temperature probe | A probe for measuring humidity and temperature. Typical applications include for meteorology on weather stations, hatcheries and incubators, climatic chambers, green houses or storage rooms, artificial snow machines, and battery-operated devices. The probe has both analogue and digital outputs and is available with either cable or M12 connector. It is possible to choose between active and passive temperature measurement. For meteorology and other outdoor applications, the EE08 can be used with the optional radiation shield. The humidity sensor measures between 0 and 100% relative humidity with an accuracy of +/-2% relative humidity. The temperature sensor measures between -40 and +80 degrees Celsius with an accuracy of +/-0.2 degrees Celsius. | 2024-02-15 |
| TOOL1636 | ESE ES-185 A Global Positioning System master clock | An 8-channel Global Positioning System (GPS) master clock/time code generator. The unit receives accurate time and date information from GPS satellites in UTC time. The receiver offers an accuracy of <0.1 s per 24 hour period and is self-setting. Outputs at one pulse per second. | 2021-02-10 |
| TOOL1637 | ESE ES-185 E Global Positioning System master clock | A 12-channel Global Positioning System (GPS) master clock/time code generator. The unit receives accurate time and date information from GPS satellites in UTC time. The receiver offers an accuracy of +/-10 nS and is self-setting. Outputs at one pulse per second. | 2021-02-10 |
| TOOL0437 | EcoMonitor PumpProbe Fluorometer | A submersible double-flash pulse fluorometer for continuous, in situ measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters. It contains two excitation channels and one emission channel. One of the excitation channels provides a weak, probe flash used for measuring the fluorescence yield of Photosystem II (PSII). The other excitation channel provides a pump flash which is used for closing the reaction centres of PSII. Both excitation signals are generated by xenon flash-lamps. The light from the flash-lamps is collected by condensers and by a set of bluegreen excitation filters. The emission signal is collected by the emission condenser and filtered by a red filter before striking the photodetector. The instrument operates over a chlorophyll-a concentration range of 0.03-50 ug/l and has a depth range of 200 m. The excitation wavelength range is 400-550 nm and the registration wavelength range is >680 nm. The instrument was developed by the EcoMonitor Laboratory of the Moscow Institute of Engineering Physics and was used during the 1990s. | 2011-11-07 |
| TOOL0843 | Ecotech HiVol3000 air sampler | High volume particulate matter air sampler that can perform remote unattended sampling of PM10, PM2.5 or TSP alongside basic meteorological parameters. The air-borne suspended particles are drawn through an inlet hood and collected on a pre-weighed filter over a pre-determined period. After sampling, the filter is removed and re-weighed to determine the concentration of particulate matter. Two other models measure organic compounds using different filter types (PUF- poly-urethane foam and XAD- hydrophobic polyaromatic resin). | 2015-04-20 |
| TOOL1819 | EdgeTech 2205 side scan sonar and bottom profiler | The 2205 Series is a flexible and configurable sonar system with applications for use on autonomous and remotely operated underwater platforms (e.g. UUVs, ROVs, AUVs, and USVs). The instrument comprises a modular unit which can be configured based on the application, to collect side scan sonar images, sub-bottom profiles and bathymetric data either singularly or simultaneously. The 2205 Series can operate independent of the underwater platform by recording and storing the data or be integrated into the vehicle. The instrument also features nadir gap-fill sonar, full spectrum CHIRP processing, multi-pulse technology, dynamically focused arrays, and dynamic aperture sonar arrays. Applications of the 2205 Series include archaeological, geophysical, cable and pipeline, dredging, and marine construction surveys, benthic habitat mapping, and marine debris search operations. The side scan sonar is capable of operating at seven frequencies between 75 and 1600 kHz depending on the depth application (from 35 to 1000 metres to target) and can be configured to operate in dual or tri-frequency modes. Depth ratings include to 3000 or 6000 metres. The sub-bottom profiler has three frequency ranges: 4 - 24, 2 - 16 and 1 - 10 kHz, with vertical resolutions of 4 - 8, 6 - 10 and 15 - 25 cm respectively. | 2022-07-27 |
| TOOL1423 | EdgeTech 4200 side scan sonar | The 4200 Series is a versatile side scan sonar system that can be configured for almost any survey application from shallow to deep water operations. The 4200 utilizes EdgeTech’s Full Spectrum CHIRP technology to provide crisp, high resolution imagery at ranges 20 - 30% greater than non-CHIRP systems. A 4200 system comes with a choice of a dual simultaneous frequency towfish available in either a stainless steel or lightweight aluminium housing depending on operational requirements. Customers can also choose between a rack mount or portable topside processor or a digital link to interface to 3rd party topsides and software. One of the unique features of the 4200 is the optional Multi-Pulse (MP) technology, which places two sound pulses in the water rather than one pulse like conventional side scan sonar systems. This allows the 4200 to be towed at speeds of up to 10 knots while still maintaining 100% bottom coverage. In addition, the MP technology will provide twice the resolution when operating at normal tow speeds, thus allowing for better target detection and classification ability. Frequency = choice of either 100/400, 300/600 or 300/900 kHz dual simultaneous; operating range (metres/side) = 500 m at 100 kHz, 230 m at 300 kHz, 150 m at 400 kHz, 120 m at 600 kHz, or 75 m at 900 kHz; the stainless steel housing is depth rated to 2000 m, and the aluminium housing is depth rated to 500 m. | 2022-06-08 |
| TOOL2003 | Eijkelkamp 04.09 Edelman auger sediment corer | The Edelman auger a conical instrument for obtaining sediment samples. The auger comprises two blades joined in a cone. The top of the blades is welded to a bracket, which is connected to the auger rod. The blades are vaulted and when entering the soil the sample is dug up and evenly guided into the inside of the auger body. The vaulting of the blades promotes digging up and also ensures a firm grip of the sample while permitting easy emptying of the auger body. The diagonal diameter of the auger between the blades at the broadest part of the auger body is 10 cm. The blades measure 5.5 cm. Typically used for coheisve or moderately cohesive soils. | 2024-01-26 |
| TOOL1995 | Eijkelkamp 04.09 peat sample sediment corer | A sediment corer designed for use in peat sampling. Also known as a 'Russian' peat corer. Features a maximum sample depth of 10 metres, with a sample diameter and length of 5.2 and 50 cm respectively, providing a sample volume of 530 ml. | 2024-01-26 |
| TOOL2004 | Eijkelkamp 05.09 Wardenaar peat profile sediment corer | The Wardenaar peat profile sampler is an apparatus for sampling intact, undisturbed peat profiles in peat lands up to a depth of 1 metre. The sampler comprises a rectangular stainless steel box casing, divided lengthwise into two halves with sharp cutting edges at the base. The handgrip hinging allows both halves to be pushed into the soil alternatingly, with a clamp mechanism to enable the profile to be clamped in the sampler for extraction. Sample diameter is 10 x 10 cm, and sample length is 100 cm, making for a sample volume of 10 litres. | 2024-01-26 |
| TOOL1355 | Electronic Instruments Ltd MC5 {EIL MC5} temperature and salinity meter | A measuring bridge with a limit of resolution of 2 parts per thousand. | 2019-08-14 |
| TOOL0544 | Electropolished air sample canister | Metal sampling container of unknown make and capacity that has been smoothed by electropolishing (also known as electrochemical or electrolytic polishing). Suitable for the collection of high pressure air samples. | 2012-09-26 |
| TOOL1759 | Elementar Isoprime Vision {IRMS} isotopic ratio mass spectrometer | A laboratory instrument. It is used for mesauring the ratios of stable isotopes in a variety of applications such as in honey, ecology, geology and petroleum applications. It can aid in the measurement of 2H, 13C, 15N, 18O and 34S stable isotopes. It uses a thorium coated filament, stainless steel vacuum chamber, 100 V amplification and purge and trap chromatography for the separation of gases. It is also capable of headspace analysis. It is able to perform bulk and compound specific analysis through combination with other Elementar and Agilent technologies such as gas chromatography and elemental analysis. | 2021-12-16 |
| TOOL1758 | Elementar Vario EL Cube elemental analyser | A laboratory instrument. It is used for quantifying organic elements. It can measure C, H, N and S and optionally O, Cl and TIC. It uses high-temperature combustion and gas-separation and concentration using selective trap columns. It was first developed in 2006 as a successor to the vario EL III. It uses a high-temperature combustion unit that is able to complete sample digsetion at up to 1200 deg C (or 1800 deg C at the point of combustion when tin foil is used) and a jet injection of oxygen directly to the sample during combustion. Separation of gas components are performed on up to 3 gas-selective columns which trap gases until they are heated up and the prior gas peak has reached the baseline during detection. It uses a Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD) as standard. An infrared (IR) detector for sulfur and oxygen and electrochemical detector for chlorine are optionally available. The instrument can measure C / N elemental ratios of up to 12,000 : 1 and provides an elemental detection limit of < 40 ppm (TCD). | 2021-12-16 |
| TOOL0608 | Eliasson CBME80 infrared laser diode cloud ceilometer | An infrared laser diode measuring the cloud base height or vertical visibility and cloud amount. The design is based on the LIDAR principle. The light emitting component is a low power diode laser with the output power limited to eye-safe level. Real time digitising technique is used in signal detection and the 80C186 microprocessor is used in signal processing. | 2013-03-22 |
| TOOL1696 | EndRun Sonoma N12 GPS synchronised Network Time Server | The Sonoma Network Time Server is a precision server of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) that can be connected via an Ethernet port to any TCP/IP network. The GPS Subsystem in the Sonoma receives transmissions from satellites that are operating in compliance with the Navstar GPS Interface Control Document (ICD) known as GPS-ICD-200. The Sonoma is composed of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Subsystem containing the EndRun GPS Receiver and system oscillator. The receiver can relate the time-of-arrival of the received GPS transmissions from the satellite to GPS time. Monitoring, maintenance and control is accomplished by a wide range of protocols. Available timing protocols include: Network Time Protocol (NTP), Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP), Time, Daytime, and the optional Precision Time Protocol (PTP/IEEE-1588). In its most basic operation, the Sonoma sends NTP reply packets in response to NTP request packets which it has received from clients. The timestamps it sends in its NTP reply packets are accurate to10 microseconds, typical. Once synchronized, the Sonoma can maintain acceptable network synchronization accuracy for about a day without GPS reception. The instruments operating temperature range is 0 to 50 degrees Celsius. | 2022-04-27 |
| TOOL0277 | Endeco model 1125 dissolved oxygen system | A controller with up to four multiplexed Endeco type 1128 pulsed-electrode dissolved oxygen probes. Endeco are now a subsidiary of YSI. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL1812 | Endress and Hauser Liquisys M CPM223/253 pH sensor | A pH and Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) transmitter for analog sensors, digital pH, sensors and ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET) sensors. It has applications in effluent treatment, neutralization, detoxication (electroplating), water treatment, and water monitoring. The measurement range for pH is -2 to 16 with a resolution of 0.01, and for ORP the measurement range is -1500 to +1500 mV / 0 to 100 % with a resolution of 1 mV/0.1 %. | 2022-06-28 |
| TOOL1813 | Endress and Hauser Orbisint CPS11 pH sensor | A pH electrode. Used for pH measurement in process and environmental applications - such as long-term monitoring and limit monitoring of processes with stable process conditions in industries such as the paper industry, plastics chemistry, power plants, food industry, and breweries; and also for water treatment. The membrane glass of the electrode supplies an electrochemical potential which is dependent upon the pH value of the medium. This potential is generated by the selective penetration of H+ ions through the outer layer of the membrane. An electrochemical boundary layer with an electric potential forms at this point. An integrated Ag/AgCl reference system serves as reference electrode. The transmitter converts the measured voltage into the corresponding pH value using the Nernst equation. The sensor is supplied with a dirt-repellent PTFE diaphragm. The instrument can be supplied with an optional built-in temperature sensor and/or an optional salt ring for low conductivity applications such as boiler feed water and water for injection. The sensor is suitable for use in harsh applications as the glass used is processed for use in highly alkaline media, is pressure-stable up to 16 bar (232 psi), and can be used in temperatures up to 135 degrees Celsius. | 2022-06-28 |
| TOOL1808 | Endress and Hauser TurbiMax W CUS 41 in-situ particle sizer | An optical in-situ particle sizer designed for suspended solids measurement in sewage treatment and water monitoring activities. It uses the nephelometric 90 degree scattered light method with frequencies in the near infra-red (NIR) range (880 nm). The excitation radiation of the IR transmitter strikes the medium at a defined beam angle. The different refractive indices of the entrance window and the measuring medium (water) are taken into account. Particles in the medium scatter the radiation, which strikes the receiver at a defined angle. The measurement in the medium is constantly adjusted with the values of a reference receiver. A temperature measurement signal is also detected and transmitted. It has an operational wavelength of 880 nm, and measurement ranges from 0 - 9999 FNU, 0.00 - 9999 ppm, 0 - 300 g/l, 0 - 200 percent (depending on the type of sample). It has an operating temperature range from -5 to +50 degC. | 2022-05-31 |
| NETT0036 | English umbrella net - Macaulay and Daly (1987) | A rectangular net 200 cm on a side and 300 cm long made from 0.22 mm nylon mesh is designed to fit through a hole in an ice flow closed, and open once underneath. A messenger is used to close the mouth opening at a specific depth prior to retrieval though the ice [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 11 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1077 | Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus | An eight-band whiskbroom scanning radiometer designed for land and vegetation observation. The instrument consists of a primary mirror sweeping across-track to produce image scans, and a scan line corrector (SLC) mirror assembly sweeping forward-to-back along-track, to compensate for the forward motion of the satellite during integration time. A panchromatic channel covers the wavelength range (0.50 - 0.90) um, at a spatial resolution of 15 m and 12000 pixel per line; six-narrow band channels in the visible/near-infrared/short-wave infrared (VIS/NIR/SWIR) span wavelength ranges (0.45 - 0.52) um, (0.53 - 0.61), (0.63 - 0.69) um, (0.78 - 0.90) um, (1.55 - 1.75) um, (2.09 - 2.35) um, at a spatial resolution of 30m and 6000 pixel per line; a thermal infrared (TIR) channel covers the band (10.4 - 12.5) um, at a spatial resolution of 60 m and 3000 pixel per line. The swath width is 185 km. Flown on Landsat-7. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/136 | 2016-11-15 |
| NETT0038 | Enlarged Clarke-Bumpus sampler - Paquette et al. (1961) | Construction is a 25.4 cm diameter mouth opening with cylindrical tube 12.7 cm long. The tube is equipped with flat plate which pivots to open or close the flow through the tube and a TSK flowmeter. A 107 cm long conical net is attached to the rear of the tube. (No mesh size given). | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0037 | Enlarged Clarke-Bumpus sampler - Yentsch et al. (1962) | An enlarged (jumbo) version of the Clarke-Bumpus Sampler with a 30 cm diameter mouth opening and 183 cm long net [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 8 B]. A pressure potentiometer in a SS case and attached to a conducting cable described for determining the depth of the end of a net tow wire. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0381 | EnviroTech LLC Aqua Monitor Smart Water Sampler | A programmable water sampler that can collect up to 48 discrete water samples of up to 1000ml each and may be programmed for time series sampling or for operation in "slave" mode within a system. Samples are collected using a syringe mechanism and stored in gas impermeable bags within protective enclosures.The sampler can be deployed on moorings, towed-vehicle systems, ROV or AUV platforms, and can be used for applications such as phytoplankton, nutrients, salinity and suspended sediment measurements. | 2011-03-14 |
| TOOL0170 | EnviroTech LLC NAS-2E Nutrient Analyser | In-situ nutrient analyser for high frequency time-series determination of nutrient concentrations in marine and fresh waters. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0380 | EnviroTech LLC NAS-3X Nutrient Analyser | In-situ nutrient analyzer for high-frequency time-series determination of nutrient concentrations in marine and fresh waters. It uses a pump and valve system to acquire and react individual water samples, and versions are available for the measurement of nitrate, phosphate, silicate and ammonia. The NAS-3X replaces the NAS-2E, providing higher precision and resolution measurements. The standard depth rating is 100m, although a 250m version is also available and deeper versions may be built on request. | 2011-03-14 |
| NETT0039 | Epi-benthic plankton net - Russell (1928) | Construction is 122 cm wide x 30 cm tall rectangular mouth with a 240 cm length net made of stramin. The net is mounted in an Agassiz trawl frame [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 22 B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0040 | Epi-benthic plankton sampler - Bossanyi (1951) | Approximately 91 cm x 61 cm rectangular mouth with net about 213 cm long. Netting with 15.7 meshes per cm. Able of open/close mouth opening [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 22 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0041 | Epi-benthic plankton sampler - Clutter (1965) | Construction is a 32cm x 32 cm rectangular mouth opening net attached to a metal box frame work which was 37 cm tall x 37 cm wide x 30 cm long. The net was about 30 cm long had 0.333 mm nylon mesh. The system was lowered to the seafloor where an anchor attached to the net frame by a spool of line became fixed. The net was towed at ~1.5 knots away from the anchor until the line was fully extended whereupon it triggered a choke rope closing the net. Distance covered by the sampler was about 10 m. A scaled up version with 70.1 cm x 70.1 cm mouth opening also described [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 23 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0083 | Eppley Precision Infrared Radiometer Pyrgeometer | The Eppley Precision Infrared Radiometer (PIR) pyrgeometer measures longwave (infrared) radiation. It is housed in a weatherproof titanium canister that has been painted with a very flat black paint that absorbs radiation. A small glass dome at the top of the instrument is covered with an 'interference coating' which allows only infrared radiation to come through. Light levels are detected as temperature changes creating voltages in fine wire coil detectors. | 2019-06-07 |
| TOOL0666 | Eppley Precision Spectral Pyranometer | A discontinued instrument that measured sun and sky irradiance in the range of wavelengths 0.285 to 2.8 microns, including most of the solar spectrum. It had a "hemispheric receiver" intended to approximate the cosine response for oblique rays. More information may be found at http://www.yale.edu/ceo/Documentation/Eppley%20Precision%20Spectral%20Pyranometer.pdf. | 2014-03-11 |
| TOOL2020 | Eppley Standard Precision Pyranometer | A precision radiometer used to measure total energy from the sun. This can be either global shortwave irradiance or total irradiance in the plane of array (TPA). It can also be used to measure reflected or albedo irradiance, as well as diffuse shortwave irradiance. It is based on the design of the Eppley PSP pyranometer (https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0666/) but exhibits a faster response time, reduced thermal offset and improved cosine response. The SPP has a spectral range from 295-2800 nm, a sensitivity of 8 uV / Wm-2 and an impedance of approximately 700 ohms. It has an operating temperature from -50 to +80 degC. Hourly average measurement uncertainty is approximately 2 percent, daily average measurement uncertainty is approximately 1 percent. | 2024-02-22 |
| TOOL0812 | Eppley Total Ultraviolet Radiometer | The Eppley Total Ultraviolet Radiometer (TUVR) measures total short-wave solar radiation (295 to 385 nm) with sensitivity of approx. 150 microV/Wm-2. The unit is of brass construction and includes adjustable leveling screws and a circular spirit level. The instrument utilizes a hermetically sealed selenium barrier-layer cell which is protected by a quartz window. An encapsulated narrow bandpass (interference) filter limits the spectral response of the photocell. | 2014-12-09 |
| TOOL0932 | Eppley UVB-1 pyranometer | A precision radiometer that measures biologically effective solar UV radiation with a spectral response of 280-320nm. Coloured filters and a UV-B phosphor convert incoming UV-B radiation into green light which is then measured by a calibrated solid-state photodetector. The UVB-1 measures global solar UV-B irradiance or the power per unit area of UV-B radiation received by a horizontal surface from the entire hemisphere of the sky. Global radiation includes both light transmitted directly through the atmosphere and light scattered by atmospheric gases and particulate matter in the atmosphere. The UVB-1 measures both the direct and diffuse components of global radiation. Cosine response is ±5% for 0 - 60 degree solar zenith angle and sensitivity is 1.97 volt/(watt/m2) of total UV-B irradiance. | 2015-08-06 |
| TOOL1308 | Ernst Leitz Ortholux light microscope series | A series of optical light microscopes first developed in the 1930's by Ernst Leitz GmbH. They are used in medical or industrial applications. There are three variants (ca. 1930-1970). The earliest variant observes only transmitted light using a lamp source fitted to the base. Later versions observe both transmitted and reflected light using separate lamp sources (6 volts, 30 watts). In addition, they comprise a stand, microscope tubes, objective carrier, objective stage and condenser which are interchangeable parts. The latest version is capable of using bright-field, dark-field, polarized light, fluorescence microscopy, phase contrast and UV illuminations. | 2019-02-08 |
| TOOL0930 | Everest Interscience Sea-Therm 4000L temperature sensor | A rugged temperature sensor designed to measure water surface temperature in harsh environments such as oil platforms. It is a non-contact system that measures infra-red radiation with a second senor - the Sky Spy - that provides input for sky radiation correction. It measures temperatures in the range -10-70C with an accuracy of 0.3C below 30C and 0.5C above 30C. The standard field of view is 10 degrees with 5 and 2 degrees available as options. The sensor is encased in a solid block of plastic hermetically sealed into a titanium case to provide waterproofing and resistance to salt spray. | 2015-08-04 |
| TOOL1128 | Exeter Analytical Model CE-440 elemental analyser | A fully automated elemental analyser capable of analysing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur. The 440 used a thermal conductivity detection method and has both static and dynamic combustion along with a horizontal furnace. It has an analysis time of less than 5 minutes. it has an accuracy with standard organic compounds of +/-0.15% absolute plus +/-0.15% relative and a detection range of 100 ppm to 100%. | 2017-05-05 |
| TOOL2087 | FEI Quanta 650 FEG Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) | A Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) used for the imaging and analysis of materials. Applications include the characterization and in-situ analysis of samples including metals and non-conductive soft materials. The SEM can be operated in high vacuum, low vacuum, and full environmental (ESEM) mode. Multiple imaging detectors available including secondary electron (SE), backscattered electron (BSE), cathodoluminescence (CL), and electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD). Beam deceleration option available to provide improved resolution and contrast. Image processor capable of generating images up to 6144 x 4096 pixels. | 2024-08-14 |
| TOOL1166 | FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics ORION 7P and 7R Manipulators | The ORION 7 manipulators are seven-function manipulator systems designed for use on light and medium class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The manipulators have a standard depth rating of 6545 dbar, allowing the manipulators to be used on a wide range of ROVs, and can be configured to be either position-controlled or rate-controlled. The ORION 7 models can also be configured for extended reach, which adds 318 mm to the arm's length. The ORION manipulators were produced by FMC Technologies who have since merged with Technip to form TechnipFMC. | 2017-11-06 |
| TOOL1834 | FT Technologies FT702LT-V22 anemometer series | A series of ultrasonic anemometers designed to measure wind speed and direction in a wide range of environments. The instrument outputs wind speeds in m/s and direction in degrees by using Acoustic Resonance Technology. Three transducers transmit an ultrasonic signal and measure the signal's phase changes. The sensor adjusts the signal frequency to compensate for changes in the air's temperature, pressure or humidity. The instrument is a solid-state device suitable for marine environments as it is made up of a hard, anodised alloy body, three heaters, and surge protection electronics. Instruments in the series include the FT702LT-V22-FF, FT702LT-V22-PM, FT702LT/D-V22-FF, FT702LT/D-V22-PM. Where LT, has a digital display, LT/D, has an analogue display, FF is a Flat Front, to be installed on a bar, and PM is for a Pipe Mount. Wind speed range is 0-50 m/s with 0.1 m/s resolution. Wind direction range is 0-360 deg. with 1 deg. resolution. The instrument has no data logging capacity and requires a power source. It works in temperatures between -40 and 85 deg. C and up to 4000 m altitude. | 2022-08-12 |
| TOOL0593 | Falmouth Scientific Instruments Excell thermosalinograph | The instrument comprises an FSI internal field conductivity sensor (NXIC cell) and two precision platinum resistance thermometers to provide salinity mounted in a urethane through-flow housing. The temperature sensors are located at the inlet and outlet to provide an integrated temperature measurement across the conductivity sensor. The salinity range is 2 to 42 PSU and the accuracy id +- 0.03 PSU. Sea temperature is measured by an independently-supplied remote PRT or thermistor located in the hull or seawater inlet. | 2013-01-23 |
| TOOL0364 | Falmouth Scientific Instruments Integrated CTD Profiler | CTD profiler with a sampling frequency of 32Hz and a depth rating of 7000m. It is normally used in conjunction with a DT-2000 deck unit, although an internal memory can also be installed for self contained data logging. Parameters are measured to an accuracy of ±0.0002 S/m for conductivity, ±0.002°C for temperature and 0.01% for full scale pressure. The unit can support two additional primary temperature sensors and up to 8 auxiliary sensors. | 2011-01-28 |
| TOOL1266 | Falmouth Scientific Instruments MicroCTD | A miniature integrated sensor and communication system, developed by Falmouth Scientific Instruments. The MicroCTD includes a conductivity sensor (range: 0 to 65 mmho/cm, resolution: 0.0002 mmho/cm, accuracy: +/- 0.005 mmho/cm), a temperature sensor (range: -2 to 32 degC, resolution: 0.0001 degC, accuracy: +/- 0.005 degC), and a depth sensor (range: 0 to 7000 dbar, resolution: 0.02 dbar, accuracy: +/- 0.12 dbar). This instrument was fitted on TOBI, a deep-towed multi-sensor sonar system deployed in 1999 during cruise JR39b. | 2018-08-02 |
| TOOL0173 | Falmouth Scientific Instruments NXIC CTD Series | A collection of conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) sensors which are generally linked to a common data logger that samples at up to 15Hz. The CTD sensors utilise the patented Non-eXternal Inductive Cell (NXIC) conductivity sensor, originally developed by FSI for the US Navy DT-705 Sound Velocity/Salinity sensor. Models in the collection include the NXIC CT Bio Direct Read-500M, NXIC CTD Bio Direct Read-500M, NXIC CTD Bio Auto-500M, NXIC CTD Direct Read-500M, NXIC CTD Direct Read-700M, NXIC CTD Auto-500M, NXIC CTD Auto-700M, NXIC CTD-ADC with external sensors, and the NXIC ETSG Thermosalinograph. Parameters are measured to an accuracy ranging from 0.002-0.010 mS/cm for conductivity, 0.005 degC for temperature and 0.08% for full scale pressure. Now marketed by Teledyne RD Instruments. | 2017-11-01 |
| TOOL0122 | Falmouth Scientific Instruments OEM conductivity-temperature sensor | A high accuracy conductivity and temperature sensor that can be readily adapted to various user platforms. The interface electronics provide a DC voltage output proportional to conductivity or temperature. Conductivity is measured by a large inductively coupled sensor that is less affected by biofouling than wetted electrode sensors. Temperature is measured by a high grade Platiunum Resistence Thermometer (PRT) that provides linear temperature response and high stability. The electronics approach is very linear, eliminating the need for complex equations to convert outputs to physical units. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0455 | Falmouth Scientific Instruments ocean conductivity module | An inductively coupled conductivity sensor with a low-power micro-controller to collect, scale and transmit real-time data via RS-232 or RS-485. The sensor has an accuracy of +/- 0.0003 S/m and a resolution of 0.00001 S/m over the range 0-7.0 S/m. It has a response time of 50 ms at a flow rate of 1 m/s. | 2012-01-24 |
| TOOL0123 | Falmouth Scientific Instruments ocean temperature module | A standards-grade platinum resistance thermometer with a low-power micro-controller to collect, scale and transmit real-time data via RS-232 or RS-485 | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0428 | Fast Light Yo-yo (FLY II) microstructure profiler | A free-falling instrument designed to measure temperature, salinity and turbulent shear from near surface to within 15cm of the seabed. The instrument includes airfoil shear probes (the shear sensing element comprises a piezo-ceramic bimorph beam which generates an electrical charge in response to cross-axial forces), slow and fast response thermistors, a conductivity cell, two tilt gauges and a pressure gauge. A probe guard mounted at the lower end of the instrument protects sensors from bottom sediments. Data are transmitted back to the ship in real time through a neutrally buoyant line. The FLY series of instruments was developed in the 1980s by the Institute of Ocean Sciences, British Columbia and others, and built by Sy-Tech Research Ltd of Sidney, British Columbia. The instrument is no longer in production. | 2011-11-02 |
| TOOL0429 | Fast Light Yo-yo (FLY IV) microstructure profiler | A free-falling instrument designed to measure temperature, salinity and turbulent shear from near surface to within 15cm of the seabed. The instrument includes airfoil shear probes (the shear sensing element comprises a piezo-ceramic bimorph beam which generates an electrical charge in response to cross-axial forces), slow and fast response thermistors, a conductivity cell, two tilt gauges and a pressure gauge. A probe guard mounted at the lower end of the instrument protects sensors from bottom sediments. Data are transmitted back to the ship in real time through a neutrally buoyant line. The FLY series of instruments was developed in the 1980s by the Institute of Ocean Sciences, British Columbia and others, and built by Sy-Tech Research Ltd of Sidney, British Columbia. The FLY IV used the same sensors as the FLY II but incorporated more advanced electronics and software. Data transmission was achieved via the TELUS Mobility Network. The instrument is no longer in production. | 2011-11-02 |
| NETT0137 | Fixed in-current plankton net - Johannes et al (1970) | A pair of 50 cm diameter nets made from number 10 gauze were mounted side by side in a rectangular frame with an extender rod to support the net cod ends horizontally . The nets and frame were attached 100 cm above the bottom to a wire extending from an anchor stand to a surface float. The nets were free to rotate so that they always faced into the flow [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 24 B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1462 | Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) Gilson dredge | The Gilson dredge consists of a sort of plough and a net behind it. This device is pulled by a research vessel and is mostly used for sampling rough substrates, e.g. sampling of oysters and shells. The Gilson dredge is also suitable for collecting archeological artefacts but not for sampling fish. | 2020-05-28 |
| TOOL1525 | FloCat C-ES45 B002 flow meters | An impeller flow meter in 3/8 Inch nominal pipe size. The body material for the ES45-B002 is polypropylene, with transparent acrylic covers for visual flow indication. Optional Acrylic or Polypropylene covers available. Optional Nickel tungsten carbide, and zirconia ceramic shafts. range: 0.27 - 18.9 LPM. Accuracy: +/- 1.0% FS. | 2020-08-17 |
| TOOL0110 | Florida-Bahamas cable from 1990 | Cabling installed on the seabed primarily to provide a telecommunication link between Florida and the Bahamas from 1990, but able to provide information on currents due to resistance variation. More information at http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/110741/. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0109 | Florida-Bahamas cable to 1990 | Cabling installed on the seabed primarily to provide a telecommunication link between Florida and the Bahamas until 1990 but able to provide information on currents due to resistance variation. More information at http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/110738/. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0483 | Flow injection chemiluminescence system with photon counting head | An analytical system used to determine concentrations of chemical species in a sample based on the luminescence of the species of interest. The system typically comprises individual components typically including pumps, injection and autosampler valves, preconcentration columns and a photon counting head for chemiluminescence detection. The system is normally uniquely assembled for each analysis. | 2012-03-29 |
| TOOL0513 | Flow injection lumogallion system with fluorometer | An analytical system used to determine concentrations of chemical species in a sample based on the fluorescence from the reaction between lumogallion and the species of interest. The system typically comprises individual components typically including pumps, injection and autosampler valves, preconcentration columns and a fluorometer. The system is normally uniquely assembled for each analysis. | 2012-07-04 |
| TOOL0681 | FlowQuest 150 Long-range Acoustic Current Profiler | FlowQuest 150 Long-range Acoustic Current Profiler with an operating frequency of 150 kHz. Standard depth of 800 meters with a temperature range of -5 degC to 45 degC. Velocity accuracy of +/- 1 percent +/- 5mm/s and a maximum measuring range of 500 meters. | 2014-04-01 |
| TOOL0777 | FlowQuest 75 Ultra long-range Acoustic Current Profiler | FlowQuest 75 Ultra long-range Acoustic Current Profiler with an operating frequency of 75 kHz. Standard depth of 800 meters with a temperature range of -5 degC to 45 degC. Velocity accuracy of +/- 1 percent +/- 5mm/s and a maximum measuring range of 900 meters. | 2014-08-20 |
| TOOL0539 | Flygt pump | Submersible electrical pump designed for continuous pumping of water. It incorporates an impeller, allowing large volumes of water to be pumped quickly. Flygt pumps were used by institutes such as the then Institute of Marine Environmental Research (now Plymouth Marine Laboratory) for oceanographic sampling in the 1970s. This allowed continuous monitoring of water properties as well as the collection of discrete samples from the pump outflow. | 2012-10-12 |
| TOOL0628 | Focal Technologies Corporation optical plankton counter | An in-situ instrument with a sampling tunnel that causes particles (presumed to be plankton) to pass through a collimated light beam that measures their effective spherical diameters. Counts are produced over the sampling interval (typically 30 seconds) of the number of particles in each of 128 equal size classes within a size range of 0-5500 microns. More information may be found in http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/104842/. | 2013-07-02 |
| TOOL1625 | Forsberg Starlink DNAV-212 Differential Global Positioning System receiver | A 12 channel Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) receiver with an automatic 2 channel beacon receiver. The receiver yields real-time positioning, ground speed, course, and time measurement data at an output rate of 10 Hz. The instrument has applications in GIS data collection, agriculture and hydrographic surveys, providing continuous sub-metre positional accuracy with a latency of 15-40 ms. The Starlink DNAV-212 is waterproof, and designed for rugged professional use. It features multiple interface ports, enabling it to interface easily with software packages or systems capable of accepting standard GPS data input. | 2021-02-10 |
