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TRIAXYS with Currents Buoy Available with Teledyne RDI ADCP

AXYS Technologies, Inc. (AXYS) said the TRIAXYS

Directional Wave Buoy can now be ordered with a

Monitor 600 KHz Teledyne RD Instruments Acoustic

Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP). Teledyne RDI engi- neers are currently finalizing the unique ADCP design and expect to ship the first unit to AXYS in mid-

September 2010. AXYS engineers will then perform inte- gration and test activities to ensure compliance with all quality assurance requirements. This first integrated buoy will be delivered to Eiva in Denmark for use in the com- pany’s offshore and marine survey projects. Teledyne

RDI’s engineers have modified its off-the-shelf ADCP product by re-orienting its electronics package, allowing the ADCP to fit and operate within the TRIAXYS buoy hull.

Reson Integrates Scanning Laser

Fusing data sets from multiple sensors is a demanding requirements being seen more and more frequently in client specifications, typically combining photogramme- try or laser data with multibeam sonar data to create a seamless image of structures above and below the water- line. Reson has prepared the PDS2000 software package to combine data under the waterline with data above the waterline to show breakwaters and arbor walls.

Reson completed integration of scanning laser systems into its hydrographic software package PDS2000, sup- porting multiple sensor types. Data from the laser scan- ners are shown real in time, and are fully corrected for heave, roll, pitch, heading and position. Together with the multibeam data, crisp laser images are presented to the operator providing a clear, real-time view of structures both above and below the waterline in a single survey line.

Data from the laser scanner can be collected simultane- ously with the SeaBat multibeam sonar. All data is col- lected and combined by PDS2000. PDS2000 also applies real-time processing to the laser scanning data in order to collect good quality data. Data from the laserscanner can be processed, edited and validated in one of the 3D edi- tors available in PDS2000.

LinkQuest Rolls Out FlowScout 600

LinkQuest recently introduced the FlowScout 600 acoustic flow meter based on innovative acoustic Doppler technology.

The single-beam FlowScout 600 acoustic flow meter is capable of reaching up to 110m in range with an accuracy of up to 0.5% +/- 2.0 mm/s. The operating fre- quency of the FlowScout 600 system is 600 kHz. The standard depth rating of the system is 100m. The

FlowQuest system is typically used to precisely measure water velocities in water channels and rivers. It can be eas- ily installed on an irrigation channel bank, a bridge abut- ment, or a river bank.

Email: sales@ link-quest.com

RBR Delivers to Australia

RBR delivered a MS-310 micro-salinometer to the

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research

Organization (CSIRO) in Hobart, Australia via its agent

Metocean Services International www.metoceanservices.com. The MS-310 joins the other equipment at the extensive calibration facility at CSIRO, where they not only calibrate their own oceanographic instrumentation, but offer the service for a range of clients including state research agencies, water authorities and the

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