SEAEXPLORER
Low-logistics & Innovative Glider
KEY BENEFITS
- Rechargeable Battery
- Interchangeable Payload Sections
- Large Ballasting Volume: High speed & Manoeuvrability
- Large Payload Sections
- Shallow & Deepwater Operations
SEAEXPLORER
Low-logistics & Innovative Glider
KEY BENEFITS
- Rechargeable Battery
- Interchangeable Payload Sections
- Large Ballasting Volume: High speed & Manoeuvrability
- Large Payload Sections
- Shallow & Deepwater Operations
The SEAEXPLORER underwater glider is a powerful autonomous sensing platform designed to collect water column data profiles with very wide spatio-temporal coverage (thousands of km and weeks to months of endurance).
Driven by buoyancy changes, the vehicle silently glides up and down the water column while collecting physical, chemical, biological and/or acoustic data depending on the fitted sensors.
The SEAEXPLORER glider is a very cost-effective solution for data collection as it reduces reliance on large vessels with high daily running costs: no surface supervision boat is required during the mission. The SEAEXPLORER is easy to operate and can be deployed and recovered by reduced crews in coastal waters using small boats.
Specifications
0.25 × 2 m
+ 1 m foldable antenna
56.5 cm
Wingless design
59 kg in air
GPS / Satellite (Iridium) / Radio
Triple antenna
Survey / Virtual mooring / Drifting / Bottoming
Autonomous drop-weight & Strobe light
Option: Locator Pinger (ULB) and/or Argos
2 independant low-power CPUs for payload & navigation
1,000 m
1,000 cc (± 500 cc)
Nominal 0.5 kt / Maximum 1 kt
Rechargeable Li-ion
1,700 km (110 days)
With a CTD, DO and Fluorometer
* Range and Endurance largely depends on sensors, sampling strategy and mission environment
Up to 6 sensors in two sections (wet & dry): 9L / 8kg
Altimeter
Opensource C++ firmware / Independent Linux CPU
Compressed CSV (native)
Data downloading through external Ethernet cable (no vehicle opening)
CTD (pumped or non-pumped)
Dissolved Oxygen (Optode or Electrochemical) Chlorophyll / Turbidity / CDOM
PAR
ADCP
Nitrates
pCO2
Echo sounder
Fluorometers options (Puck)
Hydrocarbons / Sewage / Pesticides
μTurbulence
Methane
Passive Acoustic Recorder (customizable)
Metal traces & Micronutrients
FRRF
Others upon request
Applications
MARINE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT
- Oceanographic Research & Monitoring
OIL & GAS
- Exploration & Environmental Baseline Studies (EBS)
DEFENSE & SECURITY
- Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA)
- Acoustic Intelligence
- Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)