| TOOL2045 | Forssea Robotics SMOOVE Resident Camera System | A high-definition resident video camera system designed for use in subsea seabed observatories, coastal surveys, visual monitoring and military surveillance. It features real-time streaming and recording of video and still images during predetermined cycles, and is fitted with two LED lights (4800 lumen). It features a low-energy chlorination system to prevent biofouling, a turnkey API, web user interface and multiple customisation options (depth, lights, cables and power supply). It also has an embedded GPU / CPU with internal storage capacity. It is housed in titanium, enabling a 6000 m depth rating. The lens is made from sapphire glass and has a field of view of 63.7 degrees in air, 50 degrees in water. | 2024-06-06 |
| NETT0043 | Foxton two-chamber cod-end - Currie (1962) Foston (1963) | A modification to the IKMT to allow pressure actuated depth separated collections by a two-part cod end [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 25 D]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1244 | Franatech METS Methane Sensor | An underwater sensor for detecting dissolved methane concentration. The instrument operates according to the Law of Henry, whereby partial pressure gradients between the detector and surrounding water causes gas molecules to diffuse through the detector room's protective silicone membrane. The dissolved methane concentration in the outside water is directly correlated to that in the detector room, and can thus be calculated through a calibration formula. Concentration ranges vary with model version, and if the optional ranges are also included, they span: 10 nanomol/l - 100 micromol/l in the Classic METS (for long-term monitoring or low-speed profiling), 10 micromol/l - 2 millimol/l in IR-METS (for high concentrations and anoxic environments), 2 - 150 millimol/l in W-METS (for work at over-saturation), 100 nanomol/l - 150 millimol/l in K-METS (for mobile deployment, e.g. profiling, ROVs, AUVs). Standard temperature range is 2 - 20 degC; optional is 10 - 30 degC, but can be extended if required. | 2018-06-29 |
| NETT0044 | Free-fall plankton net - Heron (1982) | A modified WP2 cylinder-cone closing net (mesh not specified) which is allowed to free-fall and then is strangled shut and retrieved. [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 10C] | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0508 | Friedinger bottle water sampler | A free flushing sample bottle of 1-5 litre capacity comprising a glass, metal or plastic tube with a hinged lid at each end. The bottle is deployed on a wire with the lids held open. When the bottle reaches the target depth a weighted messenger is sent down the wire and releases the lids, sealing the sample in the bottle. The bottle was designed by H Friedinger (Lucerne, Switzerland) to collect water samples for plankton analysis. | 2012-06-22 |
| TOOL1571 | Fritsch ANALYSETTE 22 NeXT Micro particle size analyser | A laser diffraction particle size analyser designed to measure particle size in the nanometre to millimetre range. It uses a wet dispersion unit for wet measurement of the particle size of solids, suspensions and emulsions. It uses a reverse Fourier design and implements both the Fraunhofer and Mie light scattering theories. It uses a single green laser (532 nm). It includes Windoes MaS software for controlling, recording and evaluating the measuring results on a supplied computer, including monitor, keyboard and mouse. It has a measurement range of 0.5 um to 1.5 mm and a measuring time of 5 - 10 seconds. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0265 | Fugro Oceanor Wavescan buoy meteorological package | A meteorological tower with wind, air pressure and air temperature sensors mounted on top of a metocean waverider buoy with on-board data logging and telemetry capability. More information is given in https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/64211/ | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0264 | Fugro Oceanor Wavescan buoy waverider | A meteocean waverider buoy incorporating directional wave sensors with sophisticated on-board data reduction, data logging and telemetry capability. The buoy may also carry a meteorological tower and a sub-surface sensor package that are considered to be separate data production tools. More information is given in https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/64211/ | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0348 | Fugro SeaSTAR 9200-G2 Differential Navigation System receiver | A dual-frequency Differential Global Satellite Navigation System (DGSNS) receiver that incorporates both GPS and GLONASS reception capability. It also tracks the Fugro L-Band satellite broadcast of DGNSS corrections and, as backup, can receive these corrections via the internet. This functionality allows the instrument to provide positional information with a horizontal accuracy of 15cm and a vertical accuracy of 20cm. | 2010-09-06 |
| TOOL1877 | Furuno CH12 sector scan sonar system series | Furuno CH12 sector scan sonar systems (CH12-60, CH12-88, and CH12-150) are designed for the detection of fish schools both vertically and horizontally. Depending on the version, the transceiver emits at a frequency of 60, 88, or 150 kHz. The returning echoes are represented on a 12-inch colour cathode-ray tube (CRT) display. Detection ranges are 800, 1200, and 1400 m for the 150 kHz, 88 kHz, and 60 kHz instruments, respectively. This product was discontinued in 1992. | 2022-11-15 |
| TOOL0793 | Furuno DS 50 and DS 50T Doppler speed log | The Furuno DS-50 is a 3-beam Doppler speed log providing display of speed over a wide range from -10.0 to 40kt. Speeds are detected relative to ground or water both fore/aft and athwartship. This model operates at 440kHz, and has speed accuracy of 0.1kt. The DS 50T is supplied with an additional transceiver unit. | 2014-09-17 |
| TOOL0794 | Furuno DS 80 Doppler speed log | The Furuno DS-80 is a pair-beam Doppler speed log providing display of speed over a wide range from 0 to 40kt. Speeds are detected relative to ground or water both fore/aft and athwartship. this model operates at 1 MHz and has speed accuracy of 0.1kt for water depth of more than 3m. | 2014-09-17 |
| TOOL2074 | Furuno DS-60 Doppler sonar | The DS-60 is a precision, 3-axis Doppler sonar, designed to output the required information for berthing and docking operations of vessels, and navigation in narrow channels or straits. It is specifically designed for vessels of 50,000 GT and greater, such as container vessels and tankers, in depths between 1 and 200 metres. Speeds are detected relative to the ground or water for both fore-aft and port-starboard directions. The three-beam transmission reduces the effects of the vessel's pitch and roll. The DS-60 provides a greatly downsized transducer unit as compared to the DS-30, reducing installation time and space requirements. The high-frequency 320 kHz transducer measures ship's longitudinal (fore-aft) and transverse (port-starboard) speed, as well as water speed and direction under the hull. Information is output on an 8.4-inch colour LCD display, with three modes: 3-axis speed, berthing, and navigation data. Water tracking inaccuracy is +/- 1 % or +/- 1 kn (whichever is greater). Ground tracking inaccuracy where ship speed is less than 1 knot is +/- 0.01 m/s, or +/- 1 % or +/- 0.1 kn (whichever is greater) where ship speed is more than 1 knot. | 2024-07-24 |
| TOOL0795 | Furuno FCV 292 video echosounder fish finder | The Furuno FCV-292 is a dual-frequency (28, 50, 88 or 200kHz) commercial-grade fish finder and depth measuring system designed for boats 35-65-plus feet. It is adjustable to 1000, 2000 or 3000 Watt (RMS) and is operational between 5 to 4000 m (up to 9000 ft). | 2022-04-27 |
| TOOL0796 | Furuno FCV 582 video echosounder fish finder | The Furuno FCV-582 is dual-frequency (50kHz and 200kHz) color video sounder designed for smaller vessels. Its 8 or 16 color presentation gives information on fish density and the nature of the ocean floors. This device has six pulse lengths from 0.2 to 3.6ms for performance on both shallow and deep ranges. It has a colour CRT display and has an operational range of 500 m (1500 ft). | 2014-09-17 |
| TOOL1632 | Furuno FCV 585 video echosounder fish finder | The Furuno FCV-585 is a dual-frequency (50 kHz and 200 kHz) colour digital echo sounder with a high transmission output power of 600 Watts/1 kW through transducer selection. The FCV-585 is designed for a variety of fishing and recreational vessels. The instrument features a digital filter, with digital signal processing technology in order to adjust gain, sensitivity time control and output power, in addition to suppressing echoes just below the transducer head. The instrument has a fast pulse transmission rate of 3,000 times per minute and pulse lengths ranging from 0.1 to 3 ms, for shallow water (<5 metre) echo presentation. The instrument has an operational range of up to 800 m. | 2022-01-12 |
| TOOL0797 | Furuno FE 700 echo sounder | The Furuno FE-700 is an echo sounder for shallow or deep water applications. This instrument uses ultrasonic pulses to detect the seabed and other underwater objects. The operating frequency is 50 kHz, 200 kHz or 50/200 kHz alternating transmit. Echo sounding data is displayed on a 6.5-inch colour TFT (Thin Film Transistor) LCD display. It has an operating range of 800 m (2500 ft, minimum range is 0.5 m (200 kHz), 2.0 m (50 kHz)). Accuracy is +/-2.5%. | 2014-09-18 |
| TOOL1699 | Furuno GP-150 Dual Global Positioning System receiver | The GP-150-DUAL consists of two dual differential GPS navigator systems and an interface unit. Each GPS navigator consists of a display unit combining a GPS receiver and video plotter, and a GPS antenna. The interface unit functions to exchange data between the GPS navigators and external equipment. A high sensitivity receiver tracks up to 12 satellites simultaneously. An 8-state Kalman filter ensures optimum accuracy in determination of vessel position, course and speed. The instrument has storage for 999 waypoints and 30 routes, and its memory can store 2,000 points of track and marks. The instrument fully meets the following regulations: IMO MSC. 112(73), IEC 61162-1, IEC 61108-1 and IEC 62288. | 2021-06-15 |
| TOOL1553 | Furuno GP-320B GPS/WAAS receiver antenna | A high-performance GPS receiver antenna designed for use on marine vessels. It features a 12-channel all-in-view parallel tracking GPS receiver including SBAS (WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS), with a receiving frequency of 1575.42 MHz (L1). The GP-320B can be supplied with an optional mast mounting kit, 10 m extension cable, or various mounting base configurations. It is capable of 90 second cold start acquisition and 20 second warm state acquisition. Its GPS accuracy is 10m, MSAS accuracy is 7m and WAAS accuracy is 3m. | 2020-10-27 |
| TOOL1547 | Furuno GP-330B GPS/WAAS receiver antenna | A high-performance CAN bus GPS receiver antenna designed for use on marine vessels. It features a 14-channel all-in-view receiver with 12 dedicated GPS channels and 2 dedicated SBAS (WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS) channels. It has a receiving frequency of 1575.42 MHz (L1). The GP-330B is capable of data output in CAN bus/NMEA2000 format, so can be used with NavNet 3D systems. Its unique 'Pin-Enabled' termination resistor allows simple NMEA2000 backbone or drop wiring configurations. The GP-330B can be supplied with various optional 10 m NMEA cable assemblies, extensions, terminators and mounting base configurations. It is capable of 60 second cold start time-to-first-fix, and position is updated every second. Its GPS accuracy is 10m, MSAS accuracy is 7m and WAAS accuracy is 3m. | 2020-10-27 |
| TOOL0457 | Furuno GP32 Global Positioning System receiver | A 12-channel, all-in-view Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The unit also contains a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) receiver, which applies correction data by means of geostationary satellites, thereby improving positional accuracy. It is Differential GPS (DGPS) ready, with a positional accuracy of 10 m in GPS mode, 5 m in DGPS mode and 3 m in WAAS mode. | 2012-02-07 |
| TOOL1621 | Furuno GPS Navigator GP-31 GPS | A 12-channel, all-in-view Global Positioning System (GPS). Designed for use on marine vessels. It receives L1 C/A (1575.42 MHz) frequencies. It is Differential GPS (DGPS) ready (requires an external DGPS beacon receiver - Furuno GR-80) with frequency range 283.5-325 kHz. Accuracy is approx. 50 m (GPS), or approx. 5 m (DGPS), 95% of the time. | 2021-02-03 |
| TOOL1554 | Furuno GPS Navigator GP-33 GPS | A high-performance GPS navigator designed for use on marine vessels. It features a 12-channel GPS receiver combined with integrated SBAS (WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS) technology, with a receiving frequency of 1575.42 MHz (L1). The GP-33 is capable of data output in CAN bus/NMEA0183 format. It comes with a waterproof display and a 6 m drop cable as standard, with a GPA-017 antenna unit. There is also an optional junction box and various cable assemblies available. The GP-33 has a tracking velocity of 999.9 knots and is capable of a 90 second cold start time-to-first-fix. Its GPS accuracy is 10m and WAAS accuracy is 3m. | 2021-01-13 |
| TOOL0792 | Furuno Navigator GP150 and GP150D Global Positioning System receivers | A 12 channel, all-in-view GPS receiver designed for the SOLAS ships according to the GPS performance standard IMO Res MSC. 112(73). The standard system is capable of WAAS augmentation. A second model is also capable of differential GPS (DGPS) corrections (GP150D). The system feeds positioning information to AIS, Radar, VDR, VideoPlotter, Autopilot, Echo Sounder, and Sonar. Accuracy - GPS: 10 m (95%), GPS: 5 m (95%), WAAS: 3 m (95%), limited coverageSOG: +/-0.2 kt (SOG < 10 kt), COG: +/-3 degrees (SOG 1-17 kt) or +/- 1 degrees (SOG > 17 kt) | 2022-04-27 |
| TOOL1633 | Furuno Navigator GP170 Global Positioning System receiver | A 12-channel Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The GP170 outputs positional information, in addition to speed over ground and course over ground, and features a visual plotter. Optional dual-channel Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) beacon receiver in the frequency range of 283.5 to 325 kHz and Differential GPS (DGPS) radio beacon receiver (requiring GPA-021S antenna unit). Designed for application on large yachts, ferries, and commercial vessels. Accuracies of <10 m (GPS), <5 m (DGPS), <3 m (WAAS), and <7 m (MSAS). Outputs positional data at a rate of 10 Hz. | 2021-02-10 |
| TOOL0798 | Furuno Navigator GP36 Global Positioning System receivers | The Furuno GP-36 is a 12 parallel channel, all-in-view GPS system with a built in differential GPS (DGPS) receiver. It is has a 4.5 inch monochrome LCD video display. Accuracy is approx. 50 m (GPS), or approx. 5 m (DGPS), 95% of the time. This model superseded the Furuno GP-35. | 2014-09-18 |
| TOOL0799 | Furuno Navigator GP37 Global Positioning System receivers | The Furuno GP-37 is a 12-parallel channel, all-in-view GPS receiver designed for coastal ships, and fishing boats. It is equipped with WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) and DGPS (differential GPS) receivers. It has a 4.5 inch monochrome LCD display. The unit offers position fixes with accuracy of 10m for basic GPS, 3m where a WAAS service is available, and 5m with DGPS. | 2014-09-18 |
| TOOL0800 | Furuno Navigator GP500 Global Positioning System receivers | The Furuno GP-500 is a dual channel (up to 5 satellites multiplex tracked) GPS receiver. It has an LCD readout display. Accuracy is better than 15 m rms (HDOP < 3). | 2014-09-18 |
| TOOL0801 | Furuno Navigator GP80 and GP80D Global Positioning System receivers | The Furuno GP-80 is an 8-parallel channel, all-in-view GPS receiver designed for every type of vessel. It has a 6 inch monochrome LCD display. The GP-80 is a DGPS-ready receiver that can be linked with an external differential beacon receiver. The GP-80D has a built-in DGPS receiver. Accuracy is GPS: 10 m approx. (95 % of the time SA off), DGPS: approx. 5 m (95% of the time). | 2014-09-18 |
| TOOL0802 | Furuno Navigator GP90 and GP90D Global Positioning System receivers | The Furuno GP-90 is a 12-parallel channel, all-in-view GPS receiver designed for SOLAS ships. It has a 6 inch monochrome LCD display. It is equipped with WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System). The GP-90 is a DGPS-ready receiver that can be linked with an external differential beacon receiver. The GP-90D has a built-in DGPS receiver. Accuracy is GPS: 10 m approx. (95 % of the time SA off), DGPS: approx. 5 m (95% of the time), WAAS: 3 m (95% of the time). | 2014-09-18 |
| TOOL1634 | Furuno SC-30 GPS receiver and gyrocompass | An all-in-view satellite compass providing accurate attitude information for navigation equipment, such as radar, plotter, autopilot, automatic identification system (AIS), fish finder, and sonar. The SC-30 delivers heading, roll, pitch, heave, GPS position, speed over ground, course over ground, and rate of turn information. The SC-30 employs a 2-antenna system that calculates a single vector, while a 3-axis rate gyro and acceleration sensors add the second vector. This configuration enables the SC-30 to calculate highly accurate roll and pitch data without using a third sensor. The GPS receiver features 12 discrete channels, with an L1 receiving frequency of 1575.42 MHz, and one Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) channel. Attitude accuracy of 0.5 degrees RMS (heading/pitch/roll). Positional accuracy of 10 m (95%) GPS or 3 m (95%) WAAS. | 2021-02-10 |
| TOOL2073 | Furuno SC-50 GPS receiver and gyrocompass | An all-in-view satellite compass providing accurate attitude information for navigation equipment. The SC-50 receives and provides both positional and platform attitude information and displays these on an LCD screen. The SC-50 employs a 3-antenna system and delivers GPS positioning, speed and course over ground, rate of turn, pitch and roll angle. Ship's heading is determined by decoding the phase data in the GPS carrier frequency. When a pair of antennas, each connected with an associated GPS engine and processor, are installed along the ship's fore-aft line, the GPS systems at each calculate the range and azimuth to the satellite. The addition of the third antenna to make a tri-antenna system helps to reduce the influence of vessel motion. The GPS receiver features 12 discrete channels, with an L1 receiving frequency of 1575.42 MHz. Heading accuracy is 0.5 degrees RMS, GPS fix is to within 10 m (95%), DGPS fix is to within 5 m (95%), and WAAS fix is to within 3 m (95%). Follow-up is 45 degrees per second rate-of-turn. Settling time is 3 minutes. | 2024-07-24 |
| TOOL0789 | GE Druck PTX and PCDR 1830 and 1840 series level pressure sensors | The PDCR 1830/1840 transducer (mV output) and PTX 1830/1840 transmitter (4-20 mA output) are fully submersible sensors for the measurement of hydrostatic liquid levels. IP68 rated for indefinite immersion in 700 mH2O. Range is from 0.75 mH2O to 600 mH2O with an accuracy of +/-0.06%. Operating temperatures between -20 deg C and 60 deg C. | 2014-09-16 |
| TOOL0680 | GE Druck RPT 350 Resonant Pressure Transducer | A Resonant Pressure Transducer, designed to measure pressure in the range 35-3500 mbar, with accuracy of 0.01 percent, stability of 100 ppm, and insensitive to media density. The RPT350 is available with RS232 or RS485 outputs. | 2014-04-01 |
| TOOL0846 | GE Druck UNIK 5000 Pressure Sensing Platform | The UNIK 5000 is a bespoke pressure sensing unit that may be configured to user requirements. Ranges may be from 70 mbar to 700bar with an accuracy to +/-0.04 percent, frequency repsonse to 3.5 kHz and operating temperatures from -55 to +125 deg C. | 2015-04-28 |
| TOOL1285 | GEMAX gravity corer | A gravity corer with an internal tube diameter of 90mm, designed for undisturbed sampling of soft sediment from the sea floor. The GEMAX corer is an evolution of the GEMINI corer (itself a development from the Niemistö corer, 1974); both consist of twin steel core barrels, though the GEMAX has a larger core-barrel diameter and an added peeler facility in the slicer unit, implemented to limit sample contamination without loss in sample volume. Optimum penetration of 50-60 cm into the seabed can be achieved in soft muddy sediments at wire speed of 1 m/s and two standard weights. | 2018-09-26 |
| TOOL1449 | GEOMAR DO data logger | A self-constructed data logger compatible with oxygen optodes designed for deployment on moorings up to 2000m depth. The logger is designed by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. Clock drift is in the range of about +/- 4 minutes per year (first order temperature-dependent). | 2020-05-26 |
| TOOL1200 | GEOMAR Ocean Bottom Hydrophone System | An observation and registration system designed to monitor acoustic and seismic events. The OBH is composed of a buoyant body, a flasher, a radio beacon, a data logger with batteries, and a hydrophone mounted between an acoustic release (iXSea or KUMQUAT) and a pressure cylinder. All metal parts are made from titanium, whilst the buoyant bodies are made of syntactic foam. The system is designed to float at approximately 1 m above the sea floor, and can operate down to 6000 m water depth. The descent and ascent speeds are approximately 1 m/s to 1.2 m/s. | 2018-01-30 |
| TOOL1448 | GEOMAR TP data logger | A self-constructed data logger compatible with temperature and pressure sensors designed for deployment on moorings up to 6000m depth. The logger is designed by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. Clock drift is in the range of about +/- minutes per year. | 2020-05-26 |
| TOOL1078 | GEOSat Follow-On Radar Altimeter | A radio-occultation radar altimeter designed for ocean topography, significant wave height, and sea surface wind speed observations. A digital chirp generator produces a pulse, which is up-converted in a frequency multiplier, amplified by a power amplifier and routed to the antenna by a T/R switch; the same switch directs the return signal to the receiver, which transforms range separation into frequency separation to allow sampling using Fourier Transform techniques. The receiver carries out automatic gain control (AGC) and down-converts the return signal. GFO-RA performs continuous sampling along the sub-track (nadir-only viewing), and it is supported by a microwave radiometer (MWR) for atmospheric correction. Radar cross section and height are calibrated on board. The instrument only detects at Ku-band frequency centred at 13.5 GHz. The resolution is 25 km at sub-satellite point. The pulse-limited footprint is 2 km along the sub-track. Flown on GFO. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/154 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL0655 | GEOTEK Geoscan IV line scan camera | A 3 x 2048 pixel CCD, digital line-scan camera fitted with a standard Nikon lens mount which is used for imaging cores. Images can be collected at up to 400 lines per centimetre, resulting in a down-core resolution of 25 micron pixel. | 2013-12-02 |
| TOOL0654 | GEOTEK Multi-Sensor Core Logger XYZ {MSCL-XYZ} core analyser | An automated, high-resolution, multi-sensor system used for non-destructive, geophysical measurements of sediment and rock cores. The XYZ system analyses along the length of multiple split core sections in sequential order, whilst maintaining distance to the core surface. The XYZ system comprises of a sensor arm, capable of mounting a line-scan camera to capture the colour of the core surface and multiple sensors to directly measure the core surface. Surface sensors which can be mounted on the system are a colour spectrophotometer, magnetic susceptibility sensor, x-ray fluorescence and natural gamma spectrometer. The system can analyse up to 9 x 1.55 m core sections (up to 15 cm dia.) with a linear precision of 0.02 mm. | 2019-08-28 |
| TOOL0299 | GRIMM 1.108 aerosol spectrometer | An instrument that measures size-resolved aerosol abundances in the atmosphere. The ambient air sample is size-classified by a Differential Mobility Analyser, then counted by an Optical Particle Counter. The sample exits the OPC and is deposited on a PTFE filter. The filter may be removed for subsequent, bulk gravimetric or chemical analysis. | 2011-07-01 |
| TOOL0298 | GRIMM 1.109 aerosol spectrometer | A portable in-situ instrument that optically counts atmospheric particles in the size range 0.3um to 20um into 31 size classes. | 2011-07-01 |
| TOOL1720 | GURALP Aquarius ocean bottom seismometer | An Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) that uses acoustic telemetry to deliver near real-time seismic data from the ocean floor to the surface without cables. The Aquarius is a freefall OBS equipped with acoustic data telemetry and a digital feedback tri-axial broadband seismometer. A three-axis magnetometer and a MEMS accelerometer record the seismometer's 3D position on the seabed for data rotation during post-processing. The instrument is fitted with an absolute pressure gauge (APG) and a hydrophone. The standard hydrophone has a frequency response of 2 Hz - 30 kHz, with the option to upgrade to an ultra-low frequency version of 100 s to 8 kHz. There is also the option for an additional high performance APG. operational at +/-90 °, with a flat response between 120s and 100Hz. The long period frequency corner of this design is user-selectable from 120 sec to 1 sec allowing the sensor response to be tailored to the environment. | 2021-07-27 |
| TOOL0560 | GV Instruments IsoPrime Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer | A laboratory benchtop isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), which operates in dual inlet or continuous flow modes. It forms part of the IsoPrime system which has a range of sample preparation and purification modules that can be coupled with the IsoPrime IRMS. The modules can analyse a range of samples (solids, liquids or gases) and each prepares the sample to be introduced into the IRMS as purified gases. The resultant prepared gases such as H2, CO2, CO, N2, SO2 or N2O are then ionised and analysed for their isotopic content by the IRMS. The instrument was originally manufactured GV instruments as part of the IsoPrime series, but this part of the business was sold to Isoprime Ltd (a group member of Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH) and this instrument has been superseded by more recent models. | 2012-10-04 |
| TOOL0559 | GV Instruments Trace Gas Preconcentrator | A gas chromatograph used for the isotope characterisation of N2O, CO2 and CH4. Gas samples can be injected either manually, using dual-ended sample bottles with valves, or using the fully automated inlet system. Manual selection of the gas to be analysed (CH4, CO2 or N2O) dictates the route the sample will travel through the instrument. For CO2 and N2O analysis, a sample is diverted by a helium gas via the gas selector valves, through a sequence of chemical traps which purify the sample. The sample is then cryogenically frozen twice to concentrate the trace gas. The sample is then separated using the poraplot-Q gas chromatograph (GC) column, ready for analysis. During CH4 analysis, the sample is transported through additional stages including, the oxidation of CO to CO2 by a Sofnocat catalyst, combustion in the furnace and an additional cryogenic trap is used. The instrument is designed to be coupled with the IsoPrime stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS). The Trace Gas preconcentrator was originally manufactured by GV Instruments, but part of the business was sold to Isoprime Ltd (a group member of Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH) in 2008, who now manufacturer the Trace Gas preconcentrator. | 2012-10-04 |
| TOOL1299 | Garmin 19X global positioning system receiver series | A series of a 32-channel GPS receivers. They are designed for marine applications. Receivers track and use multiple GLONASS satellites in addition to GPS satellites to provide positioning and velocity. Also supports differential capability using real-time WAAS corrections. Standard models consist of an embedded antenna and receiver that operates at 10 Hz. Optional models have a NMEA 2000 interface. Update-rate can be configured at 10 times per second at 38400bps and 1 times per second at 4800bps. They are capable of positional accuracies of less than 15 m (GPS) or less than 3 m (DGPS). | 2018-12-06 |
| TOOL0803 | Garmin GPS 16 and GPS 17 series Global Positioning System receivers | The Garmin GPS-16/17 series are 12 parallel channel GPSreceivers designed for marine applications. The systems are capable of differential GPS (DGPS) using real-timeWAAS or RTCM corrections yielding 3 to 5 meter positionaccuracy. The GPS 16LVS and GPS 16HVS are black with a white logo. The GPS 17HVS is white with a blue logo and can be flush mounted or pole mounted on the enclosed 1 inch marine mast mount. | 2022-04-27 |
| TOOL0507 | Garrett Screen surface sampler | A hand-held Monel (nickel-copper alloy) mesh screen in a rigid frame designed to sample the surface film in oceanic waters. The screen is placed horizontally through the water surface then withdrawn from the water (still held horizontally) and drained into a sample bottle. It is used to sample chemical and biological species in the surface film. The Garrett Screen was developed in the 1960s by William Garrett of the US Naval Research Laboratory. | 2012-06-22 |
| TOOL0231 | Gemini Tinytag plus TGP-0050 temperature recorder | A data logger plus a 10k NTC thermistor internally mounted within a robust IP68 waterproof casing suitable for measuring atmospheric or shallow water temperatures. Temperatures in the range -30 to 50C can be measured and the logger may be used up to water depths of 15 metres. The instrument can store approximately 16000 data readings and be set up with measurement intervals between one second and ten days. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL2071 | Gems Sensors and Controls RotorFlow RFO/RFA-2500 (Continuous Output) flow meter Series | RotorFlow units monitor dynamic fluid flow. Used in applications such as Water Purification/Dispensing Systems, Chemical Metering Equipment, Lasers and Welders, Water Injection Systems, Semiconductor Processing Equipment, and Chillers and Heat Exchangers. The rotor reacts to turbulence, pulsation, entrained air, and other flow anomalies induced in the flow stream by other process hardware. A low flow adapter is supplied with all RotorFlow units. It is used to produce accurate response at low flow rates. The body can be made from stainless steel, brass or polypropylene. The brass and stainless-steel bodies are depth rated to 200 PSIG at 21 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit) or 80 PSIG at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit). The polypropylene body is pressure rated to 100 PSIG at 21 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit) and 40 PSIG at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit). | 2024-07-16 |
| TOOL0506 | General Oceanics GO-FLO water sampler | A plastic free-flushing water sampling bottle with a capacity of 1.7-100 litres. The tube is composed of PVC and has ball valves with Viton and silicone seals at each end joined by an external latex spring and nylon and Kevlar lanyards. It is closed when deployed then opens automatically (hydrostatic pressure activated) at approximately 10 m and flushes until closed. When the bottle reaches the desired depth the lanyards are released by a pressure-actuated switch, command signal or messenger weight and the caps are forced shut and sealed. Bottles may be deployed singly clamped to a wire or in groups on a rosette. A reversing thermometer assembly may be attached to the bottle. When extracting water from the bottle, inert gas can be injected into the bottle to force the sample out of the sampling valve. The GO-FLO sampler avoids sample contamination at the surface, internal spring contamination, loss of sample on deck (internal seals), and exchange of water from different depths. | 2012-06-21 |
| TOOL0724 | General Oceanics model 8050 pCO2 measuring system | The General Oceanics model 8050 pCO2 Measuring System is an autonomous analytical system for measuring carbon dioxide in surface water. It includes a headspace equilibrator, an infrared CO2 analyser, and computer-controlled and -monitored pumps. It measures: pressure (flow) in range 0 to 10 dbar, with accuracy of 0.2 percent and resolution of 0.03 percent; temperature in range -3 to 50 degC, with accuracy of 0.003 percent and resolution of 0.0005 degC; conductivity in range 0 to 64 mS/cm, with accuracy of 0.003 mS/cm and resolution of 0.001 mS/cm; Oxygen in range 0 to 25ppm (250 percent saturation), with accuracy of 0.1ppm (1 percent saturation) and 0.01ppm (0.1 percent saturation); pH in range 0 to 0.14 pH, with accuracy of 0.01 pH and resolution of 0.001 pH; Redox in range -1000 to 1000 mV, with accuracy of 1 mV and resolution of 0.1 mV. | 2014-07-09 |
| TOOL2094 | General Oceanics model 8060 pCO2 measuring system | An autonomous analytical system for measuring carbon dioxide in oceanic surface water. The system is an enhanced redesign of the previous 8050 model, necessitated by the discontinuation of the LI-7000 gas analyser. The model 8060 uses the LI-7815 gas analyser and consists of a headspace equilibrator, an infrared CO2 analyser, a network of valves and pumps, a barometer enclosure plus integrated computer and software. The following optional interface kits can be integrated: Seapoint Turbidity Meter, Seapoint Chlorophyll Fluorometer, Anderaa 4835 Oxygen Optode, Seabird SBE45 Thermosalinograph, Picarro G2301 analser and the Adam PPC-3120H touchscreen computer. It measures: pressure (flow) from 0 to 1 bar at 0.05 percent accuracy and of 0.0015 percent resolution; temperature from -3 to +50 degC; conductivity from 0 to 90 mS/cm at 0.0015 mS/cm accuracy; oxygen from 0 to 45 mg/l at 0.1 mg/l accuracy (250 percent saturation); pH from 0 to 14 pH at 0.01 pH accuracy; redox from -1000 to +1000 mV at 1 mV accuracy and 0.1 mV resolution. | 2024-09-05 |
| TOOL1485 | Geo-Resources Geo-Corer 3000 vibrocorer | A high frequency (28 Hz), electrically driven vibrocoring system, with a core barrel length of 3m. It can penetrate fast (thereby enhancing the quality of the core) into all common unconsolidated sediments, including compact sands and stiff clays, and even unconsolidated chalk. The core barrel is made of stainless steel 316, and contains a PVC liner of 106 mm inner diameter and wall thickness of 2 mm. The core barrel is connected to the barrel pivot by two locking bolts - this pivotal connection allows the core barrel to be positioned horizontally for extracting the core liner. Optional pressure-compensated module(for water depths > 150 m). | 2022-04-27 |
| TOOL1486 | Geo-Resources Geo-Corer 6000 vibrocorer | A high frequency (28 Hz), electrically driven vibrocoring system, with a core barrel length of 6m. It can penetrate fast (thereby enhancing the quality of the core) into all common unconsolidated sediments, including compact sands and stiff clays, and even unconsolidated chalk. The core barrel is made of stainless steel 316, and contains a PVC liner of 106 mm inner diameter and wall thickness of 2 mm. The core barrel is connected to the barrel pivot by two locking bolts - this pivotal connection allows the core barrel to be positioned horizontally for extracting the core liner. | 2020-06-30 |
| TOOL0831 | GeoAcoustics GeoPulse boomer and sparker sub-bottom profiling system | A broad-band sound source system that operates in the 300Hz - 3kHz range and is designed for high resolution, deep penetration, sub-bottom profiling in both deep ocean and shallow coastal environments. The system includes an acoustic source which can be either a Boomer plate mounted on a catamaran or a multi-electrode sparker array. It is operational in water depths up to 500 m and can penetrate sea floor depths up to 225 m (fine sand). GeoAcoustics are now part of the Kongsberg group. | 2022-09-13 |
| TOOL1661 | GeoSpectrum M36-100 hydrophone | A high-frequency omni-directional hydrophone and sound projector for use in the marine environment. It comes with a pre-amplified output of 0 to 35 dB (selectable on order) with current or voltage signalling. It has a diameter of 33 mm and length of 199 mm (single package). It is depth-rated to 2500 m and can operate at temperatures between -40 and +70 degC. Its nominal voltage sensitivity without pre-amp is -200 +/- 1.5 dBV re 1uPa. Its band pass is 5 Hz HPF, no LPF installed (unless otherwise specified), and current draw is 1.3 mA at 6.8 VDC, or 4.2 mA with pre-amp. | 2021-03-23 |
| TOOL1658 | GeoSpectrum M8 hydrophone | A high-frequency omni-directional hydrophone and sound projector for use in the marine environment. It can be purchased with or without a pre-amplifier, and can be packaged in various ways tailored to the users' application. It has a diameter of 22 mm and length of 110 mm (single package). It is depth-rated to 3500 m and can operate at temperatures between -40 and +70 degC. Its acoustic sensitivity (1 kHz) is -200 dBV re 1uPa (unamplified). It has a frequency range from 1 Hz - 150 kHz, (+/- 5 dBV) and an electro-acoustic efficiency of 80 % at resonance. It's bandwidth (-3 dB) is 30 kHz. | 2021-03-23 |
| TOOL1659 | GeoSpectrum M8E-51 hydrophone | A high-frequency omni-directional hydrophone and sound projector for use in the marine environment. It comes with a pre-amplified output of 0 to 35 dB (selectable on order) with current or voltage signalling. It has a diameter of 22 mm and length of 88 mm (single package). It is depth-rated to 200 m and can operate at temperatures between -40 and +70 degC. Its voltage sensitivity without pre-amp is -200 +/- 1.5 dBV re 1uPa, and -165 +/- 1.5 dBV re 1 uPa with pre-amp. Its lowest resonance frequency is 170 kHz and capacitance is 1.4 nF +/- 20 % at 20 degC. | 2021-03-23 |
