Analytical Instrumentation

The OS maintains an extensive inventory of oceanographic instrumentation. The following is a sample of our inventory:

  • 20 Aanderaa RCM7 and RCM8 Current Meters
  • 4 Seabird 911 plus CTDs
  • 5 Seabird 19 CTDs
  • 2 Seabird SEACAT CTDs
  • 1 24 bottle General Oceanics rosette sampler for 10-liter bottles
  • 1 12 bottle General Oceanics rosette sampler for 30-liter bottles
  • 2 General Oceans rosette samplers with 12 10-liter bottles
  • 1 Seabird Carousel sampler with 24 10-liter bottles
  • 1 Wetlabs 25cm Transmissometer
  • 2 SeaTech 25cm Transmissometers
  • 2 Chelsea fluorometers
  • 9 Benthos 866A 2000m Acoustic Releases
  • 4 Benthos 865A Acoustic Releases
  • 1 Benthos Acoustic Release deck box
  • 1 RDI 150-kHz Broadband ADCP
  • 1 RDI 300-kHz Sentinel ADCP
  • 1 600 kHz wave guage ADCP
  • 1 RDI 300-kHz Sentinel with a 6000-m pressure case
  • 3 TABS II ocean-observing buoys, with 2 more to be built.
  • 2 Deep-sea cameras
  • Gas Hydrate Recovery Chamber
  • Submersible Sampling Equipment
  • Video editing equipment
 
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