Navigation & Sensors

ROV KIEL 6000

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Navigation and Sensors

Sonar

HOMER Beaconfinder

Flasher & Radiobeacon

CTD

Navigation:

Motion Sensor VG700CA (Crossbow^® Technology)
Fluxgate Compass TCM2-50 (Precision Navigation^®)
Posidonia USBL-Transponder (IXSEA)
ROV-Homer incl. Deep Marker Transponder (Sonardyne)
Flasher (NOVATECH)
Emergency Radiobeacon (NOVATECH)

Doppler Velocity Log (DVL):

Workhorse Navigator 1200 (RD Instruments)
Provides referential information of seafloor to the ROV for "Station Keep" and controlled maneouvering in the range of centimetres
contains an altimeter with a range of 30 m

Forward-looking Sonar:

MS 1000 (Kongsberg Maritime Ltd.)
Range 400 m
Resolution: ± 1 m

Depth Sensor:

Digiquartz^® (Paroscientific)

CTD-Sensor:

FastCAT CTD SBE 49 (Sea-Bird Electronics Inc.)

Scientific Head
Dr. Friedrich Abegg
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wischhofstr. 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Technology & Logistics Centre
Tel.: 0049 431 600-2134
Fax: 0049 431 600-2680
E-mail: fabegg(at)geomar.de

Technical Head
Martin Pieper (Dipl. Ing.)
Technology & Logistics Centre
Tel.: 0049 431 600-1688
Fax: 0049 431 600-2680
E-mail: mpieper(at)geomar.de

Scientific Advisor
Prof. Dr.Colin Devey
FB4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
Tel.: 0049 431 600-2257
Fax: 0049 431 600-2924
E-mail: cdevey(at)geomar.de

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