| TOOL1660 | GeoSpectrum M8Q hydrophone | A high-frequency omni-directional hydrophone and sound projector for use in the marine environment. It comes with a pre-amplified output of 0 to 35 dB (selectable on order) with current or voltage signalling. It has a diameter of 13 mm and length of 148 mm (single package). It is depth-rated to 3500 m and can operate at temperatures between -40 and +70 degC. Its voltage sensitivity without pre-amp is -200 +/- 1.5 dBV re 1uPa, and -165 +/- 1.5 dBV re 1 uPa with pre-amp. Its lowest resonance frequency is 170 kHz and capacitance is 1.4 nF +/- 20 % at 20 degC. | 2021-03-23 |
| TOOL1257 | Geological Survey of Canada Ocean Bottom Seismometer | An instrument designed to measure movements in the earth's crust while lying on the seabed. The OBS consists of a pressure cylinder containing a seismometer instrument package, glass buoyancy spheres mounted on a floatation assembly, a hydrophone, and recovery aids. This instrument was designed to withstand pressures and temperatures experienced at up to 6000 m depth in the oceanic environment. The OBS sensors include a 2-component gimballed geophone package (Geospace - Model HS1) operating at 4.5 Hz, with a sensitivity of 1.14 v/in/sec and a fixed amplifier gain of +100 db, and a hydrophone (OAS - Model ES2D), operating between 3 - 20 Hz, with a sensitivity of 87 db re 1V/ubar, and a fixed amplifier gain of +71 db. | 2018-08-02 |
| TOOL0832 | Geometrics G882 Marine magnetometer | A magnetometer designed for the detection and mapping of ferrous objects. It uses a self-oscillating, split-beam Cesium Vapor (non-radioactive) sensor. It can be operated from small or large vessels for shallow water and deep tow applications. Operation range: 20,000 to 100,000 nT. Operation depth: upt to 2750 m. | 2015-02-19 |
| TOOL1768 | Geonica METEODATA 3000C data logger | An automatic meteorological station used for measurement, storage and transmission of meteorological data. It is designed for outdoors installation, in remote unattended areas. The 3000C series units can also carry out calculations including standard deviation of the measurements obtained for a specific parameter; Dew Point calculations as a function of temperature and humidity; adjusting a non-linear response sensor signal, using a polynomial equation; calculating the potential evapotranspiration of a crop; and the hours of sunlight. The WEBTRANS service permits obtaining data in quasi-real time, updating information every five or ten minutes if necessary. The Remote Data Acquisition Station METEODATA 3000C Series is available in two versions with 8 or 16 Analog Input Channels, corresponding to Models 3008CM and 3016CM. The initials "CM" indicate that the units are offered in a Compact ("C") mode and mounted, in a Metallic ("M") IP-66 enclosure, having inside all the basic elements in a modular manner: Microprocessor, Protection Circuits, Communications Modem, Power Source including: Battery and Charge, Regulator for solar panel or mains AC power supply, Display and keyboard (optional), Terminal Strip for external connections, with access to the cables by way of a outdoors bushings, allowing easy access for maintenance and repair. It is also available another version "CP": Models 3008CP and 3016CP (Compact mount on a Polypropylene IP-67 enclosure) ideal for portable use or marine environments. It can operate in temperatures between -30 and +70 degrees Celsius (or optionally -40 to +70 degrees Celsius). | 2022-02-16 |
| TOOL1769 | Geonica STH-S331 {STH-5031} air temperature and relative humidity sensor | A temperature and relative humidity probe designed to provide highly accurate and stable measurements in air. The STH-S331 temperature and relative humidity sensor is normally connected to METEODATA/HYDRODATA 2000/3000 data acquisition systems. The two sensing elements (Temperature and Relative Humidity) come up bound to a nylon plastic casing, which, on the one hand, allows an easy installation thanks to its direct coupling to solar radiation shields both with natural and forced cooling and, on the other hand, makes easier the connection to the measuring and/or acquisition system using a single 7-pin IP66 connector. The factory default temperature measurement range is -40 to +60 degrees Celsius, with an accuracy of +/-0.1 degrees Celsius and resolution of 0.01 degree Celsius; Other ranges are available. The relative humidity measurement range: 0-100% RH. The maximum humidity at the sensor is 100% RH up to 80 degrees Celsius, 75% RH at 100 degrees Celsius, 45% RH at 125 degrees Celsius, and 15% RH at 150 degrees Celsius. The accuracy of the relative humidity sensor is +/-0.8% RH at 23 degrees Celsius, and 3.3 VDC (volts of direct current), and its resolution is 0.1%. | 2022-02-16 |
| TOOL1079 | Geoscience Laser Altimeter System | A laser-ranging (lidar) instrument designed to perform continuous global observations of clouds, atmospheric properties and ice-sheet topography, used for short-term climate and weather prediction. The instrument includes a laser system, a telescope, a Global Positioning System (GPS) and Stellar Reference System (SRS), the latter composed of a star tracker and a Laser Reference System (LRS). The laser transmits two pulses at 40 Hz of visible green light (1064 nm) and infrared light (532 nm) towards the Earth's surface, the return signals of which are detected by the telescope and recorded along the laser pointing vector. The time interval taken by the laser pulse to make a round trip from the instrument to the Earth's surface and back, can be converted into distance; this series of altimeter measurements, together with positional measurements and calibrations carried out by the various instrument components, can be assembled to determine surface topography as well as temporal changes in surface topography. The instruments samples along-track (nadir only view) at intervals of 170m within an instantaneous field of view (IFOV) of 66m. The vertical resolution is 10cm at the surface, and 200m at cloud top. Flown on ICESat. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/155 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1513 | Geosense BH-1 Version 5 corehole seismometer | An underwater seismometer deployed in-situ in coreholes. Proprietary electronic techniques are used to convert ground motion to an acceleration sensitive signal with wide bandwidth (0.1 to 200 Hz typical). This acceleration signal is further conditioned to convert the accelerometer signal to a separate velocity-sensitive output. The velocity output has a typical bandwidth of 1 to 200 Hz. Responsivity of acceleration output: 10.2 V/m/sec^2 (nominal). Responsivity of differential velocity: 3500 V/m/sec (nominal). | 2020-08-03 |
| TOOL1091 | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Imager (12-15) | A five-channel imaging radiometer designed to measure radiant and solar reflected energy from sampled areas of the earth, with the primary mission of determining cloud cover and characteristics, as well as water vapour features and horizontal wind. The Imager's optical system collects scene radiance, which is then separated into spectral channels by beam splitters. One of the bands captures the Earth's reflected radiation in the visible part of the electro-magnetic spectrum; the other four bands sense the Earth's emitted or infrared energy. The spectral energy is then directed to different visible and infrared sets of detectors, and converted into an electrical signal by each detector. The signal goes through amplification, filtration and digitalization before being sent to a ground station through a sensor data transmitter. The Imager uses a Cassegrain telescope in conjunction with a servo-driven, two-axis gimbaled mirror scan system to simultaneously sweep an 8 km north-to south swath along an east-to-west/west-to-east path at a rate of 20 degrees per second. The Imager collects at five bands of radiation wavelengths: (0.55 - 0.75) um, which is the visible band and has a spatial resolution of 1 km; (3.80 - 4.00) um, (5.80 - 7.30) um, (10.2 - 11.2) um and (13.0 - 13.7) um, which are the infrared bands, and have a spatial resolution of 4 km. Flown on GOES-12, GOES-13, GOES-14, GOES-15, GOES-12 (S-America). https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/879 | 2017-08-10 |
| TOOL1090 | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Imager (8-11) | A five-channel imaging radiometer designed to measure radiant and solar reflected energy from sampled areas of the earth, with the primary mission of determining cloud cover and characteristics, as well as water vapour features and horizontal wind. The Imager's optical system collects scene radiance, which is then separated into spectral channels by beam splitters. One of the bands captures the Earth's reflected radiation in the visible part of the electro-magnetic spectrum; the other four bands sense the Earth's emitted or infrared energy. The spectral energy is then directed to different visible and infrared sets of detectors, and converted into an electrical signal by each detector. The signal goes through amplification, filtration and digitalization before being sent to a ground station through a sensor data transmitter. The Imager uses a Cassegrain telescope in conjunction with a servo-driven, two-axis gimbaled mirror scan system to simultaneously sweep an 8 km north-to south swath along an east-to-west/west-to-east path at a rate of 20 degrees per second. The Imager collects at five bands of radiation wavelengths: (0.55 - 0.75) um, which is the visible band and has a spatial resolution of 1 km; (3.80 - 4.00) um, (6.50 - 7.00) um, (10.2 - 11.2) um and (11.5 - 12.4) um, which are the infrared bands, and have a spatial resolution of 4 km. Flown on GOES-8, GOES-9, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-9 (GMS backup), GOES-10 (S-America). https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/217 | 2017-08-10 |
| TOOL0605 | Gill Instruments Intrinsically Safe WindObserver anemometer | A 2-axis ultrasonic anemometer measuring horizontal wind speed and direction that is suitable for hazardous environments such as oil platforms. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL0615 | Gill Instruments Ltd WindMaster pro ultrasonic anemometer | Three axis ultrasonic anemometer offers sonic temperature, speed of sound and wind vector outputs at 32 Hz. The instrument measures the time taken for an ultrasonic pulse of sound to travel from an upper transducer to the opposite lower transducer, and compares it with the time for a pulse to travel from lower to upper transducer. It has a stainless steel construction and will monitor either 0 - 60 m/s (0 - 134 mph) or 0 - 65 m/s (0 - 145 mph) wind speed depending upon the model. The units of wind speed, output rate, and formats are all user selectable. There are several optional analogue outputs and inputs depending on the model. Windspeed accuracy is 1.5 percent root mean squared (0 - 20 m/s) and wind direction accuracy is 2 degrees at less than 25 m/s. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL0616 | Gill Instruments Ltd WindMaster ultrasonic anemometer | Three axis ultrasonic anemometer offers sonic temperature, speed of sound and wind vector outputs at 20 Hz (32 Hz option). The instrument measures the time taken for an ultrasonic pulse of sound to travel from an upper transducer to the opposite lower transducer, and compares it with the time for a pulse to travel from lower to upper transducer. It has an aluminium/carbon fibre construction and will monitor either 0 - 60 m/s (0 - 134 mph) or 0 - 45 m/s (0 - 100 mph) wind speed depending upon the model. The units of wind speed, output rate, and formats are all user selectable. There are several optional analogue outputs and inputs depending on the model. Windspeed accuracy is 1.5 percent root mean squared (0 - 20 m/s) and wind direction accuracy is 2 degrees at less than 25 m/s. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL2098 | Gill Instruments MaxiMet Marine GMX560 weather station | A multiparameter compact weather station designed for use in marine environments. The GMX560 outputs five measured meteorological parameters: Wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, and pressure, in addition to multiple derived parameters. This instrument comes with optional heating function and optional integrated GPS capability, GPS timestamp and calculation of true wind if the platform is moving. Wind speed - range: 0 - 60 m/s; accuracy up to 0.3 m/s RMSE; resolution: 0.01 m/s. Wind direction - range: 0 - 360 degrees; accuracy up to +/- 3 degrees; resolution: 1 degree. Air temperature - range: -40 - 70 degrees C with heating; accuracy: +/- 3 degrees; resolution: 0.1 degree. Relative humidity - range: 0 - 100 percent RH; accuracy: +/- 2 percent RH; resolution: 0.1 percent RH. Barometric pressure - range: 300 - 1250 hPa; accuracy: +/- 0.4 hPa (absolute), +/- 0.08 hPa (relative); resolution: 0.1 hPa. | 2024-09-23 |
| TOOL1559 | Gill Instruments MetPak Pro Weather Station | A multiparameter weather station for measuring various meteorological parameters in marine environments. These include wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure and dew point. The base station combines a Gill Instruments WindSonic ultrasonic wind speed and direction sensor, a barometric pressure sensor and Totronic Hygroclip temperature and humidity probe. MetPak Pro includes Gill's MetSet configuration software and MetView data logging and visualisation software. It is also supplied with mast mounting kits. Up to four additional external devices can be connected, such as a Pt100 temperature sensor and tipping bucket rain gauge, plus two analogue sensors. Alternatively, the base station itself can be configured with an optional rain gauge and various remote wind sensors. It can measure wind speeds from 0 - 60 m/s between 0 - 359 degrees at +/- 2 percent accuracy in speed and +/- 3 degrees accuracy in direction (at 12 m/s). It measures air temperature from -50 to +100 degC at +/- 0.1 degC accuracy and 0.1 degC resolution. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL0404 | Gill Instruments R3-100 research sonic anemometer | Triaxial sonic anemometer with symmetrical head (vertical configuration with 3-fold rotational symmetry) and a data output rate of 100 Hz. The sensor head incorporates three pairs of transducers orientated orthogonally across the measurement region. Each transducer in a pair alternately transmits and receives ultrasound pulses to and from its partner. By measuring the travel time of the pulse in both directions, the velocity component of the air flow along the line of each transducer pair is determined. A mathematical transformation converts the three wind vectors into U, V, W resultants. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL0084 | Gill Instruments R3A-100 research sonic anemometer | Triaxial sonic anemometer with asymmetric head and a data output rate of 100 Hz. The sensor head of the anemometer consists of three pairs of transducers orientated at different angles across the measurement region. Each pair of transducers act alternately as transmitters and receivers, sending pulses of ultrasound between them. By measuring the time of flight of the pulse in both directions, the velocity component of the air flow along the line of the transducer pair can be determined. This measurement is carried out for each of the three transducer pairs in turn. A mathematical transformation is then performed, to convert the resulting three wind vectors into U, V, W format. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL1688 | Gill Instruments WindObserver 75 (heated) anemometer | The WindObserver 75 has been developed for measuring higher wind speeds in extreme weather environments featuring 150 Watts of electrical anti-icing enhanced heating power in the anemometer head. This anemometer has been designed to remain ice free in most freezing weather conditions. With an IP66 rated stainless steel construction this anemometer meets the stringent performance criteria specified by wind turbine manufacturers, airports, marine, oil and gas production, and meteorological organisations around the world. Typical applications include building controls/structural safety, wind turbine control, high altitude mountainous regions, road and rail tunnels/transport safety, Arctic/Antarctic weather monitoring, Ports and Harbours, marine vessels dynamic positioning systems, and aircraft landing systems. The sensor provides data via RS422/RS485 bidirectional link, which allows several units to be networked together and data logged on demand. Optional base mounts/cable exit can be added. The anemometer has a wind direction range of 0 - 359 degrees (no dead band), a wind speed range of 0 - 75 m/s (0 - 168mph) and gives an output status indicating the validity of data; wind speed accuracy for turbine control is +/- 1 % within +/- 25 degrees of datum. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL0704 | Gill Instruments WindObserver II anemometer | The WindObserver II is a solid state ultrasonic anemometer, with a stainless steel housing suitable for marine and offshore applications. It measures wind speed and direction over ranges of 0 - 65 m/s and 0 - 359 degrees respectively. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL1213 | Gill Instruments Windobserver 70 ultrasonic anemometer | A solid state, heated ultrasonic anemometer. Designed for use within the aviation industry and for more extreme weather conditions. It measures the times taken for an ultrasonic pulse of sound to travel from the North transducer to the South transducer, and compares it with the time for a pulse to travel from S to N transducer. Likewise times are compared between West and East, and E and W transducer. The wind speed and direction (and the speed of sound) can then be calculated fromthe differences in the times of flight on each axis. This calculation is independent of factors such as temperature. It uses 150 Watts of electrical heating in the anemometer head to prevent icing. Wind speed accuracy is +/- 2 % at 12 m/s. Wind direction accuracy is +/- 2 degrees at 12 m/s. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL0197 | Gill Instruments Windsonic anemometer | A 2-axis sonic anemometer measuring horizontal wind speed and direction that is suitable for land-based and marine environments. Available in four options, providing a number of different digital and analogue outputs. | 2024-08-15 |
| NETT0045 | Gimbal-ring zooplankton sampler - Kozasa (1984) | Construction is a double-gimballed frame 100 cm tall x 65.5 cm wide supporting a ring net 30 cm in diameter. A bridle is attached to the top of the frame and a weight to the bottom so the net mouth is free of obstructions. No description of net length or mesh size given. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0556 | Glass bottle and bung water sampler | Glass bottle of unknown capacity used for manual water sampling. The bottle was sealed with a bung attached to a rope. The system was used for near-surface sampling during the Marine and Freshwater Microbial Biodiversity project for sampling in Priest Pot. | 2012-09-28 |
| TOOL1080 | Global Monitoring of Atmospheric Ozone | An optical across-scanning, shortwave grating spectrometer, designed to measure trace gases (e.g. ozone, nitrogen dioxide) as well as aerosol distribution in the atmosphere. The instrument detects reflected sunlight from the Earth's surface and atmosphere within the ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS) spectral range at nadir. The detected radiation is split into different wavelengths, and quantitative information on ozone (O3) and several other trace-gas species is obtained from the absorption properties of the observed spectrum. GOME has four optical channels with 1024 spectral elements each, contiguously covering a total range of (0.24 - 0.79) um at spectral resolution ranging from (0.0002 - 0.0004) um. The instrument also carries three polarisation monitoring devices (PMD), with one channel each, measuring within (0.29 - 0.79) um at a spectra resolution range of (0.11 - 0.19) um. The swath width is 960 km wide and the scan angle is 32 degrees from nadir. The pixel size is 40 x 320 km^2. Flown on ERS-2. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/166 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1081 | Global Monitoring of Atmospheric Ozone - 2 | An optical across-scanning, shortwave grating spectrometer, designed to measure trace gases (e.g. ozone, nitrogen dioxide) as well as aerosol distribution in the atmosphere. The instrument detects reflected sunlight from the Earth's surface and atmosphere within the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared (UV/VIS/NIR) spectral range at nadir. The detected radiation is split into different wavelengths , and quantitative information on ozone (O3) and several other trace-gas species is obtained from the absorption properties of the observed spectrum. Sideways viewing for polar coverage and instrument characterisation measurements using the Moon are also carried out. GOME-2 has four optical channels with 1024 spectral elements each, contiguously covering a total range of (0.24 - 0.79) um at spectral resolution ranging from (0.0002 - 0.0005) um. The instrument also carries a polarisation monitoring device (PMD) with 200 channels, measuring within (0.31 - 0.79) um at a spectral resolution range of (0.0028 - 0.04) um. The swath width is 1920 km wide and the scan angle is 55 degrees from nadir. The pixel size is 40 x 80 km^2. Flown on Metop-A, Metop-B, Metop-C. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/167 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1082 | Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars | A grating spectrometer designed to perform stellar occultation measurements in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared spectral range to monitor the levels of ozone and other gas species in the atmosphere. The instrument operates using the technique of stellar occultation, which involves tracking a pre-selected star and making measurements of its emitted radiation through the Earth's atmosphere until it disappears behind the horizon. The spectrometer uses a grating to disperse the detected radiation into its spectrum, which holds information on the atmospheric concentration of different gases. The instrument also carries two fast photometers to detect the scintillation of the input signal, which carries information on turbulence. The spectrometer operates in approximately 1000 channels spread across three spectral bands ranging between (0.25 - 0.67) um, (0.75 - 0.77) um and (0.93 - 0.95) um, at a spectral resolution of (0.0002 - 0.0012) um. The photometers operate within the (0.47 - 0.52) um and (0.62 - 0.70) um spectral bands respectively, at a spectral resolution of 0.05 um. The instrument measures approximately 500 star occultations per day, or 25-40 occultations per orbit. The instrument's vertical resolution is 1.7 km, whilst the horizontal effective resolution is approximately 300 km. GOMOS measures within the altitude range of (20 - 100) km. Flown on Envisat. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/168 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL0078 | Global Positioning Satellite System | A location system of unspecified make or model that determines location on the Earth's surface using the Global Positioning Satellite Network. Angular co-ordinates are given relative to WGS84 CRS. Other parameters such as platform velocity may be derived from this. | 2010-09-08 |
| TOOL1963 | GoPro HERO3+ Black camera | A waterproof and shockproof digital action camera with high-resolution image quality and ultra-HD video capture. The digital video format is H.264, while the image-recording format is JPEG. It measures 5.8 x 3.9 x 2 cm and weighs 28g. It features a CMOS optical sensor type and an HDMI interface and supports wireless LAN connection. It has a maximum still image resolution of 12MP, 30fps (frames per second) burst rate, and up to 4K video resolution. | 2023-06-26 |
| TOOL1203 | GoPro Hero3 camera | A waterproof and shockproof digital action camera with high-resolution image quality and ultra HD video capture. It features a CMOS optical sensor type and an HDMI interface, and supports wireless LAN connection. The digital video format is H.264, while the image-recording format is JPEG. Both the effective photo resolution and the camcorder sensor resolution are 5.0 MP. | 2023-06-08 |
| TOOL2044 | GoPro Hero4 Session camera | A compact waterproof one-button design camera. Photo mode, video mode, and multi-shot mode available. Ultra sharp image quality with all-glass lens. Ultra wide-angle field of view with reduced distortion. Video mode: video resolution options ranges from WVGA to 1440p; frames per second options range from 120, 100 to 30, 25; field of view can be adjusted between medium and ultra wide depending on resolution; screen resolution options ranges from 848 X 480 to 1920 X 1440. Photo mode: photo resolution 8 MP with wide field of view and 3264 X 2448 screen resolution; or photo resolution 5 MP with medium field of view and 2720 X 2040 screen resolution. Multi-shot mode captures up to 10 photos in 1 second with alternative options available, or can be set to time-lapse. | 2024-05-30 |
| TOOL1727 | Graco Husky 1050 E pump series | An electric operated diaphragm pump for collection of water samples. These pumps have a 1-inch (25.4 mm) connection. They are available in Aluminium, Polypropylene and Stainless Steel, and are available in 3 gearbox options: 130, 215 & 330 L/min. The maximum fluid flow is 42 gpm (158 l/min); the maximum fluid working pressure is 70 psi (4.8 bar, 0.48 MPa); maximum size of pumpable solids is 3.2 mm; and fluid displacement per cycle is 0.15 g (0.65 litre). | 2021-09-08 |
| TOOL0819 | Gridded quadrat | A square or rectangular rigid frame of known area, often home-made, with the total area divided into sub-areas by a graticule made up of threads or wires connecting opposite sides of the quadrat spaced at equal intervals. It is placed on the substrate to mark a fixed area for sampling flora or fauna. The subdivision by the graticule increases the accuracy of coverage estimates. | 2015-01-09 |
| TOOL0382 | Grimm 5.403 Condensation Particle Counter | The GRIMM 5.403 Condensation Particle Counter is a portable nano particle counter. Sample air is saturated with butanol vapour and heated to 35 deg C, then cooled to 10 deg C. Particles act as condesation nuclei for the cooling butanol, forming droplets of around 10 um, which are counted by an optical particle counter. | 2011-03-14 |
| TOOL0336 | Grundy Environmental 6620 thermosalinograph | An autoranging instrument taking inputs from a hull or inlet thermometer to give sea temperature plus co-located temperature and conductivity sensors to give salinity. In general use during the 1980s and 1990s. | 2010-09-06 |
| TOOL0454 | Guildline 8400 bench salinometer | A laboratory instrument that determines salinity of a water sample by comparison of its electrical conductivity with a standard solution. The system employs a continuous flow system, where the sample is drawn into the unit under low air pressure. A high stability temperature control bath and heat exchanger maintain the sample at a precisely defined, user selected temperature during analysis. The instrument can operate over a salinity range of 0.005 to 42 with a resolution of < 0.0002 and an accuracy of < +/- 0.002. There are two models: 8400A and 8400B. The 8400A has an external interface as an optional extra. The 8400B has improved stability over long periods and the external interface is fitted as standard. | 2013-01-25 |
| TOOL0032 | Guildline Model 8705 Digital CTD | A CTD unit designed for open ocean applications down to depths of 6000m. The probe was an anodised aluminium tube with a steel cage at one end protecting the temperature and conductivity sensors and a urethane cap at the other to protect the pressure sensor diaphragm. Conductivity cell was a Pyrex tube with four electrodes in an H configuration to allow free circulation of seawater. The thermometer was a fine copper wire enclosed in an oil-filled stainless steel capilliary. The pressure transducer was a 4-arm strain gauge bridge. | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL0034 | Guildline Model 8770 Digital CTD | CTD with conductivity electrode mounted in pyrex glass, copper resistance element in a stainless steel tube for temperature and a pressure sensor comprising a strain gauge element in a 4-arm resistance bridge network | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL0242 | Guildline Portasal 8410 series salinometer | A portable instrument for laboratory or field use that determines salinity of a water sample by comparison of its electrical conductivity with a standard solution. The system employs a continuous flow system, where the sample is drawn into the unit under low air pressure. A high stability temperature control bath and heat exchanger maintain the sample at a precisely defined, user selected temperature during analysis. The instrument can operate over a conductivity range of 0.004 to 76 mS/cm with a resolution of 0.0003 mS/cm (15 deg C and 35 PSU) or 0.0003 Equivalent PSU, and an accuracy of ± 0.003 Equivalent PSU (same set point temperature as standardization and within -2 deg C and +4 deg C of ambient). The series consists of 2 known models: 8410 and 8410A. The models have the same specifications although the 8410A has an RS232 interface. The reference number 8410N refers to an operational manual update only. | 2013-08-01 |
| NETT0046 | Gulf I high-speed sampler - Arnold (1952) | A 7.6 cm diameter inside cylinder net 91 cm long of No. 10 screen (0.038 cm mesh). Equipped with a flowmeter. Towed at ~ 9 knots [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 15 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0047 | Gulf II high-speed sampler - Collier (1957) | A shipboard pump drew water from near the keel of the vessel which was delivered to a circular pan divided into 8 parts each with a filter to catch the plankton. The sampling interval for a filter was 1 hour. Filters (#1 bolting silk) were replaced every 8 hours. This system was developed as a substitute for the Continuous Plankton Recorder. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0048 | Gulf III high-speed sampler - Gehringer (1952) | Construction is a 40.7 cm diameter nose piece entrance into an 50.2 cm diameter cylinder 152 cm long made of 0.152 cm monel metal mesh. 49.5 cm diameter inside conical net 137 cm long of No. 10 screen (0.038 cm mesh ~ No. 1 silk). Equipped with flowmeter. Towed at 5+ knots. Also used with 20.3 cm nose cone [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 15 D]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0050 | Gulf V high-speed sampler - Arnold (1959) | A 41 cm diameter mouth opening with frame 130 cm long. Conical Monel mesh net with 30 meshes per cm. An unencased and scaled down version of the Gulf III described by Gehringer [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 16 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0051 | Gulf VII Pro-net and MAFF-Guildline high-speed samplers - Nash et al. (1998) | An un-encased frame 275 cm long and 76 cm in diameter with a conical nose cone. (There are smaller and larger variants of the frame and nose cone). Standard mouth opening is 40 cm diameter. Pronet is a conical net with 0.28 mm nylon mesh is 230 cm long. Both systems are equipped with a pressure, temperature, conductivity sensor, and flowmetering package for transmission to ship via conducting cable or logged internally. Other environmental sensors can be accommodated. Data scanned/recorded twice per second. Routinely towed at 5 knots and up to 7 knots [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 17 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0788 | Gunther grab | A light sediment grab, 12.5 cm wide and weighing 1kg. The grab is equipped with 8kg weights and nylon gauze sacks (0.5mm mesh size) for the sediment storage. The surface of the grab is 270 cm squared. Note that sizes and depths may vary. A full description is available in https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/pdf/Gunther_1963.pdf. | 2014-09-12 |
| TOOL1882 | Guralp Maris ocean bottom seismometer | A real-time broadband cabled ocean bottom seismometer (OBS), designed to be pushed or cored into the seafloor to minimise ambient noise. It is suitable for local, regional and global seismic monitoring of sub-sea hazards, reservoir monitoring, ocean observatory monitoring, and borehole monitoring. The Maris OBS can be used individually or with up to eight additional instruments. It is supplied with the Minimus digitiser, housed in a separate vessel, to deliver data via Ethernet direct to the cabling system. An internal magnetometer and MEMS accelerometer work together to automatically compensate for tilt, and is therefore operational at any angle. Users can purchase either velocity or acceleration variants depending on the preferred output. It is housed in a slim 60 mm diameter titanium enclosure, suitable for depths up to 3000 m. It has a maximum frequency response bandwidth of 120 s (0.0083 Hz) to 200 Hz. Operating temperature is from -30 to +60 degC. Sensor dynamic range is > 149 dB at 1 Hz. | 2022-11-22 |
| TOOL1925 | Guralp Orcus ocean bottom seismometer | A real-time cabled ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) that sits fully or partially buried on the seafloor at depths of up to 6000 m. The Orcus houses a 3T broadband triaxial seismometer, a Fortis force-feedback triaxial accelerometer, and an Affinity 31-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) data acquisition system. Depending on the deployment depth, housing is either duplex stainless steel or titanium to protect against corrosion. The unique spherical shape of the casing protects the instrument at high pressures, and an underlying metal plate ensures optimum ground coupling. An optional concrete dome hood can be employed to reduce noise and protect against trawling in shallower waters. The integrated Guralp Affinity digitiser delivers data in real-time to the cable system. The frequency range and sensitivity of the sensors can be engineered to suit the requirements of the project. If more than one response range is required, additional geophysical sensors or hydrophones can be incorporated. Non-seismic sensors, such as differential or absolute pressure gauges for tsunami early warning can also be integrated, in addition to current meters, hydrophones, compasses, and tilt-meters. The Orcus OBS has applications in cable to shore or cable to buoy systems, real-time data streaming, local, regional and teleseismic monitoring, long-term reservoir monitoring, and earthquake/tsunami early warning. The Orcus has a frequency response of 120 s (0.008 Hz) to 50 Hz, or optional 360 s (0.0028 Hz) to 50 Hz. Seismometer sensor dynamic range is 167 dB at 1Hz. | 2023-05-19 |
| TOOL1589 | Guralp Systems CMG-1T ocean bottom seismometer | A broadband ocean bottom seismometer designed to destect movements in the Earth's crust such as earthquake activity. It primarily outputs ground accelteration and velocity. It features a unique mass locking system which reduces the possibility of damage to the sensor pivots and springs. It is housed in a titanium sphere and depth-rated to 3000 m. It features 360 s velocity feedback and an operating frequency of 50 Hz. | 2021-01-18 |
| TOOL0079 | Gyrocompass | A compass of unspecified make or model number that finds true north by using a fast-spinning wheel and friction forces to sense the rotation of the Earth. | 2010-09-08 |
| TOOL0854 | HAWAII MR1 side scan sonar | HAWAII MR1 is a shallow towed side scan sonar system and collects bathymetry and acoustic data over a wide area of the seafloor at high resolutions. Up to 25 km wide swath with speeds of 9 knots can be achieved and can image 415 square kilometres per hour. | 2022-06-08 |
| TOOL0141 | HOBI HydroScat-2 Optical Backscatter Fluorometer | Instrument that measures optical backscatter at 2 wavelengths (420nm and 700nm as standard but can be customised) plus chlorophyll fluorescence. Casings available for 330m, 4000m or custom maximum depth working. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL1409 | HOBI HydroScat-6P optical backscattering sensor and fluorometer | A self-contained spectral instrument designed for making optical backscattering and fluorescence measurements in natural waters. The HydroScat-6P has six independent channels with separate sets of source and receiver optics; a light-emitting diode (LED) set to the desired measurement wavelength acts as source beam for each channel, and its matching receiver detects the scattered light. The standard measurement wavelengths are 420 nm, 442 nm, 470 nm, 510 nm, 590 nm and 700 nm, though they can be customised. The same optics allow for fluorescence measurements at two wavelengths: 700 nm excited by the 442 nm source LED, which is typically used for chlorophyll determination, and 510 nm excited by the 420 nm source LED. The maximum depth rating for the instrument is 500 m. | 2020-03-19 |
| TOOL1551 | HOBI Labs HydroDAS data logger | An autonomous subsurface data handling system and controller for use in aquatic environments. It can be used with both profiling and moored instruments, as well as surface buoys. It can collect data from up to 27 different instruments at once (11 digital, 16 analog). The HydroDAS can be used in real-time profiling (multiplexing), autonomous logging and buoy controller modes. During real-time profiling and autonomous logging, raw data are displayed in real-time and archived as files to the logger's internal flash memory. As a buoy or mooring controller its serial ports can be used to interface with a radio or cellular modem for real-time telemetry. Various input/output configurations are available and are scalable to the application, with a MiniDAS available for smaller systems with 4 instruments or less in use. The HydroDAS operates autonomously with HydroScript programs using DASHost software. It features 128 MB internal memory with an optional 2 GB available. The HydroDAS has an operating temperature from 0-35 degC and is depth-rated to 750 m. Input voltage is 12 V DC nominal, operating from 7 V to 18 V DC. It has an active power consumption of 0.6-1.1 W dependent on the configuration. | 2020-10-27 |
