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OAS platform Detail for SL104
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| platforms_id: | 12341 |
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| Name: | SL104 |
| ICES Code: | 09GS |
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| Countries: | AUSTRALIA |
| Comments: | Updated information from ICES for the vessel SL104 from AUSTRALIA(AU). Name : SL104 Country(s) : 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) Current Length : 1.8 WOD Code: 10716 Notes : Underwater Slocum glider (number 104) operated by Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG). Glider SL104 was active as of 2009. Information Sources: - http://anfog.ecm.uwa.edu.au/?page=slocum Additional information: Weight: 52 kg Diameter: 21.3 cm Vehicle Length: 1.8 meters Depth Range: 4-200 meter Speed: 25-40 m/sec Navigation: GPS, internal dead reckoning and altimeter Communications: Iridium satellite, ARGOS Batteries: C cell alkaline Range of operation is 1500 km with duration of around 30 days. Instrumented with a Seabird-CTD, WETLabs BBFL2SLO 3 parameter optical sensor (measuring Chlorophyll-a, CDOM & 660nm Backscatter) and an Aanderaa Oxygen optode. Manufactured by Webb Research Corporation (USA). Additional Information Sources: http://anfog.ecm.uwa.edu.au/?page=slocum Confirmed by NOAA on 2015-09-17. Submitted to ICES 2014-09-17. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 4 |
| Keydate: | 2014-08-20 21:18:30+00 |
| Editdate: | 2015-09-17 21:46:28+00 |