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Scientific Equipment
Permanent scientific equipment
EQUIPMENT MFGR/MODEL FREQ kHz NOTES
Multibeam Seabeam 2000 12 120 deg. swath, bathymetry and sidescan
Sub-Bottom Profiler Knudsen 320 B 3.5 / 12  
Magnetometer Geometrics G-886   Towed Magnetometer
Gravity Meter Bell BGM - 3    
ADCP RDI Narrowband 150  
Underway Data System     Meteorological and Sea Surface
Comm / Data Network     Ethernet, Audiovisual in labs and staterooms, F/O and copper links
Computer System Sun Enterprise 450 servers (2) Solaris
UNIX		 200 Gbytes Disk, CD-ROM, DAT and Exabyte Tapes
Work Stations UNIX and PC   Numerous in Labs
Printers/ Plotters     Laserjet and color inkjet
Ocean Surveyor Teledyne-RDI 75 http://www.rdinstruments.com/surveyor.html
Bioanalytical Lab with precision temperature control. Use of isotopes is prohibited in ship's laboratories. Isotope isolation vans are available by request. Other equipment and technical services available on cruise-specific basis.
Vans: Numerous van placement locations on main deck, winch deck and forward on 02 deck. Communications: VHF, SSB voice, TELEX, and INMARSAT voice and data.
In-port San Diego phone number: (858) 534-1646
INMARSAT phone number: 011-872-1503656
INMARSAT fax: 011-872--81-1503656
INMARSAT area code is 872 when ship is in Pacific; other codes are 871, 873, or 874 for east Atlantic, west Atlantic, Indian Ocean.
E-mail:
E-mail is operated on a store-and-forward basis. Messages are queued on E-mail servers ashore and on the ship. Periodically throughout the day the Shipboard Computer Group technician initiates a connection with the shore station via Inmarsat satellite, transfers all messages held on the ship, receives all messages held ashore, and disconnects from the satellite. These connections are arranged on a per-cruise basis to meet the requirements of the research and to take advantage, as much as possible, of off-peak satellite rates. There are normally 3 connections per day.
All users are responsible for the cost of E-mail traffic both to and from the ship. Science party members (and crew) are allotted a $1/day allowance for E-mail expenses. Costs in excess of this allowance will be collected from users at the completion of each cruise.
Future planned upgrades/refits: Replace MK 23 gyro, replace winch readouts, radars and fathometer.
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