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BlueView Offers Compact

Sonar Imaging System

BlueView Technologies announced the release of its ProViewer series of multi-beam imaging sonar. The prod- uct of University Government R&D, the ProViewer is designed to offer miniaturization technology to make affordable high-performance imaging sonar available to the defense, com- mercial and homeland security indus- tries. Dr. Lee Thompson, a senior sci- entist at the University of

Washington's Applied Physics Lab and co-founder of BlueView

Technologies, recently joined

BlueView full time as their Chief

Technology Officer. He said, "ProViewer offers next-generation streaming sonar imagery that dramat- ically improves the viewing of sub- merged objects such as shipwrecks, fish, and divers — even in shallow water environments." ProViewer uses

BlueView's technology to generate multiple narrow beams on each trans- mission, designed to produce five to 10 images per second. The same unit can be placed in both horizontal and vertical positions, designed to provide both realistic 2-D images of underwa- ter environments or accurate profile views of the bottom and structure in front of the sonar. Both transducer and electronics are contained in a sin- gle compact housing, with only a thin cable providing power from and digi- tal communications to the system.

With a standard USB1 interface, the

ProViewer can easily run from most

Windows-based computers.

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Vertical Water Quality

Profiling from YSI

YSI Environmental introduced a line of Vertical Profiling Systems for automated profiling of water columns. These systems are fully compatible with YSI sondes, enabling accurate water quality data collection.

Several deployment options are available: Fixed Profiling System, for mounting on piers, dams, and bridges; Buoy Based

Profiling System for deployment in lakes, reser- voirs, and coastal environments; Pontoon

Mounted Profiling System with optional meteorological package.

Applications include surface water, drinking water reservoirs, hydropow- er, and near coastal and ocean research. Multiparameter sondes pro- vide real-time readings for dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity, pH, turbidity, and other parameters.

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RV Dyson Outfitted with Simrad

Simrad, Inc. of Lynnwood, Wash., outfitted RV Dyson with a full com- plement of fish location and monitor- ing equipment. Among the array of electronics is a split-beam Simrad

EK60 Scientific Echo Sounder, which operates on four frequencies (18 kHz, 38 kHz, 120 kHz and 200 kHz) and is designed to provide accurate echo sounding, data storage, data analysis and reporting of results. The vessel also includes a Simrad SM2000

Multibeam Echo Sounder, engi- neered for bathymetric survey and vertical water column target detec- tion. RV/Dyson was also outfitted with a Simrad FS20/25 Trawl Sonar system that provides the bridge with real-time images of fish targets and net operation. This is augmented by

Simrad's ITI Wireless Trawl

Positioning and Monitoring System, which uses small battery-powered sensors mounted on the trawl to transmit important information to the bridge. Completing the R/V

Dyson's Simrad electronics package is an ES60 Commercial Echo Sounder.

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Reson Debuts SeaBat 7128 Sonar

Reson expanded its product line with the SeaBat 7128, a new

Multibeam Forward Looking Sonar.

The SeaBat 7128 is a single and/or dual frequency (200/400 kHz) sys- tem, available in depth ratings of 400 or 6,000 m. The system has been specifically designed for incorpora- tion in a variety of platforms, from surface vessel, ROV or AUV. The

SeaBat 7128's focused ultra-narrow beams, high ping rate and high band- width are designed to provide the user with superior resolution at effective long ranges.

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