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Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

New Profiler at Seawork

Oceanographic instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes, an exhibitor at Seawork 2005 , has extended its range of depth profilers with introduction of Midas BathyPack for calculation of water column density profiles.

Valeports new Midas BathyPack depth profiler for calculation of water column density profiles.
Valeports new Midas BathyPack depth profiler for calculation of water column density profiles.

Featuring high-accuracy sensors, it enables real-time conversion of pressure data into precision depth measurements.

Additional altimeter input and sound velocity data from the company's miniSVS ensures exact determination of position in a water column, making it ideal for underwater positioning applications down to depths of 6,000m. Other main features include a purpose-designed pressure port to prevent any build-up of salt crystals and a new conductivity sensor using digital signal processing and specially selected materials for virtual elimination of long-term drift and dimensional changes at depth.

Midas BathyPack is available with BathyLog, a new Windowsbased software package which both logs and provides a graphical illustration of incoming data. It can also accept data from up to four remote pressure sensors, applying Bathypack's measured density profile to all of them in real-time and so allowing precise pressure/depth conversions for multiple positions within localised environments.

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Valeports new Midas BathyPack depth profiler for calculation of water column density profiles.

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