The Ocean Archive System searches our original datasets as they were submitted to us, not individual points or profiles. If you want to search and retrieve ocean profiles in a common format, or objectively analyzed fields, your better option may be to use one of our project applications. See: Access Data
OAS platform Detail for SG520
| << previous | |revision: 4 |
| platforms_id: | 12338 |
|---|---|
| Title: | |
| Name: | SG520 |
| ICES Code: | 09GO |
| Callsign: | |
| Countries: | AUSTRALIA |
| Comments: | Updated information from ICES for the vessel SG520 from AUSTRALIA. Name : SG520 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 520) operated by Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG). Not recovered according to 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: http://imos.org.au/fileadmin/user_upload/shared/IMOS%20General/documents/IMOS/Plans___Reports/IMOS_2011-12_APR.pdf states SG520 was not recoverable in 2012. 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 an 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 20:44:50+00 |
| Editdate: | 2014-11-05 19:45:09+00 |