SCS Sensor Information
The RONALD H. BROWN maintains a suite of sensors which measure or compute nearly 100 different variables. Additional sensors are added as specified by the project. The four main types of data are:
The following is a list of sensors currently integrated into the SCS:
| Navigation | |
|---|---|
| Trimble GPS | Precise Positioning GPS (P-Code) |
| Magnavox MX200 GPS | GPS Receiver/Navigator |
| Northstar | GPS Receiver/Navigator |
| ODEC Speed Log | Doppler Speed Log |
| MK37 Gyro Compass | Ship's Gyro Compass |
| Raytheon RD-500 | Depth Recorder, Chart Recording Fathometer to 500m |
| Meteorological Data (Met sensors can be averaged to get maximum/minimum values.) |
|
| Barometer | Digital barometric pressure |
| RM Young Met Translator 1 | |
| Wind Speed (Bridge) | |
| Wind Direction (Bridge) | |
| Rain Gauge (1 - 4) | |
| RM Young Met Translator 2 (Bridge) | |
| Rain Gauge (5 - 9) | |
| WOCE-IMET Pak | |
| Relative Humidity / Air Temp | |
| Short Wave Radiation | |
| Long Wave Radiation | |
| Precipitation | |
| Air Temperature | |
| Relative Humidity | |
| Relative Wind Speed / Direction | |
| True Wind Speed / Direction | Calculated from relative wind and ship's heading. |
| Vaisala MRS Unit | Upper air radiosonde launches |
| Oceanographic Data | |
| Seabird Thermo-salinograph (TSG) | Hull mounted thermosalinograph (sea surface temperature, conductivity, salinity) |
| Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) | Seabird Model 911+ system provides profiles of conductivity and temperature versus depth from the surface to 6,800 meters. The system is equipped with a Niskin bottle tripping mechanism which allows for the collection of discrete water samples at various depths. |
| Seabeam Depth | Deep water center beam echo sounding. |
| Fluorometer | |
| Winch Data | |
| Markey Winch | Oceanographic winch readout (wire out, rate, tension), primarily used for CTD casts. |
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• Updated: February 28, 2003