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OAS platform Detail for SL281
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platforms_id: 12350
Title:
Name: SL281
ICES Code: 09G2
Callsign:
Countries: AUSTRALIA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel SL281 from AUSTRALIA.

Name : SL281
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)
Current Length : 1.8
Notes : Underwater Slocum G2 glider (number 281) operated by Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders (ANFOG). Still operating as of Aug. 2012

Additional Information Sources:
- http://anfog.ecm.uwa.edu.au/?page=slocum
- ftp://data.aodn.org.au/public/ANFOG/Data_management/ANFOG_data_managementV3_1.pdf

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

Submitted to ICES 2014-09-17.
Confirmed by NOAA on 2014-11-05.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2014-08-20 21:29:03+00
Editdate: 2014-11-05 19:26:53+00