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Products Featured Product Cyclops Fluorometers for AUVs, Gliders & Floats Turner Designs? new Cyclops Integrator is designed to allow easy system integration of its Cyclops Submersible Fluorometers and Turbidimeter into AUVs, gliders, ß oats and other platforms. One, two, or three optical sensors with con Þ gurations ranging from deep UV to IR along with the Cyclops Integrator electronics can be fastened to an optical head de Þ ned by the customer and ready for integration. Alternately, customers can purchase the Cyclops Integrator with sensors in one of the pre-de Þ ned Turner Designs optical head conÞ gurations. Data integration is reported to be simple with ASCII data automatically delivered at 1 second intervals only 3 seconds after power is applied. Standard opti- cal kits are available for detecting: in vivo Chlorophyll, Crude Oil, ReÞ ned Fuels, CDOM/FDOM (dissolved organic material), Blue/ Green Algae, Fluorescein Dye, Rhodamine Dye, PTSA Dye, Optical Brighteners, Tryptophan, and Turbidity. Cyclops Integrator pack- ages can also be conÞ gured with custom optics for specialized applications per customer request. Sensors are pressure-rated to meet 600m, 1000m, or 6000m depths. Typical current draw is minimal, 100mA operational for three installed sensors powered with a 12V supply. An optional wiper motor can be added to minimize biofouling of sensors when deploying long-term. EMail: [email protected] Web: www.turnerdesigns.com LinkQuest delivered a TrackLink 10000 ultra long-range USBL acoustic tracking system with integrated acous- tic modem function to the National Oceanography Center (NOCS), United Kingdom; the third TrackLink 10000 system delivered to the Center so far. The TrackLink 10000 system is an ultra long-range USBL tracking system ca- pable of reaching a range of 11,000m using a directional transponder and a range of 7,000m using an omni-directional transponder. The acoustic modem function is fully integrated with the USBL tracking function so that the typical acoustic interference between communication and positioning sys-tems is avoided. National Oceanogra- phy Center is going to use the newly purchased TrackLink 10000 system to support the positioning and tracking of the Autosub6000 Autonomous Under- water Vehicle (AUV). Autosub6000 is provided as a facility to the UK oceano- graphic science community for a variety of seabed survey operations using SO- NAR, photography and bio-geochemical sensors. Email: [email protected] Web: www.link-quest.com LinkQuest Link 10000 November/December 201256 MTRMTR #9 (50-64).indd 56MTR #9 (50-64).indd 5612/3/2012 10:58:49 AM12/3/2012 10:58:49 AM