Vessel Operations :: R/V Cape Fear :: Equipment
The R/V Cape Fear can be equipped with the following:
Hull Mounted ADCP |
RD Instruments ADCP - 300kHz Workhorse |
CTD Profilers (2) Conductivity, Temperature & Depth |
- Seabird SBE 25 w/External Probes - SBE 32 H2o Bottle Carousel & SBE 33 Real Time Deck Unit |
CTD Profiler External Probes |
Our Suite of Oceanographic Probes directly samples or derives the following parameters:
Salinity, Temperature, Depth, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Optical Transmission, PAR, Chlorophyll Flourometey, Turbity, Suspended Sediments, Particle Concentration & Sauter Mean, along with physical H2o samples with the SBE 32. |
Seabird 21 Flow-Through System: |
Seabird 21
Thermosalinograph, Temp/Salinity |
Conductivity, Temperature Loggers (2): |
Sea Bird SBE 37 |
Oceanographic Winch: |
SeaMac with Meridian Slip-Rings |
Side Scan Sonar: |
Edgetech DF-1000 Digital Dual Frequency Towfish Click here for side scan rental rates. |
Seismic Sub-Bottom Profiler: |
GeoAcoustics Boomer plate, w/solid state power supply & GeoAcoustics hydrophone |
XBT: |
Expendable Bathythermograph |
Triton Elics Data Acquisition PC: |
Pentium IV - 1.8Ghz w/Ample data Storage. w/ Triton Elics ISIS, Delph Seismic & Delph Map Data Acquisition & Processing Software. |
Thermal Plotter: |
EPC GSP-1086 |
PC workstations (2): |
Pentium IV - 1.8Ghz w/LAN & UPS |
| Electronic Navigation Charting: |
Nobeltec Digital Charting System "Visual Navigation Suite" (pdf) |
MET Station: |
Campbell Scientific Weather Station w/ CR10X data logger |
Single Side Band: |
Icom 710RT and PACTOR II Radio Modem w/ e-mail |
Power Inverter/Conditioner: |
PROsine 1800 (pdf) |
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