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OAS platform Detail for SG153, meta_version: 4. Current meta_version is: 5
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platforms_id: 12330
Title:
Name: SG153
ICES Code:
Callsign:
Countries: AUSTRALIA
Comments: Platform Class : 27 sub-surface gliders (buoyancy-based propulsion capable at variable dephths not constrained to be near sea surface)
Current Length : 1.80
Notes : Underwater Seaglider (serial number 153) owned by Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG)

Additional information:
Size: Body 1.8 m, 30 cm diameter
Wing span 1m
Antenna mast length 1 m
Weight: 52 kg (dry)
Maximum Depth: 1000 m
Maximum Range/Duration: 4600 km (650 dives to 1km depth)
Batteries: Lithium primaries, 24V and 10 V packs, 10 MJ
Typical Speed: 25 cm/s
Glide Angle: 16-45 degrees
Mechanical Features: Isopycnal hull
No external moving parts
Low drag, flooded fiberglass fairing
RF Data Telemetry: Iridium satellite data telemetry
Guidance and Control: Control and system commands transmitted on
any dive. Dead reckoning between GPS fixes
using pitch, roll, heading. Kalaman filter
prediction for mean and oscillatory currents.
Bathymetry map for surface to near-bottom
dives.
Instrumented with a Seabird-CTD, WETLabs BBFL2SLO 3 parameter
optical sensor (measuring Chlorophyll-a, CDOM & 660nm Backscatter)
and a Aanderaa Oxygen optode.

Additional Information Sources:
http://anfog.ecm.uwa.edu.au/?page=seaglider

Submitted to ICES 2014-09-19
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 4
Keydate: 2014-08-20 20:35:24+00
Editdate: 2014-09-19 19:21:30+00