University of St Andrews SMRU Instrumentation
SMRU Instrumentation
 
 
 
 
Sea Mammal Research Unit

CTD Oceanography SRDL with GPS (Argos)

Combines oceanographic quality Conductivity/Temperature/Depth casts with high-precision GPS locations.

Features

Incorporates many of the features of the SMRU SRDL tag plus:
  • GPS quality locations at a user-controlled rate
  • Oceanographic quality temperature & salinity profiles (2 - 6 profiles per day)
  • CTD data automatically submitted to the GTS in near real-time
  • Up to 50,000 full length Argos data transmissions
  • pressure-proof to 2000m

Valeport CTD sensor head

CTD GPS Tag image
  • Temperature
    • range: -5° to 35°C
    • accuracy: +/- 0.005°C
    • resolution: 0.001°C
  • Conductivity
    • range: 0 to 80mS/cm
    • accuracy: +/- 0.01mS/cm
    • resolution: 0.002mS/cm
  • Pressure (depth)
    • range: 0 to 2000 dBar
    • accuracy: 2 dBar +/- (0.3 + 0.035%*reading)/°K
    • resolution: 0.05 dBar

TDR capability

Automatically retains a continuous record of sample data, which can be retrieved by bluetooth link if the tag is recovered.
  • Depth (4 sec sample rate)
  • All GPS fixes at user-defined rate (typically 5 - 20 minutes)
  • Individual temperature and salinity measurements (1 Hz) made during upward profiling.

Specification

  • Longevity: up to one year
  • Size: 10.5 x 7 x 4 cm
  • Weight: 545 g
  • Volume: ~250 cm3

Typical data

See the MEOP Portal and Buiw et al, 2007 (PDF).

For further information, contact Mike Fedak



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