| TOOL1563 | HORIBA Partica LA-960 laser scattering particle size distribution analyser | A laser scattering particle size analyser designed to measure particle size from nanometre to millimetre range. It is available for both wet and dry dispersions of particles, and is suitable for suspensions, emulsions, powders, pastes, gels, and creams. A laser beam passes through a dispersed particulate sample and the angular variation in intensity of the scattered light is measured. The angular scattering intensity data is then analysed to calculate the size of the particles that created the scattering pattern using the Mie theory of light scattering. It has a measurement range of 10 nm to 5 mm, and can perform measurements every 60 seconds. It has an operating temperature from 15-35 degC. | 2024-07-22 |
| NETT0064 | HOrizontal PLAnkton SAmpler - Ruetzler et al. (1980) | 18.5 cm diameter x 40 cm long plexiglass cylinder houses a electric motor and propellor assembly and a flow meter. Attached to the back is a net 80 cm long made with 0.25 mm nylon mesh. The device which creates its own current flow through the net is intended for plankton collection on or near the bottom of coral reefs [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 24 C] | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1424 | HS Engineers series-2001 current meter | An inductive (electro-magnetic) current meter - 2 axes disk sensor. Due to modular hard- and software they can be used for current and flow measurements, directional sea-state measurements, and measurements of chemical and optical parameters. The probes are applicable for mobile use, as well as for long-term deployments. Optional 2axis magnetometer as compass. Customized connector optional. 1000 m depth rated. Accuracy +/- 3 m/s +/-1 % (max +/- 5 m/s). Resolution 0.05 %. Time constant ~ 0.1 second. | 2020-04-29 |
| TOOL1147 | Hach DR 5000 UV-Vis Laboratory Spectrophotometer | A complete scanning UV/VIS spectrophotometer used for testing in visible and ultraviolet wavelengths. A gas-filled tungsten lamp produces light in the visible spectrum (320 to 1100 nm) and a deuterium lamp produces light in the ultraviolet spectrum (190 to 360 nm). The instrument has a large sample cell compartment that contains a universal cell holder which can hold five common cell types. The wavelength range is 190 - 1100 nm with a wavelength accuracy of 1nm. The scanning spead is one complete scan per moniute in 1 nm steps and the spectral bandwidth is 2 nm. The instrument has a touch screen display through which 7 applications and over 200 programs can be selected as well as digital readouts produced. The spectrophotometer is no longer in production and has been replaced by the Hach DR 6000 Benchtop Spectrophotometer. | 2017-08-07 |
| TOOL1481 | Hach HQ40D - Multi 2 Channels Portable Two Channel Multi Meter | A portable two channel multi meter with water quality field applications. Capable of measuring a variety of parameters (e.g. pH, conductivity, resistivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), optical dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), oxidation reduction potential (ORP), ammonia, ammonium, fluoride, chloride, sodium, temperature) by utilising a wide range of dedicated, interchangeable Hach INTELLICAL smart electrodes. Power can be provided by an AC adapter (optional), or batteries that permit field use. Allows the measurement and display of two parameters simultaneously, with memory for up to 500 readings. | 2020-06-16 |
| TOOL0989 | Half-metre ring net | Plankton net described as 0.5-m ring net; designed with single circular (ring) mouth piece with measurements: mouth diameter (metre)=0.5; with opening area (square metre)=0.2; with total filtering net length (metre)=not specified; with filtering net shape conical; with additional features: can be used for qualitative sampling or the capture of live animals or quantitative sampling if used with flowmeter; with mesh size (millimetre)=0.2 to 0.5 but may vary; and equipped with NO closing mechanism. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL0960 | Hamon grab | The Hamon grab is used for obtaining samples in coarse sediment, as well as for sampling benthic infauna. It has a typical sampling area of 0.25 m2 (0.2 m2 - 0.29 m2) and a penetration depth up to 30 cm. This grab consists of a rectangular (but sometimes triangular) frame forming a stable support for a sampling bucket attached to a pivoted arm. On reaching the seabed, tension in the wire is released which causes the sampling bucket to pivot through 90 degrees pushing seabed sediment into the bucket. The bucket locates onto an inclined rubber-covered steel plate, sealing it completely. Weights are attached to the grab to minimize the lateral movement of the supporting frame during sample collection. | 2015-12-16 |
| TOOL0981 | Hand-held plankton net | Plankton net described as an hand-held plankton net; designed with single mouth piece with specifications with specifications unknown or available elsewhere in the supporting metadata; with additional features: qualitative sampling gear operated like a butterfly net either by SCUBA divers or from the side of a fixed dock or a small vessel; net size, shape, colour and mesh size may vary. | 2016-04-04 |
| TOOL1964 | Hanwha Vision Wisenet XNP-6040H (HD PTZ dome) network camera | An outdoor micro PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) network camera. For surveillance and remote monitoring applications. It has 2-megapixel (1920 x 1080) resolution, 4.3X optical zoom (2.8 ~ 12mm), and 60fps (frames per second) at all resolutions (H.265/H.264). | 2023-06-26 |
| TOOL0708 | Heise Model DXD Digital Output Pressure Transducer | This is digital pressure transducer with an RS232 or RS485 interface in a stainless steel housing with an accuracy of 0.02% full scale. More information is available at http://www.heise.com/Products/pressure_transducers/upload/Heise-Bul-HTR-4-08-3.pdf. | 2014-06-17 |
| TOOL1526 | Heitronics CT15 thermometer | Radiation Thermometers in a robust stainless steel housing. Temperature Range: -25 to 900 degrees Celsius. Operating temperature: -20 to 60 degrees Celsius. | 2020-08-17 |
| TOOL1815 | Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - IMBBC manually operated suction sampler for hard bottom benthos - Chatzigeorgiou, G., Dailianis, T., Faulwetter, S., Pettas, M., & Arvanitidis, C. (2013) | MANOSS is a manually operated suction sampler designed for sampling aquatic epibionts on hard substrates and it is manually operated by SCUBA divers. It is based on the basic design of a slurp gun, which allows for sequential pump actions to effectively scoop a certain sampling area and incorporates interchangeable sample collection pouches. It is independent from air supplies or motorised pumps and therefore compact, lightweight and easy to handle. The intake nozzle has a diameter of 4.5 cm which permits the collection of large fragments of algae or even small pebbles without blocking the valves. | 2022-06-28 |
| TOOL1708 | Hellenic Centre for Marine Research Single-Channel Airgun Seismic Reflection System | A single-channel seismic reflection profiling system used by HCMR. The system uses a Teledyne Bolt airgun at 1/10/ 40 cubic inches volume, and an SIG hydrophone streamer. The 65m active length single-channel streamer consists of 45 hydrophone elements at 1m spacing. | 2021-06-23 |
| TOOL1703 | Hellenic Centre for Marine Research [custom] gravity corer | Marine geological coring device that uses a lead weight system to penetrate the seabed and collect sediment samples. Custom-built at the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR). | 2021-06-17 |
| TOOL1958 | Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon X-band marine radar system | A coherent on receive marine radar system, designed for the observation of surface waves and currents. It is based on the radar scanner SU70-14E from GEM Electronica, which operates in the X-band (9.4 GHz) frequency range, with a peak power of 12 kW. The radar scanner was modified by adding the followingcomponents: linear amplifier, analogue to digital converter (ADC), control board and a step motor with an angular position transmitter. The radar is controlled by a computer. It features an antenna which can be used in either static or rotation modes. In static mode the antenna is oriented in a pre-selected fixed direction. In rotation mode the antenna performs 360 degrees azimuthal scans of the ocean surface at a rotation speed up to 36 rpm. The system can also be used with either vertical or horizontal polarisation antennae within a frequency band of 9410 MHz +/- 50 MHz. It uses a short pulse (50 ns) representing a range resolution of 7.5 m and a pulse repetition frequency up to 2 kHz. | 2023-09-04 |
| TOOL0603 | Helzel Messtechnik WERA HF Radar | A shore based remote sensing HF radar system used for near real-time mapping of ocean surface currents, waves and wind direction using short radio wave radar. It is a long-range, high resolution monitoring sytem which can detect signals from ranges of more than 200 km. | 2013-03-13 |
| TOOL2072 | Hemisphere GNSS R131 differential global positioning system receiver | An integrated DGPS receiver system. The R131 offers many differential correction options allowing for use in various environments and worldwide coverage. It is suitable for professional mapping, guidance, and navigation applications. Update rates of up to 20 Hz. Maintains accuracy for 40 minutes or more after loss of differential signal. It includes differential options including SBAS, Radio Beacon, OmniSTAR. Operating temperature: -30 to 70 degrees C. | 2024-07-17 |
| TOOL2090 | Hemisphere GNSS V104 GPS Compass | A compact GPS compass used for marine based applications. This instrument provides positional, heading, pitch, roll, and heave data. The V104 uses SBAS for differential GPS position to provide positional and heading data. Integrated gyro and tilt sensors provide heading updates during temporary loss of GPS and satellites. This instrument includes two multi-path resistant antennas, measuring approximately 25 cm in length. The GPS receiver has a standard update rate of 10 Hz, 20 Hz is optional. Positional accuracy: 0.5 m using SBAS; Heading accuracy: 2 degrees; Pitch/ roll accuracy: 2 degrees; Heave accuracy: 30 cm^3. Operational temperature: -30 to 70 degrees C. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL1514 | Hemisphere GNSS V104s GPS compass | An integrated GPS and compass navigation system. It is used for marine based applications. It consists of dual GPS antennas and a single axis gyro with tilt sensors on each axis (X and Y). The receiver type is a GPS L1. It is capable of 12-channel, parallel tracking (Two 10-channel when tracking SBAS). GPS antennas are separated by 13.5 cm between their phase centers, resulting in better than 2 deg rms heading performance. The V104s provides heading and position updates of up to 10 Hz and delivers position accuracy of better than 1.0 m 95% of the time when using differential GPS corrections from Space Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS). | 2020-08-03 |
| NETT0054 | Hensen egg net - Hensen (1887); Jenkins (1901); Wimpenny (1937) | Construction is a 38 cm diameter mouth (40 cm long conical mouth piece); 100 cm diameter conical net mouth. 144 cm long net of No. 20 silk [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 1 A, B) | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0558 | Hewlett Packard 5890 Series II Gas Chromatograph | A gas chromatograph that separates and analyses compounds that do not degrade or decompose in the gas phase. The sample is dissolved in a solvent and vaporised in the instrument. A chemically inert gas, (e.g. helium or nitrogen) carries the vaporised analyte through a stationary phase which is coated inside the capillary column that is maintained at an elevated temperature. The analyte mixture separates on the stationary phase leading to chromatographic separation of the molecules. The HP 5890 Series II is completely customisable depending on the application, with choices of inlets, columns, detectors, sampling systems, flow and pressure control components. Optional detectors include Flame Ionization Detector (FID), Nitrogen-Phosphorus Detector (NPD), Electron Capture Detector (ECD), Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD), Photoionisation Detector (PID), Flame Photometric Detector (FPD) and mass spectrometer. The instrument was originally manufactured by Hewlett Packard (HP), but part of this business was sold to Agilent Technologies in 1999. This model is no longer in production. | 2012-10-04 |
| TOOL1749 | Hiden 3F-PIC/1000 mass spectrometer | A quadrupole residual gas analysis mass spectrometer for high precision scientific and process applications. Features a triple filter (3F) for precise analytical capability. This enables strict control over the quadrupole entrance and exit fields, provides enhanced sensitivity for high mass transmission and increased abundance sensitivity, and enhances long-term stability of the instrument. The instrument also has a pulse ion counting (PIC) channeltron electron multiplier detector for fast event studies. The instrument has several applications in a vacuum environment, including surface science, molecular beam and desorption studies, and residual gas and flash desorption analysis. The Hiden 3F-PIC/1000 has a mass range of 1:300 amu and is capable of 650 measurements per second. The accuracy of the instrument is +/- 1% valley between adjacent peaks of equal height throughout the mass range. | 2021-11-25 |
| TOOL1721 | High Tech Inc HTI 04-PCA/ULF ultra low frequency hydrophone | An ultra-low frequency hydrophone featuring a pressure compensated design, capable of operating at full ocean depth. Used in the anti-submarine warfare industry and for noise measurements. HTI hydrophones are highly customizable. Some of these customizations include: Pre-Amplifier Gain, Pre-Amplifier Filter Settings, Bulkhead Mounting Endcaps, Cable Type, and Cable Length. The instrument has response frequencies of between 0.01 Hz and 8 kHz, and a maximum operating depth of 6000 meters. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL1497 | High Tech Inc HTI 96-Min hydrophone series | Precision, low noise, deep water acoustic sensors. The hydrophone/preamplifier is mounted inside the ceramic cylinder and interfaces the active element to the signal conditions electronic via an underwater connector. They are widely used in the seismic industry for ocean bottom cables and nodal systems. HTI hydrophones are highly customizable. Some of these customizations include: Pre-Amplifier Gain, Pre-Amplifier Filter Settings, Bulkhead Mounting Endcaps, Cable Type, and Cable Length. Sensitivity: Without Pre-Amp = 201 dB re: 1V/µPa (8.9 V/bar); With Pre-Amp, Max = 165 dB re: 1V/µPa (562 V/bar), Min = 240 dB re: 1V/µPa (0.1V/bar). Frequency Response is between 2 Hz and 30 kHz. Preamplifier Type: Voltage Mode, or Current Mode. The maximum operating depth is 3048 meters. | 2020-07-22 |
| TOOL1498 | High Tech Inc HTI 99-HF hydrophone | A hydrophone designed for high frequency up to 125 kHz. Applications include: Noise monitoring, Marine mammal monitoring to ultrasonic frequencies, and Fish monitoring The instrument is 2.54 cm in diameter by 7.6 cm length. Cable Length (max with voltage mode preamp) is 300 meters. HTI hydrophones are highly customizable. Some of these customizations include: Pre-Amplifier Gain, Pre-Amplifier Filter Settings, Bulkhead Mounting Endcaps, Cable Type, and Cable Length. Sensitivity: without preamp = 204 dB re: 1V/µPa; with preamp (Customer specifies preamp gain within range)= 40 dB to 44 dB. Frequency Response: Customer may specify HPF and LPF within range 2 Hz to 125kHz. Capcaitance = 3.6 nF. The preamplifier types are: Current, Voltage, or Differential mode. The maximum operating depth is 2000 meters. | 2020-07-22 |
| TOOL1499 | High Tech Inc HTI 99-UHF hydrophone | A hydrophone designed for ultra high frequency up to 250 kHz. The instrument is 2.54 cm in diameter by 7.6 cm length. Cable Length (max with voltage mode preamp) is 300 meters. HTI hydrophones are highly customizable. Some of these customizations include: Pre-Amplifier Gain, Pre-Amplifier Filter Settings, Bulkhead Mounting Endcaps, Cable Type, and Cable Length. Sensitivity: without preamp = 210 dB re: 1V/µPa; with preamp (Customer specifies preamp gain within range) = 40 dB to 44 dB. Frequency Response: Customer may specify HPF and LPF within range 2 Hz to 250 kHz. Capcaitance: 2.5 nF. The preamplifier types are: Current, Voltage, or Differential mode. The maximum operating depth is 2000 meters. | 2020-07-22 |
| TOOL0551 | High Volume Air Sampler | An atmospheric sampler that pumps air through a series of filters and traps to collect samples for off-line analysis of aerosol and gas-phase constituents. Air samples are drawn into a sheltered housing, and through one or more aerosol filters, which collect samples of particulate material. Successive aerosol filters may have smaller pore sizes to collect size fractionated aerosol samples. The air may then be drawn through one or more gas-phase filters or traps, such as reagent-soaked filter papers, reagent-filled impingers, or resin (polymer) traps. Flow meters between the filter set and the pump determine the volume of air sampled. | 2012-09-26 |
| TOOL1463 | High density polyethylene water bottle | A High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) water bottle. Used for surface sampling from small boats. HDPE has a somewhat higher chemical resistance than LDPE. HDPE is also somewhat harder and more opaque and it can withstand higher temperatures (120 degrees Celsius for short periods, 110 degrees Celsius continuously). | 2020-05-28 |
| NETT0067 | High speed-sampler - Monti (1910) | A cylindrical tube modified from Zacharias with a 3-4 cm diameter mouth opening expanding to 10-12 cm diameter main body and a filtering cone leading to a stopcock at the rear. Overall length 50 cm [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 13 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1083 | High-Resolution Stereoscopic instrument | An optical imager designed for high-resolution land observation, in particular fire fractional cover, as well as glacier, sea-ice, snow and cloud cover. The instrument carries out along-track stereoscopic measurements using two telescopes with a 20 degree fore and aft view respectively. Stereo images are thus acquired in pairs and within a 90 second interval, covering an area 120 km wide (swath), by up to 600 km long. The instrument has a panchromatic single-channel detector in the visible (VIS) spectrum within the (0.51 - 0.73) um range. The signal-to-noise ratio is 120 at 50% albedo, and the resolution at sub-satellite point is 10 m (cross-track), and 5 m (along-track). Flown on SPOT-5. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/193 | 2016-11-15 |
| NETT0060 | High-Speed net model II - Cassie (1956) | Same as the model 1 (6cm diameter 6cm long brass cylinder with 180 cm net) except the system was shorter (90 cm) and the net made out of brass gauze with 16 meshes per cm and two metal rods (struts) connected the brass cylinder to the cod end bucket. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0058 | High-speed metal plankton net - Fry (1937) | Construction comprises a 10.2 cm diameter mouth opening expanding to 25.4 cm followed by a mesh cone (15.7 meshes per cm) and a cod end. Overall length 152 cm. Towed with 3 part chain bridle at speeds up to 10 knots [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 14 C]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0068 | High-speed multiple sampler - Porche (1978) | Comprises 4 nets and one intake. The nets rotate into the water flow position to collect a sample. Instrument reference is in French. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0062 | High-speed net - Cassie (1956) | A combination of model 1, model 2 and model 3 nets towed from the stern of the vessel at ~ 8 knots on a 40 m tow line. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0059 | High-speed net model I - Cassie (1956) | A brass cylinder 6 cm diameter and 6 cm long with bridle attachment lugs that had a 180 cm bolting cloth net (16 or 30 meshes per cm) attached to the back [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 18 A ]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0061 | High-speed net model III - Cassie (1956) | Same as model 2 (6cm diameter 6cm long brass cylinder with 90 cm net) except shorter again (60 cm) and four metal rods (struts) connected the brass cylinder to the cod end bucket. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0056 | High-speed plankton sampler - Pierce (1937) | Construction comprises a 7 cm mouth opening of front cone which was 16.5 cm long. 17.8 cm diameter cylinder body which was 25.4 cm long. 7 cm conical coarse silk net 16.5 cm long with small jar cod end. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0002 | High-speed sampler - Apstein (1906) | Construction is a cylindrical tube with ~2 cm diameter mouth opening expanding to 4 cm diameter in the main body with a filtering surface at the rear. Overall length ~20 cm [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 13 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0057 | High-speed sampler - Erdmann (1937) | Construction comprises a ~4.5 cm diameter mouth expanding to 12 cm with overall length of 64 cm. Has an opening/closing mechanism [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 14 D]. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0055 | High-speed sampler - Smith and Ahlstrom (1948) | Construction comprises a 2.54 cm diameter mouth expanding to 5.08 cm (brass), cylindrical net 5.08 cm and 25.4 cm long made of No. 56xxx grit gauze, and a bucket. Towed at 9 knots. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0066 | High-speed sampler - Zacharias (1907) | A cylindrical tube similar to Apstein's with ~3 cm diameter mouth opening expanding to 8 cm diameter main body with baffles for different towing speeds and a filtering surface at the rear. Overall length 42 cm [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 13 B]. | 2017-08-10 |
| NETT0065 | High-speed successive plankton sampler - Motoda (1953) | Body is 10 cm diameter and 100 cm in length. Tapered nose with two 2 cm openings. Body of cylinder has multiple sections 1.5 cm diameter x 18 cm long to store samples. Equipped with depth/flowmeter. Collects samples at ~ 8 knots. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0063 | High-speed tow net - Gauld and Beganal (1951) | A 46 cm diameter mouth opening with 15 cm long calico collar, 94 cm long silk net (10.2 meshes per cm), and 12 cm diameter x 17cm long sleeve with ring sewn in at end. The tail of the net is flipped inward and bridles attached to the ring are attached to the front of the net. A three-part bridle tows the net at speeds up to 7 knots. Design taken from Sheard [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 15 A]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0243 | Hilger Spekker colorimeter | A photoelectric absorbsiometer developed in 1936 and manufactered by Adam Hilger Ltd, London. A light source with a photocell on each side provides a basic means of operation. The instrument is set up with a solution to be measured in the sample light beam and then balance the EMF of the photocells to zero on a galvanometer. It can be used to measure nutrient concentrations in seawater. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL0467 | Hitachi High-Technologies U-2000 UV-Visible spectrophotometer | A laboratory instrument that measures the amount of light at discrete pre-determined wavelengths that is transmitted or emitted by a sample. This is a double beam instrument that operates over the spectral range 190-1100 nm with a 2 nm bandpass and an accuracy of 0.4 nm. The instrument uses a concave diffraction grating monochromator and a silicon photodiode detector. This model is no longer in production. | 2012-02-21 |
| TOOL0972 | Hitachi U1800 UV-Visible Spectrophotometer | A bench-top, scanning spectrophotometer which operates in the UV and visible wavelength range (190-1100 nm) and is used for time dependent measurements of absorption such as enzyme kinetics. Features include a Good Laboratory Practise (GLP) routine for QC applications and a validation function. A scanning mode allows multiple wavelength measurements to be made. Bandwidth: 4 nm. Wavelength accuracy: +/- 0.55 nm. Wavelength precision: +/- 0.3 nm. | 2016-02-29 |
| TOOL0824 | Hitachi U3010 UV-Visible scanning spectrophotometer | A bench-top scanning spectrophotometer which operates in the UV-visible wavelegnth range (190 nm - 900 nm). It is fitted with a grating single monochromator (Seya-Namioka mount) which reduces stray light to 0.015%. Sample volumes as small as 5 uL can be analysed. | 2015-01-29 |
| TOOL1662 | Honeywell Aerospace HMR 3300 (3-axis tilt-compensated) electronic compass | A solid-state, circuit board-type magnetic compass. It is used to measure heading, tilt and magnetic flux density. It is based on magnetic sensing of the earth's field. It comprises 3 magnetic sensors (single and two-axis) to provide the horizontal components (X and Y), and the vertical (Z) axis component. It also includes a MEMS accelerometer to provide 2-axis tilt (pitch and roll) sensing relative to the board's horizontal (flat) position. Heading accuracy: 1 deg RMS (Level), 3 deg RMS (0 to +/-30 deg), 4 deg RMS (+/-30 to 60 deg). Pitch and roll accuracy: typically 0.4 deg (0 to +/-30 deg), 1.0 deg (+/-30 to 60 deg). Magnetic field resolution: typically +/- 2 gauss. | 2021-03-23 |
| TOOL2077 | Horiba FluoroMax 4 spectrofluorometer | A high-sensitivity benchtop spectrofluorometer used to measure and record the fluorescence of a sample. The excitation, emission, or both wavelengths may be scanned. A continuous source of light from a 150 W CW ozone-free xenon arc lamp shines onto an excitation monochromator, which selects a band of wavelengths. This monochromatic excitation light is directed onto a sample, which emits luminescence. The luminescence is directed into a second, emission monochromator, which selects a band of wavelengths, and shines them onto a R298P photomultiplier tube. The signal from this detector is reported to a system controller and host computer, where the data can be manipulated and presented, using special software. The FluoroMax-4 contains f/3.5 Czerny-Turner monochromators for excitation and emission and uses all-reflective optics to maintain high resolution over the entire spectral range. A reference detector (UV-enhanced silicon photodiode) monitors the xenon lamp in order to correct for wavelength- and time-dependent output of the lamp. The FluoroMax range are ideal for measuring solid and liquid samples, with high throughput screening, cryogenic or elevated temperatures, absolute quantum yields, microliter volumes, stopped flow mixing or titration, and even micron scale measurements using a microscope. The FluoroMax-4P can also make phosphorescence measurements. The instrument has an integration time of 1 ms to 160 s and a spectral coverage of 200 - 870 nm. | 2024-08-01 |
| TOOL0526 | Horiba U-22 multiparameter instrument | The Horiba U-22 multiparameter sensor is a submersible probe which allows simultaneous measurement of 10 water property parameters to depths of up to 100 metres. The measured parameters are pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, salinity, total dissolved solids, seawater specific gravity, temperature, turbidity, depth and oxidation reduction potential. | 2012-07-31 |
| NETT0069 | Horizontal ichthyoplankton tow-net system - Nester (1987) | A 50 cm diameter circular net ring is mounted in a 53cm x 53 cm rectangular frame. The net is a cylinder-cone with 0.333 mm nylon mesh. The tow bridle is attached to a spreader bar to keep the net opening clear of the bridle and depressor attached to bottom of frame. It has two flowmeters: one inside the net and one outside. Usually towed at 3 knots. Mainly for catching larval fish. Similar to the Blackburn and Keith system. It has no opening/closing mechanism. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0129 | Horizontal opening-closing net - Bigelow (1913) | A hinged ring to which a net with 75 cm diameter mouth was attached. System sent down with ring closed and opened with a messenger. A second messenger released the ring and a draw-string closed the net off. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0130 | Horizontal opening-closing plankton net - Slack (1955) | Has a 14.0 cm diameter mouth opening with framework 25.4 cm long. Has an internal flowmeter. | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0153 | Horizontal self-closing net - Kofoid (1911, 1911, 1912) | Has a 37 cm net diameter. Conical silk bolting cloth net (nos. 12 to 20) about 200 cm long. Two hinged jaws in the mouth of the net swing forward and downward. Each is activated by a messenger to open then close the net mouth. Used at the end to a cable for horizontal/oblique towing [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 5D]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0527 | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Bathysonde CTD profiler | A conductivity-temperature-pressure profiler with a pressure rating of either 800dbar or 6000dbar, a pressure precision of +/- 0.25% of total range and a resolution of 1dbar or better. It had temperature precision of +/- 0.01 degC and a resolution of 0.01 degC. The conductivity range was 0 to 80 mmho/cm, with a precision of +/- 1.5 permil of total range and a resolution of 0.01 mmho/cm. The instrument was developed in the 1970s and was used by the then Institute for Marine Science, Kiel. | 2012-08-16 |
| TOOL0228 | Hugrun Seamon Mini temperature recorder | A small underwater temperature sensor and data logger manufactured by Hugrun (subsequently Star-Oddi) and no longer manufactured under that name. | 2010-05-18 |
| NETT0187 | Hydro-Bios MultiNet Mammoth | A multiple plankton sampler which facilitates horizontal and vertical collections in successive water layers, down to depths of 3000 m. The net consists of a stainless steel net frame with a mouth opening of 100 cm x 100 cm. The sampler has titanium motor unit and battery housing, as well as an integrated pressure sensor; it contains nine net bags with standard mesh size of 300 microns and nine net buckets (codends) of 11 cm in diameter, held within a stainless steel holder. Two electronic flow meters are included. An optional conductivity-temperature (CT) set can be integrated in the motor unit of the Multinet. The frame and nets are deployed closed; once the desired depth is reached, the net bags are opened and closed in succession by a set of levers, triggered by a battery-powered motor unit responding to the deck command unit. | 2021-10-05 |
| NETT0200 | Hydro-Bios RingTrawl (CalCOFI) net | An oceanographic plankton net based on the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) design. It is designed for quantitative sampling of larger volumes of water during horizontal or oblique tows. Typically the net is lowered to a set depth and towed obliquely at a 45 degrees to the surface at a constant speed. The net may also be used for horizontal and flat-angled oblique tows. It features a 100 cm diameter stainless steel ring, equipped with a 4 meter long net bag, and is designed to operate in conjunction with a 22 kg V-Fin depressor to create negative lift. The sample is concentrated inside a removable plastic net bucket with side window (covered with sieve gauze). A Mechanical Flow Meter can also be fixed in the net to measure the filtered water volume. Standard mesh size is 500 um, and the net opening area is 0.7854 m-2. | 2022-02-22 |
| TOOL0613 | Hydrolab DataSonde 3 Water Quality Multiple Probe Logger | The DS3 multiparameter DataSonde is a multiprobe logger which allows simultaneous measurement of water quality parameters. The measured/calculated parameters are surface elevation, dissolved oxygen (0-20 mg/L) and oxygen saturation, conductivity, salinity (0-70 PSU), temperature (-5 to 50 degC), turbidity, depth (0-100 m), pH and oxidation/reduction potential. | 2013-04-16 |
| TOOL0738 | Hydrolabs Series 5 probes | Multi-parameter probes that can measure from 12 (MS5) to 16 (DS5 and DS5X) parameters simultaneously. Measurements include temperature, depth, conductivity, salinity, specific conductance, TDS, pH, ORP, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chlorophyll a, blue-green algae, Rhodamine WT, ammonium, nitrate, chloride, PAR and total dissolved gases. These probes can be deployed at depths up to 200 m and can be used in continuous monitoring programs. | 2014-07-16 |
| TOOL0354 | Hydrophone | A generic term for an acoustic intensity sensor (microphone) with an acoustic impedence matched to the density of water to optimise sonic detection under water. | 2010-11-18 |
| TOOL1577 | Hydroptic Underwater Vision Profiler 5 DEEP {UVP5} imaging sensor | The Underwater Vision Profiler or UVP is designed to study large (>100 µm) particles and zooplankton simultaneously and to quantify them in a known volume of water. The UVP sizes marine snow, aggregates > 100 µm and images plankton > 500 µm. And can be operated as a stand-alone system, or attached to a Rosette, ROV, AUV or mooring. The UVP5 acquires only in-focus images in a volume of water delimited by a light beam issued from red light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in 100 µs flashes. The typical light beam illuminates an area of 4x20 centimetres which gives a sampling volume of 1 litre per image. When interfaced with conventional CTD measuring devices, the distribution of particles and fauna can be displayed in real time integrated with the CTD metadata. The high-resolution digital image can then be processed by the computer. Optional telemetry. The imaging rate is 20 images per second. The stystem has a depth range of 6000 m. | 2021-01-06 |
| TOOL1650 | Hydroptic Underwater Vision Profiler 5 Shallow {UVP5-Shallow} imaging sensor | A submersible imaging sensor designed to study large (>100 µm) particles and zooplankton simultaneously and to quantify them in a known volume of water. The UVP sizes marine snow, aggregates > 100 µm and images plankton > 500 µm and can be operated as a stand-alone system or deployed on a Rosette frame, ROV, AUV or mooring. The UVP5 acquires only in-focus images in a volume of water delimited by a light beam issued from red light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in 100 µs flashes. The typical light beam illuminates an area of 4x20 centimetres which gives a sampling volume of 1 litre per image. When interfaced with conventional CTD measuring devices, the distribution of particles and fauna can be displayed in real time integrated with the CTD metadata. The high-resolution digital image can then be processed by the computer. Optional telemetry. The imaging rate is 20 images per second. The system is depth-rated to 600 m. | 2021-03-12 |
| TOOL1578 | Hydroptic Underwater Vision Profiler 6 LP {UVP6} imaging sensor | The Underwater Vision Profiler or UVP is designed to study large (>100 µm) particles and zooplankton simultaneously and to quantify them in a known volume of water. The UVP6-LP (low power) is a miniaturized and low power version of the UVP5 It has been designed for low speed, limited space and low power vectors like profiling floats, gliders, floats, moorings, and AUVs. Unlike the UVP5 the UVP6-LP cannot be used on a CTD rosette due to its 1.3Hz low acquisition frequency and 500µS flashes. It acquires only in-focus images in a volume of water delimited by a single red flashing light illuminating a volume of 0.65 Litre. Optionally a 0.1% accuracy pressure sensor can be added. Resolution: 5 Megapixels / 0.73µM. Field of view: 180 x 151mm. Max image frequency: 1.3Hz. Operational depth: 0 to 6000 meters. | 2021-01-06 |
| TOOL1581 | Hydroptic ZooSCAN imaging sensor | The ZooScan (Gorsky et al., 2010) is a plankton scanner designed for benchtop applications. It produces and analyses high-resolution digital images of net or bottle-collected zooplankton samples in a fast and semi-automatic way. It allows collection of data on rapidly degenerating gelatinous plankton. The device uses scanner technology with custom lighting and a watertight scanning chamber into which the sample (liquid containing zooplankton organisms) can be placed. The scanner then makes a digital, high-resolution image of the sample enabling optimization of all objects above 200 µm equivalent spherical diameter. Image resolution can be up to 4800 dpi (dots per inch) and each image is 14 150 pixels by 22 640 pixels and may contain hundreds to thousands of individual zooplankton organisms. The analysis is non-destructive since the liquid sample scanned can be recovered without damage through a drainage channel. The device also has built-in features making it possible to standardize the images of different ZooScans, to remote control the image generation, and to build a common image database. | 2021-01-28 |
| TOOL0282 | Hygrometer | A generic term for a device that measures atmospheric humidity. The term is for use where details of the make, model number and measurement principle are not known. | 2010-05-18 |
| NETT0201 | ICES MIK Midwater Ringnet | A plankton net composing of a rigid 2 m diameter ring frame mounted to a nylon gauze conical net. It is designed for sampling of larval herring and other similar species between 2 and 3 cm in length. The design was used for the sampling of fish larvae during the North Sea International Bottom Survey Trawl in 1977 (first quarter). Additional features include a codend bucket, a pair of 10 m bridles for towing, a depressor (approximately 25 kg or more) with 3 m bridles, a flowmeter for filtered volume determination and a depth gauge for monitoring net depth. The net iteself is 13m long and of 1.6 mm pore. In the last metre of net, a 500 um net is inserted. The net is designed for oblique haul profiles at a maximum tow depth of 100 m. | 2022-09-30 |
| NETT0070 | ICITA plankton net - Jossi (1966) | A 100 cm diameter mouth opening with a conical net with a short (18cm) section of canvas and a 330 cm length section of 0.281 mm Nitex nylon mesh. Used with a flowmeter. The standard net used during the International Cooperative Investigations of the Tropical Atlantic [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 2 B]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0562 | IFM Kiel clean pumped sea water supply | A system designed for continuous, underway, clean sampling of near-surface waters. A hollow stainless steel shaft holding a high density polyethylene (HDPE) tube is submerged beneath a vessel through a hole in the hull. The inlet head is located 1.7 m below the keel and features a sieve-like Teflon cap. Water is pumped from the inlet through a serial ball-valve panel from which it can be directed to different sampling facilities. Flow is maintained by chemically inert double membrane pump driven by compressed air. HDPE tubing is used throughout the system and the valves are composed of polypropylene and Teflon, thereby ensuring that the sampled water remains clean and suitable for trace metal analyses. The system was developed by what was then the Institut fur Meereskunde at Kiel University. | 2012-10-15 |
