Ron Brown maintains a sensor suite of Numerous "parent" 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 Scientific Computer System:
DATA GROUP
PARENT SENSOR DESCRIPTION NAVIGATION DATA TRIMBLE GPS Precise Positioning GPS - P code MAGNAVOX MX200 GPS GPS Receiver/Navigator Northstar GPS Receiver/Navigator ODEC SPEED LOG Doppler Speed Log SHIPS GYROCOMPASS Mk 37 , Mk 39 (ring Laser Gyro) DEPTH RECORDER Raytheon, Model RD-500 chart recording fathometer to 500 m. ACOUSTIC POSITIONING SYSTEM Nautronix RS916 is an advanced Ultrashort / Long Baseline (USBL/LBL) acoustic positioning system which measures and displays the position of the vessel with respect to acoustic beacons moored on the sea floor or mounted on a submersible vehicle. In USBL mode, the system requires only one sub-sea beacon and one shipboard hydrophone to determine the position of the beacon relative to the vessel. In LBL mode, a minimum of three beacons and one hydrophone are required. METEROLOGICAL DATA BAROMETER Digital Barometric Pressure RM Young Met translator 1 Wind Speed (bridge) Wind Direction (bridge) Rain Gauge1 Rain Gauge2 Rain Gauge3 Rain Gauge4 RM Young met translator 2 Rain Gauge5 Rain Gauge6 Rain Gauge7 Rain Gauge8 Rain Gauge9 WOCE - IMET Pak Wind Speed/Direction Relative Humidity/Air temp Short Wave Radiation Precipitation Met sensors can be averaged Air Temperature to get maximum, minimum values. Relative Humidity Relative Wind Speed/ Direction TRUE WIND SPEED/ Calculated from relative wind. DIRECTION VAISALA MRS Unit Upper air radiosonde launches. OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SEABIRD TSG Hull mounted thermosalinograph Sea Surface Temperature Conductivity, Salinity CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTH (CTD) SYSTEM Sea-Bird Model 911plus system provides profiles of conductivity and temperature versus depth from the surface to 6,800 m. The system is equipped with a Niskin bottle tripping mechanism which allows for the collection of discrete water samples at various depths. SEBEAM Depth Deep water center beam echo sounding. Fluorometer WINCH DATA MARKEY WINCH Oceanographic Winch readout. Wire Out Primarily used for CTD casts. Rate Tension