PRESS RELEASEChelsea’s MINIpack adapted for Antarctic deployments Chelsea
Technologies Group has upgraded its MINIpack
CTD Fluorimeter for use in the Antarctic. The MINIpack
is already a very compact sensor and it has now been
complimented with a low profile guard specifically designed for
deployments through ice holes. A standard ice auger hole is 250 mm
diameter. With the new guard the MINIpack
diameter only increases from 120mm to 140mm making it ideally
suited for measurements through ice boreholes.
An internal lithium battery and removable SmartMedia card means
that the MINIpack
has no external connectors – ideal for such a rugged
environment. MINIpack
can also be used as the core of a larger multi-parameter system. As such,
it may be used as a discrete profiling instrument, installed on a data
buoy, moored in the ocean or to form the core of a towed undulating
vehicle system. It has been designed specifically for easy installation
into the Chelsea Technologies Group range of towed vehicles. This compact instrument contains a fluorimeter, conductivity, temperature and depth sensor. These sensors are coupled to a high performance data logger. For real time applications, the MINIpack is provided with a transmission system with the capability of providing power to and acquiring data from up to 16 external sensors (14 differential channels & 2 single ended channels). These may typically include dissolved oxygen, pH, PAR, up & downwelling sensors, fluorimeters & transmissometers. A titanium / acetal housing contains all on-board sensors, processing boards, data transmission or internal batteries. Contact
Ellen Keegan for more information |
