Oceanographic and Meteorological Facilities

Research Launch Hero
Clayton Marine 6.8m commercially licensed boat under full survey, skippered by fully qualified coxswain & crew and licensed to carry 7 people (2 crew and 5 passengers). Used for coastal oceanographic studies.

Mooring Equipment
AANDERAA RCM9 Mk-II Acoustic Doppler Current Meters with CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth), turbidity and oxygen sensors for long-term deployments (up to 2 years). S4 current meters. Shallow-water ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler). Buoys of various sizes. Applied microsystems tide gauges with paroscientific sensors.

Profiling Equipment
Aanderaa RCM9 Mk-II Acoustic Doppler Current Meters with CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth), turbidity and oxygen sensors in direct-reading mode with cable connection to deck unit. Depth ranges 30 or 200m. SEABIRD Seacat CTD profilers.

Rotation Tank
Turntable 1m in diameter with adjustable rotation speed of up to 15 rpm. Used for geophysical flow experiments.

Nutrient Analyser
SYSTEA m Chem MP4 Laboratory Batch analyser for NH3, NO2+NO3, PO4, NO2.

Computing Facilities
PC and Mac supported personal computers. Assess to Unix workstation and SAPAC supercomputer facility.

Calibration equipment:
Autolab precision salinometer.
Temperature controlled bath with precision HP thermometers.

Meteorological equipment
Swissteco broad band solar radiation pyranometers and pyrheliometers.
UV global pyranometer
Coarse resolution spectral radiometer.
Filterwheel radiometer.
Equatorial mounts.
MEA climate station sensors for land-based measurements (wind-speed, direction, air pressure, temperature & humidity, rainfall)
Dataker & Campbell loggers.
Towers & masts for instrument supports, to 20 m.
Fast responding RM Young anemometers & pitot-tube sensors.
Short section wind tunnel to 15 m/s.
Radiosonde launching, tracking and Vaisala data retrieval system.

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