Acoustic / Geophisics instrumentation
-Simrad EA 640 hydrographic singlebeam echosounder
Singlebeam echosounder that detects the seabed, equipped with an 18 kHz transducer, there is a repeater on the bridge
-Elac Seabeam 1050D multibeam echosounder
The ELAC SEABEAM 1050D multibeam probe is an echo sounder used mainly to perform bathymetries (cartographies of the seabed). This Echo sounder consists of two transducers (50 and 180 kHz) located in the hull of the ship, in addition to an Octopus F-180 reference unit, which acts as motion sensor. The maximum depth at 50 kHz is 3000 meters, while at 180 kHz the maximum depth is 600 meters.
- Beam opening: 1.5º.x 1.5º.
- Sweep width: >150 º.
- Max.number of beams: 126
-Superficial sound speed sensor
It is located in the bow of the hull and can be deployed or picked up by accessing the bow storeroom, sending the data in real time to the multibeam echosounder
-Simrad EK 500 biological echosounder
It is mainly used for biomass estimation and individual target detection, it can also make an automatic follow-up of the bottom like the EA 500
The system consists of three transducers (located on the keel) of 38 kHz (range up to 3 000 m), 120 kHz (range up to 900 m) and 200 kHz (range up to 600 m)
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-Teledyne RD Instruments ADCP Ocean Surveyor 75 kHz Doppler current profiler
The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) is an instrument that allows to characterize the oceanic currents from the displacement in the frequencies that occurs in the Doppler effect
The transducer is installed on the ship's keel and operates at 76.8 kHz.
The system can operate in broadband (high resolution), with a maximum range of 600 m and bottom tracking range (bottom tracking) of 1050 m, or in narrow band (low resolution) with maximum range of 800 m
-CTD Sea & Sun (self-contained)
CTD profiler capable of profiling up to 2000 m , is used to send the sound velocity profiles to the multibeam echosounder
The CTD has the following sensors:ADM conductivity sensor
PT100 temperature sensor
Keller PA8 600 Prog pressure sensor
-Marport net sensors
MARPORT Sensors of depth, distance, height, temperature and inclination for -towed equipment from ships and for fishing nets.
-USBL LinkQuest VM1500
Underwater acoustic positioning system
Intrumentation for the characterization and sampling of the water column, and the atmosphere
-CTD SeaBird SBE911 plus
CTD SBE9 plus + Sea-Bird SBE11 plus V2 deck unit.
The CTD is an oceanographic instrument used to measure the conductivity, temperature and depht of the water column. The CTD can be fitted with other auxiliary sensors and a series of Niskin bottles called carousel or rosette. The sampling bottles are closed at predefined depths, activated manually or by a computer, and the water samples can be analyzed later to determine biological and chemical parameters.
The CTD SBE9 Plus has the following sensors
- 2 x SBE3Plus temperature sensor
- SBE4C conductivity sensor
- 5T pump
Auxiliary sensors
- WetLabs AFL-NTU-RTD fluorometer and turbidimeter,
- SeaPoint SCF Fluorometer
- SeaPoint STM Turbidimeter
- SeaBird SBE43 oxygen sensor
- Wetlabs C-Star Transmissometer
- Benthos PSA-916 Altimeter
-CTD Sea-Bird SBE 25
The CTD is an oceanographic instrument used to measure the conductivity, temperature and depht of the water column. The CTD can be fitted with other auxiliary sensors and a series of Niskin bottles called carousel or rosette. The sampling bottles are closed at predefined depths, activated manually or by a computer, and the water samples can be analyzed later to determine biological and chemical parameters.
The CTD SBE 25 has the following sensors
- SBE3F temperature sensor,
- SBE4C conductivity sensor
- SBE 29 pressure sensor
Auxiliary sensors
- SeaPoint SCF Fluorometer
- SeaPoint STM Turbidimeter
- SeaBird SBE43 oxygen sensor
-CTD SeaBird SBE19
The CTD is an oceanographic instrument used to measure the conductivity, temperature and depht of the water column. The CTD can be fitted with other auxiliary sensors and a series of Niskin bottles called carousel or rosette. The sampling bottles are closed at predefined depths, activated manually or by a computer, and the water samples can be analyzed later to determine biological and chemical parameters.
