RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION AVAILABLE ON R/V CAPE HATTERAS
Indicate desired items and return to Beth Govoni, DUNCOC.
I. Seawater Sampling and Analysis
__ Sea Bird CTD (6000 m depth limit)
__ Sea Tech in situ Transmissometer (20 cm path length); 6000 m depth limit
__ Chelsea Instruments in situ Fluorometer (6000 m depth limit)
__ Quantum Sensor – Biospherical Instruments QSP-200L (1000 m depth limit)
__ Dissolved Oxygen Sensors Sea Bird 43
__ Benthos PSA-916 Sonar Altimeter
__ SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler: 12 bottle capacity (Select one bottle size)
__ 30-1 Niskin bottles
__ 5-1 Niskin bottles
__ 12-1 Niskin bottles
__ SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler: 24bottle capacity
__ 12-1 Niskin bottles
__ Guildline Model 8410 Portasal Salinometer (quantity of 2)
__ Turner Designs Model 10-AU Fluorometer
__ Sippican MK-12 XBT System (probes available at cost)
__ Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, RDI 150 kHz (350 m maximum profiling depth)
__ DAS Software
__ TRANSECT Software
__ Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, RDI 600kHz (70 m maximum profiling depth)
__ DAS Software
__ TRANSECT Software
II. Bottom Sampling Equipment
__ Piston Corer (barrel lengths expandable to 80 feet in 10-foot increments)
__ Indicate longest core length planned
__ Number of 10′ core liners needed (Scientist is responsible for liner costs)
__ Box Corer, Ocean Instruments Mark III (50 x50 cm box)
__ Box Corer, Ocean Instruments Soutar (modified with steel frame)
__ Box Corer, Ocean Instruments Multi-corer, MC-800; takes eight 10cm diameter samples.
__ Gravity Corer
__ Shipek Grab
__ Giant Gravity Corer
III. Echo Sounding and Seismic Equipment
Intended Use: __ Accurate water depth determination
__ Sub-bottom geological profiling
__ Hull-mounted 3.5 kHz transducers (array of 9 each)
__ Hull-mounted 12 kHz transducers (2 each)
__ Knudsen Chirp 3260 Echosounder
IV. Miscellaneous Equipment
__ Drying Oven (16″ x 12″ x 16″ inside dimensions): range 40° – 250°C
__ Autoclave (8.5″ x 8.5″ x 16″ inside dimensions)
__ Incubator (32.5″ x 23″ x 14″; permanently installed in main lab)
__ Freezers (1 ea. chest freezer permanently installed in main lab and 1 ea. stand-up
freezer permanently installed in wet lab)
__ Simrad/Taiyo Model TD-L1550 VHF Automatic Direction Finder – all channels
__ 12 kHz Benthos Pingers (quantity of 2), 1 model 2216 and 1 model BFP-312
__ Inflatable work boat: RHIB 19′ – 8 person capacity
V. CAPE HATTERAS Shipboard Computer System (SCS)
The following instruments/sensors are monitored continuously through the cruise. Data are stored in comma and quote delimited file format on IBM compatible media.
Date & Time (GMT)
Differential GPS
Loran C
Gyrocompass Heading
Air Temperature
Barometric Pressure
Relative Humidity
Wind Speed & Direction (RM Young anemometers, port & starboard)
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (QSR-2200 Scalar PAR Reference sensor- Biospherical Instruments)
Sea Surface Temperature (SeaBird SBE 21 Flow-Thru system w/ remote temp. sensor)
Sea Surface Salinity (SeaBird SBE 21)
Sea Surface Fluorescence (Turner Fluorometer with data as voltages)
Water Depth (shallow)
Water Depth (3.5 and 12 kHz)
Additional instruments/sensors brought on board by the science party may be interfaced to this system.
Contact the technical staff for more details.