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OAS platform Detail for SG519
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platforms_id: 12336
Title:
Name: SG519
ICES Code: 09GN
Callsign:
Countries: AUSTRALIA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel SG519 from AUSTRALIA.

Name : SG519
Flag : AUSTRALIA - AU (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 27 sub-surface gliders (buoyancy-based propulsion capable at variable depths not constrained to be near sea surface)
Decommissioned Date : 2012
Current Length : 1.8
Notes : Underwater Seaglider glider (number 519) operated by Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG). Listed as not recovered in 2012 report

Additional Information Sources:
- http://anfog.ecm.uwa.edu.au/?page=seaglider
- http://imos.org.au/fileadmin/user_upload/shared/IMOS%20General/documents/IMOS/Plans___Reports/IMOS_2011-12_APR.pdf

General Comments:
Decommissioned date is an estimate based on report http://imos.org.au/fileadmin/user_upload/shared/IMOS%20General/documents/IMOS/Plans___Reports/IMOS_2011-12_APR.pdf

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 Source:
http://anfog.ecm.uwa.edu.au/?page=seaglider

Submitted to ICES 2014-09-19.
Confirmed by NOAA on 2014-11-05.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 4
Keydate: 2014-08-20 20:42:57+00
Editdate: 2014-11-05 19:42:27+00