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Instrument Info & Documentation

Browse and discuss currently installed NEPTUNE Canada instruments. Click the links to learn more about our different instruments. Each page is a discussion as well, click the Add Comment links to post your questions, comments, suggestions, etc.

Who are the Go-to People?

A member of NEPTUNE Canada's science staff is designated as either the point person or back-up person for each type of instrument on our network. Contact point people for specific problems or questions about an instrument: Instrument Point People

Documentation & Discussion

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Nice compass unit i have used the ocean server and the Techdesign TCM2 units
dwowens 29 Jan 2 Russell K Coffield 06 Apr
 
Receivers Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People VEMCO Receivers on Juan de Fuca Moorings Each of the three Juan de Fuca Moorings (Boundary Pass, Jordan River, and Port Renfrew) will have a Vemco Single Channel ...
Meghan C Tomlin 03 Apr 0 -
 
Thermosalinographs Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People
Meghan C Tomlin 25 Mar 0 -
ARGOS Beacons Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Locations and ARGOS Each time a satellite passes over a beacon it collects messages transmitted by the beacon and accurately measures the frequency of the received signals. Messages and measured frequencies are relayed ...
Meghan C Tomlin 07 Mar 0 -
 
Как наблюдать за рыбами онлайн
Dwight Owens 20 Jul 1 Ярослав Ярик 03 Feb
Accelerometers Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Guralp Broadband Seismometer Ocean Bottom System (OBS) The Guralp Systems' Ocean Bottom System (OBS) is a multisensor unit comprising: a CMG5T triaxial true broadband feedback strong ...
Meghan C Tomlin 25 Jan 0 -
Hi, Dongzhi. BPR data can be downloaded via Oceans 2.0 http://dmas.uvic.ca in .MAT, .CSV, .PNG, .PDF and .TXT formats
Meghan C Tomlin 18 Jan 4 Dwight Owens 02 Jan
 
Ben Biffard 26 Oct 0 -
Ben Biffard 26 Oct 0 -
 
Ice Buoys Instruments Data from Oceanetic thermistor buoys is available via the Oceans 2.0 Arctic network. Thermistor buoy 1 instruments:514 Thermistor buoy 2 instruments:515 Thermistor buoy 3 instruments:516 Thermistor ...
Dwight Owens 12 Jul 0 -
Please note that the pressure measured by the CTDs is gauge pressure by convention, not absolute or total pressure. So like a tire pressure gauge, when at sea level, the pressure will be read as zero, even though atmospheric pressure is generally around 10 decibars ...
Dwight Owens 19 Jan 2 Ben Biffard 31 May
Thank you very much for your suggestion and I am looking forward to seeing Martin Hofmann. Kind Regards
Ben Biffard 29 Jan 6 Burak Martonalti 12 Mar
deviceTypeID155DavisVantageProWeatherstation.jpg thumbnail,border=1! (Click the image to enlarge it.) Weather Stations Instruments Davis Vantage Pro Weather Station instruments:23026 to be deployed at Port Alberni. Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Related Blog Posts ...
Dwight Owens 31 Jan 0 -
Lights Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Lights on underwater cameras Light systems (with lasers) are used for underwater camera systems. Unable to render embedded object: File (DeviceTypeID1006ledlightsonTempomini.jpg thumbnail) not found. (Click the picture to enlarge it.) Lights on the Seafloor Endeavour TempoMini Camera Lights on Tempomini ...
Dwight Owens 06 Dec 0 -
Iron Sensors Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Dissolved Minerals at MidOcean Ridges Hydrothermal vents that form along midocean ridges are fissures from which geothermally heated water flows. The water that flows out of vents ...
Meghan C Tomlin 07 Sep 0 -
nbsp;LBOX 01 (22614) is a prototype and will never be deployed. It is for further development and testing, it has no mooring, no instruments
Meghan C Tomlin 24 Aug 1 Meghan C Tomlin 24 Aug
Instrument Adapters Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Vertical Profiler System VPS Profiler and VPS Winch platform, VPS Instrument Package instruments:12111 and Vertical Profiler Platform instruments:22612, have been deployed ...
Meghan C Tomlin 16 Aug 0 -
Junction Boxes Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Junction Boxes The heart of each platform is its junction box, which provides power and communications to the instruments. Incoming 400V DC power can be passed through to secondary ...
Dwight Owens 12 May 0 -
Gyros and Inertial Systems Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Gyro on the VPS An inertial system is used to track orientation of the Vertical Profiler System instrument float. Unable to render embedded object: File (inertialsystem.jpg thumbnail) not found. Click to enlarge photo. Gryos and Inertial ...
Dwight Owens 16 Mar 0 -
Light Sensors Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) at Folger A Biospherical Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) light sensor measures omnidirectional light between 400700nm at the Folger Pinnacle instrument platform ...
Dwight Owens 04 Feb 0 -
PanTilt Mechanisms Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Camera Movements Pan & tilt mechanisms allow remote operators to control camera movements at the seafloor. NEPTUNE Regional Network pan & tilt mechanisms have typically been ...
Dwight Owens 26 Jan 0 -
Water Samplers Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Water Sampler at Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Temperatures recorded by the RemoteAccess Water Sampler (RAS) show how hot hydrothermal vent effluent is compared to surrounding sea water ...
Dwight Owens 19 Jan 0 -
Sediment Profilers Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Sediment studies in Wallyland Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology added a custombuilt sediment microprofiler onto benthic crawler Wally II http://www.neptunecanada.ca/sensorsinstruments ...
Dwight Owens 03 Dec 0 -
 
Instrument Point People Who's the goto science person for each category of instrument? See below. Device category Point Person Backup Person(1) Device Category ID Accelerometer/Seismometer Seismometers Martin Heesemann http://www.neptunecanada.ca/peoplecommunity ...
Dwight Owens 15 Nov 0 -
Turbidity Meters Instrument Point People instruments:Instrument Point People Turbidity Sensors on Wally the Crawler Turbidity meters are sensors that detect scattered light from suspended particles in water. The amount of scattered light that reaches the detector is proportional to teh ...
Dwight Owens 27 Sep 0 -
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