Equipment
Breadcrumb
- Ships
- R/V Bob and Betty Beyster
- Equipment
Starboard side handling system
Morgan Marine knuckle crane
660 pound capacity
17-foot maximum reach
Swath bathymetry echosounder
Reson 7125 multibeam echosounder
Dual frequency (200 and 400 kHz)
140-degree athwartships swath
Across-track beam width 1.1-degree (200 kHz) or 0.5-degree (400 kHz)
Along-track beam width 2.2-degree (200 kHz) or 1.0-degree (400 kHz)
Up to 512 soundings per ping with equidistant or equi-angle spacing
Range: 0 to 500 meters water depth
Data output: bathymetry, backscatter & snippets (7K data format), Gbit Ethernet
Edgetech 512i CHIRP subbottom imaging profiler
Towed source/receiver housed in 500 pound tow body
Swept-frequency transmit pulse (0.5 to 4.5 kHz)
Depth resolution ~0.5 meters
Remotely-operated vehicle
Seabotix LBV-300 Mini-ROV
Hand-deployable (weight: 29 pounds, dimensions: 21 x 18 x 10 inches)
250-meter tether (maximum depth rating: 300 meters)
Five brushless DC direct drive thrusters (2 fore-aft, 2 verical, 1 athwartships)
Real-time video from low-light color camera (680 line resolution)
Internal LED lighting (700 Lumen)
Portable operator control unit with 15-inch color display
Acoustic navigation system
Tritech MicronNav Ultra-Short Base Line underwater tracking system
Frequency band 20 to 28 kHz
Tracking range 500 m horizontal, 150 m vertical
Accuracy: Range 0.2 m, bearing 3 degrees
Targets tracked: 1 responder, 15 transponders
Position update rate 0.5 s to 10.0 s
Real-time kinematic GPS
Input to multibeam
Motion reference unit
Input to multibeam
CTD profiling system
Micro-CTD for input to multibeam
Acoustic communications transducer
Pole-mountable transducer for subsea acoustic communications
- R/V Sally Ride
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R/V Roger Revelle
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Handbook
- Section 1: Welcome Aboard
- Section 2: Specifications
- Section 3: Vessel Layout Description
- Section 4: Ship's and Scientific Equipment Description
- Section 5: Technical Services and Special Equipment
- Section 6: Navigation and Communications Capability
- Section 7: Safety
- Section 8: Ship Organization
- Section 9: Scientific Berthing Plan
- Specifications
- Schematic Drawings
- Berthing Plan
- Scientific Equipment
- Major Shipboard Equipment
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Handbook
- R/V Robert Gordon Sproul
- R/V Bob and Betty Beyster
- Emeritus: R/V Melville
- Emeritus: R/V New Horizon
- Research Platform FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform)
- Preventing harassment and discrimination
- Alcohol and illegal drugs: Zero tolerance
- Departure & arrival times
- Pregnancy and Lactation at Sea
- Accommodating Disabilities
- Minimum Age At Sea
- Isotope Use on Scripps Ships
- Geophysical survey requirements in California waters
- Export controls and compliance
- Scientific shipments to Scripps vessels
- Ship to Shore Communications
- Internet use policy
- Winch and Wire Regulations
- Ship Usage Rates
- Data and Sample Distribution Policy
- Carryforward of Ship Time
- Using non-UNOLS vessels
- Transportation Worker's Identification Credential (TWIC)
- Naval Clearances
- Notice to mariners
- Volunteering Aboard Scripps Ships