RV 'SONNE' EQUIPPED WITH MOST MODERN TECHNOLOGY

RV "SONNE" EQUIPPED WITH MOST MODERN TECHNOLOGY The youngest German research vessel will primarily operate in the deep sea regions of the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian Ocean. Consequently, she received a.o. two Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) of the Teledyne RD Instruments OCEAN SURVEYOR series capable of collecting detailed maps of the distribution of water currents along the ship´s path to 1,000m or 700m depth. The phased-array transducers of 38 and 75kHz are installed in the ship´s hull. A "SeaCAT" Thermosalinograph SBE 21 is also working below the waterline. It accurately determines sea surface temperature and conductivity from underway vessels. Data is simultaneously stored in memory and transmitted to a computer serial port, allowing independent data logging and real-time data acquisition. Also on board is a Carousel Water Sampler including a profiling SBE 911 plus CTD with optional sensors of Sea-Bird Electronics. This unit is operated by a deep sea winch and controlled from a deck unit with real-time data display. The vessel can specifically handle heavy equipment like deep-sea AUVs and ROVs. As one example, the autonomous underwater vehicle REMUS 6000 of Hydroid is pictured which was named "ABYSS" by the GEOMAR institute. This, by the way, is the AUV which found the wreck of the AIR FRANCE plane in almost 4,000 m water depth off the coast of Brazil two years after it was lost in 2009. Our photographs were taken during the "Open Ship" of the SONNE at the Ostseekai of Kiel http://www.bornhoeft.de/en/newsneu.html in November 2014. Penulis : Drs.Simon Arnold  Julian Jacob		SEA-BIRD Carousel Water Sampler SBE 32 with 24 bottles of 10l ea. and profiling CTD SBE 911 plus HYDROID Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) REMUS 6000 for 6000m water depth