Field instruments and equipment
Here you will find a list of available field instruments and equipments for different aquatic environment works & studies. A photo gallery is also provided at the bottom of this page.
- Double frequency (50-200kHz) bathymetric echo sounder;
- Ashtech Promark100 DGPS positioning system;
- Garmin DGPS positioning systems (8);
- Navigation and data archiving software;
- HYPACK hydrography software;
- Side-scan sonar -Imagenex (I330-800kHz);
- Geophysical instruments: seismic reflection (boomer), magnetometry (Vallon), electromagnetometry (Geonics);
- Underwater camera;
- Submarine ROV :Videoray Explorer X3 colour camera with high definition (HD) recorder;
- Recording ADCP current meter RD Workhorse Sentinel 1200kHzdep (measures currents and outflow? discharge? with water depth below 75 cm);
- Propeller driven currentmeter (Sensordata SD-2000, NBA Controls);
- Hydrometric reel (Price);
- Wave recorder (RD Workhorse Sentinel 1200kHz);
- Tide/Wave recorder (RBR TWR-2050P (2);
- Multi-parameter probe (conductivity, temperature, depth, dissolved O2, pH, turbidity) depth profile or recorder modes (RBR XR-620);
- CTD recording probe (conductivity, temperature, depth) (RBR XR-420)(2);
- Recording Turbidity meter (Alec et RBR XR-420Tu);
- Grabs (Ponar) and corers (Benthos, percussion and Rossfelder) for sediment sampling;
- Plankton nets (2);
- Scientific fishing nets (6);
- Level and surveying equipment;
- Rigid-hull inflatable boat (6,5m) on trailer;
- Steel boat (9m) with stern working platform and winch.
