OceanoScientific® System
TheOceanoScientific System® (special designed OceanPack / RACE) is suitable for cramped spaces and extremely rough conditions as an underway acquisition platform for ocean data such as pCO2. The OceanoScientific System® consists of the same technologies used in the “big” OceanPack, with special extensions and connected to the ships data systems.
“Your device is definitely awesome, and I’m absolutely delighted.”
Jérôme Chladek, Scientist at Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Hamburg.
“The SolOceans One-designs do not permit the installation of a usual flow-through systems (like Ferryboxes) for several reasons:
- Performance and speed capacity of the SolOceans One-design in changing offshore conditions.
- Intake close to the surface, with lots of bubbles in the seawater.
- Limited weight and size conditions.
- Limited electric energy.
- Low flow-rate.
The development and maintenance of the system with its debubbler, flow-meter, filter and pump required assistance.
The Micro-OceanPack is exactly the system we were looking for.”
Martin Kramp, Project Manager SailingOne, Oceanology International 2010 Conference
- Complete, handy, portable and easy to maintain pCO2 flow-through sensor (Patent pending) with Li-Cor analyzer
- Interfaces for many standard oceanographic sensors such as dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Chlorophyll, Salinity, pH etc.
- Real auto-calibration feature
- Robust, versatile and compact housing
- Optional GPS geo references for all data and position event control
- Easy integration of instruments through SmartDI data management system. Allows multiple simultaneous connections using a wide range of serial interfaces (AADI Aanderaa, BBE, LI-COR, SBE Seabird, Sea&Sun, SYSTEA Nutrient, TriOS algae monitor, Turner, Seapoint; WetLabs etc.)
- Optional pCO2tolerant mBubbler® Debubbler for ships, buoys and yachts, works up to ±45° roll
- Online real-time data transfer NMEA-0183 ASCII
OceanoScientific®: pCO2 on Racing Yachts
Worldwide and transatlantic sailing races are unique opportunities to regularly collect and transmit scientific data of the ocean to atmosphere interface from rarely explored areas, but usually racing yachts are a difficult platform for the deployment of the necessary instruments. Since its origin in 2005, the SolOcean One was designed as an OceanoScientific® vessel and SubCtech’s OceanPack is one of its key elements. First offshore tests in 2009 with IFREMER, METEO-FRANCE and others were very successful.
Presentation on the OI’2010 in London: OceanoScientific – pCO2 measurements on racing yachts.
The SolOceans ® design”(change to SailingOne® SolOceans One-design Racing Yachts)
The OceanScientific®project” (change to the OceanScientific® homepage & blog)
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Scientists’ comments:
“The scientific data collected by SolOceans One-designs from OceanoScientific® Campaign will represent a significant contribution to the already existing observation network. This approach will open the way to the participation of new communities in the observation of our Earth.”
Jacqueline Boutin, researcher at LOCEAN (Oceanography and climate Laboratory), and Fabienne Gaillard confirmed.
“The OceanoScientific® Kit gives access to high-quality sea surface salinity measures. Those measures are not accessible to standard scientific vessels or commercial vessels doing similar measures “,
Fabienne Gaillard explained at the end of the first series of tests by the OceanoScientific®Kit in the Iroise Sea in October 2009.
(c) SailingOne®
Installation of the first OceanPack / RACE on board SolOceans® One-design yacht