| TOOL0833 | IXBlue Hydrins inertial navigation system | An inertial navigation system for use in multibeam echo sounder systems. It uses fibre optic gyros and accelorometers to determine heading, attitude and position (via dead reckoning). The unit can accept positional aiding from Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Doppler Velocity Logs (DVL). There has been more than one generation of the unit, however, the heading accuracy is typically better than 0.02 deg and the roll or pitch accuracy is better than 0.01 deg. The navigation system was first manufactured by IXSea which is now part of IXBlue. | 2015-02-19 |
| TOOL0304 | IXSEA Photonic Inertial Navigation System | PHINS, or PHotonic Inertial Navigation System (INS) that outputs position, heading, pitch, roll, heave, depth and velocity. The PHINS uses a high accuracy inertial measurement unit and produces positional data with an accuracy ranging from metres to cm, depending on the specific instrumentation setup. INS drift performance is known to be inadequate without a velocity input from an ADCP. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0874 | IXSea Magis magnetometer | A towed magnetometer designed for the detection of buried objects, cables and pipework, shipwrecks and salvage items. It uses Dynamic Nuclear Polarization technology with closed loop processing. The fish can be coupled to acquisition systems for real-time mapping and has a maximum tow speed of 12 kts. Depth rating/sensitivity: 300 m/0.0035 nT/(Hz)^0.5 (MAGIS 300), 2000 m/0.0035 nT/(Hz)^0.5 (MAGIS 2000). | 2015-06-08 |
| TOOL0861 | Idronaut Ocean Seven 304 CTD | A low powered micro conductivity temperature depth (CTD) recorder containing 512 Mb logging memory, selectable conductivity range and fast sampling rate between 0.1 - 8 Hz. It can be optionally equipped with a highly accurate Precise pressure transducer, IDRONAUT OEM Turbidity Meter and IDRONAUT dissolved oxygen sensor. | 2015-05-27 |
| TOOL1306 | Idronaut Ocean Seven 316 plus CTD | An underwater CTD probe designed for on-line profiling or used in self-recording applications such as on moorings or AUVs. It comprises a piezoresistive pressure transducer, a platinum resistance thermometer, a platinum seven-ring quartz conductivity cell, a pressure-compensated polarographic oxygen sensor, a pH glass sensor and solid gel pH reference probe. The conductivity cell employs a large diameter (8 mm) and a short length (46 mm) which facilitates self-flushing and prevents clogging. The conductivity cell design does not require platinum black deposition and can be cleaned in the field without re-calibrating. The probe can accommodate up to 16 auxiliary sensors. The probe can be interfaced with a telemetry deck unit for real-time data acquisitions. It is depth rated to 7000 dbar. Pressure accuracy: 0.01 - 0.05 % FS. Temperature accuracy: 0.002 deg C. Conductivity accuracy: 0.003 mS/cm. | 2019-02-06 |
| TOOL0213 | Idronaut Ocean Seven 320 CTD | A fast response, multi-parameter conductivity, temperature and depth probe. It can be fitted with an additional (redundant) pair of conductivity and temperature sensors allowing the precision and quality of the data to be checked. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL1665 | Ifremer Chemical Miniaturised Analyser deep sea version Fe {CHEMINI} iron analyser | An in-situ wet chemistry analyser. It is used for deep-sea surveys using, for example, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and deep-sea observatory rigs. It measures iron. It uses flow injection analysis with colorimetry detection. It consists of a hydraulic module with pumps used for the circulation of reagents, standards and samples, and a detection module that holds the colorimeter and optical cell. It uses a measurement wavelength of 570 nm (810 nm reference wavelength). Sample rate is 4 min. Accuracy is 6 uM Fe and sensitivity is 0.3 uM Fe. It is depth rated to 6000 m. | 2021-03-23 |
| NETT0202 | Ifremer mesopelagos net | A plankton net composing of an 8.4 m diameter rectangular frame mounted to a 12.6 m net, with an opening mouth area of 50 m squared. It is used to determine the composition of zooplankton and micronekton layers, and it can harvest samples of micronektonic fauna (fish, molluscs, crustaceans, jellyfish) of 1 to 30 cm long, as well as large mesozooplankton. The net itself features varying mesh sizes throughout its length; mesh size at the mouth is 30 mm and gradually reduces to 4 mm at the cod end. Designed for oblique-horizontal or oblique tows at trawl speeds of2 to 4 knots. | 2022-10-04 |
| TOOL1580 | Ifremer-LDCM FastCAM (Prototype) Flow Imaging Microscope - Karlson et al. (2017) | The FastCam system is an automated imaging-in-flow instrument that generates high-resolution digital images for measuring size and shape of microscopic particles. An LED driven by a control box emits light pulses of 5 µs duration. Light is injected into a large core diameter (1 mm) optical fibre to homogenize the beam. Light out of the optical fiber illuminates a flow cell (or flow chamber). A 10X magnification microscope objective associated with a tube lens images the organisms that circulate in the flow cell on a camera. The frame grabbing is synchronized with the LED emission. The FastCam is an imaging-only system (i.e. without excitation wavelength or fluorescence emission wavelengths). The camera is high-resolution (2 Megapixels) and can capture up to 340 frames/second. It can image particles between 10µm and 1mm, can analyse in vivo or fixed samples, and has a sampling rate of 54ml/h. | 2021-01-26 |
| TOOL0950 | Imagenex 853 Echo Sounder | Scientific echo sounder with data logger. This single beam echo sounder operates at a frequency of 120 kHz with a maximum detectable range of 100 m and maximum operating depth of 1000m. It is of compact size and can be mounted on unmanned submersibles such as sea gliders, ROVs etc. | 2015-12-01 |
| TOOL1364 | Imagenex 881A Digital Multi-Frequency (imaging) singlebeam echosounder | A programmable multi-frequency digital scanning imaging single-beam echosounder. It is used for a variety of applications including surveying, dive support, search and recovery, underwater inspection and archaeology, and scientific research. It can be mounted on small vessels or on ROV, AUV and UUVs. Imaging sonar is primarily used for visual interpretation and uses a fan-shaped acoustic beam to scan a specified area or target. The 881A Imaging has default operating frequencies of 310 kHz, 675 kHz or 1MHz, but other frequencies are tunable from 280 kHz to 1.1 MHz in 5 kHz steps via programmable software configurations. The beam width varies from 2.4 to 1.4 degrees depending on the frequency specified. The aluminium-housed instrument can operate up to 1000 m depth; a titanium-housed version is also available which operates up to 3000 m depth. At a range of 1 m to 4 m, it has a resolution of 2mm. At a range of 5 m or greater, it has a resolution of 10 mm. The minimum detectable range is 150 mm. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL1363 | Imagenex 881A Digital Multi-Frequency (profiling) singlebeam echosounder | A programmable multi-frequency digital scanning profiling single-beam echosounder. It is used for a variety of applications including surveying, dam face inspection, pipeline inspection, underwater archaeology and scientific research. It can be mounted on small vessels or on ROV, AUV and UUVs. Profiling sonar is primarily used for quantitative measurements where a narrow, conically shaped beam generates a single point per ping. The 881A Profiling has a default operating frequency of 675 kHz, but other frequencies are tunable from 600 kHz to 1 MHz in 5 kHz steps via programmable software configurations. The beam width varies from 0.9 x 10 degrees to 4 x 20 degrees depending on the frequency specified. The aluminium-housed instrument can operate up to 1000 m depth; a titanium-housed version is also available which operates up to 3000 m depth. At a range of 1 m to 4 m, it has a resolution of 2mm. At a range of 5 m or greater, it has a resolution of 10 mm. The minimum detectable range is 150 mm. | 2024-08-15 |
| TOOL1500 | Imagenex Delta T 837 (profiling) multibeam echosounder | A multiple receiver sonar system designed to provide video-like imaging with all the advantages of underwater sonar. Recent advances in computing power have made it possible to transfer and process this data at resolutions equal to computer monitor resolution, and with image frame rates of better than 20 frames per second. Digital signal processing is used to optimize data usage from all channels to achieve the best possible resolution at every point in the field of view. The instrument is made from 6061-T6 Aluminium, Epoxy and PVC, with a Stainless Steel connector. Frequency: 260 kHz. Effective beam width: 3 degrees, 1.5 degrees, or 0.75 degrees. Beams: 120, 240, 480. The maximum operating depth is 300 meters. | 2020-07-22 |
| TOOL1501 | Imagenex Delta T 837A 3000 m (profiling) multibeam echosounder | A multiple receiver sonar system designed to provide video-like imaging with all the advantages of underwater sonar. Innovative digital signal processing is used to optimize data usage from all channels to achieve the best possible resolution at every point in the field of view. Recent advances in computing power have made it possible to transfer and process this data at resolutions equal to computer monitor resolution, and with image frame rates of better than 20 frames per second. The Aluminium unit is made from 6061-T6 Aluminium, Epoxy, and PVC, with an Aluminium connector. The Stainless Steel unit is made from 316 Stainless Steel, Epoxy, and PVC, with a Stainless Steel connector Frequency: 260 kHz. Effective beam width: 3 degrees, 1.5 degrees, 0.75 degrees. Beams: 120, 240, 480. The maximum operating depth is 3000 meters. | 2020-07-22 |
| TOOL1342 | Imagenex Delta T 837B (profiling) multibeam echosounder series | A series of multibeam (swath) echosounders with video-imaging capability. The Delta T is designed for low power consumption without a surface control box enabling it to be integrated into ROV and AUV systems. The system uses 120, 260 or optional 675 kHz acoustic frequencies to measure the depth and nature of the sea floor depending on the sub-model used. The field of view ranges from 120 x 2.5 degrees, 120 x 3 degrees or 120 x 20 degrees. Operating depth ranges from 300 - 6000 m using stainless steel, aluminium or titanium housing. All models operate with 120, 240 or 480 beams (3, 1.5 or 0.75 degree beam widths) and have a resolution of 0.02% of the range. Image update rate is 20 fps. The system can be combined with an azimuth drive to obtain readings from direction, which may limit operating depth to either 300 m or 2000 m. | 2019-08-01 |
| TOOL0916 | Imagenex Delta T 837B 1000 m (profiling) multibeam echosounder | A multibeam (swath) echosounder with video-imaging capability that operates to 1000 m. The Delta T is designed for low power consumption without a surface control box enabling it to be integrated into ROV and AUV systems. The sensor uses a 260 kHz acoustic frequency and 120 x 3 degrees field of view to measure the depth and nature of the sea floor. Operates with 120, 240 or 480 beams (3, 1.5 or 0.75 degree beam widths). Sensor can be fitted with either stainless steel or aluminium housing as standard; or an optional 675 kHz acoustic frequency. Resolution is 0.02% of the range. Can be combined with an azimuth drive to obtain readings from direction which may limit depth. | 2019-08-01 |
| TOOL1343 | Imagenex Delta T 837B 120 kHz (profiling) multibeam echosounder | A multibeam (swath) echosounder with video-imaging capability that uses a 120 kHz acoustic frequency. The Delta T is designed for low power consumption without a surface control box enabling it to be integrated into ROV and AUV systems. The sensor measures the depth and nature of the sea floor using a field of view of 120 x 2.5 degrees. The 2.5 degree field of view is applicable to obstacle avoidance in near-bottom applications where the narrow vertical extent of the beam reduces false obstacle detection. Operates with 120, 240 or 480 beams (3, 1.5 or 0.75 degree beam widths). Sensor can be fitted with either stainless steel or aluminium housing as standard. Resolution is 0.02% of the range. Operating depth is 1000 m. Can be combined with an azimuth drive to obtain readings from direction which may limit depth. | 2019-08-01 |
| TOOL1347 | Imagenex Delta T 837B 120 x 20 degrees (profiling) multibeam echosounder | A multibeam (swath) echosounder with video-imaging capability that operates with a 120 x 20 degrees field of view. The Delta T is designed for low power consumption without a surface control box enabling it to be integrated into ROV and AUV systems. The sensor uses a 260 kHz acoustic frequency to measure the depth and nature of the sea floor. Operates with 120, 240 or 480 beams (3, 1.5 or 0.75 degree beam widths). Sensor is fitted with stainless steel housing as standard; or an optional 675 kHz acoustic frequency. Resolution is 0.02% of the range. Operting depth is 300 m. Can be combined with an azimuth drive to obtain readings from direction. | 2019-08-01 |
| TOOL1346 | Imagenex Delta T 837B 300 m (profiling) multibeam echosounder | A multibeam (swath) echosounder with video-imaging capability that operates to 300 m. The Delta T is designed for low power consumption without a surface control box enabling it to be integrated into ROV and AUV systems. The sensor uses a 260 kHz acoustic frequency and 120 x 3 degrees field of view to measure the depth and nature of the sea floor. Operates with 120, 240 or 480 beams (3, 1.5 or 0.75 degree beam widths). Sensor is fitted with stainless steel housing as standard; or an optional 675 kHz acoustic frequency. Resolution is 0.02% of the range. Can be combined with an azimuth drive to obtain readings from direction. | 2019-08-01 |
| TOOL1345 | Imagenex Delta T 837B 4000 m (profiling) multibeam echosounder | A multibeam (swath) echosounder with video-imaging capability that operates to 4000 m. The Delta T is designed for low power consumption without a surface control box enabling it to be integrated into ROV and AUV systems. The sensor uses a 260 kHz acoustic frequency and 120 x 3 degrees field of view to measure the depth and nature of the sea floor. Operates with 120, 240 or 480 beams (3, 1.5 or 0.75 degree beam widths). Sensor is fitted with titanium housing as standard. Resolution is 0.02% of the range. Can be combined with an azimuth drive to obtain readings from direction which may limit depth. | 2019-08-01 |
| TOOL1344 | Imagenex Delta T 837B 6000 m (profiling) multibeam echosounder | A multibeam (swath) echosounder with video-imaging capability that operates to 6000 m. The Delta T is designed for low power consumption without a surface control box enabling it to be integrated into ROV and AUV systems. The sensor uses a 260 kHz acoustic frequency and 120 x 3 degrees field of view to measure the depth and nature of the sea floor. Operates with 120, 240 or 480 beams (3, 1.5 or 0.75 degree beam widths). Sensor is fitted with titanium housing as standard. Resolution is 0.02% of the range. Can be combined with an azimuth drive to obtain readings from direction which may limit depth. | 2019-08-01 |
| TOOL1965 | Imenco SDS 12100 (digital stills) camera | A camera system designed for use both on large work ROV systems as well as small observation systems. The image-recording format is JPEG. It is available in 3000m standard version, SDS12100T titanium 6000m version, and SDS12100A aluminium 2000m version. It has a 3x Zoom 7.9-23.7 Carl Zeiss lens. | 2023-06-26 |
| TOOL1931 | Imenco Tiger Shark camera | A subsea digital still camera with stand-alone or remotely operated vehicle (ROV) research purpose applications. The camera is software controlled via Ethernet, featuring an integrated flash and an available timer function. Image format outputs as JPEG onto a composite secure digital (SD) card. View angle in water is 49deg (diagonally) and 39deg (horizontally). Depth rating is 3000 m (duplex) or 6000 m (titanium). Image quality is 14 megapixels, with 4x optical zoom. | 2023-06-02 |
| TOOL1418 | Impact Subsea ISA500 with Pitch, Roll and Heading (AHRS) Altimeter and echosounder | An altimeter and echo sounder. This instrument is designed to measure distance to the seabed, but it can also be used in other underwater applications where distances need to be measured and monitored. The device is designed to be mounted on ships, boats, ROV, etc. Some of the applications include ROV and AUV Altitude, Heading and Attitude, Scour Monitoring, Hydro-graphic Survey, Touchdown Monitoring, Wave Height Measurement, Under Ice Measurement, Equipment Deployment, Motion Reference, Underwater Positioning. In addition to Altitude, the ISA500 provides Heading, Pitch and Roll as well as Temperature. Heading, Pitch and Roll readings are provided a MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) sensor located within the unit. Temperature is measured by a sensor, which sits against the ISA500 end cap. The ISA500 falls into a category of a sonar, as it relies on underwater acoustics in ranging purposes. It operates by transmitting an acoustic pulse into the water, which travels until it comes into contact with the seabed. Upon contact with the seabed, part of the pulse is absorbed, and part is reflected back to the transmitter, which records the time between transmitted and reflected signal. Knowing the speed of sound in water and the time between transmitted and received (reflected) signal, once can calculate the distance. The key characteristics of ISA500 include: ranging capabilities (1-120+ m) with 1 mm resolution; heading, pitch and roll; temperature. Optional configurations include: depth rating of 1000m, 6000m or 11000m; housed in a compact titanium or lightweight acetal housing; available in forward looking and right angle housing configurations; Pitch, Roll and Heading (AHRS). Range: 0.1m to 120m (1mm resolution); Heading accuracy: +/- 1deg (0.1deg resolution); Pitch (+/- 90deg) and Roll (+/- 180deg): Accuracy 0.2deg (0.1deg resolution); Beam angle: 6deg conical at 500kHz. | 2020-04-17 |
| TOOL2102 | In-Situ Aqua TROLL 500 multiparameter sonde | The Aqua TROLL 500 is a fully customizable five-port multiparameter sonde with capacity for four interchangeable sensors and an antifouling wiper, designed for spot-checking and profiling applications or long-term monitoring, depending on method of communication between instrument and operator. This instruments smartphone interface enables simplified calibration, panoramic data view, and report creation. vented and non-vented options are available, as well as the addition of a range of sensors including CTD and nutrient sensors. Pressure rating up to 150 PSI. Operating temperature: -5 to 50 degrees C. | 2024-09-23 |
| TOOL2100 | In-Situ Aqua TROLL 600 multiparameter sonde | The Aqua TROLL 600 is a fully customizable five-port multiparameter sonde with capacity for four interchangeable sensors and an antifouling wiper, designed for short-term and long-term deployment. This instruments smartphone interface enables simplified calibration, panoramic data view, and report creation. vented and non-vented options are available, as well as the addition of a range of sensors including CTD and nutrient sensors. Pressure rating up to 350 PSI. Operating temperature: -5 to 50 degrees C. | 2024-09-23 |
| TOOL2103 | In-Situ Aqua TROLL 700 multiparameter sonde | The Aqua TROLL 700 is a fully customizable, seven-port multiparameter sonde with capacity for six interchangeable sensors and an antifouling wiper, designed for spot-checking and profiling applications or long-term monitoring, depending on method of communication between instrument and operator. This instruments smartphone interface enables simplified calibration, live time-series data view, and report creation. vented and non-vented options are available, as well as the addition of a range of sensors including CTD and nutrient sensors. Pressure rating up to 350 PSI. Operating temperature: -5 to 50 degrees C. | 2024-09-23 |
| TOOL2104 | In-Situ Aqua TROLL 800 multiparameter sonde | The Aqua TROLL 800 is a fully customizable, seven-port multiparameter sonde, with capacity for six interchangeable sensors and an antifouling wiper, designed for short-term or long-term deployments in fresh water or saltwater, surface water or groundwater. The Aqua TROLL 800 features long-lasting battery power and a smartphone interface that enables simplified calibration, live time-series data view, and report creation. vented and non-vented options are available, as well as the addition of a range of sensors including CTD and nutrient sensors. Pressure rating up to 350 PSI. Operating temperature: -5 to 50 degrees C. | 2024-09-23 |
| NETT0075 | Indian Ocean standard net - Currie (1963) | Net has a 113 cm diameter mouth with 3 cylinder sections 70 cm (12.5 mm mesh), 30 cm (sail cloth, and 100 cm (0.330 mm nylon mesh) and a conical section 300 cm (0.333 mm mesh). No closing mechanism is used in standard haul. Flowmeter use is recommended. It was based on the Discovery N 100 net. Used during the UK NIO Indian Ocean Expedition of the 1960s [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 1 G]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1753 | Industrial Instruments and Supplies Psychro-Dyne Celsius Black Organic psychrometer | A portable instrument designed to measure air temperature, relative humidity (RH) and dew point by the wet and dry bulb method. Users wet the wick on the wet bulb, turn the instrument on, and allow the constant aspiration rate to cause the depression in wet bulb temperature. Users then subtract wet bulb reading from dry bulb reading, and use the included slide rule and tables to calculate RH. It uses 3 D cell batteries as a power source which can produce 1000 readings. Steady aspiration allows readings in 1 to 2 minutes. It has greater than 1 percent accuracy for RH and greater than 0.25 percent accuracy on the thermometers temperature determination. It measures from -10 to +60 degC for RH and dewpoint, and from -15 to +45 degC for temperature. | 2021-12-01 |
| TOOL1084 | Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer | A cross-nadir, hyperspectral infrared sounder, designed to measure temperature, humidity, ozone profile and total-column reactive trace gases and greenhouse gases in the troposphere and lower stratosphere. The observations retrieved by the IASI instrument are primarily used to support numerical weather prediction. Measurements are carried out by an infrared imager and a calibrated Fourier Transform Spectrometer for passive infrared remote-sensing. A Michelson interferometer with 8461 channels is used for the optical configuration of the sounder. The spectrometer operates in the (3.6 - 15.5) um spectral range, equivalent to (645 - 2760) cm^-1; the spectral resolution is 0.25 cm^-1. The imager operates in the (10.3 - 12.5) um spectral range. The swath width is approximately 2130 km. Cross-track scans consist of 30 steps of 48 km at sub-satellite point, whilst along-track scans cover one line of 48 km every 8 seconds. The horizontal resolution is 4 by 12 km near the centre of a (48 by 48) km^2 cell, whilst the vertical resolution in the lower troposphere is 1 km. Flown on Metop-A, Metop-B, Metop-C. http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/207 | 2016-11-15 |
| TOOL1932 | Insite Pacific Mini Zeus camera | A high definition (HD) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) colour zoom video camera. High-definition television (HDTV) provides 2 million pixels compared to roughly 410,000 of a standard definition TV system. The camera can be provided in a housing rated from 1000 to 7000 metres depth. A glass hemispherical viewport and Insite's bespoke corrected optical lens system significantly reduces geometric and chromatic distortion. Standard outputs are either high-definition analog component (Y/Pb/Pr) and standard definition VBS or Y/C video, in addition to HD: 1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/59.94, 729p/50, and standard definition (SD): NTSC or PAL crop or squeeze. An optional 1.5 Gbps HD-SDI video converter mounted inside the pressure housing with a fibre optic connector can provide transmission of the video signal for distances of up to 10 km. Optional Insite camera/lens controller functionality can allow the user to control zoom, focus and iris. The camera features a 10 x zoom 5.1 - 51 mm wide angle or telephoto lens, with 100 or 10.8deg (diagonal), 85 or 8.8deg (horizontal), and 64 or 6.6deg (vertical) angles of view respectively. | 2023-06-02 |
| TOOL1933 | Insite Pacific Pegasus camera | A high-resolution charge-coupled device (CCD) colour zoom video camera. The Pegasus has an 18 x optical zoom lens and 12 x digital zoom with auto focus capability. The camera is supplied in a titanium housing, depth rated to 4500 metres. The camera has applications in remotely operated vehicles (ROV) as a main colour zoom camera, underwater security and surveillance, or environmental and archaeological surveys. The camera features a 4.1 - 73.8 mm wide angle or telephoto lens, with 66 or 5.37deg (diagonal), 55 or 4.4deg (horizontal), and 43 or 3.3deg (vertical) angles of view respectively. | 2023-06-02 |
| TOOL1934 | Insite Pacific Super Scorpio camera | A subsea digital still and television camera with remotely operated vehicle (ROV) applications. The camera is a 12.3-megapixel Sony HDR-CX560V video camera that records continuous 1080i video and captures ultra-high-definition JPEG stills at 4672 x 2628 pixel resolution. Sony Exmor back-illuminated complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology increases sensitivity as compared to a conventional front illuminated sensor. The Super Scorpio features 65 GB of internal flash memory and a 10 x optical zoom lens (26.3 - 263 mm in 35 mm format). Focal distance is f = 3.8 - 38 mm. Aperture is F1.8 - F9.6. | 2023-06-02 |
| TOOL1935 | Insite Pacific Zeus Plus camera | A high definition (HD) 3-charge-coupled device (CCD) colour video camera. High-definition television (HDTV) provides 2.2 million pixels compared to roughly 410,000 of a standard definition TV system. The camera produces a horizontal resolution of 1000 television lines. The camera can be provided in a housing rated from 1000 to 7000 metres depth. A glass hemispherical viewport and Insite's bespoke corrected optical lens system significantly reduces geometric and chromatic distortion. Standard outputs are high-definition analog component (Y/Pb/Pr) or R/G/B, and HD-serial digital interface (SDI) digital video output. Insite camera/lens controller functionality can allow the user to control zoom, focus and iris. The camera features a 10 x zoom 5.2 - 52 mm wide angle or telephoto lens, with 85 or 11deg (diagonal), 78 or 9.5deg (horizontal), and 49 or 5.5deg (vertical) angles of view respectively. | 2023-06-05 |
| TOOL0359 | Institut Francais du Petrole Flexotir seismic source | A seismic source whereby small charges (50-150g) are propelled through a rubber hose by water under pressure into an empty, perforated sphere where they are detonated. The holes in the sphere allow the water repelled by the explosion to flow in and out, thus dissipating some of the energy in the bubble effect. Flexotir was commonly used as an energy source for seafloor seismic surveys during the 1970s. | 2010-11-24 |
| TOOL0360 | Institut Francais du Petrole Geomecanique hydrophone array | A collection of underwater microphones mounted in cable designed to be towed behind a ship. | 2010-11-24 |
| TOOL1264 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences 30 kHz side scan sonar | A side scan sonar operating at 30 kHz, manufactured by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory (now National Oceanography Centre, Southampton). It has a swath range of 6 km, pulse length of 2.8 ms, array length of 3 m, and a fan beam pattern of 0.8 x 45 degrees. This instrument was fitted on TOBI, a deep-towed multi-sensor sonar system deployed in 1999 during cruise JR39b. | 2022-06-08 |
| TOOL1265 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences 7.5 kHz profiling sonar | A sub-bottom profiling sonar operating at 7.5 kHz, designed to detect soft sediment thickness and layering beneath the sea bed. The instrument was manufactured by the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory (now National Oceanography Centre, Southampton). It has a pulse length of 0.26 ms, and a penetration range of up to 70 m over soft sediment at a resolution of less than 1 m. The instrument has a transducer which operates with a conical beam pattern of 25 degrees. This instrument was fitted on TOBI, a deep-towed multi-sensor sonar system deployed in 1999 during cruise JR39b. | 2018-08-02 |
| TOOL0594 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences MkII bottom pressure recorder | The instrument comprised a strain gauge, vibrating wire or quartz pressure sensor and a temperature sensor in a self-contained housing connected to release and senor electronics, a data logger and battery pack located in an aluminium sphere. The logger was able to sample at intervals between 1.875 and 60 minutes with the inputs sampled continuously to give data values integrated over virtually the whole sampling interval. | 2013-01-23 |
| TOOL0227 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences MkIII bottom pressure recorder | A deep water (300-5000m) seafloor pressure gauge designed and built by IOS Bidston (now Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) with two pressure transducers and PRT sea temperature sensors coupled to a 12-channel commercial data logger in a spherical pressure housing. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0226 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences MkIV bottom pressure recorder | A deep water (300-5000m) seafloor pressure gauge designed and built by IOS Bidston (now Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory) with an internal casette tape data logger recording Bell and Howell strain gauges and/or Digiquartz pressure sensors. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL2028 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences box corer - Calvert et al (1980) | A box corer for sampling of interfaces without disturbance in a range of sedimentary areas. The corer generally samples the underlying sediment to a depth of 20-60cm. The corer consists of a stainless-steel box, 30cm square and 120cm in length. The weight of the corer is 600kg, including 20 removable weights totalling 200kg. On one side the box is provided with two long Perspex windows for initial observation of the core, in the other side there are small sampling ports down the length of the box. The box corer is deployed from, and recovered to, a stand which is bolted onto the working deck. The stand keeps the corer in the upright position. The corer is deployed with the shovels in the fully open position, and at a speed determined by the type of sample and type of sediment. When the corer hits the bottom, the no-load release is activated, the warp is then hauled slowly closing the shovels and lifting the corer from the bottom. | 2024-05-16 |
| TOOL0080 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences psychrometer | A psychrometer designed by Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (now National Oceanography Centre) to measure wet and dry bulb atmospheric temperature. The instrument consisted of two similar thermometers that were mounted side by side. The dry bulb has its bulb exposed to the air; the wet bulb was wrapped in an absorbent material (muslin), which was immersed in water and served as a wick. | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL0612 | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences shipborne wave recorder | A vessel-mounted wave recorder comprising a pair of heave transducers (accelerometers), a pair of pressure transducers, a signal processing unit and a data recorder. One heave transducer (measures long-period waves) and one pressure transducer (measures short-period waves) are mounted together on each side of the vessel close to the centre of pitch and 1-3m below the water-line to reduce the influence of pitch and roll. Waves of up to 30m height and 25 seconds period can be measured; the lower detectable limit depends on the installation depth of the pressure units. More information may be found in http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/45603/. | 2013-04-11 |
| NETT0074 | International Council for the Exploration of the Seas standard net - Ostenfeld and Jespersen (1924) | Net has 50 cm diameter mouth with 60 cm cylindrical portion of 1 cm mesh, 200 cm conical section of silk (No. 25 or No 3). This net is used for both vertical and horizontal closing tows (based on the Nansen net). A unique way to avoid ship motion described using two davits and a counter balancing weight [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 1 D]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0154 | Interocean S4 current meter | Basic elecromagnetic current meter with two pairs of internal electrodes and a flux-gate compass with integral data logger | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0156 | Interocean S4A current meter | Advanced elecromagnetic current meter with two pairs of internal electrodes and a flux-gate compass with high capacity integral data logger. Includes adaptive current sampling as standard. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0153 | Interocean S4AD current meter | A current meter is designed to directly measure the true magnitude and direction current motion in any water environment using two pairs of titanium electrodes located symmetrically on the equator of the sensor. An internal flux-gate compass provides heading information, used to reference current direction to magnetic North or, for fixed installations, the instrument may be operated in an X-Y orthogonal mode whereby the current vector can be referenced to a landform or structure. It can be deployed upto depths of 6000m. Further information may be found on the BODC document server at URL http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/40555/. The "A" designation indicates advanced current measurement with adaptive sampling as standard. The "D" indicates a pressure-hardened casing. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0157 | Interocean S4DW current meter directional wave monitor | Instrument combines electromagnetic current sensors and a high precision pressure sensor to measure wave orbital current components,directional wave spectra and tides. Incorporates programmable burst mode sampling and a very high capacity data logger. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0155 | Interocean S4R current meter | Basic elecromagnetic current meter with two pairs of internal electrodes and a flux-gate compass with no integral data logger. Designed for real-time monitoring applications. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL1034 | Inverted Microscope (generic) | A generic term for an inverted (the light source illuminates the specimen from above) optical microscope. | 2016-11-10 |
| TOOL0968 | Ionicon PTR-QMS series proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer | A series of mass spectrometers that monitor real-time levels of volatile organic compound (VOC). A variety of inlet systems are available. Gas samples are directly injected and detected using Proton Transfer Reaction (PTR) ionisation and quadrupole mass spectrometry. During analysis, soft ionisation is realised by proton transfer from H3O+ ions to all compounds with a higher proton affinity than water. Common constituents of air such as N2 , O2 , Ar, CO2 etc. have lower proton affinities than H2O and are therefore not ionised. Ultra-sensitive and compact variants are available. Dection limit: < 1 pptv - 300 pptv. Response time: 100 ms. | 2016-02-29 |
| NETT0076 | Isaacs high-speed sampler - Ahlstrom (1958) | Construction comprises a 2.5 cm mouth opening expanding to a diameter of 7.6 cm; overall length of 130 cm. The plankton filter is a cylinder of Monel metal mesh (23 mesh per cm) ~5.2 cm in diameter and 36 cm long. System equipped with a flowmeter and depth sensor (from bathythermograph) and a recording unit utilizing clear 35 mm acetate film. Can be towed up 10 knots. Can be put anywhere on cable and multiple units can be towed simultaneously [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 15 B] | 2011-10-21 |
| NETT0071 | Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl - Isaacs and Kidd (1953) | A trawl with a pentagonal mouth opening and a dihedral depressor vane as part of the mouth opening. The original IKMTs were 10 foot (304 cm), and 15 foot (457 cm) at the mouth. The 10 foot IKMT net was 31 feet (9.45 m) in length [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 3 D]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1168 | IsoPrime100 Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer | A gas-source laboratory benchtop isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), which operates in dual inlet or continuous flow modes. It forms part of the IsoPrime system which has a range of sample preparation and purification modules that can be coupled with the IsoPrime100 IRMS. The modules can analyse a range of samples (solids, liquids or gases) and each prepares the sample to be introduced into the IRMS as purified gases. The resultant prepared gases are then ionised and analysed for their isotopic content by the IRMS. The IsoPrime100 offers standard analysis of d13C, d18O, d15N and d34S using the IsoPrime Universal triple Collector (UTC), featuring patented high-performance Faraday buckets and automatic gain-switching. Due to its capacity to detect and measure up to ten ion beams simultaneously, the IsoPrime100 can also be used for multi-collector applications such as bromine isotopes, N2O isopromers, SO2-SO fractions and CO2 clumped isotopes, as well as other bespoke configurations. It has a sensitivity of 850 molecules per ion in dual inlet mode and 1200 molecules per ion in continuous flow mode. | 2017-11-21 |
