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

CTD Oceanography SRDL (Argos)

Explore how marine mammal behaviour relates to their oceanic environment. Obtain oceanographic quality Conductivity/Temperature/Depth casts.

Features

Incorporates many of the features of the SMRU SRDL tag plus:
  • Oceanographic quality temperature & salinity profiles (4 - 12 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
CTD Oceanography Tag isomorphic image

Valeport CTD sensor head

  • 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

  • Retains a continuous record of depth readings (4 sec sample rate), which can be retrieved by bluetooth link if the tag is recovered.
  • Also records all individual temperature and salinity measurements (1 Hz) made during 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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