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Oceanscience Invites You to AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
January 23, 2012
First Demonstration of the New Oceanscience Remote Survey Boat at Hypack 2012 Conference
The Oceanscience Group will be offering customers a first look at the brand new Z-Boat 1800 remotely controlled survey vessel at the Hypack 2012 conference in San Diego on January 29. The Z-Boat combines a single beam echo sounder, GPS and a fully integrated remote control and communication system that allows the operator to perform a survey conveniently situated on the shore with data displayed on a real time laptop display. Developed to offer water managers, environmental consultants, and hydrographic surveyors an alternative to manned boat surveys in shallow, hazardous, or inaccessible areas, the Z-Boat operates at a 3kt survey speed, giving a survey range of about 8 miles on each battery pack.
January 10, 2012
GSP Prince Provides Survey Services for South Stream Project
January 4, 2012
UnderwayCTD on Canadian Icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier Provides High Quality Opportunistic Data on Route to the Arctic
While on passage from the Canadian west coast to the arctic, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) scientists from the Institute of Ocean Sciences (IOS) in Sidney, British Columbia were able to collect dozens of high quality 400m CTD profiles across the Pacific Ocean without stopping or slowing the icebreaker CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The researchers are among the latest groups to use the Oceanscience UnderwayCTD system for this type of profiling challenge. Each year, scientists from IOS travel to the arctic on board the Laurier and are able to conduct science while in transit. However, slowing or stopping the ship to conduct science activities is often not possible; and as a result, most research has to be done while underway. That's where the latest Oceanscience profiler comes in.
December 22, 2011
Chinese Research Vessels Upgrade Capabilities and "Go Green" with UnderwayCTD Profilers
Shallow Sea Technology Development Corporation, The Oceanscience Group's representative in China, has just taken delivery of six "green" UnderwayCTD profiling systems destined for installation on Chinese Navy vessels, to be operated by the National Oceanic Technology Center (NOTC).
December 6, 2011
Oceanscience Q-Boats Used for Remote Deployment of SonTek M9 River Surveyor
The International Boundary Water Commission (IBWC) is the latest hydrology organization to recognize the benefits of remotely controlled instrumentation boats for environmental monitoring. To increase safety along the US border to Mexico, the IBWC has elected to deploy the Q-Boat 1800 from the US side of the border instead of setting up taglines and performing work in Mexico.
December 1, 2011
Peter Gas Surveyors Smash Oceanscience UnderwaySV Profiling Depth Record in the Black Sea
Surveyors from the Russian survey company Peter Gas used some lateral thinking to avoid time-consuming sound velocity (SV) profiling activities during a AUV multibeam pipeline survey in the deep waters of the Black Sea.
October 27, 2011
INTERNATIONAL OCEAN SYSTEMS - Sound Velocity Profiling from a Moving Vessel
A partnership between a well-established UK instrument manufacturer and a USA developer of oceanographic deployment systems has resulted in an innovative system to produce sound velocity profiles from a moving vessel
September 15, 2011
Oceanscience Develop Multi-Profiler Instrumentation Boat to Compare Teledyne RD Instruments and SonTek/YSI Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs)
Researchers at L'Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec (Hydro-Québec Research Institute, or IREQ) wanted to compare the performance of several acoustic Doppler current profilers commonly used for river discharge measurements. As new instruments become available, comparison measurements between new profilers and well known “benchmark” profilers are important to quickly validate the new instrumentation for field use...
September 12, 2011
SEA DISCOVERY - The Oceanscience Group's UnderwayCTD Customers Gather "The Deadliest Data"
Oceanscience recently waved goodbye to the 50th UnderwayCTD system off the production line. Since the introduction of the Series II UnderwayCTD in 2009, the prospect of research quality CTD profiling to over 500m while fully underway has led to several unique research opportunities. Company founder Ron George sees this as a great start for the new system “Our customers are gathering great data, and have been able to deploy the UnderwayCTD from vessels without having to invest greatly in vessel space or infrastructure.
August 31, 2011
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