The CTD SeaBird SBE 19 has the following sensors:
- SBE 3Plus temperature sensors
- SBE4C conductivity sensor
- SBE19 pressure sensor
Auxiliary sensors
- SeaPoint SCF Fluorometer
- SeaPoint STM Turbidimeter
- SeaBird SBE43 oxygen sensor
- Biospherical QSP-2300 / QCP-2300HP PAR sensor.
-CTD SeaBird SBE19
The CTD is an oceanographic instrument used to measure the conductivity, temperature and depht of the water column. The CTD can be fitted with other auxiliary sensors and a series of Niskin bottles called carousel or rosette. The sampling bottles are closed at predefined depths, activated manually or by a computer, and the water samples can be analyzed later to determine biological and chemical parameters.
The CTD SeaBird SBE 19 has the following sensors:
- SBE3plus temperature sensor
- SBE 4C conductivity sensor
- 5T pump
Auxiliary sensor
- WetLabs FLTRD Fluorometer.
-SBE32 carousel water sampler of 12 bottles.
The CTD can be fitted with a series of Niskin bottles called carousel or rosette. The sampling bottles are closed at predefined depths, activated manually or by a computer, and the water samples can be analyzed later to determine biological and chemical parameters.
-Automatic weather station Aanderaa Scanning Unit 3010
Includes sensors of atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and direction (and streak), the data is integrated with those of the thermosalinograph and the fluorometer through the SADO (Oceanographic Data Acquisition System)
Equipment for continuous analysis:
-Marine water collected in continuous.
Continuous marine water collection system. The water is collected by a pump BKMKC.1011 (TECNUIM) with the Teflon core located about 4.5 meters deep. All laboratories are supplied by this system.The pump has a flow rate of 4m3/h
-10 AU Fluorometer (Turner Designs)
Instrument to quantify the amount of chlorophyll in the envioronment in real time. Continuous measurement
Technical characteristics
Detector: Photomultiplier; Red (185-870 nm)
Detection limits:
- Chlorophyll a: 0.025 μg
- L Rhodamine WT Dye: 0 - 250 ppb
- FluoresceinDye: 0 - 250 ppb
Measurement range:
- Chlorophyll a: 0 - 250 μg
- L Rhodamine WT Dye: 0 - 250 ppb
- FluoresceinDye: 0 - 250 ppb
Filters: Chlorophyll, Rhodamine and without filter.
Cuvette holder: Continuous flow
Light source: UV halogen lamp (chlorophyll)
-SBE21 thermosalinograph
On-board services
-Extractor hood
Work place equipped with a ventilation system and protective glass that ensures that gases do not escape from inside the hood
-freezer capacity of 0.5 m3
-GPSs of time Trimble Acutime 2000
Time GPSs that serve as input to the NTP time servers
-Diverse GPSs position and time accessories
-System of distribution of seawater and freshwater
The scientific staff has seawater that is collected continuously by a pump on the ship's keel
- Application servers
User access to the computer network, integration and storage of data, email, web, file servers
-Diverse acquisition computers
They are distributed by the ship, depending on the acquisition software running various operating systems (Windows, Linux, MACOS, Unix, etc.)
-2 user computers
They work under Windows XP operating system
-Red Ethernet of the vessel
Computer communication (structured cabling and wireless network) between the different rooms of the ship and towards the outside (management of routers, switches, hubs)
-Vsat connection
Provide Internet with planetary coverage with 128 kb/s(CIR),256 kb/s(MIR) of bandwidth. It consists of the following elements: C band antenna, ACU and modem.
-Email and open Internet connection
Email service with specific connections throughout the day, some of the terminals have Internet access
-System of integration and acquisition of oceanographic data (SADO)
Distribution throughout the ship of integrated navigation data (in position and time) with other parameters
- Uninterruptible power systems
To protect the equipment more sensitive to current changes, on-line UPSs are used
-Systems of printing and digitalization of documents
The ship has several printers, scanners and multifunction devices
-Software
Software for processing, visualization and data acquisition, other specific application