| TOOL1966 | JASCO AMAR G3 acoustic recorder | An autonomous underwater acoustic and oceanographic data recorder designed for ultra-low power usage and high data quality. The AMAR G3 is available as a standard model depth rated to 250 m, or as a deep model rated to 2500 m. Features efficient power use for long deployments of up to one year, and an extremely low noise floor. Has up to eight hydrophones sampled at 24-bit resolution at rates up to 128 ksps, and a high-speed, 16-bit acoustic channel at up to 687.5 ksps. Customisable to include oceanographic sensors (e.g. oxygen, salinity, acidity/pH, depth, turbidity, and temperature). Multiple digital and analog interfaces to support oceanographic data sensors or integration into existing systems. Up to 1792 GB solid-state storage memory. Highly configurable duty-cycling and recording options. Autonomous recording or real-time data streaming via cable or telemetry system. Operating temperature of -5 to 50 degC. Example frequencies ranging from 1 Hz to 150 kHz. Sample rate of 1 Hz. | 2023-06-26 |
| TOOL1894 | JASCO OceanObserver acoustic monitoring system | A submersible real-time acoustic monitoring system for marine mammal detection, identification, and localisation, ambient and vessel noise quantification, and wind and tidal energy monitoring. The JASCO OceanObserver has applications on drifters, acoustic profiling floats, gliders, buoys, and other autonomous vehicles. The OceanObserver system records the underwater sounds while running automated cetacean detectors that flag possible marine mammal calls or other events of interest by use of onboard detection algorithms tailored to species and call types of choice, as part of JASCO's PAMlab INT (integrated) software. Features local and global data telemetry via Wi-Fi, VHF, Iridium, cellular, serial, Ethernet, or acoustic modem, and wireless control via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. For bandwidth-limited telemetry like cellular and Iridium, the OceanObserver converts the detection spectrograms into frequency contours and ranks them by priority. The events are relayed via satellite and delivered by email. The processed events are prioritised so that important events, like detections of species at risk, are sent first, making best use of the communication window. The OceanObserver was designed with modular components to tailor the system to the application, and up to 10 TB memory capacity on removable SD cards. The system features up to 16 mid-speed acoustic channels at 8 - 128 ksps, 8 channels at 8 - 256 ksps, 4 channels at 8 - 512 ksps, or 1 high-speed channel at 2048 ksps. Spectra noise floor is better than -150 dB re FS per square root Hz at 8 - 512 ksps or better than -145 dB re FS per square root Hz at 2048 ksps. Standard hydrophone sensitivities are -164 dB re 1 V/μPa at 1 kHz or -210 dB re 1 V/μPa at 1 kHz. | 2023-01-25 |
| TOOL1360 | JFE Advantech AAQ-RINKO 176 1.06 {AAQ176} water quality profiler | A water quality profiler featuring an array of 8 sensors in a titanium-housed unit: fast-response optical dissolved oxygen sensor; pressure sensor; chlorophyll sensor; turbidity sensor; pH sensor; temperature sensor; salinity sensor; quantum light sensor. The AAQ-176 features 4 GB internal memory and can be handled by three different processing units. The Printer Unit is designed for full-scale ocean surveys, featuring graph-drawing and GPS positioning. The Hand-Held Unit is fully portable, but also allows real-time monitoring via PC. The Interface Module is available in two modes (standard and splash-proof), allowing real-time data sampling and monitoring via PC, plus post-processing software if required. The unit is rated from 0-100m depth and features the following measurement ranges: temperature from -3 to +45 degC; conductivity from 0.5 to 70 mS/cm; salinity from 2 and 42 PSU; turbidity from 0 to 1000 FTU; chlorophyll from 0 to 400 ppb; dissolved oxygen from 0 to 200 percent (0 to 20 mg/l) with a response time of 0.4s, allowing for non-stop vertical profiling; quantum light from 0 to 5000 umol/m2/s; pH from 0 to 14 pH. | 2019-09-17 |
| TOOL1126 | JFE Advantech DEFI2-L PAR sensor | A pocket-sized PAR logger. It measures photon flux density using a photodiode. It has non-opening infrared communication. It has a titanium body and polycarbonate window. It has a measurement range of 0-5000 micromole per metre sq. per second. Accuracy is +/- 4.0% F.S. (0-2000 micromole per metre sq. per s) and it is depth-rated to 500 m (depth equivalent). | 2017-04-04 |
| TOOL1783 | JFE Advantech Rinko FT ARO-FT oxygen sensor | A fast response optical dissolved oxygen (DO) sensor. It can also measure temperature. The RINKO FT is primarily designed to for use on Argo floats. However, its compact and lightweight design, and commonly used communication protocol allow integration on several platforms. It operates based on the optical (phosphorescence) principle. The measurement range for DO is: 0 to 425 micromoles per litre, with a resolution of 0.01 micromoles per litre and initial accuracy of +/-2% of measured value or +/- 2.0 micromoles per litre. The measurement range for temperature is -3 to 45 degrees Celsius (calibration range: 0 to 35 degrees Celsius), with a resolution of 0.001 degrees Celsius and initial accuracy of +/-0.01 degrees Celsius. It is depth rated to 2000 metres. | 2022-04-07 |
| TOOL1590 | JFE Advantech Rinko II {ARO-CAR/CAD} oxygen sensor | A fast-response optical dissolved oxygen and temperature sensor. The DO sensor is coated with photostimulable phosphor (PSP) on the outside of the pressure-resistant acrylic optical window, measuring phosphorescence quenching phase shift. The excitation blue LED pulse generates a red phosphorescence pulse, which in turn has an inverse correlation with the oxygen partial pressure in the water. The Rinko II (ARO-CAR/CAD) is a wired digital output model. It has a response time of less than 1 second in air, enabling dissolved oxygen measurements with continuous profiling at high speeds (~0.5 m/s). The dissolved oxygen sensor has a non-linear accuracy of +/-2% of full scale (at 1 atm, 25 deg C) and the temperature sensor +/-0.02 deg C. | 2021-01-18 |
| TOOL1294 | JFE Advantech Rinko III {ARO-CAV} oxygen sensor | A fast-response optical dissolved oxygen and temperature sensor. The DO sensor is coated with photostimulable phosphor (PSP) on the outside of the pressure-resistant acrylic optical window, measuring phosphorescence quenching phase shift. The excitation blue LED pulse generates a red phosphorescence pulse, which in turn has an inverse correlation with the oxygen partial pressure in the water. It is an analogue output version. It has a response time of less than 1 second in air, enabling dissolved oxygen measurements with continuous profiling at high speeds. The dissolved oxygen sensor has a non-linear accuracy of +/-2% of full scale (at 1atm, 25 deg C) and the temperature sensor +/-0.02 deg C. It has a pressure rating of 7000 m. | 2018-11-19 |
| TOOL0977 | JFE Compact-TD ATD-HR temperature and depth sensor | A light, small and robust autonomously deployable data sensor and logger for measurements of temperature (range: -3 to 40 degC, accuracy: +/-0.05 degC) and depth (range: 25m to 2000m, accuracy: +/- 0.3 percent of full scale). The sensors can be deployed in 6 different configuration depending on the depth of measurements (up to 2000m). | 2016-03-31 |
| TOOL1552 | Japan Radio Co (JRC) JLN-550 Doppler sonar | A dual-frequency doppler sonar instrument used to provide ship speed information. The lower ultrasonic frequency measures ship speed against ground in deeper waters and the higher frequency measures ship speed against water in shallower depths. The instrument can handle bubble interference generated by high-speed navigation. The transducer is substantially downsized in comparison to conventional instruments, allowing it to be installed on the bow where it will experience less bubble interference. The instrument can measure the ship's fore, aft, port and starboard speeds when combined with GPS information. It comes with a main display and optional wing and remote displays. The JLN-550 operates at 240 kHz (speed against ground) and 2 MHz (speed against water). It measures within speed ranges of -10 to +40 knots within a water depth range of 2-250 m below the hull. It has a speed measuring accuracy of +/- 0.1 knots. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL2011 | Japan Radio Co (JRC) JLR-21 GPS compass | The JLR-21 is a GPS compass which provides heading, roll, pitch, rate of turn, and heave information. The system is also known as a 3D Dynamic SensorTM, designed to provide accurate information of the ships movement in all axes. The system includes a 5.7-inch high-visibility display with several display modes enabling operation in low-light settings. The system processor is built into the antenna and has a startup time of less than 2 minutes. In rough ocean conditions the GPS compass can correct up and down (attitude) movement, compensating high waves with 20 cm route mean square (rms) accuracy, useful for fish finder and sonar applications. The JLR-21 also supports speed and course over ground (SOG and COG), with position updated every 200 milliseconds. The JLR-21 features high speed tracking response (rate of turn 45 degrees/second), and dynamic heading, roll, and pitch accuracy of 0.5 degrees rms. Positional accuracy is 12 metres, 2 degrees rms with GPS, 6 metres, 2 degrees rms when corrected with SBAS, or 4 metres, 2 degrees rms when differential GPS (DGPS) corrected. | 2024-02-01 |
| TOOL1085 | Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager | A five-channel moderate resolution optical imager designed to carry out meteorological observations for Japan, East Asia, Australia and adjacent areas, by tracking clouds and water vapour features. The imager detects radiation from the visible and infrared spectrum using an off-axis focal telescope with two focal planes and infrared bands integrated into a single sensor assembly. The incident spectrum is then separated into visible and infrared channels by a beam splitter, and the infrared channels are further split into four bands by infrared optical filters. On-board calibration is provided for all bands. JAMI exploits the Nyquist spatial sampling technique. The imager uses the Nyquist spatial sampling technique, and detects radiation within five spectral bands of ranges (0.55 - 0.90) um, (3.50 - 4.00) um, (6.50 - 7.00) um, (10.3 - 11.3) um and (11.5 - 12.5) um. The ground resolution is 1 km for solar reflective band (VNIR) measurements, and 4 km for infrared (IR) measurements. The image frame is 21.4 degrees in longitude, and 23.6 degrees in latitude. The field of view is 0.269 degrees per swath. Flown on Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R). http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/instruments/view/236 | 2016-11-15 |
| NETT0078 | Juday net - Juday (1916) | Net has a 25 cm diameter mouth opening with 33 cm long canvas cone expanding to 30 cm diameter, followed by a conical net 70 cm long made of No 20 silk bolting cloth [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 1 C]. A closing net with simple messenger release is also described: this has a 12 cm diameter mouth opening with 40 cm long canvas cone expanding to 17 cm, followed by a 47 cm long conical net with the same mesh. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL1455 | K.U.M. K-MT 234 (21 bottles) sediment trap | A device to collect particles in the water column for mooring deployments in the ocean and inland waters. It includes a multi bottle sample collection turntable for 21 samples, 21 sample bottles (400ml) and has a collection area of 0.5m2. Maximum operation: 12 months (or optional 24 months). Maximum operation depth: 6000m. | 2020-05-26 |
| TOOL1454 | K.U.M. K-MT 236 (14 bottles) sediment trap | A device to collect particles in the water column for mooring deployments in the ocean and inland waters. It includes a multi bottle sample collection turntable for 14 samples, 14 sample bottles (400ml) and has a collection area of 0.25m2. Maximum operation: 12 months (or optional 24 months). Maximum operation depth: 3000m. | 2020-05-26 |
| TOOL1679 | K.U.M. LOBSTER-6000 K/MT 510 ocean bottom seismometer system | A broadband ocean bottom seismometer system designed for seafloor deployment for long-term tsunami and earthquake research. It features a Guralp CMG-40 T broadband seismometer encased in a titanium pressure tube, mounted to a titanium frame featuring orange syntactic foam flotation units, titanium pressure tubes containing batteries and a GEOLON-MCS data recorder, plus a flasher, radio beacon, signal flag, anchor and acoustic release. The flotation units of the LOBSTER-6000 are made of a lower density syntactic foam than the LOBSTER-7300. The OBS system can be deployed for up to 1 year. The LOBSTER-6000 K/MT 510 is depth-rated to 6000 m. The Guralp CMG-40 T seismometer has a tilt range of +/- 2.5 degrees, and a dynamic range of 148 dB at 1 Hz and 151 dB at 5 Hz. The seismometer also has an operating temperature from -20 to +75 degC, and an output sensitivity of 2000 V/m/s (2 x 1000 V/m/s) differential standard output (full-scale clip level of 8.8 mm/s). | 2021-04-29 |
| TOOL1680 | K.U.M. LOBSTER-7300 K/MT 517 ocean bottom seismometer system | A broadband ocean bottom seismometer system designed for seafloor deployment for long-term tsunami and earthquake research. It features a Guralp CMG-40 T broadband seismometer encased in a titanium pressure tube, mounted to a titanium frame featuring yellow syntactic foam flotation units, titanium pressure tubes containing batteries and a GEOLON-MCS data recorder, plus a flasher, radio beacon, signal flag, anchor and acoustic release. The flotation units of the LOBSTER-7300 are made of denser syntactic foam than the LOBSTER-6000. The titanium pressure tubes of the LOBSTER-7300 are also thicker than the LOBSTER-6000. The OBS system can be deployed for up to 1 year. The LOBSTER-7300 K/MT 517 is depth-rated to 7300 m. The Guralp CMG-40 T seismometer has a tilt range of +/- 2.5 degrees, and a dynamic range of 148 dB at 1 Hz and 151 dB at 5 Hz. The seismometer also has an operating temperature from -20 to +75 degC, and an output sensitivity of 2000 V/m/s (2 x 1000 V/m/s) differential standard output (full-scale clip level of 8.8 mm/s). | 2021-04-29 |
| NETT0174 | KC Denmark AS small plankton net | Construction has an upper cylindrical net made of strong Beaver Nylon with a diameter of 25 cm and a length of 15 cm. Below is a conical mesh net bag made of Monodur Nytal (Nylon) and is 40 cm deep. The net is ended with a 35 ml or 80 ml (fitted with mesh windows) sample cylinder. | 2014-09-12 |
| TOOL1527 | KC Denmark HAPS corer | A HAPS corer manufactured by KC Denmark A/S. It is a gravity corer that is designed to collect defined, undisturbed samples from hard and soft sediments. It consists of a triangular frame and a core barrel with tight top valve and core catcher to prevent porewater loss. Manufactured from AISI 316 stainless steel with electro polished surface. The sample tube is made of stainless steel (standard) but it can be delivered in transparent polycarbonate as well. In order to stabilize the HAPS in sea swells, and to sample in sandy sediments, weights can be mounted. For harder sediments a vibrator can be added. | 2020-08-17 |
| TOOL1741 | KC Denmark Research Equipment KC pore-water pressing bench sediment porewater extractor | The KC Pore-water pressing bench allows pore-water extraction of any kind of sediments, from sediments rich in organic material, to sandy sediments. Sediment cores are segmented and placed in the pressing house, which is closed by means of the handle on top of the house. An over-pressure is applied (fed-in) at the reduction valve and the valves of the houses in operation are opened. The resulting compression of the sediment matrix leads to expelling of the pore-water, which is sampled in containers beneath the pressing house. Operation in a glove bag prevents atmospheric contamination with, for example, oxygen, so anaerobic analysis of the pore-water is possible. The standard cylinders are made from black Polyoxymethylene (POM). However, the cylinders and all accessories are also available as AISI 316 stainless steel for special purposes. The pressing bench consists of 5 pressing houses, each 100 ml. They can hold a maximum sample diameter of 40 mm. The instrument has a maximum operating pressure of 4 bar (400 kPa). | 2021-10-28 |
| TOOL1249 | KOVACS ice coring systems | A series of hand auger systems designed for the retrieval of ice cores. Each KOVACS ice coring system includes a light weight core barrel made of a filament composite tube with plastic fitting, an aluminium cutting shoe, heat-treated steel cutting teeth, a stainless steel and aluminium drive head, as well as two extension rods of 1m in length each. Different core diameters and lengths are delivered by the four coring systems available: MARK II (9cm x 1m), MARK III (7.25cm x 1m), MARK V (14cm x 1m), and MARK VI (9cm x 1.5m). | 2018-07-30 |
| TOOL1296 | KVH Industries C100 {Compass Engine} fluxgate compass | An industrial grade, micro-processor fluxgate compass module. It outputs heading data at rates up to 10Hz. The compass consists of a toroidal fluxgate sensor element and a small electronics board. Each instance has a saturable ring core in a Lexan cylinder, free floating in an inert fluid to keep it horizontal with respect to the earth. Windings surround the Lexan housing, electrically driving the ring core into saturation and measuring the amplitude of induced pulses which are proportional to the earth's magnetic field. This data is then sent to the microprocessor, which compensates for the hard and soft iron magnetic interference of the host platform. The compass will operate as far as 80 degrees north or south magnetic latitude. It offers both analog and digital outputs with a range of operating tilt angles (+/- 16, 30 and 45 degrees). In digital, several variations of RS-232 and NMEA 0183 are available. The typical accuracy after calibration is +/- 0.5 degrees. It can operate in temperatures raning from -40 deg C to +65 deg C. | 2018-11-19 |
| TOOL1657 | Keithley Instruments M1000/M2000 data logger series | The M1000/M2000 series of data logging modules are designed as analogue-to-digital interfaces or converters between a connected sensor (such as water temperature or pressure) and a computer. The modules in the series may be programmed using built-in commands to create custom transfer functions to interface to non-standard sensors. Outputs can also be scaled to the engineering units desired. The modules contain an internal microprocessor which performs all scaling functions. All scaling and non-linear function data is stored in a table contained in EEPROM non-volatile memory. The modules operate via +/-100 mV inputs and communicate via RS-232C. | 2021-03-23 |
| TOOL2059 | Keller High Accuracy OEM Pressure Transmitter Series 30X pressure sensor | A series of high-accuracy pressure sensor and transmitter instruments. The Series 30X is capable of measuring both atmospheric pressure and water pressure, depending on version. The 30X is capable of compensating for linearity deviations and temperature errors. Measurement results are output as standardized signals. The Series 30X features dual (analog and digital) outputs, re-rangeability, and mathematical error correction. The Series 30X operates using the principle of piezoresistance, containing a highly stable piezoresistive sensing element. The Series 30X can be embedded within an OEM product or packaged simply as a pressure transmitter. Operating temperature: -30 to 100 degrees C; compensated temperature: -10 to 80 degrees C. Resolution 0.002% BR. Baud rate 9600/ 115200. Pressure range up to 1000 Bar when sealed. | 2024-07-01 |
| TOOL2083 | Kipp and Zonen CG4 pyrgeometer | An instrument designed to measure the upward and downward components of long wave atmospheric radiation depending on the instrument orientation. The CG4 provides a voltage that is proportional to the net radiation in the far infrared (FIR). The instrument features a type YSI 44031 thermistor (or optional Heraeus M-GX 1013 PT100) to measure body temperature and uses a 64-thermocouple thermopile for measuring atmospheric radiation. The CG4 is designed to conduct absorbed heat away from the sensor window, reducing temperature variations between the window and sensor to less than 0.3 degC. The spectral range is 4.5 to 42 um (50% points), with a sensitivity of 10 uV/W/m^2, impedance of 40 to 200 ohms. Temperature dependence of sensitivity (between -20 and 50 degC) is +/- 1%. It has a 180-degree field of view with good cosine response. Accuracy is 3% for daily totals. | 2024-08-13 |
| TOOL1332 | Kipp and Zonen CGR3 pyrgeometer | An instrument designed to measure far infrared radiation (FIR), either from the sky and clouds (incoming FIR) or from the ground (outgoing FIR). Due to its compact built, the CGR3 model is ideal for horticulture and agriculture. The detector outputs a voltage proportional to the radiation exchange between the instrument and the sky or ground in the instrument's field of view. The CGR3 pyrgeometer is suitable for use with the CMP3 pyranometer. The instrument uses a thermopile detector and has a sensitivity of 5 to 15 uV/W/m^2 within a 4.5 - 42 um spectral range. The response time is less than 18 seconds, the window heating offset (with 1000 W/m^2 solar radiation) is less than 15 W/m^2, and the temperature dependence of sensitivity (between -10 and 40 degC) is less than 5%. The CGR3 has a flat silicon window, which provides a field of view of 150 deg. | 2019-06-13 |
| TOOL1333 | Kipp and Zonen CGR4 pyrgeometer | An instrument designed to measure far infrared radiation (FIR), either from the sky and clouds (incoming FIR) or from the ground (outgoing FIR). The CGR4 model is ideal for scientific use and meteorological observations. The detector outputs a voltage proportional to the radiation exchange between the instrument and the sky or ground in the instrument's field of view. The CGR4 pyrgeometer is suitable for use with the CMP11, CMP21 and CMP22 pyranometers. The instrument uses a thermopile detector and has a sensitivity of 5 to 15 uV/W/m^2 within a 4.5 - 42 um spectral range. The response time is less than 18 seconds, the window heating offset (with 1000 W/m^2 solar radiation) is less than 4 W/m^2, and the temperature dependence of sensitivity (between -20 and 50 degC) is less than 1%. The CGR4 has an outside coating of hard-carbon, and its silicon meniscus dome provides a field of view of 180 deg. | 2019-06-13 |
| TOOL0921 | Kipp and Zonen CM10 pyranometer | A secondary standard pyranometer that measures solar irradiance. It uses a constantan-Manganin thermophile consisting of 100 junctions imprinted on an alumina ceramic substrate in a circular pattern to minimise azimuthal sensitivity. 3M Velvet Black is used on the receiver surfaces. It has two concentric hemispherical domes ground from Schott K5 glass. The transmittance spectra of the K5 exhibits a cut-on limit at 310 nm in the ultraviolet and a cut-off limit at the 2800 nm. The compensation element is a second alumina substrate that along with the compensation circuit prevents temperature-induced instrument zeros. | 2015-07-30 |
| TOOL0082 | Kipp and Zonen CM11 pyranometer | A secondary standard pyranometer that measures solar irradiance. It uses a constantan-Manganin thermophile consisting of 100 junctions imprinted on an alumina ceramic substrate in a circular pattern to minimise azimuthal sensitivity. 3M Velvet Black is used on the receiver surfaces. It has two concentric hemispherical domes ground from Schott K5 glass. The transmittance spectra of the K5 exhibits a cut-on limit at 310 nm in the ultraviolet and a cut-off limit at the 2800 nm. The compensation element is a second alumina substrate that along with the compensation circuit prevents temperature-induced instrument zeros. It possesses a white shield to shade the body of the instrument from the differential illumination and a mounting base containing a spirit level. | 2015-07-30 |
| TOOL0922 | Kipp and Zonen CM14 albedometer | An albedometer that measures net global radiation and/or albedo over surfaces of different nature. It consists of 2 opposing Kipp & Zonen CM 11 pyranometers (secondary standard). The upper pyranometer measure solar radiation while the lower pyranometer measure reflected solar radiation. The pyranometers use a constantan-Manganin thermophile consisting of 100 junctions imprinted on an alumina ceramic substrate in a circular pattern to minimise azimuthal sensitivity. 3M Velvet Black is used on the receiver surfaces. They have two concentric hemispherical domes ground from Schott K5 glass. The transmittance spectra of the K5 exhibits a cut-on limit at 310 nm in the ultraviolet and a cut-off limit at the 2800 nm. The compensation element is a second alumina substrate that along with the compensation circuit prevents temperature-induced instrument zeros. They each possess a white shield to shade the body of the instrument from the differential illumination and a mounting base containing a spirit level. | 2015-07-30 |
| TOOL2084 | Kipp and Zonen CM21 pyranometer | A high-performance research grade pyranometer, which is fully compliant with ISO 9060 Secondary Standard pyranometer performance criteria. The CM21 pyranometer is designed for measuring downward and upward (i.e. reflected) irradiance (radiant-flux, Watt/m2) on a plane/level surface, which results from the direct solar radiation and from the diffuse radiation incident from the hemisphere above. The CM21 houses a second built-in sensing element for temperature compensation. Any change in body temperature, due to thermal shock or temperature gradient effect, is quickly detected by this compensation element, and an offset correction signal is applied to the instrument output signal. The receiving element is coated with a highly stable carbon based non-organic coating, to deliver high quality spectral absorption and long-term stability characteristics. The sensing element is housed under two concentric fitting Schott K5 glass domes. Spectral range is 305 - 2800 nm, sensitivity is 7 - 17 uV/W/m^2, impedance is 50 - 60 ohms, response time is 5 seconds, operating temperature is -40 to 80 degC, non-linearity is less than +/- 0.25% (<1000 W/m^2). | 2024-08-13 |
| TOOL0919 | Kipp and Zonen CM5 pyranometer | A first class pyranometer that measures solar irradiance. It uses a Moll thermopile consisting of 14 constantan-Manganin junctions and a pair of Schott K5 glass domes. The transmittance spectra of the K5 exhibits a cut-on limit at 310 nm in the ultraviolet and a cut-off limit at the 2800 nm. A desiccant cartridge is mounted in the core of the radiometer. | 2015-07-30 |
| TOOL0920 | Kipp and Zonen CM6 pyranometer | A first class pyranometer that measures solar irradiance. It uses a Moll thermopile consisting of 14 constantan-Manganin junctions and a pair of Schott K5 glass domes. The transmittance spectra of the K5 exhibits a cut-on limit at 310 nm in the ultraviolet and a cut-off limit at the 2800 nm. A desiccant cartridge is mounted in the core of the radiometer. It possesses a white shield to shade the body of the instrument from the differential illumination and a mounting base containing a spirit level. The instrument sensitivity is 9 - 15 microV/W m-2, impedance is 70 - 100 ohms, maximum irradiance is 2000 W/m2, and operational temperature range is -40 to +60 degC. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL0410 | Kipp and Zonen CM6B pyranometer | A pyranometer that measures solar irradiance with a spectral range of 305-2800 nm. The robust sensor requires no power and provides all weather performance. It has a response time of 18 seconds, a maximum irradiance of 2000 W/m^2 and an expected daily accuracy of +/- 5%. | 2011-08-01 |
| TOOL1502 | Kipp and Zonen CMP21 pyranometer | A high-performance research grade pyranometer, which is fully compliant with all ISO 9060 spectrally flat Class A Instrument performance criteria. It is designed for measuring the irradiance (radiant flux, Watt/m^2) on a plane surface, which results from the direct solar radiation and from the diffuse radiation incident from the hemisphere above. A standard thermistor sensor is fitted to monitor the housing temperature. Each instrument is supplied with its own temperature and directional (cosine response) test data. A waterproof socket is fitted for the signature yellow signal cable, which is available in a range of lengths pre-wired to the waterproof plug. The integral bubble level is raised to the top of the housing and can be viewed without removing the redesigned snap-on sun shield, which also covers the connector. The screw-in drying cartridge is easy to remove and the replacement desiccant is supplied in convenient refill packets. The pyranometer does not require any power, it supplies a low voltage of 0 to 20 mV in relation to the amount of incoming radiation. | 2024-07-31 |
| TOOL1604 | Kipp and Zonen CMP3 pyranometer | A high-performance research grade pyranometer, which is fully compliant with all ISO 9060 spectrally flat Class C Instrument performance criteria. It is intended for shortwave global solar radiation measurements in the spectral range from 300 to 2800 nm. The thermopile detector measures irradiance up to 2000 W/m^2 with response time approximately 18 seconds and typical sensitivity 10 uV/W/m^2 that varies less than 5 percent from -10 degC to +40 degC. The CMP3 pyranometer is designed for continuous indoor and outdoor use. It features a snap-on white sun shield, integrated levelling, and a weatherproof connector. Two CMP3s can easily be mounted back-to-back to make a low-cost albedometer. The screw-in drying cartridge is easy to remove and the replacement desiccant is supplied in convenient refill packets. The pyranometer does not require any power, it supplies a low voltage of 0 to 20 mV in relation to the amount of incoming radiation. Operating temperature range is -40 degC to +80 degC and the stability is better than 1 percent per year. | 2024-07-31 |
| TOOL1873 | Kipp and Zonen CMP6 pyranometer | A first class pyranometer that monitors solar radiation for the full solar spectrum range, which is fully compliant with all ISO 9060 spectrally flat Class B instrument performance criteria. It uses a blackened thermopile composed of a 64-thermocouple junction sensing element, is protected by two glass domes and features increased thermal mass to improve performance. Designed for use in environmental monitoring, solar resource assessment and solar power performance applications. The instrument sensitivity is 5 - 20 microV/W m-2, impedance is 20 - 200 ohms, maximum irradiance is 2000 W/m2, spectral range is 285 - 2800 nm, and expected daily uncertainty is < 5%. | 2022-11-01 |
| TOOL0703 | Kipp and Zonen CNR1 Net Radiometer | The CNR4 is a net radiometer that measures the energy balance between incoming and shortwave IR radiation versus surface reflected shortwave and outgoing longwave IR radiation. The instrument comprises an upward-facing pyranometer/pyrgeometer pair, and a downward facing pair. There is an internal RTD, and a heater to prevent condensation. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL0702 | Kipp and Zonen CNR4 Net Radiometer | The CNR4 is a net radiometer that measures the energy balance between incoming and shortwave IR radiation versus surface reflected shortwave and outgoing longwave IR radiation. The instrument comprises an upward-facing pyranometer/pyrgeometer pair, and a downward facing pair. There is an internal thermisor, an internal Pt-100 RTD, and a solar shield. There is an optional ventilation unit with heater to minimise condensation. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL1598 | Kipp and Zonen CUV5 Total UV Radiometer | An instrument for measuring the total UV radiation from natural sunlight for applications in meteorology and outdoor material testing. The dome and diffuser provide optimized directional response. A specially designed optical filter provides sensitivity to combined UVA and UVB irradiance. The photodiode generates a voltage output linearly proportional to the UV intensity. It has a spectral range of 280 - 400 nm, sensitivity of 300 - 500 microV/W/m^2, and a maximum UVA/UVB irradiance measuring capability of 400 W/m^2. The operational temperature range of the instrument is -40 to +80 degrees Celsius. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL0395 | Kipp and Zonen PAR LITE radiometer | A non-submersible PAR sensor with a spectral range of 400-700 nm. Its sensitivity is proportional to the cosine of the angle of incidence of the incoming radiation. It can measure irradiance over the range 0-10,000 umol/m^2/sec and can operate at temperatures between -30 and 70 degC. | 2011-04-14 |
| TOOL0530 | Kipp and Zonen PQS1 PAR Quantum Sensor | A non-submersible PAR sensor incorporating a diffuser with an excellent directional (cosine) response and a silicon photodiode detector. It can be used in field research or permanent applications. It has a spectral range of 400 to 700 nm and a sensitivity of 4 to 10 mV/umol/m^2/s. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL1734 | Kipp and Zonen SGR3 V pyrgeometer | The SGR3 is a pyrgeometer, designed for meteorological measurements of downward atmospheric long wave radiation. It uses a specially designed silicon window, and, on the inside, a solar-blind filter blocks solar radiation. The SGR3 data represents the radiation exchange within the whole hemisphere. This is because the reference SGR3 is calibrated outdoors with respect to a reference CGR4, which has a 180 degrees field of view. The instrument's spectral range (overall) is 4.4 to 50 micro meters (4400 to 50000 nm), it's response time (95%) is < 18 s, and its operational temperature range is -40 to +80 degrees Celsius. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL1672 | Kipp and Zonen SGR4 pyrgeometer | An instrument designed to measure far infrared radiation (FIR), either from the sky and clouds (incoming FIR) or from the ground (outgoing FIR). It is designed for exterior use. The instrument measures long-wave irradiance on a plane surface (radiant flux, W/m2 ) which results from radiation incident from the hemisphere above the instrument. The detector is based on a passive thermal sensing element (thermopile). The detector outputs a voltage proportional to the radiation exchange between the instrument and the sky or ground in the instrument's field of view. It comprises a housing temperature sensor that is used to calculate the downward long-wave radiation component. The sensor has an outside coating of hard-carbon, and its silicon meniscus dome provides a field of view of 180 deg. It has a flat silicon window, an integrated bubble level, internal desiccant, white snap-on sun shield, and an optional shielded signal output cable with connector. It uses a Modbus RS-485 interface for communication. The SGR4 can be fitted with the CVF4 ventilation unit. It measures over a spectral range of 4.5 to 42 um. The response time is less than 18 seconds, the window heating offset (with 1000 W/m^2 solar radiation) is less than 4 W/m^2, and the temperature dependence of sensitivity (between -20 and 50 degC) is less than 1%. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL1670 | Kipp and Zonen SMP21 pyranometer | A high performance pyranometer that measures solar irradiance. It is fully compliant with all ISO 9060 spectrally flat Class A instrument performance criteria. It is designed for use in meteorological networks, reference measurements in PV monitoring, and can be used in extreme climates, such as polar or arid conditions. The SMP21 is the Smart digital equivalent of the CMP21 series pyranometer. It has a faster response and more flexible connectivity due to its micro-processor and increased memory. The instrument is compatible with Kipp and Zonen SmartExplorer Windows software which enables configuration of communication settings, monitoring of the measurements and status parameters, and logging of the data. It uses RS-485 Modbus communication, and requires no change of internal desiccant for 10 years. It has an analogue output range of -200 to +2000 W/m2, and an analogue output from 0 - 1 V or 4 - 20 mA (V or A versions respectively). It has a spectral range of 270 - 3000 nm and an operating temperature of -40 to +70 degC. | 2021-03-26 |
| TOOL1831 | Kipp and Zonen SMP22 pyranometer | A pyranometer that is designed to measure global horizontal solar irradiance (GHI). If shaded from the sun, the pyranometer measures diffuse horizontal solar irradiance (DHI). It is fully compliant with all ISO 9060:2018 spectrally flat Class A instrument performance criteria. The SMP22 is the Smart digital equivalent of the CMP22 series pyranometer. It has a faster response and more flexible connectivity due to its micro-processor and increased memory. The instrument is compatible with Kipp and Zonen SmartExplorer Windows software which enables configuration of communication settings, monitoring of the measurements and status parameters, and data logging. It has an analogue output range of -200 to +2000 W/m2, and an analogue output from 0 - 1 V or 4 - 20 mA (V or A versions respectively). It has a spectral range of 210 to 3600 nm and an operating temperature of -40 to +70 degC. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL0396 | Kipp and Zonen SP LITE pyranometer | A silicon pyranometer with a spectral range of 400-1100 nm. Its sensitivity is proportional to the cosine of the angle of incidence of the incoming radiation. It can measure irradiance over the range 0-2,000 W/m^2 and can operate at temperatures between -30 and 70 degC. | 2011-04-14 |
| TOOL0529 | Kipp and Zonen SP LITE2 pyranometer | A silicon pyranometer with a spectral range of 400-1100 nm. Its sensitivity is proportional to the cosine of the angle of incidence of the incoming radiation. It has a sensitivity of 60 to 100 uV/W/m^2 and can operate at temperatures between -30 and 70 degC. The instrument supersedes the original SP Lite and has an improved response time of <500ns compared with <1s for the older model. | 2022-10-24 |
