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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:

Depth Sensor:

CTD-Sensor:

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    Scientific Head 

    Dr. James Taylor
    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: jtaylor(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 

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