Post on 03-Jan-2016
Introducing the NEW CastAway-CTD
Product Overview: • What is a CTD castable system • What is the CastAway-CTD system• Interactive Guide• Software overview
What is a CTD cast?
• Halocline = boundary between water layers of different salinity •Thermocline = location of a change in the temperature gradient
Actual data from Miami, FL
Measuring Sound Speed
Temperature and salinity strata through the water column affect the speed of sound which in turn affects the distance measured by the echosounder
Traditional CTD Deployments
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CastAway CTD Cast
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System Description
Measurement Cell
ConductivityTemperature
Pressure
FLOWJacket
Screen
“Button”LED
ContentsField Case
Quick StartGuide
Line & Clip
Spare AABatteries
Stylus Pens
Bluetooth &Software USBs
Maintenance•Factory Calibration @ 1 year•Change batteries (@ 40 hr cont.)•Wash/rinse measurement cell
Specifications
Interactive CastAway Guide
Software Overview
• System Interaction• Data Download• Data Display•Maps & Geo referenced images• Data Plots• Projects• Filtering• Data Import & Export• Multi-language Support
Applications
Oceanography
Hydrographic Surveying Hydrology