| TOOL0852 | Kistler 603B pressure sensor | A miniature quartz piezoelectric pressure sensor with acceleration compensation, capable of measuring high frequency pressure. The pressure range is from vacuum to 200 bar (2900 PSIA) at temperatures up to 200 C. The natural frequency is beyond 300 kHz. The measured pressure acts through the diaphragm on the quartz crystal measuring element, which transforms the pressure into an electrostatic charge. The stainless steel diaphragm is hermetically welded flush to the stainless ssteel sensor body. As the ceramic insulator of the connector is also hermetically welded the entire sensor is hermetically sealed. The quartz disks are assembled together with a seismic mass in a way to compensate for the acceleration sensitivity. Further information may be found at http://www.kistler.com/us/en/products/components/pressure-sensors/. | 2015-05-21 |
| TOOL1591 | Kistler K-Beam 8395A capacitive MEMS triaxial accelerometer series | A triaxial capacitive MEMS accelerometer designed to measure low frequency vibration and acceleration for a variety of applications, such as civil engineering, aerospace, structural analysis, and more. It features a quartz element which is sensitive to either compressive or shear loads. The sensor is connected to an electronic device for converting the charge signal into a voltage signal proportional to the mechanical force. The conversion is made either by means of a separate charge amplifier or an impedance converter with coupler, typically integrated into the sensor The 8395A also features built-in low-pass filters. It has a measurement range of 2-250 g, a frequency response of 0-1000 hz (+/- 5 %) and an operating temperature range from -54 to +121 deg C. | 2021-01-18 |
| NETT0080 | Kitahara - Nakai (1962) | Net has a 24 cm diameter mouth opening for head piece and 45 cm diameter conical net 80 cm long. A Hensen style net (KT) | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL2057 | Klein UUV 3500 side scan sonar | A high-resolution side scan sonar system for unmanned underwater vehicles. This instrument is suitable for a range of applications including hydrographic/ geophysical survey; cable/ pipeline survey; environmental survey; small object detection; mine countermeasures, surveillance, and reconnaissance surveys. The Klein UUV-3500 outputs side scan imagery and swath bathymetry data. Side scan uses 455 kHz or 900 kHz frequencies; 2.4 cm across track resolution; beam width 0.34 degrees horizontal and 45 degrees vertical; typical range of 150 m at 455 kHz and 75 m at 900 kHz frequency. Swath Bathymetry uses 455 kHz frequency; 0.48 degree along track resolution; 4.8 cm across track sampling; 125 m nominal range (typically 10 to 12 times altitude). Depth rating to 600 m using only side scan, 200 m when using bathymetry option, deeper options are available. | 2024-06-27 |
| TOOL0891 | Knudsen 320BP echosounder | The Knudsen 320B/P Echosounder Transducer is intended for deepwater profiling. This device operates in the 3.5 to 250kHz frequency range. | 2015-06-18 |
| TOOL0892 | Knudsen 320BR echosounder | The Knudsen 320 B/R operates at different frequencies (12kHz and 3.5kHz). The 12kHz allows for water depth record and the 3.5kHz to track pingers attached to various instruments over the side. This is also used for sub-bottom profiling applications. | 2015-06-18 |
| TOOL0889 | Knudsen 320M marine echosounder | The Knudsen 320M is an echosounder designed for water depths between 10 and 5000 m. Using either the high (250kHz) or low (3.5kHz) frequency channels, or both simultaneously, the 320M produces a high resolution record depicting bottom profiles and sediment layers with 32 shades of grey | 2015-06-18 |
| TOOL0890 | Knudsen Chirp 3260 | The Knudsen Chirp 3260 is a deep water system capable of reaching depths up to 10,000m plus. This instrument is available in a 2 or 4 channel configuration with frequencies ranging from 3.5kHz to 210kHz. The Chirp 3260 is designed for full ocean depth requirements where high power output is required | 2015-06-18 |
| TOOL1106 | Knudsen Chirp Rack 3202 sub-bottom profiling echosounder | A sub-bottom profiler echosounderfor use on survey vesselsIt is a blackbox system that has a pulse length up to 64ms and uses frequencies between 3.5kHz - 210kHz. It uses a 2 channels (two 2kW output power channels) It has a resolution of 1cm (0-99.99), 1dm (100-999.9), 1m (greater than 1000) and a sound velocity of 1300 - 1800 m/s (Resolution 1m/s) | 2017-02-03 |
| TOOL1105 | Knudsen Chirp Rack sub-bottom profiling echosounder series | A series of sub-bottom profiler echosoundersfor use on survey vesselsIt is a blackbox system that has a pulse length up to 64ms and uses frequencies between 3.5kHz - 210kHz. It is available in a 2 or 4 channel configuration (two 2kW ouput power channels and two 1kW ouput power channels) It has a resolution of 1cm (0-99.99), 1dm (100-999.9), 1m (greater than 1000) and a sound velocity of 1300 - 1800 m/s (Resolution 1m/s) | 2017-02-03 |
| TOOL1915 | Knudsen KEL 771 dual frequency transducer | A dual frequency (28kHz/200kHz) transducer with conical beam patterns and minimal sidelobes to provide excellent bottom detail. Fairing vertically orients sound beams for stronger return echoes resulting in optimal performance. For shallow and deep-water surveys. | 2023-05-02 |
| TOOL0505 | Knudsen reversing water bottle | A frameless reversing water bottle with reversing thermometers that is used to collect water samples. The bottom of the bottle is clamped to a wire and the top of the bottle is held to the wire by a catch. It has independent hinged lids at each end which are held open against an internal spring when the bottle is deployed. Once the bottle has reached the target depth a messenger is dropped down the wire and hits the catch. The lids close and the bottle falls through 180deg, pivoting on the bottom clamp. This action reversed the thermometers, which are housed in a frame attached to the bottle. | 2012-06-21 |
| TOOL1135 | Kompressoren-Pumpen-Zentrale GMBH pump | A submersible pump that can be used for multiple applications where large volumes of water are required. | 2017-06-14 |
| TOOL1483 | Kongsberg CONTROS HydroC (underwater) CO2 sensor | An in-situ, underwater carbon dioxide sensor. used for moorings, moving platforms and profiling applications. It measures dissolved CO2 molecules that diffuse through a membrane into an internal gas circuit leading to a detector chamber, where the partial pressure of CO2 is determined by nondispersive infrared (NDIR) absorption spectrometry. Sensors can be adapted with a number of optional configurations such as underwater pumps, different flow head designs, antifouling heads, battery packs and frame adaption packages. Measurement range: 200 - 1,000 uatm. Initial accuracy: +/- 0.5 % of reading. Response time: t63 ca. 60 s (with SBE-5T). Depth rating: 6000 m. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1303 | Kongsberg CONTROS HydroC CH4 (underwater) methane sensor | A methane sensor is designed for background methane monitoring and long-term deployments. It measures in-situ CH4 partial pressure. Dissolved CH4 molecules diffuse through a thin membrane into a detector chamber where the CH4 concentration is determined by means of tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). The detector has a high accuracy in a large dynamic range of partial pressures and stability over a long time. Sensors can be adapted with a number of optional configurations such as underwater pumps, different flow head designs, antifouling heads, operational temperature ranges, battery packs and ROV, AUV, profiling and mooring frame packages etc. Measurement range: 0 - 40,000 uatm. Detection limit: < 1 uatm. Operating depth: 3,000 m. Accuracy: +/- 2 uatm or +/ - 3 % (whichever is greater). | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1540 | Kongsberg CONTROS HydroFlash O2 (underwater) oxygen optode | An in-situ oxygen sensor. It can be used for autonomous deployments as well as integrated into sensor systems. It is based on the principle of fluorescence quenching using a fluorescent dye embedded on a curved, solid substrate to enhance light yield. It contains an anti-fouling optode head, a fast response temperature probe and has titanium housing. It can contain an optional flow head and attachable battery. Initial accuracy: +/- 1 %. Measuring range: 0 - 300 mbar pO2. Depth rating: 6000 m. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1471 | Kongsberg EA400 singlebeam echosounder | A singlebeam echosounder system used for determining seafloor depth. It is designed for use with Windows XP software, producing depth soundings with positional data and echograms which can be stored internally. Up to four transceivers can operate simultaneously and it offers a high-resolution sidescan option, where one or two 120 kHz or 200 kHz side-looking transducers can be used for shallow structure surveys. It has a frequency range from 38 to 710 kHz and a resolution of 1 cm. It has a dynamic range of 160 dB. It offers up to 30 GB of internal storage. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0492 | Kongsberg EM 122 multibeam echosounder | A multibeam 12 kHz echsounder designed for high resolution seabed mapping. It uses both Continuous Wave (CW) and Frequency Modulated (FM) sweep pulses with pulse compression on reception in order to increase the maximum used swath width. This system has up to 288 beams/432 soundings per swath with pointing angles which are automatically adjusted according to achievable coverage or operator defined limits. The transducers are modular linear arrays in a Mills cross configuration with separate units for transmit and receive. It has a depth range of 20 to 11000 m and a depth resolution of 1 cm. | 2012-05-21 |
| TOOL1799 | Kongsberg EM 124 multibeam echosounder | A 12 kHz multibeam echosounder designed for high resolution seabed mapping. It uses both Continuous Wave (CW) and Frequency Modulated (FM) sweep pulses. Due to the sector transmission technique, the system produces a strong dampening of multi-bounce interference from false echo, resulting in significantly cleaner data. Near field beam focus is applied in real time, both during transmission and reception. Due to sector transmission the focal point will be individual for each sector, resulting in a much sharper transmit beam over the entire swath. Up to 1600 individual beams are available in dual swath mode. The transducers are modular linear arrays in a Mills cross configuration with separate units for transmit and receive. It has a depth range of 20 to 11000 m. | 2022-05-03 |
| TOOL2039 | Kongsberg EM 2040 MKII multibeam echosounder | A true wide band high-resolution shallow water multibeam echo sounder. It is an ideal tool for any high-resolution mapping and inspection application The hardware and software have been upgraded to increase the swath and improve the data quality of the EM 2040 series. As an option it can be delivered with dual swath capability. The operating frequency range is from 200 - 700 kHz. The angular coverage is up to 170 degrees with a single receiver or up to 220 degrees with dual receiver. It is depth rated to 6000 m. A 50 m depth rated version is also available. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1528 | Kongsberg EM 2040 multibeam echosounder | A high-resolution multibeam echosounder designed to measure seafloor depth for use in mapping and inspection surveys. The EM 2040 is ideally suited for use on remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) due to its 6000 m depth capability. The system consists of a transmit transducer, a receive transducer, a processing unit (PU) and an operator station (HWS). The EM 2040 transducers consist of separate linear arrays for transmit and receive in a Mills cross configuration. The transmit array is electronically steerable alongtrack while the receive array is steerable athwartship. Both arrays contain analog electronics and digital control units with Ethernet interfaces to the PU. The EM 2040 can be made available with an additional receive transducer for dual swath capability (EM 2040D), enabling surveying to the surface or up to 10x the water depth. The EM 2040 operates within a frequency range of 200-400 kHz and is depth-rated to 6000 m. Predicted system depth errors are in the order of 0.1 % of depth. This instrument has been superseded by the EM 2040 MK II, which offers a wider frequency bandwidth of 200-700 kHz. | 2020-08-24 |
| TOOL2095 | Kongsberg EM 2040C MKII multibeam echosounder | A shallow water multibeam echosounder ideal for high resolution mapping and inspection applications. Sonar head pressure rated to 50 m depth. The MKII series has upgraded hardware and software to increase the swath and improve the data quality. Utilises both CW and FM chirp pulses for long range capability. Operating frequency range from 200 to 400 kHz with frequency selection in steps of 10 kHz. Output sample rate up to 60 kHz. Angular coverage for 200 to 320 kHz modes are 140 degrees with one sonar head allowing coverage of 5.5. times water depth. Full roll and pitch stabilisation techniques in real time as well as nearfield focussing both on transmit and receive. Available as single or dual head models. Can be delivered with dual swath capability or with 700 kHz mode. Easy to install and convenient for small boats. | 2024-09-06 |
| TOOL1529 | Kongsberg EM 2040D multibeam echosounder | A high-resolution multibeam echosounder designed to measure seafloor depth for use in mapping and inspection surveys. The EM 2040D is identical to the EM 2040, but features an additional receive transducer for dual-swath capability, enabling surveying to the surface or up to 10x the water depth. The EM 2040D is ideally suited for use on remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) due to its 6000 m depth capability. The system consists of a transmit transducer, a receive transducer, a processing unit (PU) and an operator station (HWS). The EM 2040D transducers consist of separate linear arrays for transmit and receive in a Mills cross configuration. The transmit array is electronically steerable alongtrack while the receive array is steerable athwartship. Both arrays contain analog electronics and digital control units with Ethernet interfaces to the PU. The EM 2040 operates within a frequency range of 200-400 kHz and is depth-rated to 6000 m. Predicted system depth errors are in the order of 0.1 % of depth. This instrument has been superseded by the EM 2040D MK II, which offers a wider frequency bandwidth of 200-700 kHz. | 2021-09-24 |
| TOOL1484 | Kongsberg EM 2040P multibeam echosounder series | A shallow water multibeam echo sounder for high resolution mapping and inspection applications. As an option the EM 2040P can be delivered with the dual swath capability, allowing a sufficient sounding density along track at a high vessel speed. Also optionally, the sonar head can be delivered with mounts for motion sensor and sound speed sensor, factory aligned for ease of mounting. The operating frequency range is from 200 to 400 kHz. The operator can choose the best operating frequency for the application: 300 kHz for near bottom, 200 kHz for deeper waters and 400 kHz for very high resolution inspection. The system has an output sample rate up to 60 kHz. The system can effectively operate with very short pulse lengths - the shortest pulse is 14 microseconds, which gives a raw range resolution of 10.5 mm. The angular coverage for the 200 and 300 kHz is 140 degrees, allowing coverage of 5.5 times water depth. For the 400 kHz mode the angular coverage is 120 degrees. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0745 | Kongsberg EM 300 multibeam echosounder | The Kongsberg EM300 is a 30 kHz multibeam echosounder designed for use in water depths between 10 and 5000 m. The maximum swath width is greater than 5 km, and the system allows up to 135 simultaneous beams with a range sampling interval of 17 cm. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL2009 | Kongsberg EM 3000 multibeam echosounder | A 40 kHz ping-rate multibeam echosounder designed for high resolution seabed mapping and inspection. The EM 3000 can be configured to use single (3000S) or dual (3000D) transducers. The dual transducer system increases the shallow-water coverage up to 10-x the water depth, and increases the number of measurements per ping from 120 to 220. The system features a Processing Unit (PU) which performs the beamforming and bottom detection, and further controls the gain, ping rate and pitch compensation of the transmit beam. The PU is available as two versions; one for surface use and one for subsea use. It has an operating depth from 1 to 150 m below its transducers. It allows use on survey launches and subsea vehicles to 1500 m water depth. It features a 1.5 degrees beam width and an operating frequency of 300 kHz. It has a maximum swath width 200 m in deep water, while for shorter ranges the swath width maybe up to about four times water depth. | 2024-01-31 |
| TOOL1472 | Kongsberg EM 3002 multibeam echosounder series | A series of multibeam echosounder systems used for determining seafloor depth for shallow-water seafloor mapping and inspection surveys. The series consists of the EM 3002 base model with a single sonar head, plus the EM 3002D which uses dual sonar heads. Both systems come with an Operator Workstation, running operational 'SIS' software in either Linux or Windows. SIS software can be used for 3D graphics, real-time data cleaning and electronic map background. The instruments can also be set up to use other operational software such as QINCy, HYPACK and others. The EM 3002 base model has an angular swatch coverage of 130 degrees, whereas the dual-sonar heads of the EM 3002D enable a greater angular swath coverage of 200 degrees. The instruments are rated for water depths of 1 to 200 metres in cold oceanic conditions, and use frequencies in the 300 kHz band. They have a depth resolution of 1 cm. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0744 | Kongsberg EM 302 multibeam echosounder | The Kongsberg EM302 is a 30 kHz multibeam echosounder designed for use in water depths between 10 and 7000 m. The swath width is up to 5.5 times water depth/8km, and the system allows up to 864 soundings per ping. The projector array is available as 0.5, 1, 2, or 4 degree resolution, and receive array is available as 1, 2, or 4 degrees. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1763 | Kongsberg EM 304 multibeam echosounder | A modular high-resolution multibeam echosounder designed for seabed mapping in shallow to deep waters between 10 and 8000 metres. It operates at frequencies of 26 - 34 kHz, with a nominal operating frequency of 30 kHz. The instrument has a swath width of 5.5 times the water depth, and provides two swaths per ping. The instrument features separate transmit and receive transducers. The transmit fan is divided up into 16 individual sectors in dual swath mode, allowing for unique control of the transmit fan, and enabling active stabilisation in real time to correct for any yaw and pitch movement of the vessel, while roll stabilisation is applied on the receiving beams. The result is real-time motion stabilisation of +/- 15 degrees roll, +/- 10 degrees pitch, and/or +/- 10 degrees yaw. | 2022-01-12 |
| TOOL0746 | Kongsberg EM 710 multibeam echosounder | The Kongsberg EM710 is a high resolution multibeam echosounder. It operates at frequencies from 70 to 100 kHz, with a maximum ping rate of 30 Hz. The EM710 features a depth range of 3m below the transducer to 2000 m (1000 m for the EM710S model, and 600 m for the EM710RD model). The swath width is up to 5.5 times water depth, to a maximum of more than 2000 m. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1601 | Kongsberg EM 712 multibeam echosounder | The Kongsberg EM712 is a high to very high resolution multibeam echosounder. It operates at frequencies from 40 to 100 kHz, with a maximum ping rate of 30 Hz. The EM712 features a depth range of 3m below the transducer to 3600 m (1800 m for the EM712S model, and 600 m for the EM712RD model). Across track coverage (swath width) is up to 5.5 times water depth, with a maximum of more than 3500 m. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1684 | Kongsberg HiPAP 102 Ultra Short BaseLine acoustic positioning system | A low frequency acoustic positioning system designed for use in deep water, utilising transponders with a depth rating down to 7000 metres, whilst the transducer has an operating range of 1 - 10000 meters. The HiPAP has applications in towfish and towed platform tracking, seabed reference for dynamic positioning of a vessel, high accuracy subsea metrology and positioning, telemetry and scientific research. The system is primarily used to position ROVs and other objects in very deep water and at long ranges, using either or both super short base line (SSBL) and long base line (LBL) principles. The instrument operates in a frequency band of 10 - 15 kHz, and features narrow 15 degree listening beams, with a range detection accuracy of 0.02 metres. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1790 | Kongsberg HiPAP 502 Ultra Short BaseLine acoustic positioning system | A high accuracy omnidirectional acoustic positioning system with an operating range of 1 - 5000 metres. The HiPAP 502 makes use of a spherical transducer containing an array of 241 computer controlled elements for accurate underwater positioning of submerged structures or underwater vehicles deployed with transponders. The spherical transducer enables an operating area of 200 degrees, and allows the system to form narrow listening beams of 10 degrees for reception of signals from the transponder. Beams can be pointed in any direction below the vessel, including horizontally and upwards toward the surface. The instrument operates in a frequency band of 21 - 31 kHz and has a range detection accuracy of 0.02 metres. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1555 | Kongsberg K-Pos DP-11 dynamic positioning system | A single dynamic positioning (DP) system designed to maintain a vessel's position and heading while on station. The DP-11 provides a direct interface to the propellers, thrusters and rudders, and includes the necessary interfaces to power plants, position-reference systems and sensors. It meets the Equipment Class notation for Class 1 DP systems. It features an onboard gyrocompass that detects changes in vessel motion due to wind, waves and current. The DP-11 system calculates the forces that the thrusters must produce in order to control the vessels motion in three degrees of freedom - surge, sway and yaw in the horizontal plane. It features a DP controller unit and dedicated operator station which communicate via a dual high-speed data network. | 2024-07-31 |
| TOOL0951 | Kongsberg Mesotech 808 300 Khz echosounder | A high frequency (300 kHz) echosounder (also known as altimeter) primarily used to determine the height of an object above the seafloor. It was designed to operate in stand-alone mode often on underwater vehicles and has an approximate range of 200 m. This model has been discontinued. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1330 | Kongsberg Mesotech High-Resolution and Domed sonar heads 1071 / 1171 series | Singlebeam underwater sonar heads, either high-resolution or domed. The instruments are designed for imaging and profiling of marine sites in both shallow and deep ocean environments. The high-resolution sonar heads have an exposed transducer and produce high quality images, whereas the domed sonar heads transducers are placed within an oil-filled, pressure-compensating dome, and are ideal for remotely operated or autonomous underwater vehicles. Depending on the type selected, the transducer may emit either conical or fan-shaped beams. The choice of operating frequency, beam width and range varies depending on the instrument's type and configuration. Multi-frequency operations are supported. MS1000 processing software is required to control the sonar head and to process the data. The standard communication protocols supported are RS-485 and RS-232. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1936 | Kongsberg OE14-366/367 camera | An underwater colour zoom video camera with ROV applications. The camera uses hole accumulation diode (HAD) charge-coupled device (CCD) technology to provide high light sensitivity and image definition. The camera can be controlled serially enabling the built-in field memory to allow slower shutter speeds, a snapshot capability, and text insertion. The water compensated optical zoom lens provides a close-up inspection capability, with 18 X (or 72 x digital) magnification capability. The white balance can be set to 3,200 K, 5,600 K or to auto tracking and back light compensation can be switched on or off using remote control capability. Horizontal resolution is 480 television (TV) lines (OE14-366 (PAL)) or 470 TV lines (OE14-367 (NTSC)), with a light sensitivity of 0.02 and scene illumination of 1.7 Lux. The Kongsberg Maritime Graphical User Interface provides extensive control of camera functionality via the serial link. Depth rated to 3000 metres with an operating temperature of -5 to 40degC in water. Standard lens is 4.1 to 73.8 mm, F1.4 - 3. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1338 | Kongsberg OE14-522 (underwater) video camera | A high definition underwater video camera capable of pan and tilt zoom (PATZ). It is designed for subsea survey interactions. It consists of a multi-standard colour zoom lens (x 10 optical) mounted on a movable platform that is housed in a hemispherical dome giving pan and tilt functionality with no external moving parts. Standard video output is available as Component Y/Pb/Pr and HD-SDI. The camera can be remotely controlled by PC. The standard lens is 5.1 to 51 mm (F1.8). The camera is depth rated to 4500 m, has an optical coverage of 230 degrees pan x 220 degrees tilt and 1920 x 1080 high definition pixel resolution. Light sensitivity is 0.1 lux. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1825 | Kongsberg SBP 29 sub-bottom profiler | A narrow beam, multibeam sub-bottom profiler. The SBP 29 is the sub-bottom profiler extension to the EM 124/304 multibeam echo sounders and the successor of SBP 120 and SBP 300. The primary application of the SBP 29 is to do sub-bottom imaging of sediment layers and buried objects. The data can be stored as raw or in SEG-Y format. The SBP 29 has significantly reduced beam widths compared to conventional sub-bottom profilers. This is obtained by one linear transmitter array mounted along the vessel keel, and one linear hydrophone array (shared with the EM 124/304) mounted orthogonal to the keel. The footprint of the transmitter array is wide across-track and narrow along-track, whereas the opposite is the case for the receiver array. The combined beam pattern of the two arrays is a narrow beam. The narrow beams give improved penetration, cleaner data, and good angular resolution. Its bandwidth ranges between 2 - 9 kHz. High source level. Typically operated in parallel with the EM system, either synchronized or unsynchronized. It has burst and multi-pulse modes to maintain a high ping rate in deep water. | 2022-08-02 |
| TOOL1185 | Kongsberg Seaglider M1 Glider data logger | A navigation and scientific sensor logging system located within a Seaglider ocean glider (Kongsberg M1 model). Navigation, sensor, engineering and derived data are logged. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1626 | Kongsberg Seatex Differential Positioning Sensor 112 | A combined Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) L1/L2, GLONASS L1/L2 and Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) receiver. Features a built-in display for system configuration and status monitoring. Positional accuracy is <1 m, 95% CEP (DGPS/DGLONASS and SBAS), with the possibility improved (10 cm) accuracy when utilising the Fugro Seastar G2 service of reference stations. Output rate of 1 Hz. | 2021-02-10 |
| TOOL0623 | Kongsberg Seatex Differential Positioning Sensor 116 | A 14-channel, all-in-view, L1 GPS receiver which primarily utilises the free, WAAS, EGNOS and MSAS Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) for differential corrections (DGPS). It is also capable of simultaneous DGPS from a wide variety of other reference stations (Multiref), resulting in improved accuracy. Positional accuracy is < 1.5 m, 95% CEP (SBAS service) and < 1 m, 95% CEP (Multiref). Output rate is 1 Hz. | 2013-06-10 |
| TOOL1900 | Kongsberg Seatex MGC R3 gyrocompass inertial navigation system | A fully inertial navigation system (INS) with motion-sensing gyrocompass functionality. The MGC R3 is designed for high precision maritime applications such as offshore operations and seabed mapping. It outputs heading, roll, pitch, heave and position. Acceleration and velocity of linear motions, as well as angular rates are also reported. The product includes integrated navigation algorithms with input from a GNSS receiver for output of aided position and heading data. It can operate in gyrocompass mode and Integrated Navigation mode. The unit is delivered with Windows based configuration and data presentation software, the MRC+. MGC data is available through both Ethernet interface and serial lines. 0.01 degrees roll and pitch accuracy. 0.04 degrees heading accuracy (GNSS aided). 200 Hz data rate. Operational temperature range -15 degC to +55 degC. | 2023-02-27 |
| TOOL1617 | Kongsberg Seatex MRU 5 platform attitude sensor | A platform attitude sensor. For motion compensation of swath bathymetric echo sounders, DP systems, ROVs, helideck monitoring systems, high speed vessel motion damping systems and tow-fish systems. It is also used for structural monitoring of offshore platforms and large vessels. It comprises three highly accurate accelerometers and three Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Structures (MEMS) gyros of type MRG (MRU Rate Gyro). It uses solid state sensors with no rotational or mechanical wearout parts. It has a high output data rate (100 Hz) and offers 189 output variables. These variables can be either digital or analog output signals. Roll/pitch accuracy: 0.02 degrees RMS. Acceleration accuracy: 0.01 m/s RMS. Heave accuracy: 2 cm or 2 % (delayed-mode), 5 cm or 5 % (real-time). | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0754 | Kongsberg Seatex MRU 6 platform attitude sensor | The Kongsberg Seatex MRU 6 measures pitch and roll to 0.03 degrees RMS at a 5 degree amplitude. In addition, the MRU 6 contains a three-axes servo vector fluxgate compass that provides magnetic heading data, with accuracy of 0.3 degrees (static heading), 1 degree (dynamic heading). This unit uses solid-state sensors with no moving parts and MRU electrical and mechanical construction | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0753 | Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 20 NAV | The Kongsberg Seapath 20 provides position and heading output with no moving parts. It replaces several vessel instruments with one navigation package (gyrocompass, GPS receiver equipment, speed log and Rate-Of-Turn indicator) that outputs heading, position, velocity and rate-of-turn, together with 1-second time pulse (1 PPS) for synchronization of other systems. This unit provides 0.05 degree heading accuracy | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0456 | Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 200 Global Positioning System receiver and gyrocompass | Sensor-based inertial navigation and Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) receiver unit, providing heading, attitude and position. Motion data are provided by the Inertial Measurements Unit (IMU), which contains linear accelerometers and Bosch Coriolis force angular rate gyros (CFG). The unit contains two fixed baseline GPS carrier-phase receivers and is equipped to utilise up to six different DGPS reference stations for position and velocity measurements. This model is no longer in production. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0698 | Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 300 precise heading, attitude and positioning sensor | A combined DGPS receiver and inertial measurement unit for use in hydroacoustic positioning and seabed mapping systems. The system comprises 2 built-in GPS receivers and an MRU 5. The inertial unit consists of linear accelerometers and MEMS type angular rate gyros. The system can achieve 0.02 degrees RMS roll and pitch accuracy, 2 cm heave accuracy (delayed-signal), 20 cm positional accuracy (with RTK corrections) and < 200 Hz data output rate. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0491 | Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 320+ precise heading, attitude and positioning sensor | A navigational system including two Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers and a MRU 5+ inertial sensor. The inertial sensor employs linear accelerometers and unique microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-type angular rate gyros to provide 0.01 RMS pitch and roll accuracy. The GNSS receivers can use multiple satellite constellations (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo, when available) to provide accurate heading and position data. This model has a position accuracy of 1 m differential GPS (DGPS), GLONASS and satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) modes, and an accuracy of 0.2 m with real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1822 | Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 330 heading, attitude and global positioning sensor | A ship-based navigational system. It is designed for hydrographic surveying and dredging work. It is used for position, heading and attitude. It uses two GNSS antennas and a Motion Reference Unit (MRU) It consists of a 120-channel dual frequency GPS/GLONASS receiver, a GNSS receiver compatible with GPS/GLONASS/Galileo/Beidou. It includes a 5th generation MRU (MRU 5) based on linear accelerometers and MEMS angular rate gyros. It capable of Fugro XP/G2, RTK and SBAS corrections. Heading accuracy is 0.05 RMS deg (4 m baseline) and 0.065 deg RMS (2.5 m baseline). Roll and pitch accuracy is 0.02 deg RMS (for +/- 5 deg amplitude). Position accuracy (X and Y) is 1 cm + 1 ppm RMS and (Z) 2 cm + 1 ppm RMS. Velocity accuracy is 0.03 m/s (RMS). | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1615 | Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 380 5+ global positioning and attitude sensor | A combined Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and inertial measurement unit (IMU). Designed for hydrographic surveying, dredging, oceanographic research, seismic work and offshore construction. A 555 channel-dual frequency sensor that utilises GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou and QZSS satellites. It uses standard DGNSS (SBAS), Fugro XP2/G2/G4/G4+ and RTK differential corrections. Position accuracy: 1 cm + 1 ppm RMS. Roll/pitch accuracy: 0.008 degrees RMS. Heading accuracy: 0.04 degrees RMS (2.5 m baseline), 0.02 degrees RMS (4 m baseline). Heave accuracy: 2 cm or 2 % (delayed-mode), 5 cm or 5 % (real-time). | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1623 | Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 380 heading, attitude and positioning sensor series | Heading, attitude and positioning sensor series, designed to support hydrographic surveying and dredging activities with high precision navigation measurements. Seapath 380 instruments are composed of a 555-channel dual frequency Real Time Kinematics (RTK) Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver and a Motion Reference Unit (MRU) inertial sensor. Different Seapath 380 models within the series determine the type of MRU mounted on the instrument: MRU models be either 5+, 5, H, or 3, with associated RMS roll and pith accuracy of 0.008 deg, 0.02 deg, 0.03 deg, and 0.08 deg respectively. Each instrument features 2 cm heave accuracy (delayed signal), and position accuracy of 0.01 m + 1 ppm RMS (X and Y) can be achieved through post processing of satellite and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) data. The position solution can use all available satellites, including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou and QZSS. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL2025 | Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 380-R heading, attitude and positioning sensor series | Heading, attitude and position sensor series, designed to support hydrographic surveying and dredging work. The Seapath 380-R series uses a dual frequency GNSS receiver, inertial technology and processing algorithms to provide surveyors with accurate position, attitude and timing. All available GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou and QZSS satellites are used in the position solution. The MGC part of Seapath 380-R functions both as IMU in the Seapath and as a stand-alone IMO type approved gyrocompass. 0.005 to 0.01 degrees heading accuracy depending on MGC. 2 cm heave accuracy. All data have the same time stamp and to an accuracy of 0.001 s to the actual measurement time. 555-channel dual frequency GPS/GLONASS/Galileo/Beidou receiver. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0130 | Kongsberg Simrad EA500 singlebeam echosounder | A single-beam, single-frequency (12 kHz) deep water echosounder, with a maximum power of 2 kW, 160 dB dynamic range and Transducer 12-16-60 (16 degree circular, 60 degree passive beams). It was introduced in June 1989 and replaced by the EA 600 in 2000. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0319 | Kongsberg Simrad EA600 echosounder | The EA600 single beam echosounder operates up to four high power transceivers simultaneously. Available frequencies span from 12 to 710 kHz with a variable power output of up to 2 kW and a 160 dB dynamic range. The EA600 replaced the EA500 in 2000. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0965 | Kongsberg Simrad EA640 echosounder | A single beam echosounder system for determining sea floor depth. It comprises a standard EA600 single beam echosounder fitted with an additional 10 kHz transducer. The standard EA600 operates up to four high power transceivers simultaneously. Available EA600 standard frequencies span from 12 to 710 kHz with a variable power output of up to 2 kW and a 160 dB dynamic range. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0384 | Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002 multibeam echosounder | A 95 kHz multibeam echosounder designed for use in water depths of up to 1000 m. The transducer array includes 111 beams with a 2 deg beam width. Across-track coverage is up to 1500 m and angular coverage is adjustable up to 190 deg. The instrument has pulse lengths of 0.2, 0.7, and 2 ms and a depth resolution of 1, 4, or 8 cm. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0385 | Kongsberg Simrad EM 1002S multibeam echosounder | A 95 kHz multibeam echosounder, this is the shallow-water version of the EM 1002. The transducer array includes 111 beams with a 2 deg beam width. Across-track coverage is limited to approximately 1000 m and angular coverage is adjustable up to 190 deg. The instrument has a single pulse length of 0.2 ms. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0386 | Kongsberg Simrad EM 120 multibeam echosounder | A low frequency (12 kHz) multibeam echosounder with full ocean depth capability. The transducer array includes 191 beams with angular coverage adjustable up to 150 deg and a swath width of up to 5.5 times water depth. The instrument has pulse lengths of 2, 5, and 15 ms and a depth resolution of 10 to 40 cm. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL2037 | Kongsberg Simrad ES120-7C split-beam echosounder transducer | A wide-band split-beam transducer with four separate sectors. Designed for fishery and research applications. Transducers manufactured 2021 and onwards includes a sensor to measure the sea temperature. The beamwidth is 7 degrees at a nominal operational frequency of 120 kHz. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL2035 | Kongsberg Simrad ES18 split-beam echosounder transducer | The ES18 beamwidth is 11 degrees at nominal operational frequency 18 kHz. The transducer uses 44 "tonpilz" elements organized in four separate sectors. Due to its low frequency, the Simrad ES18 is ideal for use with deep water measurements. Designed for Fish Finding and Underwater Science Applications. It's maximum range is approximately 7000 meters. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL2019 | Kongsberg Simrad ES200-7C split-beam echosounder transducer | A wide-band split-beam echosounder transducer designed for use in fishery and research applications. Versions manufactured from 2021 onwards are also equipped with a temperature sensor. The ES200-7C operates at a nominal frequency of 200 kHz, with a frequency range of 160 - 260 kHz. It has a beam width of 7 degrees. It is depth-rated to 20 metres and has an operating temperature range from -5 to 40 degC. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL2036 | Kongsberg Simrad ES38B split-beam echosounder transducer | A 38 kHz high power split beam transducer, incorporating 88 piezo-ceramic elements distributed over four quadrants. Designed for Fish Finding and Underwater Science Applications. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL2038 | Kongsberg Simrad ES70-7C split-beam echosounder transducer | A 70 kHz a split-beam composite transducer with a large bandwidth, enabling a range of marine research and fishing activities, including single fish detection and target strength measurement. It operates effectively at a nominal frequency of 70 kHz and boasts a precise beamwidth of 7 degrees. The transducer is constructed with four distinct sectors and incorporates a sensor specifically for measuring sea temperature. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1794 | Kongsberg Simrad FX80 catch monitoring system | The Kongsberg Simrad FX80 is a catch monitoring system designed to allow researchers or commercial fishers to monitor fish activity inside fishing gear using a live video stream and trawl sonar. The FX80 system utilises an integrated Simrad DFS75 high-resolution trawl sonar and a high-resolution underwater camera and LED lamp from Kongsberg Marine for efficient and accurate catch monitoring. The combination of the two instruments provides the ability to identify and analyse both trawl movements and fish behaviour. Sonar and video data are sent via a wired connection between the FX80 communication hub (installed inside the FX80 underwater deployment unit containing the sonar head and communication hub), to the standard processor unit provided by Simrad. The processor unit allows outputs to be stored and displayed in colour on two displays. The camera unit is separate from the underwater deployment unit and is connected by a wire. The trawl sonar operates at a frequency of 120, 330, or 675 kHz. The LED lamp outputs at 2460 lumens and has a beam angle of 80 degrees. The camera and LED lamp are depth and temperature rated to 3000 degrees in -5 to 40 degC water and 4500 metres in -5 to 40 degC water respectively. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1620 | Kongsberg Simrad HS50 GPS gyrocompass | A compass that determines heading using two separate GPS sensors. For use on boats. The sensor unit contains two, 12-channel GPS sensors, electronic board with I/O and an inertial rate element. Heading is derived from the fixed-distance dual GPS antenna arrangement. GPS position and speed are calculated from both antennas. The inertial rate element provides yaw/ROT information. DGPS signals may be input to the HS50 to improve position and velocity accuracy (RTCM, SAPOS). Heading accuracy: 0.3 degrees RMS (static), 0.5 degrees RMS (dynamic). ROT accuracy: 0.5 deg/s + 5 %. Position accuracy: 5 m 95 % CEP. Velocity accuracy: 0.1 m/s 95 % CEP. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1764 | Kongsberg Simrad ME70 multibeam echosounder | The Simrad ME70 is a quantitative multibeam echo sounder designed for use in fishery research applications. The instrument features a configurable wide fan of stabilised and calibrated beams for biomass estimation, fish school characterisation and fish behaviour studies. All beams can be configured as split beams to provide data for single target analysis, such as target strength measurements and target tracking, with low side lobe levels and short pulse lengths allowing for accurate biomass estimation close to the bottom. The ability to adjust the athwartship centre angle of the fan from -45 to 45 degrees enables the instrument to be used to study fish close to ridges and slopes. The instrument operates in the frequency range of 70 to 120 kHz, and provides a configurable acoustic fan containing 3 to 45 stabilised beams which can be configured as split beams. The maximum total swath width is 140 degrees, with a minimum acquisition depth of less than 1 metre below the transducer. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1602 | Kongsberg Simrad MS70 multibeam echosounder | The Simrad MS70 is a high resolution multibeam scientific sonar with very low sidelobe levels. It is designed for collection of data from the water column including biomass estimation, fish school characterization and behaviour studies. The MS70 operates in the frequency range of 70 to 120 kHz using 800 transmitting and receiving channels. Provides an acoustic matrix containing 500 beams (25 horizontal and 20 vertical). Each beam is 3 to 4° wide depending on its position in the matrix. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1271 | Kongsberg Simrad PAL OE1364 colour CCD camera | A colour inspection charge-couple device (CCD) camera built into an underwater housing, designed for diver and vehicle deployment to 1500m depth. The OE1364 camera comprises an 8.0 mm (1/2") Hole-Accumulation Diode (HAD) sensor and a 625 Line/50 Hz Phase Alternating Line (PAL) video encoding system. The horizontal resolution is 460 Television lines (TVL), and the light sensitivity is 0.1 lux. The automatic iris control optical feature includes a manual over-ride for low-lighting conditions. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1765 | Kongsberg Simrad PI50 catch monitoring system | The Kongsberg Simrad PI50 is a catch monitoring system designed to provide the user with feedback on fishing gear state and behaviour and the environment. The system provides information such as the stability of the trawl doors, the amount and quality of the fishing catch, the behaviour of the bottom or pelagic trawl, or the correct timing of a purse seine. The system comprises a colour display, processor unit (computer), sensor receiver, power supply, hydrophone, and up to six different battery-powered catch monitoring sensors. Multiple types of interchangeable catch monitoring sensors from the Simrad PX family can be used including: bottom contact measurements, catch measurements, depth, height above bottom, spread, temperature, geometry, pitch, roll. Additional options include a hydrophone selector (for when multiple hydrophone receivers are used), and a loudspeaker to enable alerts relating to sensor input. The system has applications in purse seining and trawl fishing. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1797 | Kongsberg Simrad PX universal catch monitoring sensor | The PX Universal is a wireless catch monitoring sensor of which three versions are available: PX Universal, PX Universal Depth/Temperature (D/T) and PX Universal Catch/Temperature (C/T). The version is defined by the type of sensor lid, which in turn determines which parameters are measured. All three versions can measure the pitch, roll and height of the net, in addition to reporting the battery status of the sensor, with typical applications on trawl or purse seine. The most common version is the PX Universal D/T, which also measures temperature and the depth and sink rate of the net, with applications on seine nets. The PX Universal C/T is distinguished by being able to measure catch in addition to temperature. For operation, the sensor requires a suitable Kongsberg PI or SR Series receiver, one or more hydrophones and a computer running the Simrad TV80 or Simrad PI50 programs. The sensor can measure two parameters, with an additional license required to measure an additional three (for a total of five parameters simultaneously). The standard sensor is depth rated to 1400 metres in an operating temperature range of 0 to 50 degC. The sensor measures at a depth measurement accuracy of 0.5 %, roll and pitch angle measurement of +/- 90 degrees (+/- 2 degrees accuracy), spread measurement range of 0 to 600 metres, and battery status measurement of 0 to 100 % (+/- 1 % accuracy). The maximum communication distance between the sensor and receiver is 2500 m. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1865 | Kongsberg Simrad SC90 fish finding sonar | The Simrad SC90 is a 360 degree omnidirectional fish finding sonar with an operational range of 50 to 2000 metres, a selectable frequency of 82.5 to 85 kHz in steps of 0.5 kHz, a vertical beam width of 8 degrees, and 480 receiver channels. The cylindrical multi-element transducer allows the omnidirectional sonar beam to be tilted electronically from +10 to -60 degrees in 1 degree steps. The SC90 is equipped with Simrad's signal processing software. It includes linear frequency modulation transmissions (chirp) to ensure a clutter free picture with very high resolution in range, and automatic roll and pitch stabilisation of +/- 20 degrees. The instrument is available with two hull configurations differentiated by how far the transducer can be lowered below the hull and the resulting maximum operational speed. The SC90 can be lowered 1 metre limiting speed to 20 knots and the SC94 can be lowered 2.1 metres limiting speed to 19 knots. The SC90 hull unit can be supplied with a 4.6 or 7 m transducer cable. The SC94 is only supplied with a 4.6 m transducer cable. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1683 | Kongsberg Simrad SH90 fish finding sonar | The Simrad SH90 is a 360 degree omnidirectional fish finding sonar with an operational range of 50 to 2000 metres, and a selectable frequency of 111.5 to 116.5 kHz. The instrument features software to reduce noise from interference on the colour display interface echo presentation. Both the horizontal and vertical beams are electronically stabilised for the vessel's roll and pitch movements, enabling the full circle sonar beam to stay on target independent of the vessel movements. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL1796 | Kongsberg Simrad SU90 fish finding sonar | The Simrad SU90 is a 360 degree omnidirectional fish finding sonar with an operational range of 150 to 4500 metres (standard) or 150 to 8000 metres (optional), and a selectable frequency of 20 to 30 kHz. The SU90 processor unit includes Simrad signal processing software to ensure a clutter free picture with very high resolution in range. The instrument features narrow beams with an opening angle of 4.9 degrees at 30 kHz, automatic roll and pitch stabilisation of +/- 20 degrees and a source level of 3 dB to enable low frequency, high resolution sounding. The instrument is available with three hull configurations differentiated by how far the transducer can be lowered below the hull and the resulting maximum operational speed. The SU92 (standard) can be lowered 1.2 metres limiting speed to 21 knots, the SU93 can be lowered 1.6 metres limiting speed to 18 knots and the SU94 can be lowered 2.1 metres limiting speed to 11 knots. Each hull unit (except the SU94) can be supplied with a 4.6 or 7 m transducer cable. The SU94 is only supplied with a 4.6 m transducer cable. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0859 | Kongsberg Simrad TOPAS PS018 sub-bottom profiler | TOPAS parametric sub bottom profiler is a high spatial resolution system designed for use in depths from 10 metres to full ocean depth operation. The system is based on low frequency signal generation, high bandwidth (~80 %), narrow beam profile and absent side lobes. Comprises of a transducer, transceiver unit, operator console and optional multi-channel receiver or beam former. | 2024-08-21 |
| TOOL0657 | Konica Minolta CM-2600d Spectrophotometer | A portable, sphere type spectrophotometer which measures reflectance over the 360 nm - 740 nm wavelength range (at 10 nm half-bandwidths). It comprises a d/8 (diffused illumination, 8-degree viewing angle) iluminating/viewing system. It is equipped with two interchangeable measurement apertures (MAV: 8mm dia., SAV: 3mm dia.). The operating range is 0 to 175 % reflectance (0.01 % resolution). Spectral reflectance repeatability is within 0.1 % S.D. (0.2 % S.D. between 360 nm - 380 nm). | 2013-12-06 |
| TOOL1610 | Krohne Optiflux 5000 flow sensor | An electromagnetic flow sensor. It is designed for use in aggressive and abraisive media. It use Faraday's law of induction to measure the flow velocity in electrically conductive fluids. It consists of a ceramic zirconium oxide flow tube with fused in-place Cermet or Platinum electrodes. The sensor is typically used in a system with an external signal converter. It is available in a sandwich (SW) or flanged (FL) version. Maximum measuring error: down to 0.3 - 0.15% of the measured value +/- 1 mm/s. Repeatability: +/- 0.1% of MV, minimum 1 mm/s. | 2021-02-03 |
| TOOL1733 | Kukseflux SR20 D2 {Digital secondary} pyranometer | A digital ISO 9060 secondary standard pyranometer i.e. a solar radiation sensor. It is for applications where a high measurement accuracy is required, and is designed for the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry. SR20-D2 offers two types of outputs commonly used in the solar PV industry: digital via Modbus RTU over RS-485 and analogue 4-20 mA (current loop). SR20-D2 measures the solar radiation received by a plane surface, in W/m2, from a 180 degree field of view angle. | 2021-09-10 |
| TOOL1798 | L-3 Communications SeaBeam 1050D multibeam echosounder | A dual frequency multibeam echosounder with 126 available beams at 1.5 degrees resolution. The SeaBeam 1050D combines the shallow water 180 kHz SeaBeam 1180 and medium water depth 50 kHz SeaBeam 1050. The 50 kHz component of the 1050D has a maximum swath width of 153 degrees at 500 metres depth, or 41 degrees at 3000 metres depth, and the 180 kHz component has a maximum swath width of 153 degrees at 110 metres depth, or 63 degrees at 580 metres depth. Selectable pulse length ranges from 0.15 to 10 ms, at survey speeds up to 16 knots for continuous seafloor coverage to collect bathymetric and sidescan data. | 2022-04-21 |
| TOOL0601 | LAIPAC GD30L MMC Global Positioning System logger | A high performance Global Positioning System (GPS) recorder and vehicle tracking system for passive tracking applications. The maximum sampling interval selectable is 3 seconds, with a minimum sampling interval of 30 minutes. The recorded data includes date, time, longitude, latitude, speed, trajectory, and number of tracking satellites. | 2013-02-27 |
| TOOL1592 | LEMI LLC LEMI-039 3C 3-component analog magnetometer | A vector analogue magnetometer designed for the precise measurement of Earth's magnetic field at land or sea. It is suitable for long-term continuous deployment due to its low power consumption. It is produced on the base of a flux-gate sensor, with all electronics housed in PCB with analogue output. This is coupled with an analogue registration unit. It has a measurement range (at analogue output) of +/- 65000 nT, a frequency band of DC-10 Hz, an operating temperature range of -20 to +60 degC, and an orthogonality error of < 30 min of arc. | 2021-01-18 |
| TOOL0085 | LI-COR 7500 infrared gas analyser | A non-dispersive infrared gas analyser that measures carbon dioxide and water vapour concentrations in the atmosphere. The power received from the infrared source is measured at three wavelengths: one at a wavelength that is absorbed by carbon dioxide, another at a wavelength that is absorbed by water, and the third at a non-absorbing reference wavelength. The absorbance of each gas is calculated and converted to molar fraction using density, pressure and temperature data. | 2017-04-03 |
| TOOL0432 | LI-COR LI-1800UW Underwater Spectroradiometer | A cosine-collector underwater radiometer with a spectral range of 100-850nm and a depth rating of 200m. Scan speed ranges from 20-45nm per second at intervals of 1, 2, 5 or 10nm. The instrument combines a holographic rating monochromator, and order sorting filter wheel and a silicon detector, and all operations are controlled by an internal microcomputer. Spectral data are automatically corrected for the wavelength-dependent immersion effect. Scanning can be initiated from the surface or the insturment can be programmed for autonomous operation, so it is useful for both real time profiling and time series monitoring applications. Although the LI-1800UW is designed for underwater measurements, it is also calibrated for use as a terrestrial spectro-radiometer and can be used in air with the standard 1800 cosine collector or with any of the optical receptors available for the LI-1800 Portable Spectroradiometer. | 2011-11-02 |
| TOOL0193 | LI-COR LI-190 PAR sensor | A non-submersible cosine-corrected PAR sensor sensitive wavelengths from 400-700nm with sharp cut-off due to an interference filter. It may be used as a reference sensor for LI-192 and LI-193 Underwater Quantum Sensor. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0120 | LI-COR LI-192 PAR sensor | An underwater or atmospheric quantum sensor with cosine correction that can operate down to 560m. Fitted with a blue-enhanced silicon photovoltaic detector. | 2010-05-18 |
| TOOL0458 | LI-COR LI-193 Spherical Quantum PAR sensor | An underwater spherical quantum sensor which measures photon flux from all directions (termed quantum scalar irradiance). The sensor can operate down to 350 m and is fitted with a blue-enhanced silicon photovoltaic detector. Two versions of the instrument are available (193SA and 193SB). These use different connector types for the underwater cable. | 2012-02-16 |
| TOOL1770 | LI-COR LI-200R pyranometer | The LI-200R Pyranometer measures global solar radiation (the combination of direct and diffuse solar radiation) in the 400 to 1100 nm wavelength range. Measurement units are in watts per square meter (W m-2). It is used for applications in agricultural, meteorological, solar energy, and environmental research. The LI-200R measures global solar radiation with an unfiltered silicon photodiode. The crown of the sensor rapidly sheds water, and also physically blocks light from outside the hemisphere of sensitivity, providing a precise cosine response. Its sensitivity is typically 75 uA per 1000 W m-2. It has a maximum deviation of 1% up to 3000 W m-2. Its stability is < +/- 2% change over a 1-year period. It has an operating temperature range of -40 to +65 degrees Celsius. | 2022-02-16 |
| TOOL1772 | LI-COR LI-200SB pyranometer | A pyranometer designed to measure solar radiation received from a whole hemisphere. It is suitable for measuring global sun plus sky radiation. Its sensitivity is typically 80 uA per 1000 W m-2. It has a maximum deviation of 1% up to 3000 W m-2, and its stability is < +/-2% change over a 1-year period. | 2022-02-16 |
| TOOL1123 | LI-COR LI-6262 CO2/H2O infrared gas analyser | A differential, non-dispersive, infrared (NDIR) gas analyser that measures CO2 and H2O gas concentration. Measurements are based on the difference in absorption of infrared (IR) radiation passing through two gas sampling cells. The reference cell is used for a gas of known CO2 or H2O concentration, and the sample cell is used for a gas of unknown concentration. Infrared radiation is transmitted through both cell paths, and the output of the analyser is proportional to the difference in absorption between the two. It contains two solid state lead selenide detectors; one each for CO2 and H2O, filtered at 4.26 and 2.59 microns, respectively.The analyser has a measurement range of 0 to + 7.5 kPa or 40 degrees C dewpoint (H2O); 0 to 3000 ppm (CO2). Accuracy is less than 1% of the reading (H2O); +/- 1 ppm (CO2). | 2017-04-04 |
| TOOL0705 | LI-COR LI-7000 CO2/H2O gas analyser | The LI-7000 is a differential, single source, non-dispersive, infrared gas analyser. Two solid state detectors, one each for CO2 and H2O, filter at 4.255 microns and 2.595 microns respectively. CO2 is measured in the range 0-3000ppm, with accuracy of 1 percent nominally. H2O is measured in the range 0-60 mmol per mol, with accuracy of one 1 percent. | 2024-03-20 |
| TOOL2021 | LI-COR LI-7815 CO2/H2O trace gas analyser | The LI-7815 CO2/H2O trace gas analyser is a high-precision, high-stability, laser-based gas analyser that uses Optical Feedback - Cavity-Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy (OF-CEAS) to measure gases in air. OF-CEAS is a well-established spectroscopic technique that is described in published literature. The analyser reports and stores in its internal memory CO2 dry mole fractions in air corrected for both the spectroscopic interferences and dilution due to H2O. The LI-7815 has a sample rate of 1 Hz (1 sample per second). Optical cavity volume is 6.41 cubic centimetres, flow rate is 250, 150, or 70 sccm nominally in standard, high altitude, and reduce flow rate configurations respectively. Operating temperature range is -25 to 45 degC and humidity range is 0 to 85% RH. CO2 response time (T10 to T90) from 0 to 400 ppm is < 2 seconds in standard configuration or < 3 seconds in high altitude configuration. CO2 measurement range is 0 to 10,000 ppm. Precision is 0.1 ppm at 400 ppm with 1 second averaging, or 0.04 ppm at 400 ppm with 5 second averaging. Maximum drift is < 0.2 ppm per 24-hour period. H2O measurement range is 100 to 60,000 ppm. Precision is 45 ppm at 10,000 ppm with 1 second averaging, or 20 ppm at 10,000 ppm with 5 second averaging. | 2024-03-21 |
| TOOL0915 | LI-COR LI-840 CO2/H2O gas analyser | An absolute, non-dispersive infrared gas analyser based on single path, dual wavelength and thermostatically controlled infrared detection system. Operating temperature range of -20 to +40 deg C. CO2 is measured in the range 0-3,000 ppm with an accuracy of better than 1.5 percent of the reading. H2O is measured in the range 0-80 ppt with an accuracy of better than 1.5 percent of reading. | 2024-03-20 |
| TOOL0845 | LI-COR LI-840A CO2/H2O gas analyser | The LI-840A is an absolute, non-dispersive infrared gas analyser based on single path, dual wavelength and thermostatically controlled infrared detection system. Operating temperature range of -20 to +40 deg C. CO2 is measured in the range 0-20,000 ppm with an accuracy of better than 1 percent of the reading. H2O is measured in the range 0-60 ppt with an accuracy of better than 1.5 percent of reading. | 2017-04-03 |
| TOOL1404 | LP-Research LPMS-RS232AL2 motion sensor | A high performance motion sensor / MEMS miniature inertial measurement unit (IMU) with waterproof connector design. Applications include human motion capture, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, sports performance evaluation, and drone flight control. It meaures Angular Rate, Acceleration and Magnetic Field Strength, and calculates from these, in real-time: Orientation, Linear acceleration, and Altitude. Integrates 3-axis gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, temperature and barometric pressure sensor in one unit. It has an accuracy of < 0. 5 deg (static), < 2 deg RMS (dynamic); Temperature range: - 40 to ca. +80 deg C; and Data output rates of up to 400Hz. | 2020-02-14 |
| TOOL0876 | LaCoste and Romberg S33 gravity meter | A stabilized-platform sensor which measures the Earth's gravitational field. It is used for operations in the air and at sea. The system comprises a gravity meter mounted on a gyro-stabilized platform. The system consists of fixed aluminium air-dampers and a 96 TPI (threads per inch) measuring screw. The accuracy of sensor is about 2mGal. | 2015-06-08 |
| TOOL1273 | LaCoste and Romberg S83 gravity meter modified by Zero Length Spring corporation | A gravity meter modified by the Zero Length Spring (ZLS) corporation for shipborne and aircraft use, designed to measure the gravitational field. | 2018-08-02 |
| TOOL0865 | LaCoste and Romberg S84 Gravity Meter | A marine gravity meter that measures the earth's gravitational field. The S84 consists of a highly overdamped, spring type gravity sensor mounted on a gyro-stabilised patform. Range: 12000 milligals, static accuracy: 0.01 milligal. | 2015-05-27 |
| TOOL0848 | Lachat QuikChem 8000 flow injection analyser and Ion Chromatography (IC) system | The Lachat QuikChem 8000 can operate flow injection analysis and ion chromatography simultaneously and independently on the same instrument platform. Instrument includes sampler, dilutor, sampling pump, electronics unit, and data station. Analysis takes 20-60 seconds, with a sample throughput of 60-120 samples per hour. Measurements are in the range of parts per trillion to parts per hundred. | 2024-07-22 |
| TOOL0998 | Lachat QuikChem 8500 flow injection analysis system | The Lachat QuikChem 8500 Series 2 Flow Injection Analysis System features high sample throughput and simple, but rapid, method changeover. The QuikChem 8500 Series 2 system maximises productivity in determining ionic species in a variety of sample types, from sub-ppb to percent concentrations. Analysis takes 20 to 60 seconds, with a sample throughput of 60 to 120 samples per hour. | 2016-04-05 |
| TOOL0966 | Lambrecht Quatro NAV C1642 and CH1642 static weather sensors | A self-contained weather station for naval ships. it is a compact multisensor mounted at the top of the mast for determining wind direction, wind speed, air temperature, air pressure, relative humdity and dew point temperature. It has aluminium housing. The CH variant has integrated heating for the top and housing. Wind direction accuracy: +/- 0.5 m/s (+/- 5 % of the measuring value). Wind speed accuracy: +/- 3 degrees. Temperature accuracy: +/- 1 deg C (at wind speed v >= 2 m/s). Relative humidity accuracy: +/- 3 % (at 20-90% r.h. and wind speed v >= 2 m/s). Air pressure accuracy: +/- 1.5 hPa (at 20 deg C). | 2016-01-22 |
| TOOL1108 | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 2011 Model ocean bottom seismometer | The LDEO 2011 seismometer design is a upfare of the standard LDEO design. Each OBS is equipped with a Trillium Compact seismometer, a Paroscientific absolute pressure gauge and a hydrophone. The design included dual redundancy with two transponders and two dropweights. It can be deployed to a depth of 5000 m and for a maximum duration of 400 days. | 2017-02-13 |
| TOOL1107 | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Standard ocean bottom seismometer | The LDEO standard seismometer design has been in use for nearly 10 years. The seismometer sensor is a L4C 1 Hz geophone, with a low-noise amplifier, giving useful response down to 100 s, and a differential pressure gauge. This instrument has been used in both year-long passive-source and shorter-term active-source experiments. The design includes dual redundancy with two transponders and two dropweights. It can be deployed to a depth of 5000 m and for a maximum duration of 400 days. | 2017-02-13 |
| TOOL1109 | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Trawl Resistant ocean bottom seismometer | The LDEO trawl-resistant (TRM) ocean bottom seismometer was designed in 2012 for use on the heavily-fished continental shelf. The TRM comprises a heavy, low steel shield that is designed to deflect the lower leading line of bottom trawl nets. The TRM is lowered onto the seafloor from the ship and recovered using popup buoys or remotely-operated vehicles. Each OBS is equipped with a Trillium Compact seismometer, a Paroscientific absolute pressure gauge, and a hydrophone. It can be deployed to a depth of 1000 m and for a maximum duration of 400 days. | 2017-02-13 |
| TOOL1112 | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory ocean bottom seismometer series | Ocean bottom seismometer instruments designed by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). Seismometer sensors are either a L4C 1 Hz geophone and a differential pressure gauge or a Trillium Compact seismometer, a Paroscientific absolute pressure gauge, and a hydrophone. They can be deployed for depths up to 1000 m or 5000 m. They can be deployed for a maximum duration of 400 days. | 2017-02-13 |
| TOOL0913 | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory pCO2 underway system | An integrated system designed for underway measurements of pCO2 in surface waters and consists of a water-air equilibrator, a non-dispersive infra-red CO2 gas analyzer and a data logging system. | 2015-07-15 |
| TOOL0547 | Lancaster University syringe water sampler | A water sample collection system comprising a peristaltic pump attached to a syringe, allowing near-surface samples to be gathered without introducing oxygen (a closed system). | 2012-09-26 |
| NETT0084 | Large Opening-closing High-speed Sampling System - Dunn et al. (1989, 1993) | Rectangular net design similar to BIONESS. Uses an acoustic telemetry system to monitor depth, battery voltage, flow, and net function and to control the opening and closing of the nets. An underwater data logger is also present to log depth, conductivity, temperature and other parameters. LOCHNESS carries 5 nets with 224 cm x 224 cm mouth opening (5-m2) x 1400 cm long. Tow speeds up to 6 knots [Wiebe and Benfield 2003 Plate 31 D, E]. | 2011-10-21 |
| TOOL0509 | Lasentec Partec 100 focused beam reflectance measurement particle sizer | An in situ particle sizer that uses the principal of focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) to measure particle sizes in the range 2-1000 um in a liquid. The probe tip includes an optic filter, beam splitter, laser beam and sapphire window, through which laser light is passed into the liquid. The light is diffracted by particles suspended in the liquid and the FBRM measures the chord length distribution (CLD), which is a function of the number, size and shape of the particles. Typically, many thousands of chords are measured per second, providing a robust measurement sensitive to the change in the size or number of particles. The instrument can be deployed on a hydrographic wire and lowered to the required depth, where is is held steady while a particle spectrum is collected. The instrument was developed by Lasentec (also known as Lasentech), which has since been taken over by Mettler Toledo. The Partec 100 is no longer in production. | 2012-06-22 |
| TOOL0010 | Lea float tide gauge | The Lea gauge is a vertically mounted chart recording gauge which measures the sea level by means of a float in a stilling well. The float is connected to the large drum in the lower centre of the picture and the counter weight connected to the smaller drum on its right. This difference in drum size means the counter weight does not enter the seawater on every tide. The disadvantage is that the counter weight has to be proportionally heavier to counter balance the float. The pen arm is moved up and down the chart by means of a chain loop linked to a worm gear on the drum axle. | 2009-11-30 |
| TOOL1298 | Leica DMI4000 B inverted light microscope | A semi-automated, inverted light microscope. Designed for scanning cell and tissue cultures. It is capable of common bright field, phase contrast, dark field, DIC (Differential Interference Contrast), polarization transmitted-light, fluorescence and combined fluorescence imaging of small objects. The microscope operates using a light source (100 W Hg lamp) and condenser that illuminates a specimen from above that is placed on a fixed stage. The specimen is observed and magnified from below using an objective lens and turret. Focus is adjusted by moving the objective lens along a vertical axis to move it closer or further from the specimen. It features manual coarse and fine focus, 6 x M25 manual objective turret, motorized fluorescence excitation filter wheel and a light intensity regulator and shutter to protect samples from bleaching during fluorescence analysis. The microscope is capable of IMC (Integrated Modulation Contrast) analysis. | 2019-06-12 |
| TOOL1743 | Leica Microsystems DM2500 Epifluorescence microscope | The Leica DM2500 is an optical microscope equipped with a 100-Watt halogen illumination. The microscope is certified for in-vitro-diagnostics (IVD). The illumination renders a realistic impression of the colours of the sample, so that users in clinical applications, such as HE specimen staining, can assess the colours of their samples accurately. The DM2500 LED model is also available with ultra-bright LED illumination which is ideal for highly light-absorbent specimens and DIC. | 2021-10-28 |
| TOOL0427 | Lever Action Niskin Bottle | A plastic free-flushing water sampling bottle with a typical capacity between 1.7 and 30 litres. It has caps with rubber seals at each end and is deployed with the caps held open by externally mounted stainless steel springs. Unlike the standard Niskin design, this bottle does not feature an internal lanyard, and is thus recommended for applications where a completely clear sample chamber is critical. When the bottle reaches the desired depth it is closed by messenger when serially attached to hydrocable or by remote command when attached to sampling rosette. | 2022-08-30 |
| NETT0175 | Lindahl dividable phytoplankton sampling hose | A rubber hose (material may vary) comprising length sections which integrate water samples from selected depth intervals. The division of the hose is adapted as needed. The hose inner diameter is >12 mm. The hose end is weighted. The hose is slowly lowered into the water (20 m/min). The top valve is closed when the hose has reached maximum depth. Sections are sequentially closed with valves as they appear during ascent. A full description is available in https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/pdf/Lindahl_1986.pdf. | 2014-09-12 |
| TOOL0783 | Liquid Vial Forel-Ule Colour Comparator | A set of 21 glass vials in a frame containing standard solutions made with differing proportions of distilled water, ammonia, copper sulphate, potassium chromate and cobalt sulphate. The formulations result in a colour palette that covers naturally occurring water bodies, which are visually compared in-situ with the vials and assigned the number (1-21) of the nearest colour match. | 2014-08-26 |
| TOOL0493 | Litre Meter LMSPFA.05 flow meter | Pelton Wheel flow meter designed to monitor water flow rates for pumped systems such as ships' continuous seawater supplies. The flow meter is designed to measure low flow rates in the range 0.006 to 0.1 l/min. Water flows through an inlet and is directed onto a rotor, whose rotation rate is directly proportional to the flow rate. | 2012-05-21 |
| TOOL0400 | Litre Meter flow meter | A flow meter of unspecified model used to monitor water flow rates for pumped systems such as ships' continuous seawater supplies. | 2011-05-16 |
| TOOL1389 | Lockheed Martin Sippican AXBT XBT probe | An expendable free-fall temperature probe that provides a profile of measured temperature against depth calculated from a fall-rate model. The AXBT Probe is deployed by aircraft and can be used to a maximum depth of 800 m. | 2020-01-15 |
| TOOL0714 | Lockheed Martin Sippican AXCTD | An expendable free-fall probe that provides a profile of measured temperature and salinity against depth calculated from a fall-rate model. The AXCTD Probe is deployed by aircraft and can be used to a maximum depth of 1000m. | 2014-07-08 |
| TOOL0715 | Lockheed Martin Sippican Deep Blue XBT probe | An expendable free-fall temperature probe that provides a profile of measured temperature against depth calculated from a fall-rate model. The Deep Blue XBT Probe (sometimes referred to as the T-7DB) can be used to a maximum depth of 460m, may be deployed at a ship speed of up to 20 knots and has a vertical resolution of 65cm. | 2015-06-11 |
| TOOL1290 | Lockheed Martin Sippican Fast Deep XBT probe | An expendable free-fall temperature probe that provides a profile of measured temperature against depth calculated from a fall-rate model. The Fast Deep Probe can be used within a maximum depth of 1000m, may be deployed at a ship speed of up to 20 knots and has a vertical resolution of 65cm. | 2018-10-24 |
| TOOL0718 | Lockheed Martin Sippican T-10 XBT probe | An expendable free-fall temperature probe that provides a profile of measured temperature against depth calculated from a fall-rate model. The T-10 XBT Probe can be used to a maximum depth of 200m, may be deployed at a ship speed of up to 10 knots and has a vertical resolution of 65cm. | 2014-07-08 |
| TOOL0716 | Lockheed Martin Sippican T-11 XBT probe | An expendable free-fall temperature probe that provides a profile of measured temperature against depth calculated from a fall-rate model. The T-11 XBT Probe can be used to a maximum depth of 460m, may be deployed at a ship speed of up to 6 knots and has a vertical resolution of 65cm. | 2014-07-08 |
| TOOL0435 | Lockheed Martin Sippican T-4 XBT probe | An expendable free-fall temperature probe that provides a profile of measured temperature against depth calculated from a fall-rate model. The T-4 XBT Probe can be used within a maximum depth of 460m, may be deployed at a ship speed of up to 30 knots and has a vertical resolution of 65cm. | 2011-11-02 |
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